Clustering of productive activities: A terrain for employment relations

Clusters and Globalisation: The Development of Urban and Regional Economies

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 196-214

  Quintana, Miriam ^a   Pulignano, Valeria ^b,c  

^a LLOYDS BANKING GROUP   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855194228     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

References (43)

1. Amadieu, J.R. (1992), 'Francia', in W. Sengenberger, G.W. Loveman and M.J. Piore (eds), Los Distritos Industriales y las Pequeñas Empresas II. El Resurgimiento de la Pequeña Empresa, Madrid: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, pp. 89-130.
2. Amin, A. and Robins, K. (1992), 'Distritos industriales y desarrollo regional: limites y posibilidades', in F. Pyke, G. Becattini and W. Segenberger (eds), Los Distritos Industriales y las Pequeñas Empresas I: Distritos industriales y cooperación Inter.- empresarial en Italia, Madrid: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social.
3. Auto Componentistica del Mezzogiorno (1998), Accordo Auto Componentistica del Mezzogiorno, May.
4. Bagnasco, A. (1974), La terza Italia, Milano: Angeli.
5. Bogetti, M. and Erliker, L. (1998), 'La progettazione formativa per lo stabilimento della Fiat-Sata a Melfi', Participation and Joint Training in European Automobile Industry: Trade Union-Enterprise Committee, Progetto Leonardo.
6. Brusco, S. (1990), 'The idea of the industrial district: its genesis', in F. Pyke, G. Becattini and W. Sengenberger (eds), Industrial Districts and Inter-Firm Cooperation in Italy, Geneva: International Institute for Labour Studies.
7. Brusco, S. (1992). 'Small firms and the provision of real services', in F. Pyke and W. Sengenberger (eds), Industrial Districts and Local Economic Regeneration, Geneva: International Institute for Labour Studies.
8. Brutti, P. and Calistri, F. (1990), 'Industrial districts and the unions', in F. Pyke, G. Becattini and W. Sengenberger (eds), Industrial Districts and Inter-firm Cooperation in Italy, Geneva: International Institute for Labour Studies.
9. Cantwell, J. (2001), 'Foreword', in P. Guerrieri, S. Iammarino and C. Pietrobelli (eds), The Global Challenge to Industrial Districts: Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Italy and Taiwan, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
10. Carter, C., Mueller, F. and Swan, J. (2001), Social capital and the role of HR practices in the management of knowledge', Conversations and critiques, managing knowledge conference, April, University of Leicester.
11. Coase, R.H. (1937), 'The nature of the firm', Economica, 4, 396-405.
12. Croom, S., Romano, P. and Giannakis, M. (2000), 'Supply chain management: an analytical framework for critical literature review', European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 6, 67-83.
13. Dei Ottati, G. (2003), 'Local governance and industrial districts' competitive advantage', in G. Becattini, M. Bellandi, G. Dei Ottati and F. Sforzi (eds), From Industrial Districts to Local Development: An Itinerary of Research, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 184-209.
14. Edwards, P.K. (1986), Conflict at Work, Oxford: Blackwell.
15. Glassmann, U. and Voelzkow, H. (2001), 'The governance of local economies in Germany, in P. Le Gales, C. Trigilia, H. Voelzhow and C. Crouch (eds), Local Production Systems in Europe: Rise or Demise?, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
16. Goss, D. (1991), Small Business and Society, London: Routledge.
17. Graziani, A. (1972), L'Economia Italiana: 1945-1970, Bologna: Il Mulino.
18. Hunter, L.C., Beaumont, P.B. and Sinclair, D. (1996), 'A partnership route to human resource management', Journal of Management Studies, 33 (2), 235-57.
19. Hyman, R. (2001), 'Some problems of partnership and dilemmas of dialogue', in C. Kjaergaard and S. Westphalen (eds), From Collective Bargaining to Social Partnership: New Roles of the Social Partners in Europe, Copenhagen: The Copenhagen Centre.
20. Katz, H. and Darbishire, O. (2000), Converging Divergences: Worldwide Changes in Employment Systems, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
21. Kelly, J. (1998), Rethinking Industrial Relations: Mobilisation, Collectivism and Long Waves, London: Routledge.
22. Kochan, T.A., Landsbury, R.D. and MacDuffie, J.P. (eds) (1997), After Lean Production. Evolving Employment Practices in the World Auto Industry, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
23. Marshall, A. (1919), Industry and Trade, London.
24. McAfee, R.B., Bruce, R., Glasman, Myron and Honeycutt, Earl D. Jr. (2002), 'The effects of culture and human resource management policies on supply chain management strategy', Journal of Business Logistics, 23 (1), 1-18.
25. Morgan, K. (1997), 'The learning region: institutions, innovation and regional renewal', Regional Studies, 31, 491-503.
26. Perry, M. (1999), 'Clusters last stand', Planning, Practice and Research, 14 (2), 149-52.
27. Piore, M. and Sabel, C.F. (1984), The Second Industrial Divide: Possibilities for Prosperity, New York: Basic Books.
28. Porter, M. (1998), 'Clusters and the new economics of competition', Harvard Business Review, 76 (6), 77-91.
29. Pulignano, V. (2002), 'Dynamic forms of control at work: a research note on integrated supply chains in the motor industry in southern Italy', Work, Employment and Society, 16 (1), 185-96.
30. Rainnie, A. (1989), Industrial Relations in Small Firms, London: Routledge.
31. Rainnie, A. (1991), 'Just in time, subcontracting and the small firm', Work, Employment and Society, 5 (3), 353-75.
32. Roberts, I., Sawbridge, D. and Bamber, G. (1992), 'Employee relations in smaller enterprises', in B. Towers (ed.), Handbook of Industrial Relations Practice, London: Kogan Page.
33. Saunders, M.J. (1995), 'Chains, Pipelines, Networks and Value Stream: The Role, Nature and Value of such Metaphors in Forming Perception of the Task of Purchasing and Supply Management', First Worldwide Research Symposium on Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, Temple, Arizona, pp. 476-85.
34. Scarbrough, H. (2000), 'The HR implication of supply relationships', Human Resource Management Journal, 10 (1), 5-17.
35. Storey, D.J. (1994), Understanding the Small Business Sector, London: Routledge.
36. Streeck, W. (1993), 'Industrial districts and local economic regeneration', Industrial and Labor Relations Review, July, 741-2.
37. Trigilia, C. (1992), 'Trabajo y politica en los distritos industriales de la tercera Italia', in F. Pyke, G. Becattini and W. Sengenberger (eds), Los Distritos Industriales y las Pequeñas Empresas I: Distritos industriales y cooperación Inter.-empresarial en Italia, Madrid: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social.
38. Turnbull, P. et al. (1993). 'Winners and losers: the "tiering" of component suppliers in the UK automobile industry', Journal of General Management, 19 (1), 48-62.
39. Weimer, S. (1992), 'Republica federal de Alemania', in W. Segenberger, G.W. Loveman and M.J. Piore (eds), Los Distritos Industriales y las Pequeñas Empresas II. El Resurgimiento de la Pequeña Empresa, Madrid: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, pp. 131-80.
40. Whitford, J. (2001), 'The decline of a model? Challenge and response in the Italian industrial districts', Economy and Society, 30 (1), 38-65.
41. Wilkinson, A. (1999), 'Employment relations in SMEs', Employee Relations, 21 (3), 206-17.
42. Williamson, O.E. (1975), Markets and Hierarchies: Analysis and Anti-trust Implications, New York: Free Press.
43. Wray, D. (1996), 'Paternalism and its discontents: a case study', Work, Employment and Society, 10 (4), 701-15.