Inside the Black Box of ‘Industrial Atmosphere’: Knowledge and Information Networks in an Italian wine local system

Andrea Morrison
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Roberta Rabellotti

No 97, Working Papers from SEMEQ Department - Faculty of Economics - University of Eastern Piedmont

Abstract: A well-grounded empirical and theoretical literature shows that local production systems can benefit from external economies generated by a shared ‘industrial atmosphere’. Many scholars would agree that in contexts as industrial districts, clusters and local systems, economic actions are strongly embedded in social and institutional factors. Nevertheless, many scholars would instead debate about the nature, boundaries and processes underpinning ‘industrial atmosphere’. This paper aims at contributing to this field of studies by entering into the black box of the ‘industrial atmosphere’ reconstructing the informal contacts underpinning collective learning in a local production system. The study is based on empirical evidence collected at firm level in a an Italian wine local system and uses methods of network analysis

Pages: 41
Date: 2005-07
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