Formación continua en centros de FP y actividades de innovación en las Pymes industriales

Cristina Lavía; Mikel Olazaran; Eneka Albizu; Beatriz Otero

doi:10.3989/arbor.2012.753n1010

Authors

Cristina Lavía Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea. (UPV-EHU)
Mikel Olazaran Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea. (UPV-EHU)
Eneka Albizu Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea. (UPV-EHU)
Beatriz Otero Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea. (UPV-EHU)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2012.753n1010

Keywords:

Regional innovation systems, vocational training, small and medium-sized firms (SMEs), economic sociology, Spain

Abstract

The current economic crisis is affecting Spain with special force. Within that context, the relationships between the education system and the economic system become a key issue. The aim of this paper is to make a contribution to the understanding of the relationships between vocational training (VT) centres and small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). Our study is based on a survey of industrial SMEs from two Northern Spanish autonomous communities (Basque Country and Navarre). The different types of SME-VT centre relationship are analyzed, and special attention if devoted to new forms of relationships among those agents (mainly continuous training), and to the possible effects of SME-VT centre collaboration upon the firms’ innovation processes. We show that, right now, continuous training activities are a key form of relationship between VT centres and SMEs. That type of relationship acquires an strategic importance from the point of view of the coordination between the training system and the innovation system.

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