Table of Contents

I: Industrial Districts: Crucial Competitive Factors, Research Activity and Productivity.- Competitiveness and its Socio-Economic Foundations: Empirical Evidence on the Italian Industrial Districts.- Geographical Agglomeration in R&D Games: Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Evidence.- Efficiency and Localisation: the Case of Italian Districts.- Do State Subsidies Have a Stronger Impact when Provided to District Firms? An Empirical Analysis on Italian Data.- II: Industrial Districts and Foreign Competitiveness: Export and Internationalisation Performance.- The Positive Link Between Geographical Agglomeration and Export Intensity: The Engine of Italian Endogenous Growth?.- EU and Non EU Export Performance of Italian Firms. Is There an Industrial District Effect?.- Industrial Districts, Horizontal and Vertical Integration and Export Performance.- The District Advantage in Small-Medium Firm Internationalisation.- From SMEs to Industrial Districts in the Process of Internationalisation: Theory and Evidence.

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