Noronha, Teresa deCesário, M.2013-03-182013-03-182004Vaz, M. T. N.; Cesário, M. Territorial systems in the rural areas of the European Union, New Medit Journal, 3, 4, 11-21, 2004.1594-5685AU: MCE02112;http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/2596The emergence of dynamic forms of interdependent adjustment demands new local development processes in terms of socio-economic change: regional activities have been rearranged not only by globalisation but also by a new financial and political logic that reduces territorial and consumer's specificities. Many different factors contribute to regional dynamism; they are mostly correlated to entrepreneurial activity. In this paper we try to observe the set of characteristics able to create adequate environments for the entrepreneurial activity of innovative firms.engSistemas territoriaisCapacidades endógenas locaisjournal article2013-01-28