Critical nodes and contemporary reflections on industrial districts: An introduction
Critical nodes and contemporary reflections on industrial districts: An introduction
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工业区的关键节点和当代反思:简介
DOI:
10.4337/9781781007808.00006
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发表时间:
2009
影响因子:
11.6
通讯作者:
L. D. Propris
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文献类型:
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作者:
G. Becattini;M. Bellandi;L. D. Propris
No matter how much has been written on industrial districts (IDs), they probably remain one of the most relevant socio-economic phenomena of the last decades, and they seem relevant now more than ever, as the disruptive forces of globalisation are uncovering the costs of the disparities between economy and society, and between economy and policy. This volume is meant to represent the main lines of a wide-ranging debate spreading over the last three decades on what IDs have represented in the past, what they are undergoing at the present time, and the challenges and opportunities they will face in a socio-economic context where global and local forces increasingly interact to shape the welfare of societies and the economic performance of firms and places. Comprising articles written by distinguished international scholars and practitioners, the Handbook includes conceptual, critical and forward-looking contributions as well as case studies on Asia, Latin America, Europe and the US. The volume sits within the current revival of socio-economic studies, as it assumes at its core the view that IDs are a clear expression of local societies finding their way in the national and international division of labour through the constitution and elaboration of productive specialisations congenial to the attitudes and preferences of their people. We start this introduction by recalling a few basic concepts and some of the most significant findings that have emerged from the recent debate on IDs, which in our view will make it easier to understand the overall structure of this Handbook of Industrial Districts. We then extract from its rich collection of empirical and theoretical contributions, themes that we think cut across the various sections, and that we see as coinciding with critical nodes on IDs and contemporary reflections on them. Finally, we present an overview of the volume.