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Chinese manufacturing entrepreneurship capital: evidence from Italian industrial districts

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  • Silvia Lombardi
  • Fabio Sforzi

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The purpose of this paper is to obtain a better understanding of the presence of Chinese manufacturing entrepreneurship in industrial districts compared to other Italian local economies. Statistical data are used to uncover where Chinese manufacturing entrepreneurs localize their businesses and to what extent this localization is an innovation within the geographical pattern of industrial districts. Data on Chinese manufacturing micro-enterprises (i.e. with less than 10 persons employed) started up in years 2005--2007 and 2008--2010 are cross-tabulated by industrial districts and other local economies to investigate their change over time. The empirical findings show a dominance of industrial districts: those located in Tuscany are on top and Prato district ranks first.

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  • Silvia Lombardi & Fabio Sforzi, 2016. "Chinese manufacturing entrepreneurship capital: evidence from Italian industrial districts," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(6), pages 1118-1132, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:24:y:2016:i:6:p:1118-1132
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2016.1155538
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    1. Cristina Chaminade & Marco Bellandi & Monica Plechero & Erica Santini, 2019. "Understanding processes of path renewal and creation in thick specialized regional innovation systems. Evidence from two textile districts in Italy and Sweden," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(10), pages 1978-1994, October.
    2. Bressanelli, Gianmarco & Visintin, Filippo & Saccani, Nicola, 2022. "Circular Economy and the evolution of industrial districts: a supply chain perspective," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 243(C).
    3. Luciana Lazzeretti & Francesco Capone, 2017. "The transformation of the Prato industrial district: an organisational ecology analysis of the co-evolution of Italian and Chinese firms," The Annals of Regional Science, Springer;Western Regional Science Association, vol. 58(1), pages 135-158, January.
    4. Simone Guercini & Matilde Milanesi & Gabi Dei Ottati, 2017. "Paths of evolution for the Chinese migrant entrepreneurship: a multiple case analysis in Italy," Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 15(3), pages 266-294, September.
    5. Canello, Jacopo, 2016. "Migrant entrepreneurs and local networks in industrial districts," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 45(10), pages 1953-1964.

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