Does homogeneity exist within industrial districts? A social capital‐based approach*

F. Xavier Molina‐Morales and M. Teresa Martínez‐Fernández

Papers in Regional Science, 2009, vol. 88, issue 1, 209-229

Abstract: Abstract Industrial districts are made up of enterprises and organisations that are closely related, both physically and cognitively. From the social capital perspective, the district has been defined as a social network with a high degree of internal homogeneity. Nevertheless, good reasons can be found to justify a certain degree of heterogeneity among the member firms and at least two sub‐clusters of firms, the ‘core network’ and ‘periphery network’, can be distinguished. Taking this idea as our starting point, we analyse the case of the Castellón ceramic tile industrial district in order to gain a greater understanding of these two groups of enterprises and their differences. Resumen Los distritos industriales están formados por empresas y organizaciones estrechamente relacionadas, tanto física como cognitivamente. Desde la perspectiva del capital social, el distrito ha sido definido como una red social con un elevado grado de homogeneidad interna. Sin embargo, se pueden encontrar buenas razones para justificar un cierto grado de heterogeneidad entre las empresas miembro y se pueden distinguir al menos dos subgrupos de empresas, la ‘red del núcleo central’ y la ‘red periférica’. Tomando esta idea como nuestro punto de partida, analizamos el caso del distrito industrial de baldosas y azulejos cerámicos de Castellón para obtener un mayor conocimiento de estos dos grupos de empresas y sus diferencias.

Date: 2009
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