International Offshoring, Local Effects: an Inquiry on Italian Firms

Corò, Giancarlo; Schenkel, Marina; Volpe, Mario

doi:10.4468/2013.2.07coro.schenkel.volpe

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“…The literature investigating clusters and industrial districts has often highlighted the fundamental role of global knowledge linkages as levers to support the growth of firms' cognitive and learning capabilities as well as the development of more systemic innovative capacity (Barzotto et al, 2017;Bathelt et al, 2004;Castellani et al, 2017;Chiarvesio et al, 2010;Corò et al, 2013;De Marchi et al, 2018;Martin et al, 2018).…”

Section: Facing the 4 Th Industrial Revolutionmentioning

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Beyond Local: The Role of National Innovation Networks Within the 4th IR

Plechero¹,

Rullani²

2019

Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management

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Within the 4 th industrial revolution (IR), firms' linkages to global knowledge are considered key to improving the innovation capabilities and competitiveness of firms embedded in local industrial districts (IDs). So far, most of the analyses have focused on the complementarity and integration between local and global networks, which have somehow over-shadowed the national dimension of production and innovation processes. With special reference to mechatronics producers, recent trends of Italian firms exploit the critical role of national innovation networks for firms within local systems. In this sense, the national dimension plays a key role in defining the quality and direction of the competitive models of ID firms integrating within global value chains.

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Section: Facing the 4 Th Industrial Revolutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond Local: The Role of National Innovation Networks Within the 4th IR

Plechero¹,

Rullani²

2019

Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management

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“…Those different contributions have put some light on the one hand to the positive relation that may exist between the acquisition of information and knowledge at international level, and, on the other hand, the increased innovative and competitive performances of firms. However, most of the contribution do not allow to disentangle well if those activities internationally taken such as foreign direct investments (FDI) (Corò et al 2013), or other sources of knowledge considered ) are only related to production functions or are serving more specifically innovation strategies (i.e. the aim to acquire or exchange knowledge particularly dedicated to increase firms innovation capabilities and performances).…”

Section: Industrial Districts Globalization and Strategies To Link Tmentioning

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Facing Global Competition Through Participation in Globalization of Innovation Processes: The Case of Mechatronics District in the Veneto Region

Plechero

2017

SSRN Journal

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The paper investigates the mechatronics industrial district of the Veneto region, key for Industry 4.0 and for pursuing development opportunities related to smart specialization strategies. It shows how firms of a local system can gain competitiveness from different modalities of participation to processes of globalization of innovation. Firms' size matters when exploiting own innovation in the international markets, but it is not essential for linking to specific external knowledge sources which can sustain the injection of new knowledge into the system and help firms increase their innovation performances.

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