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IT As Agent Of Social Change: Lonxanet And The Case Of The Galician Artisanal Fisheries

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  • Enrique Dans

    (Instituto de Empresa)

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(WP26/02 Clave pdf) Information Technologies (IT) can be used as an agent to foster social change. This case study describes an Internet start-up, Lonxanet, and analyzes its role as catalyst of drastic changes in the Galician (NW Spain) artisanal seafood fisheries. These fisheries are traditionally associated to rural communities of fishers, selling their products in local auction markets known as "lonxas". Galician seafood is hugely appreciated in the Spanish market, where products can achieve extremely high prices and have luxurious connotations....

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  • Enrique Dans, 2002. "IT As Agent Of Social Change: Lonxanet And The Case Of The Galician Artisanal Fisheries," Working Papers Economia wp02-26, Instituto de Empresa, Area of Economic Environment.
    • Handle: RePEc:emp:wpaper:wp02-26
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