Territory, specialization and globalization in European Manufacturing

by Marques; Helena

• ISBN13: 9780415552066
• ISBN10: 0415552060
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book provides an explanation for the differences observed in the impact of globalization which is based on the influence of the territory and of the production specialization of the firms.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. xi
List of tables	p. xiii
Preface	p. xvi
Introduction	p. 1
Background and motivation	p. 1
Current challenges	p. 2
Overview of the book	p. 3
Networks and industrial districts	p. 6
Inter-organizational relationships and networks: a configuration typology	p. 7
Industrial districts as territorial units of analysis	p. 14
Strategic implications of the formation of industrial districts for European traditional manufacturing	p. 19
Conclusions	p. 27
Globalization, internationalization strategy and industrial districts	p. 28
Industrial delocation: concept and evolution	p. 30
Industrial districts and the new economic environment	p. 32
The location effect in the internationalization process	p. 39
Conclusions	p. 45
The textile-clothing industry in Europe: characterization and recent evolution	p. 47
Characterization of the textile-clothing industry	p. 48
The recent evolution of the textile-clothing industry in Europe	p. 56
An example of concentration and territorial specialization in the textile-clothing industry: the Comunidad Valenciana	p. 71
Conclusions	p. 76
Methodology of analysis: an application to the Valencia textile-clothing industrial district	p. 79
Geographical definition of the industrial district	p. 79
Methodology of analysis	p. 89
Organizational characteristics of the sample	p. 92
Conclusions	p. 99
Findings from the Valencia textile-clothing industrial district	p. 101
The firms' strategic environment	p. 102
Operationalization and preliminary statistical analysis	p. 110
The effect of the industrial district location on perceptions	p. 114
The district effect and international activity	p. 120
The subsector effect on perceptions	p. 125
The subsector effect on international activity	p. 131
Conclusions and remarks	p. 136
Main conclusions	p. 137
Some caveats	p. 139
The future	p. 140
questionnaire	p. 141
statistical tables	p. 144
Notes	p. 153
Bibliography159
Index	p. 174
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