Industrial districts and the collapse of the marshallian model: Looking at the italian experience

Competition and Change

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-87

  De Marchi, Valentina ^a   Grandinetti, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster; Global value chain; Globalization; Industrial atmosphere; Italy; Marshallian industrial district

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893763869     PISSN: 10245294     EISSN: 14772221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1024529413Z.00000000049     Document Type: Article

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