An Evolutionary Analysis of Industrial Districts: The Changing Multiplicity of Production Know-How Nuclei
研究了工业区中基于地方的分工演化，通过模型和统计方法分析知识核心的多样性变化，并以英国陶瓷区和意大利纺织区为例验证。
This paper deals with the evolution of place-based division of labour, considering in particular the dynamics of differentiated pools of knowledge that can be embedded in local production systems such as industrial districts. Drawing on conceptual framework of Marshallian industrial districts, the paper develops a model that links knowledge dynamics to possible tendencies towards either industrial progress, lock-in, transition or decline of such systems. The model is complemented by a related new statistical method that allows us to analyse the evolution of the multiplicity of production know-how nuclei inside industrial districts. The methodology is applied to two cases: the ceramics district of Stoke-on-Trent (UK) and the textile district of Prato (ITA) over the period 2005–2013.