Local Clusters in Global Value Chains (eBook, PDF)

Linking Actors and Territories Through Manufacturing and Innovation
Redaktion: De Marchi, Valentina; Gereffi, Gary; Di Maria, Eleonora

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents original theoretical and empirical (multi-country and multi-industry) contributions addressing how globalization and Global Value Chains (GVCs) impact the competitiveness of clusters and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and how manufacturing and innovation can play a key role for local development, using a multilevel approach. Particular attention is devoted to the determinants of cross-clusters and within-cluster heterogeneity, with a special focus on innovation capabilities and their interplay with the geographic organization of production activities within a GVC framework, which is the competitive edge for firms specialized in manufacturing industries in the context of developed countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351724005
• Artikelnr.: 48959306

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Industrial districts, clusters and global value chains: toward an integrated framework



Valentina De Marchi, Eleonora Di Maria, and Gary Gereffi

Part I - Co-evolution of clusters and global value chains



Chapter 2. Italian industrial districts today: between decline and openness to global value chains



Elisa Giuliani and Roberta Rabellotti



Chapter 3. Evolutionary trajectories of industrial districts in global value chains



Valentina De Marchi, Gary Gereffi and Roberto Grandinetti



Chapter 4. Clusters, industrial districts and the impact of their growing intersection with global value chains



Mario Davide Parrilli and Jirí Blazek

Part II - The role of lead firms in global value chains and clusters



Chapter 5. MNEs and clusters: the creation of place-anchored value chains



Fiorenza Belussi, Annalisa Caloffi and Silvia Rita Sedita



Chapter 6. Global value chains and the role of MNEs in local production systems



Mariachiara Barzotto, Giancarlo Corò and Mario Volpe



Chapter 7. Knowledge, systemic contribution and brokerage in industrial clusters



Francesc Xavier Molina-Morales, Luis Martínez-Cháfer and José Antonio Belso-Martínez



Chapter 8. Local liabilities between immigrant and native entrepreneurship in clusters and global value chains



Simone Guercini

Part III - Value chain activities: rethinking the role of manufacturing and innovation



Chapter 9. Manufacturing where art thou? Value chain organization and cluster-firm strategies between local and global



Marco Bettiol, Maria Chiarvesio, Eleonora Di Maria and Stefano Micelli



Chapter 10. Networks of clusters within global value chains: the case of the European ceramic tile districts in Spain and Italy



Jose Luis Hervas-Oliver and Ma

Rezensionen

'This volume is a key contribution to a nuanced understanding of the global economy. It usefully combines insights from research on global value chains and industrial districts - highlighting the role of global firms in shaping local development and the importance of local factors in shaping competition in global markets.' - Stefano Ponte, Professor of International Political Economy, Department of Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School

'Not all clusters are part of global value chains, but all global value chains are made up of clusters. This truism is revealed in all its depth and variation by the rich examples in this carefully researched and important volume' - Timothy Sturgeon, Senior Researcher, MIT Industrial Performance Center

'Inter-firm relationships may offer firms in developing countries unique opportunities to learn and innovate, which is essential for their development. This book brilliantly studies new and original evidence to look into the co-evolution of two specific forms of such relationships - Clusters and Global Value Chains -, and into the complex dynamics of leadership and interactions between local and foreign firms. A must read for scholars and practitioners interested in understanding globalization and its influence on development.' - Carlo Pietrobelli, Professor of Economics, University of Roma Tre, Italy and United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT).

"(...) this is a well written and edited book of admirably consistent quality that makes significant progress in conceptualizing and mapping the diverse trajectories, both positive and negative, of European industrial districts as they seek to compete with and/or integrate into global production structures." - Neil M. Coe, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore