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9780714643335

Enterprise Clusters and Networks in Developing Countries

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  • ISBN13:

    9780714643335

  • ISBN10:

    0714643335

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 1997-02-01
  • Publisher: Routledge

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This text analyzes the functions and advantages of clusters and networks for small enterprises in developing countries. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the editors point out it is trust that is the social basis for positive effects of clustering and networking, which are often sources of cooperation and technology diffusion for small enterprises in developing countries.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors vii
1. Clusters and Networks as Sources of Co-operation and Technology Diffusion for Small Enterprises in Developing Countries
1(10)
Meine Pieter van Dijk
Roberta Rabellotti
PART I: CLUSTERS, EXTERNAL ECONOMIES AND CO-OPERATION 11(82)
2. Clusters of Enterprises Within Systems of Production and Distribution: Collective Efficiency and Transaction Costs
11(19)
Poul Ove Pedersen
3. Footwear Industrial Districts in Italy and Mexico
30(31)
Roberta Rabellotti
4. The Significance of Spatial Clustering: External Economies in the Peruvian Small-Scale Clothing Industry
61(32)
Evert-Jan Visser
PART II: FLEXIBLE SPECIALISATION, NETWORKS OR GHETTOS? 93(62)
5. Opportunities for Women in Ougadougou's Informal Sector: An Analysis Based on the Flexible Specialisation Concept
93(16)
Hanneke Dijkman
Meine Pieter van Dijk
6. Industrial District or Garment Ghetto? Nairobi's Mini-Manufacturers
109(22)
Dorothy McCormick
7. Small Enterprise Associations and Networks: Evidence from Accra
131(24)
Meine Pieter van Dijk
PART III: EXAMPLES: TECHNOLOGY, CREDIT AND INTERNATIONALISATION 155
8. Trust Building in Tanzania's Informal Credit Transactions
155(14)
M. S. D. Bagachwa
9. Enterprise Networks and Technological Change: Aspects of Light Engineering and Metal Working in Accra
169(22)
Arni Sverrisson
10. From SMEs to Industrial Districts in the Process of Internationalisation: Theory and Practice
191
Michelle Bagella
Carlo Pietrobelli

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