Mientras que muchos de los servicios externalizados por las empresas industriales continúan siendo servicios a empresas de carácter tradicional no directamente implicados en el proceso de fabricación en sí mismo (contabilidad, servicios legales, personales, financieros, etc.), un área...

In this paper we identify some sources of resilience in regional production districts (RPDs) faced with external shocks. We analyze Madrid’s electronics district, which has managed to survive and prosper even after the turbulent period of the early 1990s when Spanish telecommunications...

RAMA R., FERGUSON D. and MELERO A. (2003) Subcontracting networks in industrial districts: the electronics industries of Madrid , Reg. Studies 37 , 71- 88. With the recent introduction of industrial district typologies, the definition of "industrial district' has been extended beyond the...

The Tenth District has consistently outperformed the nation in the 1990s in the growth of manufactured exports. Foreign exports account for a large share of the district's sales of manufactured goods and have also helped the district retain many of its factory jobs.

Welfare finance reform could have a substantial fiscal impact on the budgets of some states in the Tenth district, although the ability to cope with reform will vary from state to state. This article discusses some of the proposed changes in welfare funding and the effect they may have on the...

State and local policymakers typically have three targets for their economic development policies: outside businesses, existing businesses, and new start-up businesses. Attracting outside businesses especially large manufacturing plants has long been a popular economic development activity, but...

Most of the Tenth Federal Reserve District states experienced a brain drain, or an outmigration of highly educated people, during the last half of the 1980s. Fortunately, the recent tide of migration appears to have turned for some district states. Yet, it is still important for policymakers to...