Lindkvist K. B. and Sánchez J. L. Conventions and innovation: a comparison of two localized natural resource-based industries, Regional Studies. The paper explores the development of new conventions in two natural resource-based industries, the Norwegian salt fish industry and the wine industry in the Spanish region of Castilla y León. Modest innovation in the former industry tied to domestic and industrial conventions is contrasted with the success of the latter. Wine producers have adopted the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) system to satisfy the market's demand for quality. Whereas Norwegian salt fish producers are reluctant to cooperate with non-local institutions, external influences in the wine industry have provided market intelligence and scientific knowledge to winegrowers and wineries. Lindkvist K. B. et Sánchez J. L. Conventions et innovations: une comparaison entre deux industries exploitant des resources locales, Regional Studies. Cet article explorera le développement de nouvelles conventions dans deux industries exploitant des ressources naturelles, l'industrie norvégienne du poisson salé et l'industrie vinicole dans la région espagnole de Castille et Leon. Une modeste innovation dans ce dernier secteur liée a des conventions domestiques et industrielles contraste avec son succès. Les producteurs de vin ont adopte le système d'Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) afin de satisfaire la demande de qualité du marche. Alors que les producteurs de poissons sales norvégiens sont peu disposes a coopérer avec des institutions autres que locales, les influences extérieures dans l'industrie du vin ont apporte une compréhension du marche ainsi que des connaissances scientifiques aux producteurs et entreprises vinicoles. Ressources naturelles Conventions Systèmes d'innovations Industrie du poisson salé Industrie vinicole Lindkvist K. B. und Sánchez J. L. Konventionen und Innovation: zwei auf ortsgebundenen natürlichen Ressourcen basierte Industrien im Vergleich, Regional Studies. Im vorliegenden Artikel wird die Entstehung neuer Konventionen in zwei auf natürlichen Ressourcen basierten Industriezweigen untersucht, der Salzfischindustrie in Norwegen sowie der Weinindustrie in Castilla y León, Spanien. Wenig Innovation in ersterer, bedingt durch das Festhalten an bestehenden lokalen und industriellen Konventionen, steht im Gegensatz zum Erfolg letzterer. Die Weinerzeuger haben sich an das System geschützter Ursprungsbezeichungen (g. U.) angeschlossen, um neuen Qualitätsansprüchen des Marktes gerecht zu werden. Während die norwegischen Salzfischproduzenten nur zurückhaltend mit Institutionen außerhalb ihres lokalen Umfeldes kooperieren, haben Weinbauern und Kellereien durch branchenexterne Einflüsse Market-Intelligence und wissenschaftliche Kenntnisse erworben. Natürliche Ressourcen Konventionen Innovationssysteme Salzfischi ndustrie Weinindustrie Lindkvist K. B. y Sánchez J. L. Convenciones e innovación: comparación de dos sectores industriales concentrados y dependientes de los recursos naturales, Region...

This article discusses how cultural, technological and social factors contribute to the restructuring of the Spanish salted fish market and production systems. The analytical principles used are institutional, evolutionary socio‐economic theories on spatial, technological and social change. A major focus of the analysis is the use of production chain theory to analyze the Spanish salted fish market. The main issue is whether Spain, as a traditional salted fish consumer market, is more influenced by technology and supplier strategies than by cultural aspects and consumer traditions. The strategies of Icelandic salted fish suppliers, better preservation systems and new salting methods seem to have influenced the restructuring of the Spanish salted fish market more than cultural factors. Nevertheless, without the Spanish tradition of salted fish, the new light salted fillets and desalted products most likely would not have been accepted by consumers. In addition, the Icelandic influence proves the strength of national Icelandic production systems.

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This article is a case study of a peripheral fishing community and its capacity to regenerate and maintain local economic growth processes. The discussion of growth ability is based on a categorization of European peripheries and the concept of local production systems. Taking the fishing community of Muros in Galicia, northwest Spain, as its focus, the article discusses the ability of a community of its type to undertake the industrial restructuring of its fishing industry, mussel farming activities, tourism, and electricity generation by wind turbines. It also reveals how, during the processes of renewal, Muros has become more deeply dependent on its fishery due to an inability amongst the actors of the production system to leave the evolutionary paths laid down by earlier investment in the fishing industries. Copyright (c) 2007 The Authors. Journal Compilation (c) 2007 Joint Editors and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.