C<sc>apasso</sc> M., C<sc>usmano</sc> L. and M<sc>orrison</sc> A. The determinants of outsourcing and offshoring strategies in industrial districts: evidence from Italy, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Outsourcing has increasingly become a distinguished feature of the recent evolution of industrial districts and it constitutes the...

The paper investigates the diversified patterns of outsourcing in the Lombardy region and relates them to the probability of introducing product and process innovation. Based on a large firm-level survey, we show that outsourcing processes are strongly regionally embedded and that offshoring is...

Summary From a development perspective an investigation of the changes that have occurred in the wine industry is of particular interest because it provides evidence on how emerging economies have been able to acquire significant shares of the international market in a dynamic sector. Based on...

Cusmano L., Mancusi M. L. and Morrison A. Globalization of production and innovation: how outsourcing is reshaping an advanced manufacturing area, Regional Studies. This paper investigates the determinants and the spatial and functional dimensions of firms' outsourcing. Based on a large survey...

C<sc>orrocher</sc> N. and C<sc>usmano</sc> L. The 'KIBS engine' of regional innovation systems: empirical evidence from European regions, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) are key players in innovation systems, particularly in advanced regions where manufacturing competitiveness...

This paper studies the growth patterns in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) in Lombardy on the basis of original firm-level survey data. The aim is to investigate in particular the role of and interplay between age and size of firms and the modes of innovation in the process of...