Industrial districts : a new approach to industrial change

the late Giacomo Becattini (formerly Professor of Political Economy, University of Florence, Italy)

This remarkable book outlines the historical framework and the main concepts of the literature on industrial districts. It illustrates a new approach to the study of industrial development, based on well-known industrial districts analysis. Giacomo Becattini has written an authoritative volume which, starting with the theory of districts, explores key aspects of contemporary capitalism. The book concludes that industrial districts are not a provisory phenomenon but a variant of the capitalist mode of production, where financial relationships are relatively less important, and inter-human ones play an unusually important role. Such is the basis for their specific competitive advantage. Academics, politicians and students interested in local development and also industrial development will find much to learn in Industrial Districts, as will industrial geographers and historians of industry and of economic thought

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Becattini, Giacomo
Institutions:	Edward Elgar Publishing (publisher)
Publisher:	Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
Subject:	Industrieregion \| Industrial region \| Branchenentwicklung \| Sector development \| Industrie \| Manufacturing industries \| Kapitalismus \| Capitalism \| Industriegebiet \| Sektoraler Strukturwandel \| Industrieökonomie

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (xi, 199 pages) map
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Bibliografie
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-193) and index Contents: Foreword: An invitation to read by brian loasby -- Introduction -- Part I: From the 'sector' to the 'district' -- 1. From the industrial 'sector' to the industrial 'district': Some remarks on the conceptual foundations of industrial economics -- 2. The marshallian industrial district as a socioeconomic notion -- 3. The industrial district as a creative milieu -- 4. Local systems and global markets (with enzo rullani) -- 5. From marshallian to Italian 'industrial districts': A brief critical reconstruction -- 6. Measuring the 'district effect': Reflections on the literature (with Francesco musotti) -- Part II: Industrial districts and beyond -- 7. Thought and places in the works of carlo cattaneo -- 8. Industrial sectors and industrial districts: Tools for industrial analysis -- 9. The conditions of local development -- 10. Rural identities and globalisation (with luigi omodei zorini) -- Bibliography -- Index.
ISBN:	978-1-78254-400-5 ; 978-1-84376-325-3
Other identifiers:	10.4337/9781782544005 [DOI]
Classification:	Wirtschaftsgeographie ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung, Wirtschaftsstruktur: Allgemeines ; Wettbewerb
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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