Rural Districts and Business Agglomerations in Low-Density Business Environments. The Case of Extremadura (Spain)

The strategy of the institutionalization and development business agglomerations, in any its analytical aspects (industrial district, local production system, cluster, etc.), has not had great results Spanish regions with low business-density, probably due to difficulty finding an adequate implementation framework administrative, geographic, institutional terms. Based on limitations presented by identification methodologies agglomerations business-density territories, this work we propose some methodological corrections that allow for reconciling these economic realities geographical offered action groups (LAGs). This reconciliation is a useful tool take advantage economies agglomeration and, consequently, explore possibilities endogenous rural areas, so it can be factor into account when planning executing public development. Finally, obtained specific case Extremadura, only region listed as less developed one European policies, are presented.