Italian industrial districts (IDs) recently attracted international attention because their performance during the last few decades contradicted the alleged wea

This book sheds new light on the role of industrial districts in the industrial development of the past and present. Industrial districts, which refer to the ge

Fiorenza Belussi, Giorgio Gottardi, and Enzo Rullani This volume collects some papers presented at the Vicenza conference "The Future of Districts", held in Jun

'A Handbook of Industrial Districts is a very well-organized and structured collection of scientific works on the theory of industrial districts.' - Roberta Cap

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