Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. Sebastiano Brusco (1982), 'The Emilian Model: Productive Decentralisation and Social Integration', Cambridge Journal of Economics, 6 (2), June, 167-84 -- 2. Giacomo Becattini (1990), 'The Marshallian Industrial District as a Socio-Economic Notion', in...

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