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Small Firms and Industrial Districts in Italy, Paperback / softback Book

Small Firms and Industrial Districts in Italy Paperback / softback

Edited by Edward Goodman, Julia Bamford, Peter Saynor

Part of the Routledge Library Editions: Small Business series

Paperback / softback

Description

Originally published in 1989, this book was the first comprehensive and analytical account of the Italian small firm economy to appear in English.

Dealing principally with the area of central and north-east Italy where small business flourishes, the book relates to the concentration of such companies to the concept of ‘industrial districts’ developed by Alfred Marshall, and provides both a theoretical and statistical basis for Italy in the latter part of the twentieth century.

The success of Italian manufacturing is explained in terms of political and social factors as well as economic and technical ones and the working practices within the technology companies discussed.

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