Abstract Changes in the global market have posed critical challenges for industrial districts
and increased competition. In such a context, adopting information and digital technologies …

Place leadership (PL) influences the capability of places hit by disruptive challenges to react
and reroute to new paths of development. Recent contributions consider the positive role of …

Drawing from recent empirical literature on Italian industrial districts, this paper sketches an
outline for interpreting the changes that have recently been taking place, in the face of strong …

The present study embraces a theoretical framework developed in the field of business
management—so-called 3C—to investigate the factors that hamper the capacity of …

The chapter discusses the role played by different types of place leadership (PL) in
contemporary Italian industrial districts (IDs) facing the current challenges. Following a …

This paper investigates the structural features and performances of small firms interacting
inside regional production networks, with particular regard to Italian industrial districts …

In questo lavoro sono presentati e raffrontati i risultati di due indagini empiriche, condotte nel
corso di poco più di un decennio, tra il 2000-2001 e il 2013-2014, su altrettanti sistemi …

Obiettivi. Il principale obiettivo del presente studio è di dimostrare come effettivamente nei
distretti industriali manifatturieri del settore moda siano solo le medie imprese ad avere le …

This chapter provides a description of fieldwork activities carried out in a community of 14
small towns located in the extreme south east of Italy. This remote, peri-urban territory is …

Modern economies are organised as webs of interconnected agents. Among others,
companies represent the principal actors. In the recent decades, the emergence of supply …