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Los distritos industriales en el mundo anglosajón. El caso británico
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Propis, Lisa De |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | espanolEste ensayo presenta una reflexion sobre la presencia y el papel de los distritos industriales en Gran Bretana. Cien anos despues de los escritos de Marshall, los distritos industriales han sido redescubiertos por Becattini (1987), y se han convertido en el objeto de una dramatica revuelta en el estudio sobre Ias dinamicas de los lugares, de las empresas y de las comunidades. Los rios de contribuciones que se han llevado a cabo en el debate anglosajon han participado aun mas dela literatura americana y filo-porteriana, que ha introducido el concepto de cluster y lo ha propuesto como el motor vital de la competitividad local. Ha sido el hermanamiento cluster y competitiveness lo que ha llamado la atencion de los policy-makers britanicos en los anos 90, luchando contra una amenazante Globalizacion, un sector manufacturero en total exfoliacion y un sector servicios -sobre todo aquellos de mayor valor anadido- unicamente concentrado en Londres.Adiferencia de las lineas que ha seguido el debate britanico, el presente analisis quiere ser un intento de verificar el fenomeno de los «distritos industriales marshallianos» en Gran Bretana, aplicando una ya bien testada metodologia que hace referencia a los trabajos de Sforzi en Italia y Boix en Espana. Este analisis para Gran Bretana permite una comparacion internacional mas amplia sobre los distritos, y esto tiene valor sobre todo en contraposicion a la mas reciente tendencia a explorar el tejido economico ingles, y verificar con instrumentos mas cualitativos si hay todavia realidades territoriales que tienen un espesor socio-economico. EnglishThe paper presents some considerations on the role and extent of industrial districts in Great Britain. One hundred years after the seminal work by Marshall on «industrial districts? and localised industries, these were reawakened and brought to renewed attention by Becattini (1987) in his work on industrial districts in Tuscany Such contribution paved the way fora new approach to analyse the dynamics, functioning and trends of places, firms and socio-economic communities. The breath of the academic literature that followed has had resounding effects also in the Anglo-Saxon debate, which, however, has tended to be pegged to Porter's concept of clusters (1990) and to consider clusters as factors of local competitiveness. The twinning between clusters and competitiveness has crucially caught the attention of British policy-makers. especially since the 1990s. Increasingly aware of the challenges and threats of production globalisation, manufacturing decline especially across the English regions and Wales, and the rise of the high value added service sectors mostly in London, British policy-makers have turned to clusters as possible objects and vehicles policy actions. Unlike the current line of investigation in the UK, this paper presents the findings of an analysis of the industrial district phenomenon across England, Scotland and Wales, drawing on ' similar studies in Italy by Sforzi and in Spain by Boix. This paper contributes to a possible international comparison of the phenomenon; whilst at the same time providing a picture of local production system across regions. |
| Starting Page | 203 |
| Ending Page | 222 |
| Page Count | 20 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.publicacionescajamar.es/pdf/publicaciones-periodicas/mediterraneo-economico/13/13-220.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |