The network intervention for catalysing agricultural innovation
| Autor: | José Alfredo Olvera Martínez, Norman Aguilar Gallegos, Horacio Vinicio Santoyo Cortés, Jorge Aguilar Ávila, Manrrubio Muñoz Rodríguez, Enrique Genaro González Martínez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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060101 anthropology
Knowledge management Process (engineering) Relational database business.industry Communication 05 social sciences Psychological intervention Context (language use) 06 humanities and the arts Intervention (law) 0502 economics and business 0601 history and archaeology Relevance (information retrieval) Business Information flow (information theory) Social network analysis 050203 business & management Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Redes. Revista hispana para el análisis de redes sociales. 28:9 |
| ISSN: | 1579-0185 2385-4626 |
| DOI: | 10.5565/rev/redes.653 |
| Popis: | It is recognized that innovation processes occur within a heterogeneous set of actors, where the Social Network Analysis (SNA) is a promising tool in order to analyse and understand it, thus, interventions based on network can be designed for catalysing it. The network interventions describe the process through which relational data are used to accelerate the information flow among the actors who conform it. This paper contributes to the following aspects: first, it provides knowledge and evidence related to the application and usefulness of the SNA in the context of an intervention based on network for catalysing agricultural innovation; second, it adds to the literature of SNA the study about a network structure using a base-line and final-line after the intervention of an extension program; the change of the network structure and the SNA indicators in a longitudinal way are presented. Data from goat producers to calculate base-line were used, then the intervention was analysed using a final-line. The results sustain the usefulness of the SNA for catalysing agricultural innovation; the relevance of farmers and key actors selection to dynamize these processes is highlighted. It is concluded with some methodological and policy implications in order to enhance and boost agricultural innovation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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