This remarkable book outlines the historical framework and the main concepts of the
literature on industrial districts. It illustrates a new approach to the study of industrial …

Italy is characterized by strong differences both in the productive and in the financial
structure. Small and medium firms tend to concentrate in the so called 'Marshallian industrial …

Abstract B oix R. and G alletto V. Innovation and industrial districts: a first approach to the
measurement and determinants of the I-district effect, Regional Studies. The paper analyses …

In the era of global economy, are local manufacturing systems still playing a role or are they
destined to fade away? No unequivocal answer to this question can be found in the …

Purpose–This paper aims to analyse the impact of clusters on development and growth at
the firm and regional level in Latin America (LA). The past 20 years have witnessed an …

Abstract C ainelli G., I acobucci D. and M organti E.(2006) Spatial agglomeration and
business groups: new evidence from Italian industrial districts, Regional Studies 40, 507 …

This study describes the results of an empirical research on a sample of small and medium
enterprises belonging to one of Italy's most important local manufacturing systems: the …

The I-district effect hypothesis establishes the existence of highly intense innovation in
Marshallian industrial districts due to the presence of external localization economies …

Scientists from a wide range of disciplines, such as (economic) sociologists, political
scientists, geographers, historians and anthropologists show considerable interest in the …

The sun, sea and sand model that has characterized the Spanish tourism sector and has
caused Spain's tourist sector to become a world-class industry is actually undergoing drastic …