From Industrial Districts to Local Development introduces a set of papers representing the main contribution of the 'Florence school' to the recent literature o

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

This book outlines the historical framework and the main concepts of the literature on industrial districts. It illustrates a new approach to the study of indus

The multidisciplinary, quantitative approach adopted by the author, enables her to "de-structure" the "canonical" idea of the ID and evaluate the normative valu

Bringing together a wide range of empirical studies from around the world (Sweden, Norway, Austria, Germany, France, UK, Israel, Russia, China, Taiwan, Argentin