Knowledge Networks and Innovative Performance in an Industrial District: The Case of a Footwear District in the South of Italy

By Ron A. Boschma, Anne L. J. ter Wal. 2007

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management

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Applying social network analysis in economic geography: framing some key analytic issues (2009, background): “Knowledge externalities were geographically localized because knowledge networks were assumed to be confined to the boundaries of the cluster: all cluster firms were connected with each other and engaged in interactive learning, and no significant extra-cluster linkages were likely to exist ( Boschm”
Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning (2009, background): “A study by Boschma and Wal (2007) investigated a cluster of firms in the foot-ware district in the south of Italy, and showed that having strong ties to both local as well as non-local organizations is important for obtaining the necessary knowledge – both managerial as well as technical knowledge –”
The role of spatial agglomeration in a structural model of innovation, productivity and export: a firm-level analysis (2011, positive): “Starting with Becattini’s “rediscovery” in the late 1970s of this analytical category of Marshallian thought (Becattini 1989) and continued in later works (Langlois and Robertson 1995; Best 1990; Boschma and Lambooy 2002; Boschma and ter Wal 2007; Brusco 1982; Brusco et al. 1996; Gordon and McCann”
Italian Industrial Districts on the Move: Where Are They Going? (2009, methodology): “…A growing number of studies is focusing on the role played by leading firms in external knowledge absorption, in acting as a bridge between non-local knowledge and the majority of small firms, and carrying out independent research activities (Lissoni, 2001; Boschma & Wal, 2005; Aage, 2004).”
The Spatial Evolution of Innovation Networks: A Proximity Perspective (2010, background): “Some firms act as hubs, while other cluster firms are poorly connected because they lack the capabilities to understand and exploit external knowledge (Giuliani and Bell, 2005; Boschma and Ter Wal, 2007; Morrison, 2008).”
Italian industrial districts as cognitive systems: Are they still reproducible? (2011, background): “Nonetheless, the implications of their emergence for IDs’ sustainability are ambivalent (Coro and Grandinetti 2001 ; Paniccia 2002 ; Camuffo 2003 ; Sammarra 2003 ; Nassimbeni 2003 ; Alberti 2006 ; Boschma and Ter Wal 2007 ; Mariotti, Mutinelli, and Piscitello 2008 ; Morrison 2008 ).”