Ebook: The Technological Evolution of Industrial Districts
- Tags: Economic Growth, Innovation/Technology Management, Economic Systems, Regional/Spatial Science
- Series: Economics of Science Technology and Innovation 29
- Year: 2003
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Fiorenza Belussi, Giorgio Gottardi, and Enzo Rullani This volume collects some papers presented at the Vicenza conference "The Future of Districts", held in June 1999, organised by the Department of Technology and Management of Industrial Systems of the Faculty of Engineering of Padua University, with the collaboration of several engineers, industrial economists, and experts in the issue of technology management. This was the starting point of a long-lasting and painful colIective discussion, the results of which are documented here, during many meetings of this "itinerant" group, including the workshop in Padua, organised by Professor Luciano Pilotti and held in May 2001, "Systems, governance & knowledge within firm networks" at the Department of Economics of the University of Padua, and the recent international research seminar, held in May 2002, in Rome at the Tagliacarne Institute, within the EU sponsored project "Industrial districts' re location processes: identifying policies of EU enlargement West-East ID". The reason we decided to organise this book was not only to underline the importance of the industrial district (ID) model as a tool of propulsive local growth in a country like Italy. On the contrary, the idea that moved us was the theoretical dissatisfaction with the way in which the phenomenon of local development and industrial clustering of specific industries was treated in the international approach of the various disciplines.
The Technological Evolution of Industrial Districts collects a wide array of theoretical and empirical contributions on the issue of industrial districts and gives insights into the complexity of industrial clustering, which has received growing international attention in the last decade.
The book is divided into three parts. Part I provides a background discussion of the theory of industrial districts, bringing into the traditional Italian approach the Nordic studies based on the theory of knowledge-based organizations and the institutional perspective of the French regulation school. Part II, the book's core, develops a cognitive approach to the theory of industrial districts. Part III presents some empirical evidence on the new evolutionary design of traditional and high-tech industrial districts localized in Italy and in France.
This volume will be particularly useful as a reference work for policy makers and as a supplemental text for courses in applied economics and business, industrial organization, industrial districts/clusters management, and network economics.
The Technological Evolution of Industrial Districts collects a wide array of theoretical and empirical contributions on the issue of industrial districts and gives insights into the complexity of industrial clustering, which has received growing international attention in the last decade.
The book is divided into three parts. Part I provides a background discussion of the theory of industrial districts, bringing into the traditional Italian approach the Nordic studies based on the theory of knowledge-based organizations and the institutional perspective of the French regulation school. Part II, the book's core, develops a cognitive approach to the theory of industrial districts. Part III presents some empirical evidence on the new evolutionary design of traditional and high-tech industrial districts localized in Italy and in France.
This volume will be particularly useful as a reference work for policy makers and as a supplemental text for courses in applied economics and business, industrial organization, industrial districts/clusters management, and network economics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
From the industrial district to the districtualisation of production activity: some considerations....Pages 3-17
Local development in a post-Fordist growth regime....Pages 19-34
The theory of geographical agglomeration - minimum requirements and a knowledge-based suggestion....Pages 35-59
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
The Industrial District (ID) as a cognitive system....Pages 63-87
Why do Ict technologies and the Internet find it hard to spread into industrial districts and favour knowledge exchange?....Pages 89-108
Cognitive models, efficiency, and discontinuities in the evolution of Industrial Districts and Local Production Systems....Pages 109-137
Knowledge creation and codification in Italian Industrial Districts....Pages 139-171
Cognitive economies and the “nature of the district”....Pages 173-194
Paths of local learning and change in vital industrial districts....Pages 195-204
Social identity and identification processes: enriching the theoretical tools to study Industrial Districts....Pages 205-231
The industrial district and the “new” Italian economic geography....Pages 233-244
Behavioural rules in industrial districts: loyalty, trust, and reputation....Pages 245-267
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
Italian industrial districts: performance and evolution....Pages 271-312
Is a district possible in the car industry? The case of the Turin area....Pages 313-340
The generation of contextual knowledge through communication processes. The case of the packaging machinery industry in the Bologna district....Pages 341-365
The Biomedical Valley: structural, relational and cognitive aspects....Pages 367-388
Sophia-Antipolis as a technopolis phenomenon: is myth becoming reality?....Pages 389-407
An ecology based interpretation of district “complexification”: the Prato district evolution from 1946 to 1993....Pages 409-434
New forms of knowledge creation and diffusion in the industrial district of Matera-Altamura-Santeramo....Pages 435-462
The chair manufacturing district of Manzano: evolutionary processes and the role of the institutions....Pages 463-479
Back Matter....Pages 497-502
The role of academic spin-offs in connecting local knowledge....Pages 481-496
The Technological Evolution of Industrial Districts collects a wide array of theoretical and empirical contributions on the issue of industrial districts and gives insights into the complexity of industrial clustering, which has received growing international attention in the last decade.
The book is divided into three parts. Part I provides a background discussion of the theory of industrial districts, bringing into the traditional Italian approach the Nordic studies based on the theory of knowledge-based organizations and the institutional perspective of the French regulation school. Part II, the book's core, develops a cognitive approach to the theory of industrial districts. Part III presents some empirical evidence on the new evolutionary design of traditional and high-tech industrial districts localized in Italy and in France.
This volume will be particularly useful as a reference work for policy makers and as a supplemental text for courses in applied economics and business, industrial organization, industrial districts/clusters management, and network economics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
From the industrial district to the districtualisation of production activity: some considerations....Pages 3-17
Local development in a post-Fordist growth regime....Pages 19-34
The theory of geographical agglomeration - minimum requirements and a knowledge-based suggestion....Pages 35-59
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
The Industrial District (ID) as a cognitive system....Pages 63-87
Why do Ict technologies and the Internet find it hard to spread into industrial districts and favour knowledge exchange?....Pages 89-108
Cognitive models, efficiency, and discontinuities in the evolution of Industrial Districts and Local Production Systems....Pages 109-137
Knowledge creation and codification in Italian Industrial Districts....Pages 139-171
Cognitive economies and the “nature of the district”....Pages 173-194
Paths of local learning and change in vital industrial districts....Pages 195-204
Social identity and identification processes: enriching the theoretical tools to study Industrial Districts....Pages 205-231
The industrial district and the “new” Italian economic geography....Pages 233-244
Behavioural rules in industrial districts: loyalty, trust, and reputation....Pages 245-267
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
Italian industrial districts: performance and evolution....Pages 271-312
Is a district possible in the car industry? The case of the Turin area....Pages 313-340
The generation of contextual knowledge through communication processes. The case of the packaging machinery industry in the Bologna district....Pages 341-365
The Biomedical Valley: structural, relational and cognitive aspects....Pages 367-388
Sophia-Antipolis as a technopolis phenomenon: is myth becoming reality?....Pages 389-407
An ecology based interpretation of district “complexification”: the Prato district evolution from 1946 to 1993....Pages 409-434
New forms of knowledge creation and diffusion in the industrial district of Matera-Altamura-Santeramo....Pages 435-462
The chair manufacturing district of Manzano: evolutionary processes and the role of the institutions....Pages 463-479
Back Matter....Pages 497-502
The role of academic spin-offs in connecting local knowledge....Pages 481-496
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