We examine two particular cases that illustrate the tendencies outlined in the literature regarding the structural changes arising in clusters and districts, focusing on innovation and internationalisation. The ceramic tile district of Sassuolo is characterised by internationalisation through...

<!--Début du contenu @xml:lang="en"-->?This paper argues that the large changes in the extension of markets implied by globalisation call for a renewed analysis of production organisation and the filieres in which firms produce and sell products, in order to better understand structural changes in industries. ? <!--Fin du contenu @xml:lang="en"-->After a review of...

The aim of this paper is to review the articles published in the journal L?Industria over the last 30 years, focusing on issues related to industrial policy. Articles published in the journal have both analysed the characteristics of Italian industry and discussed industrial policy implications....

In this paper, we discuss the implications of the financial crisis for industrial policy. We show that despite official discourse, industrial policy has continued to exist during the liberal years of essentially the 1990s, in order to accompany important structural changes firms had to face. The...