Purpose – This paper aims to analyse the impact of globalization on the manufacturing operations of industries and industrial districts and how it influences the specialization and diversification of manufacturing decisions. Design/methodology/approach – The sample includes 9,684 Spanish...

Territory, Specialization and Globalization in European Manufacturing Francisco Puig and Helena Marques Q Routledge jj^ Taylor & Francis Croup LONDON AND NEW YORK Contents List of figures xi List of tables ...

Purpose: This paper aims to analyse the impact of globalization on the manufacturing operations of industries and industrial districts and how it influences the specialization and diversification of manufacturing decisions.Design/methodology/approach: The sample includes 9,684 Spanish...

Although traditional manufacturing (textiles, clothing, footwear, furniture, etc) has been in decline in developed countries, it still represents an important part of European employment due to its labour-intensive character. Moreover, its geographical concentration particularly exposes certain...

Purpose – To analyse the contribution of firm structure (size, clustering and foreign ownership) and strategy (subsector specialization) to the financial performance Return On Assets [ROA] of almost 10,000 European textile-clothing firms. Methodology/approach – A panel regression analysis is...

1. Introduction -- 2. Networks and industrial districts -- 3. Globalization, internationalization strategy and industrial districts -- 4. The textile-clothing industry in Europe : characterization and recent evolution -- 5. Methodology of analysis : an application to the Valencia...

Purpose – This paper aims to analyse the impact of globalization on the manufacturing operations of industries and industrial districts and how it influences the specialization and diversification of manufacturing decisions. Design/methodology/approach – The sample includes 9,684 Spanish...