Changing nature and sustainability of the industrial district model: The case of technic valley in France

Growth and Change

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 595-620

  Barabel, Michael ^a   Huault, Isabelle ^b   Meier, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36849029943     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2007.00389.x     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Amighini, A., and R. Rabelotti. 2006. How do Italian footwear industrial districts face globalisation? European Planning Studies 14 (4, May): 485-502.
2. Amin, A. 1999. The Emilian model: Institutional challenges. European Planning Studies 7(4): 389-403.
3. Becattini, G. 1990. The Marshallian industrial district as a socio-economic notion. In Industrial districts and inter-firm cooperation in Italy, ed. F. Pyke, G. Becattini, and W. Sengenberger, 37-51. Geneva, Switzerland: International Institute for Labour Studies.
4. Becattini, G. 1991. Italian industrial districts: Problems and perspectives. International Studies of Management and Organisation 21(1): 83-90.
5. Bellini, N. 2000. Planning the learning region: An Italian approach. In Knowledge, innovation and economic growth and the theory and practice of learning regions, ed. F. Boekema, K. Morgan, S. Bakkers, and R. Ruttened, 95-114. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
6. Biggiero, L. 2002. The location of multinationals in industrial districts: Knowledge transfer in biomedicals. Journal of Technology Transfer 27: 111-122.
7. Boschma, R., and J. Lambooy. 2002. Knowledge, market structure and economic coordination: Dynamics of industrial districts. Growth and Change 33: 291-311.
8. Breschi, S., and F. Malerba. 2001. The geography of innovation and economic clustering: Some introductory notes. Industrial and Corporate Change 10(4): 817-833.
9. Brusco, S. 1990. The idea of the industrial district: Its genesis. In Industrial districts and inter-firm cooperation in Italy, ed. F. Pyke, G. Becattini, and W. Sengenberger, 10-19. Geneva, Switzerland: International Institute for Labour Studies.
10. Campbell, J.L., and O.K. Pedersen. 2001. The rise of neoliberalism and institutional analysis. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
11. Camuffo, A. 2003. Transforming industrial districts: Large firms and small business networks in the Italian eyewear industry. Industry and Innovation 10(4): 377-401.
12. Coro, G., and R. Grandinetti. 1999. Opening-up networks and institutional change in industrial districts: A survey in the Italian case. Paper presented at 11th International Meeting on Socio-Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, July 8-11.
13. Courlet, C., and J.-C. Léger. 1998. L'exemple de la vallée de l'Arve. Paper presented at Séminaire CGP-Dares, Paris, April 6-7.
14. Dei Ottati, G. 1994. Cooperation and competition in the industrial district as an organisation model. European Planning Studies 2: 463-483.
15. Dunford, M. 2006. Industrial districts, magic circles and the restructuring of the Italian textiles and clothing chain. Economic Geography 82 (1, January): 27-59.
16. Ganne, B. 1991. Les approches du local et des systèmes industriels locaux. Esquisse de bilan critique du camp français. Sociologie du travail 4: 545-576.
17. Grabher, G. 1993. The weakness of strong ties: A network theory revisited. In The embedded firm, ed. G. Grabher, 255-277. London: Routledge.
18. Held, D., A. McGrew, D. Goldblatt, and J. Perraton, 1999. Global transformation: Politics, economics and culture. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
19. Langley, A. 1999. Strategies for theorising from process data. Academy of Management Review 24(4): 691-710.
20. Lazerson, M., and G. Lorenzoni. 1999. The firms that feed industrial districts: A return to the Italian source. Industrial and Corporate Change 8(2): 235-250.
21. Lechner, C., and M. Dowling. 1999. The evolution of industrial districts and regional networks: The case of the biotechnology region Munich/ Martinsried. Journal of Management and Governance 3: 309-338.
22. Lorenzen, M., and V. Mahnke. 2002. Global strategy and the acquisition of local knowledge: How MNCs enter régional knowledge clusters. Working Paper, Copenhagen Business School.
23. Markusen, A. 2003. Fuzzy concepts, scanty evidence, policy distance: The case for rigour and policy relevance in critical regional studies. Regional Studies 77(6/7): 701-717.
24. Mistri, M., and Solari, S. 2002. Behavioural rules in industrial districts: Loyalty, trust and reputation. Working Paper, Department of Economics, University of Padova, Italy.
25. Molina-Morales, F.X., M.A. Lopez-Navarro, and J. Guia-Julve. 2002. The role of local institutions as intermediary agents in the industrial district. European Urban and Regional Studies 9(4): 315-329.
26. Nassimbeni, G. 2003. Local manufacturing and global economy: Are they compatible? The case of the Italian eyewear district. Journal of Operations Management 21(2): 151-172.
27. Paniccia, I. 1998. One, a hundred, thousands of industrial districts: Organisational variety in local networks of small and medium-sized enterprises. Organisation Studies 19(4): 667-699.
28. Perez-Aleman, P. 2005. Cluster formation, institutions and learning: The emergence of clusters and development in Chile. Industrial and Corporate Change 14(4): 651-677.
29. Phelps, N.A., and P. Waley. 2004. Capital versus districts: A tale of one multinational company's attempt to disembed itself. Economic Geography 80(2): 191-216.
30. Piore, M., and C. Sabel. 1984. The second industrial divide. New York: Basic Books.
31. Porac, J., H. Thomas, and C. Baden-Fuller. 1989. Competitive groups as cognitive communities: The case of Scottish knitwear manufacturers. Journal of Management Studies 26(3): 397-416.
32. Puthod, D. 1995. Entre confiance et défiance: La vigilance au cœur de la gestion des alliances. Gestion 2000 2: 111-129.
33. Pyke, F., G. Becattini, and W. Sengenberger, eds. 1990. Industrial districts and inter-firm cooperation in Italy. Geneva, Switzerland: International Institute for Labour Studies.
34. Rama, R., Ferguson, D., and A. Melero. 2003. Subcontracting networks in industrial districts: The electronic industries of Madrid. Regional Studies February 37(1): 71-89.
35. Reverdy, B. 2001. Accompagnement et territoire. Paper presented at 7th annual seminar of the Department of Company Statistics of INSEE, December 6.
36. Scholte, J.A. 2000. Globalisation: A critical introduction. Basingstoke/ New York: Palgrave.
37. Scott, A. 1998. Regions and the world economy: The coming shape of global production, competition, and political order. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
38. Scott, A. 2006. Geography and economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
39. Scott, A., and M. Storper. 2003. Regions, globalisation, development. Regional Studies 37-2: 579-593.
40. Storper, M. 1997. The regional world: Territorial development in a global economy. New York: Guilford Press.
41. Whitford, J. 2001. The decline of a model? Challenge and response in the Italian industrial districts. Economy and Society 30(1): 38-75.
42. Yin, R. 1989. Case study research: Design and methods. London: Sage.