Zusammenfassung
Industrial districts as local networks of small and medium enterprises
(SMEs) rooted their competitiveness in a mix of economic relationships
and social ties. Recently, network technologies have promised gains
of efficiency through a reduction in transaction costs and showed
new commercial opportunities for small firms. Despite the morphological
similarities between industrial districts and network technologies,
a longitudinal analysis of ICT diffusion within Italian districts
shows that the foreseen convergence between the district economic
model and new technologies should not be taken for granted. The observed
specific evolutionary paths concerning technology innovation in local
systems also opens-up issues of economic policy.
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