In both developed and developing countries there is mounting evidence that clustering and
networking help small-and medium-sized manufacturers to raise their competitiveness. The …

The general functional characteristics of the craft, fashion, and cultural-products industries
(cultural-products industries for short) are described, and the tendency of these industries to …

This article addresses the use of the concepts of “flexibility” and “post-Fordism” in recent
writing on the cultural industries, and asks whether borrowing concepts from such work …

Abstract G RAY M., G OLOB E. and M ARKUSEN A.(1996) Big firms, long arms, wide
shoulders: the 'hub-and-spoke'industrial district in the Seattle region, Reg. Studies 30, 651 …

Work on fundamental shifts in the social organization of production and exchange in
industrial economies stimulated a flurry of studies on the endogenous development potential …

This paper proposes a framework of analysis in which:(1) the constitution of new sources of
economies of scale or scope is supported by systemic entrepreneurship;(2) the realization of …

This paper analyzes new forms of flexibility in the US apparel industry and the
consequences of this flexibility for labor market segmentation. Post-Fordist flexible work …

Ce cahier présente des éléments théoriques et pratiques associés à des nouvelles
modalités locales de développement des territoires. La recherche a été réalisée en 1995 en …

Analisa a competitividade das regiões industriais do País, no período 1986-1994, tendo
como pano de fundo a abertura comercial da economia, a partir dos anos 90; enfatiza a …

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