Business Networks in Clusters and Industrial Districts: the Governance of the Global Value Chain

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ISBN: 9780415457842 | 041545784X
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Copyright: 8/24/2009

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How do we define and identify districts and clusters? How do they evolve? How do clusters and districts relate to the global economy? What policy options are available to promote them in east and west economies?This collection of papers from international experts includes theoretical and empirical contributions examining these questions and offering deep insights into the internal-external mechanism of knowledge circulation and learning.

List of figures and tables	p. x
List of contributors	p. xv
Preface	p. xviii
The business model of industrial districts and clusters between the knowledge-based view and the global value chain perspective	p. 1
The international fragmentation of the industrial districts and clusters (IDs&Cs) value chain between relocation and global integration	p. 3
Localized and distance learning in industrial districts	p. 24
Boundary-spanning strategies of industrial districts: the impact of absorptive capacity	p. 52
Industrial districts in the global value chains: Marshallian and evolutionary districts	p. 67
From proximity advantages to organizational advantages through the global extension of an industrial district: the case of the footwear district of Verona	p. 69
The evolution of a technologically dynamic district: the case of Montebelluna	p. 90
A ‘low road’ to competitiveness in the global apparel industry: the case of the Vibrata Valley district	p. 114
Moving immigrants into Western industrial districts: the ‘inverse’ delocalization of the leather tanning district of Arzignano	p. 136
The evolution of external linkages and relational density in the Tuscan leather industry	p. 146
Transferring entrepreneurship: the making of the cluster of Timişoara	p. 172
The internationalization of the ‘footwear agglomeration’ of Timişoara: how deeply embedded are local firms?	p. 186
Industrial districts and clusters in the global value chains	p. 213
Local systems playing globally: heterogeneous districts in the ornamental horticulture global value chain	p. 215
Industrial districts and globalization: learning and innovation in local and global production systems	p. 246
Industrial clusters in the Brazilian ceramic tile industry and the new challenges of the competition in the global value chain	p. 266
Local development and innovation policies in China: the experience of Guangdong specialized towns	p. 287
High-tech industrial districts and clusters in the global value chains	p. 307
The institutional design of clusters in the Greater Paris Region	p. 309
The development of local-global linkages in the biotech districts in Germany: local embeddedness or distance learning?	p. 332
Two sides of the same coin? Local and global knowledge flows in Medicon Valley	p. 356
Local innovation systems, upgrading and innovation policy: lessons from the Bangalore cluster, India	p. 377
Index	p. 405
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Business Networks in Clusters and Industrial Districts: the Governance of the Global Value Chain

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