Industrial district are often described as systems of firms in static equilibrium, in which changes in the environment or in the power of stakeholders can break the cooperation mechanism and lead to the crisis and even death of the district. The authors analyse two industrial districts, Biella...

The competitiveness of a territory is more and more explained by factors that combine technological innovation, recognized as a key element of the competitive advantage of an economic system, with knowledge, creativity, and sometimes even art and culture. In some areas of ancient...

Des études menées au cours des années quatre-vingt-dix sur certains districts italiens du textile ont montré que l'intensification de la concurrence et les conséquences négatives qui en résultent avaient conduit à une intensification de la compétition au sein des districts et à un...