Moving Eastwards while Remaining Embedded: the Case of the Marche Footwear District, Italy

Eleonora Cutrini ()

No 23-2010, Working Papers from Macerata University, Department of Studies on Economic Development (DiSSE)

Abstract: The article contributes to knowledge about the evolution of industrial districts specialised in traditional manufacturing industries as a result of internationalization processes. On the basis of a longitudinal field study, the article describes the change in outsourcing firms’ behaviour that occurred in one of the main fashion-led Italian footwear districts during the period 2001-2009. After the well-known preferential destination towards Central and Eastern Europe, a second, more recent wave of delocalization over long distances is reported. Despite intensified outsourcing abroad, subcontracting relationships remain deeply embedded, and the updated evidence indicates a possible homecoming to the original area.

Keywords: evolution; Industrial districts; outsourcing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O1 O11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-03, Revised 2010-03
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