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Information Structure and Behaviour of a Textile Industrial District

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Guido Fioretti (IASG and ICER)

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This article presents a model of the structure of the information flows that underlie the creation of production chains between thousands of small textile firms located in Prato, central Italy. Contrary to most textile industry of western Europe and north America, Prato did not die out once average salaries in the region rose towards the world's highest. The reason is that Prato was able to switch from a competitive advantage based on low prices to a competitive advantage based on the aesthetical features and variety of textiles. Analysis of the structure of production chains can explain the performance of this distributed production system throughout its evolution. The model reconstructs interactions of ten types of Pratese firms from 1946 to 1993 on a scale 1:1.

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Paper provided by EconWPA in its series Urban/Regional with number 0207003.

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Date of creation: 13 Aug 2002
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Keywords: Regional economics; industrial districts; organization of production;

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C69 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods and Programming - - - Other
D29 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Other
D79 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Other
L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
R11 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Analysis of Growth, Development, and Changes

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  1. Fioretti, Guido, 2008. "Individual Contacts, Collective Patterns. Prato 1975-97, a story of interactions," MPRA Paper 8202, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
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