TY - JOUR
T1 - Industrial districts and the collapse of the marshallian model
T2 - Looking at the italian experience
AU - De Marchi, Valentina
AU - Grandinetti, Roberto
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - In the last 15 years, Italy's industrial districts (IDs) have been undergoing profound changes. Based on a number of empirical studies, this article analyzes several phenomena now amply evident in Italian IDs, including globalization and its effects on the firm population of each district and its fabric of interorganizational relationships; the impact of immigration on how the social structure and the production structure mutually interpenetrate; the shrinking reproducibility of the entrepreneurial factor; the diversification of the local production structure; an increased concentration of the turnover and workforce within the districts; and a weakening of the fabric of relations between enterprises. The combined effect of these phenomena has been to dismantle the Marshallian model that once characterized the majority of Italian IDs. Given this picture, the article focuses on the directions now being taken by these districts. By systematizing evidence emerging from existing studies on various single districts, we identify four scenarios.
AB - In the last 15 years, Italy's industrial districts (IDs) have been undergoing profound changes. Based on a number of empirical studies, this article analyzes several phenomena now amply evident in Italian IDs, including globalization and its effects on the firm population of each district and its fabric of interorganizational relationships; the impact of immigration on how the social structure and the production structure mutually interpenetrate; the shrinking reproducibility of the entrepreneurial factor; the diversification of the local production structure; an increased concentration of the turnover and workforce within the districts; and a weakening of the fabric of relations between enterprises. The combined effect of these phenomena has been to dismantle the Marshallian model that once characterized the majority of Italian IDs. Given this picture, the article focuses on the directions now being taken by these districts. By systematizing evidence emerging from existing studies on various single districts, we identify four scenarios.
KW - Cluster
KW - Global value chain
KW - Globalization
KW - Industrial atmosphere
KW - Italy
KW - Marshallian industrial district
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84893763869&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1179/1024529413Z.00000000049
DO - 10.1179/1024529413Z.00000000049
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84893763869
SN - 1024-5294
VL - 18
SP - 70
EP - 87
JO - Competition and Change
JF - Competition and Change
IS - 1
ER -