Technological and organisational change in a process of industrial rejuvenation: the case of the Italian cotton textile industry
研究了意大利棉纺织业中技术与组织变革的协同演化，指出专业化的小型家族企业结构可能阻碍技术创新，并建议产业政策应同时推动技术与组织变革以应对产业衰退。
The co-evolution of technological and organisational change shapes modernisation in mature industries. Only large, vertically integrated, managerial firms can bear the delays between the adoption of new information technologies and their positive effects on productivity growth. A feature of the Italian cotton industry is the highly specialised, co-localised, family-owned small firm which is functionally organised. It emerged in the 1970s to cope with the introduction of technological changes such as shuttleless looms and open-end spinning. This structure risks delaying the successful implementation of technological innovations. An industrial policy aimed at the adoption of both technological and organisational change could counterbalance the trend towards decline.