Complexity and Industrial Clusters Dynamics and Models in Theory and Practice
The system of Italian industrial districts seems to have produced a "model of capitalism" that is different from those of the "Anglo-Saxon" and "Rhine Valley". However, the Italian model - which might be defined as "horizontal or network capitalism" - is not l...
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| Language: | English |
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Heidelberg
Physica
2002, 2002
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2002 |
| Series: | Contributions to Economics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: From Specific Industrial Cases to a General Economic Model?
- I. Complexity and Economic Dynamics
- What Is Complexity?
- Complex Adaptive Systems and Spontaneous Emergence
- The Industrial Cluster as a Complex Adaptive System
- II. General Models of Industrial Cluster Dynamics
- Complexity and Local Interactions: Towards a Theory of Industrial Districts
- From Marshall’s to the Italian “Industrial Districts”. A Brief Critical Reconstruction
- Diversity, Not Specialization: The Ties That Bind the (New) Industrial District
- Competitive and Synergic Behaviours in the Development of Industrial Clusters: Ecological Modelling and Empirical Evidence
- On the Ubiquitous Nature of Agglomeration Economies and Their Diverse Determinants: Some Notes
- III. Success Cases Around the World
- The Entrepreneurial Spark: Individual Agents and the Formation of Innovative Clusters
- From Exogenous to Endogenous Local Development: The Cases of the Toulouse and Sophia Antipolis Technopoles
- Biotechnology Development in Germany: The Case of Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Support for Technology-Based Firms: The Role Played by Property-Based Science Parks
- High-Tech Industrial Clusters in the Asian Countries: The Case of the Electronics Industry in the Hsinchu-Taipei Region
- Financial Markets, Industrial Clusters and Small and Medium-Size Enterprises
- List of Authors