Dynamics of Industrial Districts and Business Groups: the Case of the Marche Region

Filippo Randelli () and Ron Boschma ()

Working Papers - Economics from Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa

Abstract: Italian industrial districts are undergoing fundamental changes due to globalization. Taking a firm perspective, we argue that the analysis of firm strategies, in particular the rise of business groups, is key to understand the organizational adjustments industrial districts have recently gone through. Due to the typical family structure of industrial district firms in the Marche region, as in other fragmented Italian districts, the organizational form adopted by firms to manage growth is that of the business group. We evaluate the empirical relevance of business groups in the Marche region, and we describe different transition strategies that turned firms into business groups.

Keywords: Industrial Districts; Business Groups; Globalization; Marche Region (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L22 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2011
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