The Technological Evolution of Industrial Districts

The Technological Evolution of Industrial Districts collects a wide array of theoretical and empirical contributions on the issue of industrial districts and gives insights into the complexity of industrial clustering, which has received growing international attention in the last decade. The book is divided into three parts. Part I provides a background discussion of the theory of industrial districts, bringing into the traditional Italian approach the Nordic studies based on the theory of knowledge-based organizations and the institutional perspective of the French regulation school. Part II, the book's core, develops a cognitive approach to the theory of industrial districts. Part III presents some empirical evidence on the new evolutionary design of traditional and high-tech industrial districts localized in Italy and in France. This volume will be particularly useful as a reference work for policy makers and as a supplemental text for courses in applied economics and business, industrial organization, industrial districts/clusters management, and network economics