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From industrial districts to SME collaboration frames

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  • Agostino Villa
  • Teresa Taurino

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Industrial networks have evolved from aggregations of a number of suppliers around a few final producers, towards more balanced organisations of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that within the European industrial system, today compose by more than 95% of all small-mid enterprises in the non-financial sector. The crucial character of a SME aggregation into a cluster is the existence of an effective collaboration among SMEs possibly supported by clear interactions (e.g. production flows and information), by a commonly recognised management objective and by well assessed connections with external markets. Based on these conditions, the paper first discusses a general conceptual model of a SME cluster, making evidence of the above-mentioned three basic characters of the cluster itself. Then, the conceptual model is used to formalise a SME cluster and its organisation in terms of amid-term cluster management optimisation problem. The model can help a cluster management and control unit in evaluating the cluster performance and the positive effects of an effective collaboration among SMEs. Based on the formal general model, a survey of typical SME clusters in some European countries is presented in order to compare the different types of SME aggregations and of their collaborative frames.

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  • Agostino Villa & Teresa Taurino, 2018. "From industrial districts to SME collaboration frames," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(1-2), pages 974-982, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:56:y:2018:i:1-2:p:974-982
    DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2017.1401244
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    1. Capestro, Mauro & Rizzo, Cristian & Kliestik, Tomas & Peluso, Alessandro M. & Pino, Giovanni, 2024. "Enabling digital technologies adoption in industrial districts: The key role of trust and knowledge sharing," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
    2. Kazantsev, Nikolai & Petrovskyi, Oleksii & Müller, Julian M., 2023. "From supply chains towards manufacturing ecosystems: A system dynamics model," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 197(C).

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