Purpose

The paper aims to interpret sustainable regional development (SRD) as an exchange ecosystem in which stakeholders provide reciprocal access to resources, benefiting both individual and systemic levels. This paper suggests that knowledge, as a shared and value-transcribed critical resource, nourishes a community’s motivational system (CMS), orienting it toward SRD. This inherently raises questions regarding the nature of social business models (SBM) that can best support community’s motivational system, as well as their sustainable regional development derivatives.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper employs the Fuzzy Expert System (FES) to analyze companies participating in the three most representative Italian consortia, aiming to empirically address the knowledge gap regarding the influence of social business model on sustainable regional development.

Findings

Applying our theoretical framework to Agro-food Protection Consortia – a specific type of hybrid social, regional value-oriented business organization – this paper demonstrates that knowledge sharing along environmental, social and economic dimensions enhances sustainable regional development. Using the IF (condition) → THEN (action) logic of fuzzy method, the study identified knowledge exchange as a key condition motivating actors to contribute to sustainable regional development. This dynamic approach enables better alignment between stakeholders and regional goals.

Originality/value

This paper presents practicable participatory strategic guidelines that balance informal and formal governance mechanisms with the catalytic and enhancing connection of strategic business initiatives for Sustainable Regional Development.

中文翻译：

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企业和利益相关者之间的知识共享，以实现系统和可持续的区域发展。农业食品行业的洞察

 目的

本文旨在将可持续区域发展 （SRD） 解释为一个交换生态系统，其中利益相关者提供互惠的资源获取，使个人和系统层面受益。本文表明，知识作为一种共享的、价值转录的关键资源，滋养了社区的激励系统 （CMS），使其朝着 SRD 的方向发展。这本身就提出了关于社会商业模式 （SBM） 的性质的问题，这些模型可以最好地支持社区的激励系统，以及它们的可持续区域发展衍生物。

设计/方法/方法

本文采用模糊专家系统 （FES） 分析参与三个最具代表性的意大利财团的公司，旨在实证解决社会商业模式对可持续区域发展影响的知识差距。

 发现

本文将我们的理论框架应用于农业食品保护联盟（一种特定类型的混合型社会、区域价值导向商业组织），表明环境、社会和经济维度的知识共享可以促进可持续的区域发展。使用模糊方法的 IF（条件）→ THEN（行动）逻辑，该研究将知识交流确定为激励参与者为可持续区域发展做出贡献的关键条件。这种动态方法可以更好地协调利益相关者和区域目标。

 原创性/价值

本文提出了实用的参与式战略指导方针，以平衡非正式和正式的治理机制与催化和加强可持续区域发展战略业务举措的联系。