Exploring vs. Exploiting Advantages in Industrial Districts

F. Xavier Molina-Morales, López-Navarro, M. Angel and Jaume Guia Julve
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F. Xavier Molina-Morales: Universitat Jaume I
López-Navarro, M. Angel: Universitat Jaume I
Jaume Guia Julve: Universitat de Girona

The Review of Regional Studies, 2002, vol. 32, issue 1, 113-132

Abstract: This paper proposes a theoretical integration of social capital and territorial perspectives for the study of industrial districts. Industrial districts ben-efit from fine-grained information and tacit knowledge exchanges and from norms and values that promote cooperation. These characteristics benefit indi-vidual firms for the exploitation, rather than exploration, of technologies and opportunities. We suggest that proximity facilitates the creation of third-party relationships, such as those between firms and regional institutions. These institutions provide individual firms with indirect links to sources of knowledge from outside the district. In order to give support to our theoretical argument we examine the Spanish ceramic tile industrial district and focus on the role played by the Institute of Ceramic Technology as an illustrative case.

Date: 2002
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