Tacit-rich districts and globalization: changes in the Italian textile and apparel production system
| Autor: | Sara Jane McCaffrey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Socio-Economic Review. 11:657-685 |
| ISSN: | 1475-147X 1475-1461 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ser/mwt005 |
| Popis: | *In an era of outsourcing and cross-border production networks, scholars have argued that production strategies based on tacit knoweldge can be key for retaining business, and jobs, in particular locations. However, the same properties that theoretically provide tacit-heavy production regions with an advantage against new, low-wage producers are a disadvantage to firms trying to capitalize on non-local technology and the opportunities of disaggregated production. This article examines the tacit-rich textile and clothing industries in Italy, and argues that firms’ concentrations of tacit knowledge did, for some time, lead to retention of market share and jobs. Globalization strategies, including direct ownership of facilities abroad and vertical integration at home, aimed to maintain flexibility in the production chain by compensating for the difficulty of sharing tacit knowledge across borders, and by containing tacit knowledge in contracting home districts. However, instead of reinforcing traditional strengths of the Italian system, these new strategies may pose a challenge to tacit-intense production and innovation. |
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