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The Evolution of Industrial Districts

Changing Governance, Innovation and Internationalisation of Local Capitalism in Italy

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  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. Giulio Cainelli

    1. CERIS-DSE, National Research Council, Milan, Italy

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  2. Roberto Zoboli

    1. CERIS-DSE, National Research Council, Milan, Italy

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Part of the book series: Contributions to Economics (CE)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The structural evolution of industrial districts and adaptive competitive advantages

      • Giulio Cainelli, Roberto Zoboli
      Pages 3-29

  3. Theoretical Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. Regional governance and economic development: A European perspective

      • Gilberto Antonelli
      Pages 33-54

    3. Italian industrial districts: Facts and theories

      • Fabio Nuti
      Pages 55-77

    4. Modelling the structure and evolution of industrial districts

      • Mario Agostino Maggioni
      Pages 78-113

  4. Firm Ownership and District Organisation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Institutional innovations in industrial districts

      • Riccardo Varaldo, Luca Ferrucci
      Pages 117-127

    3. Groups of small and medium-sized firms in industrial districts in Italy

      • Donato Iacobucci
      Pages 128-154

    4. Ownership linkages and business groups in industrial districts. The case of Emilia Romagna

      • Francesco Brioschi, Maria Sole Brioschi, Giulio Cainelli
      Pages 155-174

    5. The role of medium-sized and large firms in the evolution of industrial districts. The case of Marche

      • Valeriano Balloni, Donato Iacobucci
      Pages 175-197

    6. Entrepreneurship, labour organisation and labour mobility in industrial districts

      • Massimo Omiccioli, Fabio Quintiliani
      Pages 198-218

    7. Integration and convergence in the internal dynamics of industrial districts. A case study

      • Mario Nosvelli
      Pages 219-240

  5. Innovation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241
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    2. Can a Marshallian industrial district be innovative? The case of Italy

      • Giulio Cainelli, Nicola De Liso
      Pages 243-256

    3. Are industrial districts more conducive to innovative production? The case of Emilia Romagna

      • Riccardo Leoncini, Francesca Lotti
      Pages 257-271

    4. Environmental impact and innovation in industrial districts

      • Anna Montini, Roberto Zoboli
      Pages 272-315

  6. Internationalisation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 317-317
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    2. Local engines of global trade: the case of Italian industrial districts

      • Stefano Menghinello
      Pages 319-335
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About this book

Italian industrial districts (IDs) recently attracted international attention because their performance during the last few decades contradicted the alleged weakness of industrial structures based on SMEs in "traditional" sectors. The book analyses some developments taking place in Italian IDs and local systems of production that can represent a new stage of evolution for the backbone of the Italian economy. Based on the extensive use of original databases three main trajectories of change in IDs are presented. The first trajectory is the increasing role of "groups" of manufacturing SMEs arising from mergers and acquisitions as well as spin-off growth processes at the "family firms" level. The second one is the consolidation of innovation capabilities in IDs. And the third one is the internationalisation process of Italian IDs through both trade and foreign direct investment. The essays suggest that Italian IDs are again evolving by coherent adaptations which will have, however, uncertain outcomes.

Editors and Affiliations

  • CERIS-DSE, National Research Council, Milan, Italy

    Giulio Cainelli, Roberto Zoboli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Evolution of Industrial Districts

  • Book Subtitle: Changing Governance, Innovation and Internationalisation of Local Capitalism in Italy

  • Editors: Giulio Cainelli, Roberto Zoboli

  • Series Title: Contributions to Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2700-2

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-0095-1Published: 19 February 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7908-2700-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1933

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-7178

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 347

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Industrial Organization, R & D/Technology Policy, Regional/Spatial Science

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