The work analyzes the productive districts in Sicily, which is a lagging region in terms of development, and it suggests several proposals to make the working of these districts more effective for the competitiveness and the development of the regional economy. The analysis points out the need...

Integrated logistics inside industrial districts, in spite of its potential, still faces infrastructural and cultural barriers. The article analyses fourteen cases of logistic innovation within industrial district firms, highlighting both the current status and intervention areas for building up...

In Sicily there is an increased dependency of the economy and employment from politics due to the weakness of the market economy and to the lack of strong civic culture. This paper will explain what are the ‘productive districts’ in Sicily and what they represent. The present work focuses on...

Questo contributo si concentra sui distretti produttivi in Sicilia che riguardano soprattutto l’industria alla luce dei primi tre anni dalla costituzione e riconoscimento di tali distretti da parte della Regione e la prevista scadenza dei relativi Patti di Sviluppo, valutandone il tema degli...

This research proposes an investigation into the creation and the later development, in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, of a private company called CRIT Srl, constituted by a group of large and medium-sized mechanical firms. The purpose of CRIT is not only to act as a technology broker,...

Italian Abstract: La mancanza di informazioni dettagliate sui beneficiari degli incentivi alle imprese in Italia ha reso tradizionalmente molto difficile l’analisi delle caratteristiche del sostegno economico al sistema produttivo. Per colmare in parte tale lacuna, in questo lavoro si sfrutta...

This paper aims at examining the regional industrial policies at present in place in the United Kingdom. The analysis is divided in two parts: while the first one provides a survey of the national level, the second one is focused on the regional level. After a thorough description of the...