Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Innovation and learning; 1: Models of localised technological change; 2: Innovation and the creation of knowledge in Italian industrial districts: A system model; 3: The cognitive approach to the study of local production systems; Part II: Knowledge as a resource and its implications for policy; 4: Endogenous development of local systems of SMEs: lessons from practical experience
5: Policies for the development of knowledge-intensive local production systems6: Multimedia technology: An organisational challenge for small firms in industrial districts; Part III: The dynamics of local industrial systems: empirical evidence; 7: Evolutionary and adaptive local systems in Northeast Italy: strategies of learning, leadership, and co-operation; 8: The socialisation of competencies in the development of human resources in small enterprise districts; 9: The evolution of the chair-manufacturing industry in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
