Business Networks in Clusters and Industrial Districts

The Governance of the Global Value Chain
Herausgeber: Belussi, Fiorenza; Sammarra, Alessia

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Produktbeschreibung

How do we define and identify districts and clusters? How do they evolve? How do clusters and districts relate to the global economy? What policy options are available to promote them in east and west economies? This collection of papers from international experts includes theoretical and empirical contributions examining these questions and offering deep insights into the internal-external mechanism of knowledge circulation and learning.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9780415539852
• ISBN-10: 0415539854
• Artikelnr.: 35451218

Autorenporträt

Fiorenza Belussi is Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Organization at the University of Padua, Italy. Alessia Sammarra is Assistant Professor of Strategic Management and Organization at the Faculty of Economics, University of L'Aquila, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The business model of industrial districts and clusters in the
knowledge-based view and in the social network analysis perspective 1. The
international fragmentation of the industrial districts value chain between
relocation and global integration Fiorenza Belussi and Alessia Sammarra 2.
Situated business networks facing globalisation: a critical assessment
Fiorenza Belussi and Silvia Sedita 3. Boundary spanning strategies of
industrial districts: the impact of absorptive capacity Tine Aage Part 2:
Industrial districts and clusters in the global value chains. A taxonomical
exercise on the path-dependent avenue of
Marshallian/Satellite/Evolutionary/Science districts 4. Industrial
districts and clusters in the global value chain: the cases of Saonara,
Pistoia and Boskoop Fiorenza Belussi and Silvia Rita Sedita 6. The
evolution of the Montebelluna sportswear district through knowledge
creation, ICT adoption, and international commercial nets Fiorenza Belussi
7. A "low road" to competitiveness in the global apparel industry: the case
of the Vibrata Valley district Alessia Sammarra 8. From proximity
advantages to organisational advantages through the global extension of an
industrial district: the case of the footwear district of Verona Fiorenza
Belussi 9. Facing globalisation through inward and outward investments and
international research collaboration: evidence from the biomedical district
of Mirandola Fiorenza Belussi and Alessia Sammarra 10. Moving immigrants
into western industrial districts: the "inverse" delocalisation of the
leather tanning district of Arzignano Fiorenza Belussi and Silvia Rita
Sedita 11. The clustering R&D through the institutional mechanisms in the
Paris Region Najoua Boufaden, Sofiène Lourimi and André Torre 12.
Transferring entrepreneurialship: the making of the cluster of Timisoara
Fiorenza Belussi 13. How deeply embedded is the "footwear agglomeration" in
Timisoara? Simona Montagnana 14. The Evolution of External Linkages and
Relational Density in the Tuscan Leather Industry Lorenzo Bacci and Mauro
Lombardi and Sandrine Labory 15. Local development and innovation policies
in China: the experience of Guangdong specialised towns Annalisa Caloffi
16. Industrial Clusters in the Brazilian Ceramic Tile Industry and the New
Challenges of the Competition in the Global Value Chain Renato Garcia and
Gabriela Scur 17. The localisation of multinationals in Italian clusters
between Marshallian and urban externalities Nicoletta Tessieri