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Moving Eastwards while Remaining Embedded: the Case of the Marche Footwear District, Italy

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  • Eleonora Cutrini

    (Università di Macerata)

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The article contributes to knowledge about the evolution of industrial districts specialised in traditional manufacturing industries as a result of internationalization processes. On the basis of a longitudinal field study, the article describes the change in outsourcing firms’ behaviour that occurred in one of the main fashion-led Italian footwear districts during the period 2001-2009. After the well-known preferential destination towards Central and Eastern Europe, a second, more recent wave of delocalization over long distances is reported. Despite intensified outsourcing abroad, subcontracting relationships remain deeply embedded, and the updated evidence indicates a possible homecoming to the original area.

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  • Eleonora Cutrini, 2010. "Moving Eastwards while Remaining Embedded: the Case of the Marche Footwear District, Italy," Working Papers 23-2010, Macerata University, Department of Studies on Economic Development (DiSSE), revised Mar 2010.
    • Handle: RePEc:mcr:wpaper:wpaper00023
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    1. Molnár, Ernő & Lengyel, István Máté, 2016. "Understanding the Changing Geography of Labour-Intensive Industries from a GPN Perspective: Case Study of the Hungarian Leather and Footwear Sector," MPRA Paper 73944, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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