The paper reconsiders the key issue of the industrial district and the multinational enterprise as two alternative or complementary drivers of local development in the light of new empirical evidence. That evidence derives from the results of two surveys of the determinants of linkages between...

<i> La certificazione come strumento per la politica industriale. L'esperienza dell'Emilia Romagna </i> (di Giovanni Solinas) - ABSTRACT: This paper examines regional industrial policy on quality certification and general management quality systems focusing on the difficulties to implement ISO 9000...