Much of the literature on the impact of institutions on economic development has focused on
the tradeoffs between society and community as mutually opposed forms of institutional …

Purpose This paper aims to know the dimension and scope that research on the district
effect has had in the literature about industrial districts, as well as to shed some light on the …

The paper addresses a poorly documented issue in the literature, namely the role of clusters
in green transformation, including processes related to green, low-carbon, and circular …

Abstract B oix R. and G alletto V. Innovation and industrial districts: a first approach to the
measurement and determinants of the I-district effect, Regional Studies. The paper analyses …

Italy has been characterised by a wide north–south divide since its unification and regional
development policies have traditionally followed suit. The reform of the EU cohesion policy …

The aim of this paper is to propose an explanation of the changes of dynamic matching
between systemic properties of local production systems (LPS) and characteristics of the …

This paper assesses the relationships between public policy and the development of
industrial clusters. A conceptual model of the relationship between public policies and the …

Much of international trade is coordinated by the lead firms of Global Value Chains (GVCs)
and regulated through global standards. The way in which this global governance is …

The cluster concept has been promoted in recent years as a panacea for economic
development, both locally and nationally. One source of theoretical and empirical ambiguity …

Participating in the global economy brings both opportunities and dangers. The main danger
is getting locked into a race to the bottom; in other words, competing by paying low wages …