The Competitive Advantage of Industrial Districts : Theoretical and Empirical Analysis /

Several interesting results on the economics of industrial districts are collected in this book. The first part investigates over internal determinants of industrial district competitiveness looking at internal productivity, at patterns of innovation and at those factors which create a favorable ind...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bagella, Michele
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Becchetti, Leonardo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint : Physica, 2000.
Series:Contributions to economics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Industrial Districts: Crucial Competitive Factors, Research Activity and Productivity: Competitiveness and its Socio-Economic Foundations: Empirical Evidence on the Italian Industrial Districts; Geographical Agglomeration in R & D Games: Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Evidence; Efficiency and Localisation: The Case of Italian Districts; Do State Subsidies have Stronger Impact when Provided to District Firms? An Empirical Analysis on Italian Data
  • Industrial Districts and Foreign Competitiveness: Export and Internationalization Performance: The Positive Link Betweeen Geographical Agglomeration and Export Intensity: The Engine of Italian Endogenous Growth?; EU and Non EU Export Performance of Italian Firms. Is There an Industrial District Effect?; Industrial Districts, Horizontal and Vertical Integration and Export Performance
  • The District Advantage in Small-Medium Firm Internationalisation; From SMEs to Industrial Districts in the Process of Internationalisation: Theory and Evidence.