Local Production Systems in Europe: Rise or Demise? (Hardcover)

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001

0199242518 / 9780199242511

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Hardcover. This is the first book to present a systematic analysis of specialized clusters of small manufacturing enterprises in the main European economies. Combining knowledge from case-study literature with original analyses of statistical data enables the authors to present full accounts of the role of these clusters in Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, showing the considerable diversity of forms they take.Local production systems (as theseclusters are termed) are seen to exist where there are either particular competitive advantages for participation by clusters of small and medium-sized, as opposed to large, firms, or where such clusters atleast stand as good a chance as large firms. Small firms may work through a diversity of forms of governance: certain forms of market; cooperation among themselves; through associations; with larger firms located in the same area; or by making use of local facilities provided by governmental or other external agencies - or a combination of all five.The introduction shows how previous literature has been divided into two strands. First came optimistic, mainly 1980s,writings, which assumed that the search for flexibility and quality, typical of post-Fordist models of economic organization, would enhance the role of SMEs. In the ensuing decade, a more pessimisticanalysis was put forward. It was argued that the increasing globalization of the economy would bring about a demise of local production systems, under pressure from new global large firms. The authors discuss the possibility of more nuanced findings, and propose a combination of the literature on local production systems with theories of economic governance to assist this process.There follows a chapter which surveys overall economic development in the four countries,concentrating on local economies. Then four national surveys take up the theme of the governance of local production systems in Italy, Germany, France, and Britain. A concluding chapter identifies adiversity of forms of clusters of small firms, and on that basis develops a sociological critique of current neo-institutionalist theories of markets.Local production systems are found to be growing, not declining, in importance, as they facilitate the circulation of tacit knowledge - a precious resource in all sectors which depend on both constant innovation and the flexibility of small enterprises. However, the most rapidly growing form of these systems is that wheregroups of small suppliers depend on a major customer firm - a form that in the long run might undermine the autonomous capacities of local small-firm systems. This book presents a systematic analysis of the role of small manufacturing enterprises in the main European economies and reviews different perspectives on industrial districts and clusters. The author presents accounts of the role of these clusters in Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, showing the considerable diversity of forms they take. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Titel
Local Production Systems in Europe: Rise or Demise? (Hardcover)
Autor
Colin Crouch
Verlag
Oxford University Press, Oxford
Erscheinungsjahr
2001
Zustand
new
Einband
Hardcover
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0199242518
ISBN-13
9780199242511

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