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Do you have feet in your shoes? Innovation and resilience in a footwear industrial district in Brazil

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  • Viana, Luiz Fernando Câmara

    (Instituto Federal de Brasilia (IFB), Campus Gama)

  • Valmir Emil, Valmir Emil

    (Universidad Federal de Santa Catarina)

  • Pinto, Hugo

    (Universidad del Algarve)

  • Diez-Vial, Isabel

    (Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR))

Abstract

This study examines innovation as a shock reaction in the process of regional economic resilience, focusing on a footwear industrial district in southern Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results show that innovation, a mechanism of adaptability, emerged in the industrial district not only to support economic recovery, but also to mitigate the adverse effects. Firms implemented novel marketing and sales processes, and some also had to change their information and communication systems or organisational structure to support e-commerce. As such, this study highlights the influence of adaptability on ecmic resistance.

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  • Viana, Luiz Fernando Câmara & Valmir Emil, Valmir Emil & Pinto, Hugo & Diez-Vial, Isabel, 2024. "Do you have feet in your shoes? Innovation and resilience in a footwear industrial district in Brazil," INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, issue 60, pages 55-73.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:invreg:0543
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    Keywords

    Regional resilience; innovation; adaptability; shocks;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • B52 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Modern Monetary Theory;
    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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