The Marshallian industrial district, an organizational and institutional answer to uncertainty

Frédéric Corolleur () and Claude Courlet
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Frédéric Corolleur: GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée = Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Claude Courlet: LEPII - Laboratoire d'Economie de la Production et de l'Intégration Internationale - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The object of this paper is to clarify the Marshallian ideas of agents, markets and evolution that make up his concept of the industrial district. The industrial district is interpreted as an organizational and institutional answer to uncertainty. Its longevity depends on the strategies of the local economic actors, the fruition of external economies and its adaptation to a particular trade and technological environment. These propositions are illustrated with regard to contemporary industrial history.

Keywords: industrial district; uncertainty; markets; Marshall; rationality; district industriel; incertitude; marché; institut de recherche; organisation industrielle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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Published in Entrepreneurship and Regional Developement, 2003, 15 (4), pp.299-307. ⟨10.1080/0898562032000058941⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/0898562032000058941

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