| Description |
1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Series |
Routledge studies in global competition ; 69 |
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Studies in global competition ; v. 69.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Industrial districts, clusters and global value chains: toward an integrated framework / Gary Gereffi -- pt. I Co-evolution of clusters and global value chains -- 2. Italian industrial districts today: between decline and openness to global value chains / Roberta Rabellotti -- 3. Evolutionary trajectories of industrial districts in global value chains / Roberto Grandinetti -- 4. Clusters, industrial districts and the impact of their growing intersection with global value chains / Jiri Blazek -- pt. II role of lead firms in global value chains and clusters -- 5. MNEs and clusters: the creation of place-anchored value chains / Silvia Rita Sedita -- 6. Global value chains and the role of MNEs in local production systems / Mario Volpe -- 7. Knowledge, systemic contribution and brokerage in industrial clusters / Jose Antonio Belso-Martinez -- 8. Local liabilities between immigrant and native entrepreneurship in clusters and global value chains / Simone Guercini -- pt. III Value chain activities: rethinking the role of manufacturing and innovation -- 9. Manufacturing, where art thou? Value chain organization and cluster-firm strategies between local and global / Stefano Micelli -- 10. Networks of clusters within global value chains: the case of the European ceramic tile districts in Spain and Italy / Mario Davide Parrilli -- 11. role of manufacturing within industrial districts: proposing and testing an innovative methodology / Albachiara Boffelli -- 12. New frontiers for competitiveness and innovation in clusters and value-chains research / Gary Gereffi |
| Summary |
"The international fragmentation of economic activities--from research and design to production and marketing--described through the lens of the global value chain (GVC) approach impacts the structure and performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) agglomerated in economic clusters. The consolidation of GVCs ruled by global lead firms and the recession of 2008-09 exacerbated the pressures on cluster actors that based their competitive advantage on local systems, spurring an increasing heterogeneity, both across and within clusters, that is still overlooked in the literature. Drawing on detailed studies of different industries and countries, Local Clusters in Global Value Chains shows the co-evolutionary trajectories of clusters and GVCs, and the role of firms and their strategies in organizing manufacturing and innovation activities in the context of ongoing technological shifts. The book explores the tension between place-based variables and global drivers of change, and the possibility for territories containing such clusters to prosper in the new global scenario. By adopting insights from the GVC framework and management studies, the book discusses how the internationalization strategies of firms create opportunities as well as constraints for adaptive upgrading in clusters. This book is of interest to both researchers and policy-makers who are interested in the dynamic sources of competitive advantage in the global economy."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 28, 2017) |
| Subject |
Industrial clusters.
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Industrial districts.
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International business enterprises.
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International trade.
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Business parks.
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industrial parks.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Business parks
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Industrial clusters
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Industrial districts
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International business enterprises
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International trade
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
De Marchi, Valentina, editor.
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Di Maria, Eleonora, editor.
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Gereffi, Gary, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781315182049 |
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1315182041 |
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