Mapping shipbuilding clusters in Tuscany: Main features and policy implications

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-52

  Lazzeretti, Luciana ^a   Capone, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HARBOR; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MAPPING METHOD; REGIONAL POLICY; SHIPBUILDING;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 74949104270     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088830903461183     Document Type: Article

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55. It is important to recall that the present computation leaves out both subcontractors and auxiliary industries.
56. Unfortunately, we were not able to carry out a more updated analysis, because censuses are held every ten years and the next one is in 2011; these constitute, in fact, the only sufficiently exhaustive source for building an analysis of LQs, although they only give information about the final balance, and not the flows (births and deaths) of clusters.
57. Among the shipyards localised in this area are those of Azimut-Benetti, Perini Navi and Rodriguez.
58. At first sight, these numbers seem rather small, but one should also consider those who work illegally on commission, for whom it is rather hard to give an acceptable approximation. Also, our survey takes into account only those activities that are directly related to the building of pleasure and sporting boats, and leaves out others, such as the tourist services associated to the sector either directly (cruises and boat excursions) or indirectly (hotels, restaurants, and the like).
59. A further expansion might be made in the future by considering other cross-sector items, and include links with the tourism and leisure time industries, or other sectors.
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