Network economy: evolution of small firm capitalism and of the "made in italy" sector
Journal title ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE
Author/s Enzo Rullani
Publishing Year 2010 Issue 2010/4
Language Italian Pages 25 P. 141-165 File size 330 KB
DOI 10.3280/POLI2010-004007
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Networks are essential today for the competitive survival and economic growth of high-cost countries, such as Italy, in which higher added value needs to be extracted from production to offset the disadvantages the enterprises face in terms of labour costs and environmental resources (raw materials, pollution, regulations). Having acknowledged that protectionism is an impossible choice, the most viable option is that of building networks as cognitive multipliers of the knowledge and know-how of enterprises. Networks are the most effective circuit available to access the knowledge of others and to widen the base for the re-utilization of a company’s proprietary knowhow. This is because they provide enterprises with a reliable and efficient channel for exchange and sharing that safeguards their independence while stimulating specialisation and complementariness.
Keywords: Industrial district, outsourcing, firm size
Jel codes: R12, F10, F20
Enzo Rullani, Economia delle reti: l’evoluzione del capitalismo di piccola impresa e del "made in Italy" in "ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE " 4/2010, pp 141-165, DOI: 10.3280/POLI2010-004007