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Industrial district culture

Research carried out by Ca’ Foscari and the University of Padua outlines the development of a form of organising production and territory that remains original to this day.

Italian industrial districts, businesses and areas that become a productive and social unity, are an economic experiment that has become reality in many locations around the country. At this stage, it’s an example of widespread business culture, economic and social construction that has borne much fruit. It’s an example that also continues to develop, no so much in terms of quantity but of quality. Giancarlo Corò and Roberto Grandinetti (from the Department of Economics at Ca’ Foscari and of Economics and Business Sciences at the University of Padua respectively) reflected on this area in their recently published article in Economia e Società Regionale.

“Industrial districts in the transformations of the Italian economy: from extensive growth to the challenges of the new globalisation” is an exhaustive analysis of the phenomenon of industrial districts in Italy, from their growth in terms of “extension” to their development in terms of “quality”. In other words, it’s a survey of industrial districts along a historical and economic journey from their birth and growth to their qualitative development in the face of globalisation.

From the great transformation of the Italian economy, Corò and Grandinetti arrive at the present day, complementing an examination of the districts’ constituent elements (companies, territory, people, capability) with the innovations of recent times as well: not only the general effects of globalisation, but also new technologies and the need for a constant focus on the social aspects, including those connected to education and knowledge. Indeed, it is precisely the focus on connecting the original characteristics of the districts with the new elements that characterise their activities that makes Corò and Grandinetti’s research so original.

The result is a profile of an Italian industrial district that can not only withstand new economic and social pressures, but also innovate and develop in terms of quality and people. The Italian industrial district, evolving without losing its own original characteristics, traces out a business culture able to update and improve.

I distretti industriali nelle trasformazioni dell’economia italiana: dalla crescita estensiva alle sfide della nuova globalizzazione 

Giancarlo Corò, Roberto Grandinetti
Economia e Società Regionale, 2023/2

Research carried out by Ca’ Foscari and the University of Padua outlines the development of a form of organising production and territory that remains original to this day.

Italian industrial districts, businesses and areas that become a productive and social unity, are an economic experiment that has become reality in many locations around the country. At this stage, it’s an example of widespread business culture, economic and social construction that has borne much fruit. It’s an example that also continues to develop, no so much in terms of quantity but of quality. Giancarlo Corò and Roberto Grandinetti (from the Department of Economics at Ca’ Foscari and of Economics and Business Sciences at the University of Padua respectively) reflected on this area in their recently published article in Economia e Società Regionale.

“Industrial districts in the transformations of the Italian economy: from extensive growth to the challenges of the new globalisation” is an exhaustive analysis of the phenomenon of industrial districts in Italy, from their growth in terms of “extension” to their development in terms of “quality”. In other words, it’s a survey of industrial districts along a historical and economic journey from their birth and growth to their qualitative development in the face of globalisation.

From the great transformation of the Italian economy, Corò and Grandinetti arrive at the present day, complementing an examination of the districts’ constituent elements (companies, territory, people, capability) with the innovations of recent times as well: not only the general effects of globalisation, but also new technologies and the need for a constant focus on the social aspects, including those connected to education and knowledge. Indeed, it is precisely the focus on connecting the original characteristics of the districts with the new elements that characterise their activities that makes Corò and Grandinetti’s research so original.

The result is a profile of an Italian industrial district that can not only withstand new economic and social pressures, but also innovate and develop in terms of quality and people. The Italian industrial district, evolving without losing its own original characteristics, traces out a business culture able to update and improve.

I distretti industriali nelle trasformazioni dell’economia italiana: dalla crescita estensiva alle sfide della nuova globalizzazione 

Giancarlo Corò, Roberto Grandinetti
Economia e Società Regionale, 2023/2