Evolutionary Patterns of Local Industrial Systems
Published in December 2000
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-84014-520-5 (ISBN)
Description
A selection of contributions presented in 1998 at the conference of Udine entitled, "The Development of Industrial Districts in Italy". The theoretical aim of the book is to explain the dynamic mechanism of the growth of Italian "industrial districts" shifting attention from "Marshallian industrial districts", where focus is not just on the decentralization of production among small-batch firms. Determinant factors explaining growth seem related to the ways in which firms explore the markets, learn tacit knowledge, network with subcontractors and make incremental innovations. In substance, the work offers a cognitive approach to the issue of industrial districts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tabs.
Dimensions
Height: 154 mm
Width: 226 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84014-520-5 (9781840145205)
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Content
Part 1 Innovation and learning: models of localized technological change, Fiorenza Belussi and Giorgio Gottardi; innovation and the creation of knowledge in Italian industrial districts - a system model, Giorgio Gottardi; the cognitive approach to the study of local production systems, Mauro Lombardi. Part 2 Knowledge as a resource and its implications for policy: endogenous development of local systems of SMEs - lessons from practical experience, Silvano Bertini; policies for the development of knowledge-intensive local production systems, Fiorenza Belussi; multimedia technology - an organizational challenge for small firms in industrial districts, Christian Genthon and Fabio Arcangeli. Part 3 The dynamics of local industrial systems - empirical evidence: evolutionary and adaptive local systems in Northeast Italy - strategies of learning, leadership and co-operation, Luciano Pilotti; the socialization of competencies in the development of human resources in small enterprise districts, Paolo Calzabini and M. Carmela Bosco; the evolution of the chair-manufacturing industry in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Monica Tamisari.