Business cooperation in rural communities. A mechanism of endogenous development?

The goal of this article is to explain that the behavior of business cooperation in rural communities allows it to become a mechanism for endogenous development and its forces, as well as explaining that a direct relationship exists between local interaction and the business cooperation dynamic in endogenous development. This analysis derived from case studies and a review of theoretical works related to business cooperation and endogenous development. The three case studies were found in the Mexican farming sector: two integrating companies and one association of organic coffee producers. The study of business cooperation as a mechanism for endogenous development is important because, depending on local interaction and the establishment of business cooperation, the latter can be channeled as strategy for the development of these communities.