Analysis of the Local Governance of a Territory Through Business Ecosystems Theory: The Case of the Tourism Policy of “La Vienne Département France”
The theory of business ecosystems sheds new light on local governance by analyzing the dynamic process by which a local authority can create a strategic community of interests, values and destiny, on its territory, by federating a network of public and private actors conducted by logic of rivalry and cooperation. The empirical analysis is based on the case of the “La Vienne département France”, which, from the success of the creation of the Futuroscope Park in the 1980s, pursues a policy of promoting tourism in a territory by bringing together actors via a platform.