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Pasquetti, Francesca, Orlando Vaselli, Giovanni Zanchetta, Barbara Nisi, Marco Lezzerini, Monica Bini, and Daniela Mele. "Sedimentological, Mineralogical and Geochemical Features of Late Quaternary Sediment Profiles from the Southern Tuscany Hg Mercury District (Italy): Evidence for the Presence of Pre-Industrial Mercury and Arsenic Concentrations." Water 12, no. 7 (July 14, 2020): 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12071998.

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Southern Tuscany (Italy) is an important metallogenic district that hosts relevant S-polymetallic deposits that have intensely been exploited for centuries. Consequently, potential toxic elements, such as Hg and As, are widely distributed in the surrounding environment. In this paper, an extensive sedimentological, mineralogical and geochemical study of two Late Quaternary sediment profiles, partially outcropping along the coast of southern Tuscany (Ansedonia area), was carried out to evaluate the contents and mobility of Hg and As with the aims to contribute to the definition of the geochemical baseline of southern Tuscany before the human intervention and evaluate the potential dispersion of these harmful elements. The sedimentological, mineralogical and geochemical (major elements) features revealed that the studied profiles are mostly related to the local geological characteristics and the Quaternary geological history of the area. The concentrations and the normalized patterns of trace and rare earth elements highlighted the absence of any anthropogenic activity. This implies that the studied samples are to be regarded as good proxies for evaluating the geochemical baseline of southern Tuscany before the intense mining activity. The enrichment factors (EF) of most trace elements were indeed lower or close to 2, indicating a variability close to the average concentration of the Upper Continental Crust (UCC), while other elements slightly enriched, such as Pb, were in agreement with the natural baseline reported for southern Tuscany. Mercury and As displayed EF values >40 when compared to the average contents of UCC, although they decrease down to 4 when compared to the suggested baseline for southern Tuscany. The higher Hg and As contents detected in this study, inferred to natural sources, evidenced (i) the great natural variability occurring in largely mineralized areas and (ii) the importance of estimating reference environmental parameters in order to avoid misleading interpretations of the detected anomalies. Moreover, the results of leaching test on sediment samples denoted a relatively low mobility of Hg and As, suggesting that these elements are preferentially mobilized by transport of clastic sediments and such anomalies may be preserved for relatively long times in Quaternary sediments. However, leachable Hg (0.6–9.7 μg/L) and As (2.1–42.2 μg/L) concentrations are significantly high when compared to those of the Italian limit for groundwater (1 µg/L for Hg and 10 µg/L for As). Quaternary sediments from southern Tuscany could then be a potential, though natural, source of Hg and As to groundwater systems.
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Frey, Marco, and Francesco Rizzi. "La geotermia in Italia e nel mondo: dibattito scientifico e segnali di mercato." ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, no. 3 (July 2009): 5–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/efe2008-003001.

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- This paper describes the state of the art in development and utilization of geothermal resources in Italy and Tuscany. Departing from the geological peculiarities of this region, which have contributed to Italy's leading role in technological innovation since the beginning of geothermoelectric power generation (GPG), recent evidences from the market and scientific community are here analyzed in order to answer the question whether the economic downturn will put geothermal energy on the back burner, or if it will function as a catalyst for change. The first section explores the role of geothermal energy within the renewable energy mix. After an introduction on the strengths and weaknesses of the Italian energy system, the evolution of the matches between different types of geothermal resources (high, medium and low enthalpies) and technologies is analyzed from an economic, technical and environmental point of view. Here, the evolution of the regulatory framework emerges as one of the main driving forces behind incremental innovation and the spreading of technologies. The move towards sustainability seems to stimulate the market in spite of the barriers to entry linked to capital intensiveness and the risks related to geothermal investments. Beside the growth of relationships between industrial actors, public administration and scientific community, the analysis identifies the downscale of plants, the integration with other "renewables" and the industrial integration as the main next challenges in the field of geothermal competitiveness. To this end, the implementation of such new tools for territorial management as the ones based on LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) and SMCE (Social Multi Criteria Evaluation) is expected to stimulate further improvements and innovations. The second section analyzes the present regulatory framework at the communitarian, national and local level and the allocation of economical resources to research and development in particular in relation to the distribution and characteristics of the geothermal resources. The specialization of Italy in GPG appears not to be adequately represented within European programmes and the Tuscany region is still considered not a leading market by the investors in geothermal heat pumps and geothermal district heating. Both according to the communitarian prescriptions and the requests from local actors, a few scenarios for the development of guidelines, certification schemes and regulations are here described. These elements are consistent with the purpose of sustainability and competitiveness of local economic activities. On the basis of these evidences, the third section describes the perspectives of development of medium and low enthalpy utilizations in Italy. According to the present financial incentives schemes and the predicted modifications in relevant regulations (i.e. city plans, building regulations, etc.), a booming growth of installations is expected. This geothermal "green new deal" is pulled by the increasing number of life-long learning programmes for professionals (i.e. geologists) and, even more, is expected to be pulled by the implementation of risk management tools and certification schemes. As result, the analysis sets a roadmap for addressing the needs of geothermal actors and removing the barriers to successful investing in this local and renewable energy resource. When we return to the initial question, it seems to be the moment for changing attitude towards energy production and to win back competitiveness and sustainability in the geothermal market.Key words: Geothermal energy, renewable energy sources, energy policy, sustainable development, know how, industrial systems, certifications schemes, risk management.JEL classifications: O13, Q42.Parole chiave: Geotermia, fonti energetiche rinnovabili, politiche energetiche, sviluppo sostenibile, competenze, sistemi industriali, schemi di certificazione, gestione del rischio.
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Bianchi, Giulia. "Un crocevia di distretti: la realtŕ economica della provincia di Lucca." ECONOMIA PUBBLICA, no. 1 (December 2012): 157–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/ep2010-001007.

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Interest in the «district» form arose, in Italy, in the context of the debate on the role of small businesses in the Italian and international economy, and intensified during the decade from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, when the increasing efficiency of new types of industrialization began to make itself felt. Attention focused on the industrial district as an organizational model of systems characterized by numerous local small and medium-sized businesses capable of offsetting the disadvantage of the smaller production scale by developing a system of external economies. Such businesses were thus able to manage complex processes of decomposition/integration of the production cycle through units specialized in individual stages of production within a social context that could absorb the impact of pronounced division of labour. The potential of the district prompted observers not only to endeavour to identify industrial districts within the Italian economic system, but also to analyse their functioning in order to determine their characteristics in terms of efficiency and competitiveness on local, domestic and international markets. This paper, set within the above-described perspective, aims to analyse the Tuscan district system as an example of a flexible and lean specialisation, with particular reference to the Province of Lucca, taking into account the background of change, evolution and downturns that influenced the Italian economy from the first oil crisis (1973) up to the Treaty of Maastricht (1992). Additionally, emphasis is placed on a comparison with the interpretive model proposed by Giacomo Becattini, whose assessment is shown to succeed in encompassing the ongoing economic transformations and is particularly effective in depicting the specificity of the Tuscan case, destined to survive the pressures of international competition. In the present author's view the district, far from constituting a recipe valid exclusively on a local scale and during expansionary phases, represents an effective answer to a scenario increasingly - and more and more intensely - affected by economic transformations that can have a major impact.
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Silvestri, Malvina, Enrica Marotta, Maria Fabrizia Buongiorno, Gala Avvisati, Pasquale Belviso, Eliana Bellucci Sessa, Teresa Caputo, Vittorio Longo, Vito De Leo, and Sergio Teggi. "Monitoring of Surface Temperature on Parco delle Biancane (Italian Geothermal Area) Using Optical Satellite Data, UAV and Field Campaigns." Remote Sensing 12, no. 12 (June 24, 2020): 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12122018.

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the surface temperature and the distribution of thermal signatures on Tuscany’s geothermal districts using data obtained through three separate surveys via satellite and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The analysis considers the highest available spatial resolution ranging from hundreds of meters per pixel of the satellite thermal images and the tenths/hundreds of centimeters per pixel of the thermal images acquired by the UAV. The surface temperature maps obtained by satellite data acquired at suitable spatial resolution and the thermal measurements obtained by the thermal camera installed on the UAV were orthorectified and geocoded. This allowed, for example, following the evolution of thermal anomalies, which may represent a modification of the current state of the geothermal field and a possible hazard for both the population and industrial assets. Here, we show the results obtained in three field campaigns during which the simultaneous acquisition of Landsat 8 satellite and UAV (FlyBit octocopter, IDS, Rome, Italy) thermal data were analyzed. By removing the atmosphere contribution from Landsat 8 data, we have produced three surface temperature maps that are compared with the ground field measurements and the surface temperature maps elaborated by FLIR VUE PRO-R on the UAV.
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Ferrari, Amerigo, Andrea Giannini, Chiara Seghieri, Tommaso Simoncini, and Milena Vainieri. "Regional practice variation in pelvic organ prolapse surgery in Tuscany, Italy: a retrospective cohort study on administrative health data." BMJ Open 13, no. 3 (March 2023): e068145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068145.

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ObjectivesTo explore determinants of practice variation in both access, and quality and efficiency of surgical care for pelvic organ prolapse (POP).Design and settingA retrospective cohort study employing administrative health data from the Tuscany region, Italy.ParticipantsAll women over 40 years hospitalised for apical/multicompartmental POP reconstructive surgery (excluding anterior/posterior colporrhaphy without concomitant hysterectomy) from January 2017 to December 2019.OutcomesWe first computed treatment rates just for women residing in Tuscany (n=2819) and calculated the Systematic Component of Variation (SCV) to explore variation in access to care among health districts. Then, using the full cohort (n=2959), we ran multilevel models for the average length of stay and reoperations, readmissions and complications, and computed the intraclass correlation coefficient to assess the individual and hospital determinants of efficiency and quality of care provided by hospitals.ResultsThe 5.4-fold variation between the lowest-rate (56/100 000 inhabitants) and the highest-rate (302/100 000) districts and the SCV over 10% confirmed high systematic variation in the access to care. Higher treatment rates were driven by greater provisions of robotic and/or laparoscopic interventions, which showed highly variable usage rates. Both individual and hospital factors influenced quality and efficiency provided by hospitals, but just low proportions of variation were explained by hospital and patient characteristics.ConclusionsWe found high and systematic variation in the access to POP surgical care in Tuscany and in quality and efficiency provided by hospitals. Such a variation may be mainly explained by user and provider preferences, which should be further explored. Also, supply-side factors may be involved, suggesting that wider and more uniform dissemination of robotic/laparoscopic procedures may reduce variation.
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Capasso, Marco, and Andrea Morrison. "Innovation in industrial districts: evidence from Italy." Management Decision 51, no. 6 (June 21, 2013): 1225–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/md-12-2011-0487.

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Cainelli, Giulio, and Nicola De Liso. "Innovation in Industrial Districts: Evidence from Italy." Industry & Innovation 12, no. 3 (September 2005): 383–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13662710500195991.

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Corsi, Stephen. "Small firms and industrial districts in Italy." European Management Journal 8, no. 1 (March 1990): 80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0263-2373(90)90062-b.

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Andall, Jacqueline. "Industrial Districts and Migrant Labour in Italy." British Journal of Industrial Relations 45, no. 2 (June 2007): 285–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2007.00615.x.

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Rodrigues, Daniela, Helen Crowley, and Vitor Silva. "Earthquake loss assessment of precast RC industrial structures in Tuscany (Italy)." Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 16, no. 1 (July 25, 2017): 203–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-017-0195-6.

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Burlina, Chiara. "Industrial Districts, Inter-firm networks and Internationalisation. Evidence from Italy." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3427162.

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This thesis is composed of three chapters developed within international business, industrial districts and network theories. The debate on internationalisation and location of manufacturing activities has been widely analysed in the literature, however I think there is still room for improvement by adapting the general scenario to the specific context of industrial districts or networks as well. Furthermore, firms should be considered not just as single entities isolated form the local context, but regional and local factors could influence their behaviours and their profitability. For these reasons, it is important to take into consideration the surrounding environment where social capital and value creation through innovation might impact firm’s performances (domestically and internationally). The framework of industrial districts and local characteristics is commonly recognised as a key feature of the Italian scenario, where small and medium size firms are closely located and can take the advantages of sectoral specialisation to foster productivity and knowledge spillovers. After revising the literature on these themes, the Thesis aims to deeper investigate the link between the location of manufacturing activities at the national and global scale and its effects over firm’s performances, empirically testing this relation for industrial district firms and networks in Italy.
Questa tesi è composta da tre saggi focalizzati principalmente sui temi di Internazionalizzazione, Distretti Industriali e Reti di Imprese. Il dibattito sull’internazionalizzazione e la localizzazione delle attività manifatturiere è stato scrupolosamente approfondito dalla letteratura, ma risultano di interesse, sia a livello teorico che empirico, studi relativi all’adattamento della teoria generale al contesto specifico dei distretti industriali e delle alleanze tra imprese. Le imprese non devono essere considerate solamente come strutture atomistiche isolate dall’ ambiente circostante. Caratteristiche regionali e locali possono interessare il loro comportamento e la loro profittabilità. Per questo motivo, è importante considerare anche alcuni fattori a livello locale come il capitale sociale e la creazione di valore (attraverso l’innovazione) e il loro impatto sulla performance di impresa, sia sul mercato domestico che internazionale. I distretti industriali, così come alleanze e gruppi di impresa, sono riconosciuti su scala internazionale quali peculiarità del panorama economico Italiano, dove piccole e medie imprese condividono lo stesso territorio e specializzazione industriale. Alla prossimità geografica e settoriale sono a loro volta legati l’aumento della produttività di impresa e una più rapida diffusione della conoscenza. Dopo aver approfondito la letteratura relativa ai temi appena riportati, l’obiettivo che questa Tesi si pone è di investigare la connessione tra la localizzazione delle attività manifatturiere sia a livello locale che globale, cogliendo l’impatto di questa sulla performance aziendale delle imprese dei distretti industriali e di quelle aderenti ai contratti di rete.
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Rabellotti, Roberta. "External economics and cooperation in industrial districts : a comparison of Italy and Mexico." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.262629.

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Jiménez, Zehnder Georgina Noemi. "Industrial districts and innovation systems. the case of agricultural machinery industry in Argentina and Italy." Doctoral thesis, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11566/243069.

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L'obiettivo della mia tesi è stato quello di condurre un'analisi congiunta dei distretti industriali e dei sistemi d'innovazione da un punto di vista empirico. Il mio lavoro è stato impostato su uno studio comparativo di un distretto industriale di macchine agricole in Argentina ed uno in Italia rilevando i loro punti deboli e di forza e contribuendo ad un'analisi comparativa del sistema d'innovazione in un paese sviluppato (Italia) ed in un altro in via di sviluppo (Argentina). A tal fine ho condotto una disamina dell'industria metalmeccanica e dell'industria mondiale delle macchine agricole confrontando i settori italiani e argentini. Infine ho considerato, il conglomerato industriale della città di Las Parejas (Santa Fe-Argentina) e della Regione Marche (Italia) osservando come essi siano due distretti industriali in un sistema innovativo influenzati dalla sua storia, dalla sua cultura e dal suo contesto giuridico ed istituzionale, variabili, queste, che attraverso la loro influenza hanno ritardato o spinto lo sviluppo del settore.
The purpose of the thesis was to conduct an analysis of industrial districts and innovation systems de manera conjunta desde un punto de vista empírico. I made a comparative study of an industrial district of agricultural machinery in Argentina and one in Italy; noting weaknesses and strengths, thus contributing with a comparative analysis of the innovation system, applied in a developed country (Italy) and another in a developing country (Argentina). For this I conducted a study of the metal-mechanic industry, the global agricultural machinery industry, in contrast with Italian and Argentine sectors. For it I considered, the industrial conglomerate of the city of Las Parejas (Santa Fe-Argentina) and Marche Region (Italy), observing that are two industrial districts in an innovative system, that are influenced by its history, its culture, and its legal and institutional context; variables that through their influence, have delayed or driven the development of the sector.
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Vecchi, Alessandra. "The influence of network structures on the adaptive efficiency of industrial districts : a comparison of the footwear industry in Italy and the UK." Thesis, University of Bath, 2006. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.432401.

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Khosravian, Carolin, and Moa Bengtsson. "The industrial district of Prato: : An analysis of the textile industry 1991 - 2001." Thesis, Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-797.

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The aim of this thesis has been to analyse the textile industry of Prato between the years 1991 and 2001. The district has been examined in terms of population, employment, firms and international trade and we have examined the industry in the region weighted against the whole Italy. Moreover, the Location quotation has been used to measure the degree of specialization. Theories about cluster and industrial districts have been utilized to give a background to agglomeration of firms. The conclusions from our analysis are that Prato consists of a large group of firms acting in similar industry in a specific location. The district is highly dominated by small firms, which are engage in the production of a homogenous product through different stages. In terms of international trade, Prato has been able to increase its exports between the years 1995 to 2001. Furthermore, our examination of Prato shows a reduction of employment and number of firms operating within the textile sector, while the degree of specialization has increased. Our inference is that this contradiction is due to the decrease of the total textile industry in the whole country.


Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att analysera textilindustrin i Prato mellan åren 1991 och 2001. Regionen har analyserats i termer av befolkning, sysselsättning, företag och internationell handel, och vi har undersökt industrin i regionen i jämförelse med hela Italien. Dessutom har en lokaliseringskvot använts för att mäta graden av specialisering. Teorier om kluster och industriella distrikt har använts för att ge en bakgrund till hopsamling av företag. Slutsatsen vi har dragit från vår analys är att Prato består av en stor grupp företag som verkar inom en liknande industri på en specifik plats. Distriktet är till stor del dominerat av små företag vilka är sysselsatta i produktionen av en homogen produkt inom olika steg av produktionen. Gällande den internationella handeln har Prato lyckats öka sin export mellan åren 1995 och 2001. Vår undersökning av Prato har även visat en minskning av sysselsättningen och antalet företag inom industrin, men samtidigt en ökad grad av specialisering. Vår slutsats är att detta något motsägelsefulla beror på en minskning av den totala textilindustrin i hela landet.

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Hrbáčková, Adéla. "Malé a střední podniky v Itálii - páteř ekonomiky nebo zastaralý systém? Analýza významu a predikce vývoje." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-165124.

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Small and medium-sized companies in Italy --the backbone of the economy or an obsolete production system? Analyse and prediction of the future development. This thesis is focused on the problems of small and medium-sized companies in Italy in the actual context of globalization and strong competion, especially in the traditional italian industries. Moreover, the political situation in the country is quite unstable and together with the omnipresent bureaucracy the everyday life is more difficult for the companies. In the first part I introduce the history backgrounds of the small and middle-sized companies and also the italian phenomenon "distretti industriali" -- indutrial districts. I also dedicated the first chapter to the specific features of family companies. In the second part the main social-economic problems of the country are described as well as some possible strategies in the context of the state export-focused programmes coordinated on the EU level. With the help of some companies that agreed to answer my questionary I tried to analyse the situation in state assistance to these companies In the last part, the reactions and answers of the companies are summed-up.
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HOLTEN, Anne-Louise. "Are industrial districts beautiful? : a multi level study of work and industrial relations in Herning-Ikast and Prato." Doctoral thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/10446.

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Defence date: 03 June 2008
Examining Board: Colin Crouch (Univ. Warwick) (Supervisor), Peer Hull Kristensen (Copenhagen Business School), Michael Keating (EUI), Carlo Trigilia (Univ. Firenze)
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This thesis investigates work and industrial relations in the Herning-Ikast and Prato textile and clothing industrial districts (IDs). It offers a multilevel, empirical investigation of employee working conditions and industrial relations comparing ID and non-ID firms. The study includes employers and employees in 78 firms. Three main work-related elements are examined. First, the antecedents of employees’ positive perception of unions and union membership are explored. Second, central aspects related to employee functional flexibility (i.e. changing tasks and positions within the firm) are investigated. Finally, elements determining the degree of employees’ positive evaluation of their job in terms of opportunities for learning and development and general contentment are investigated. All three elements are analysed by comparing ID/non-ID firms and Danish/Italian firms. Questions related to work in family firms are also raised. The findings reveal that employees in family firms to a lesser extent were members of unions and reported being less functionally flexible. Moreover, the number of family member employees in a firm was negatively related to employees’ positive job evaluation. A trend toward better social relations in ID firms is seen. Findings show a lower degree of functional flexibility exerted by ID employees, suggesting the importance of alternative flexibility types in ID firms. Important national differences are seen, possibly reflecting the different ways in which the textile and clothing sector has developed as well as a more longstanding Danish tradition of focusing on the improvement of employees’ psychosocial working conditions. Findings also indicate that the degree to which the ID industrial relations vary from the national industrial relations models is dissimilar for Herning-Ikast and Prato. In view of the findings of this thesis the generalisability, transferability and future of the phenomenon of industrial districts is discussed.
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Books on the topic "Industrial districts – Italy – Tuscany"

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Ottati, Gabi Dei. The remarkable resilience of the industrial districts of Tuscany. Cambridge: ESRC Centre forBusiness Research, University of Cambridge, 1996.

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1916-, Goodman Edward J., Bamford Julia, and Saynor Peter, eds. Small firms and industrial districts in Italy. London: Routledge, 1989.

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F, Pyke, ed. Industrial districts and inter-firm co-operation in Italy. Geneva: International Institute for Labour Studies, 1990.

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Becattini, Giacomo. Distretti industriali e made in Italy: Le basi socioculturali del nostro sviluppo economico. Torino: Bollati Boringhieri, 1998.

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1927-, Becattini Giacomo, ed. From industrial districts to local development: An itinerary of research. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2003.

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Alberto, Quadrio Curzio, and Fortis Marco, eds. Il made in Italy oltre il 2000: Innovazione e comunità locali. Bologna: Il Mulino, 2000.

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Casson, Mark. Business networks and industrial districts: A comparison of Northern Italy and South Wales. Reading, England: University of Reading, Dept. of Economics, 1995.

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External economies and cooperation in industrial districts: A comparison of Italy and Mexico. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.

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Becattini, Giacomo. The caterpillar and the butterfly: An exemplary case of development in the Italy of the industrial districts. Firenze: Le Monnier, 2001.

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Mulas, Paola. The growth of strategic alliances and 'industrial districts' in Italy: an analysis of some possible causes and connections. Oxford: Oxford Brookes University, 1999.

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Book chapters on the topic "Industrial districts – Italy – Tuscany"

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Rabellotti, Roberta. "External Economies and Cooperation in Italy and Mexico." In External Economies and Cooperation in Industrial Districts, 133–65. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25794-2_7.

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Iacobucci, Donato. "Groups of small and medium-sized firms in industrial districts in Italy." In Contributions to Economics, 128–54. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag HD, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2700-2_6.

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Gallo, Paola. "Enable Environmental Policies for Eco-Industrial Growth: A Voluntary Government Tool for Local Productive Areas in Tuscany (Italy)." In Renewable Energy in the Service of Mankind Vol I, 711–21. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17777-9_64.

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Becattini, Giacomo. "Industrial districts in the development of Tuscany." In From Industrial Districts to Local Development, 11–28. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781035304851.00009.

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Burronl, Luigi, and Carlo Trigilia. "Italy: Economic Development through Local Economies." In Local Production Systems in Europe: Rise or Demise?, 46–78. Oxford University PressOxford, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199242511.003.0003.

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Abstract The role of small-firm systems-especially in the form of industrial districts-has attracted attention as a distinctive feature of Italian economic development. The aim of this chapter is to analyse the most recent changes in local economies. Are these productive structures still growing? Or are they facing a decline? Has there been a change in the organization of production and in governance models? We shall show that local production systems continued to grow in the 1990s and increased their role in the Italian economy. However, this process has entailed an increasing variety of organizational models. Traditional industrial districts are still important, especially in the regions of the Third Italy (central and north-east Italy). At the same time new models of networks have grown: local production systems based on the role of a leading large firm (networked firm) or of a few medium-sized firms.
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Massara, Fabrizio, Tatsiana Hubina, Sara Mannoni, Adelaide Ramassotto, and Fabrizio Barbero. "Representing a Digital Twin City Model Using Open Source Tools and Integrating It With Dynamic Sensor Data." In Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering, 295–319. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7091-3.ch014.

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This work presents the developments of representing a part of the city districts of Manchester, UK and Turin, IT initiated within the FP7 DIMMER project completed in 2016 and continued in the last years by the Center of Excellence GIS of CSI Piemonte. The DIMMER system integrates BIM (building information modelling) and district level 3D models with real-time data from sensors and user feedback to analyze and correlate buildings utilization and provide real-time feedback about energy-related behaviors. The emerging standard 3D Tiles endorsed by the OGC was applied to represent CityGML data of two districts of Turin, Italy and Manchester, UK. 3D Tiles allows for a high level of detail (LOD) visualization that displays increasing detail of geometric features and their alphanumeric properties. Currently, the OGC 3D Tiles technology is mature, and the OGC CityGML specification will be soon updated to version three, with the adoption of exciting innovations like the support of time-dependent properties defined Dynamizers.
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Gertler, Meric S. "Institutions, Agency, and Industrial Practices." In Manufacturing Culture. Oxford University Press, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198233824.003.0008.

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Why are firms in some regions or nations so successful at adopting particular new production technologies and work practices while those in other places are not? What role do culturally defined characteristics, traits, and attitudes play in determining the degree of success in this process? Moreover, to what extent can such successful practices be replicated or ‘manufactured’ in other less fortunate locations? These questions figure prominently in a number of important debates, both theoretical and practical, and constitute the central issues of concern for this book. Scholars interested in the theory of regional and national economic development have, at least since the mid-1980s, engaged in a lively debate over the nature of change in the contemporary economy, and the forces producing such change. Considerable attention has been focused on the set of new production and innovation practices that many see as the foundation of firms’ competitive success in a period described variously as the era of post-Fordism. after-Fordism, ‘new competition’, ‘new social economy’, ‘knowledge-based economy’, or ‘learning economy’. These practices include the use of highly flexible, advanced manufacturing technologies, the reorganization of work inside the firm to enhance innovative capacity, improve quality, and increase responsiveness to changing market demands, and the restructuring of external relations—with customers, suppliers, and competitors—as firms supplement arm’s-length, market-based transactions with closer co-operation and collaboration to improve their responsiveness and innovative capability. The international literature in economic geography, industrial economics, economic sociology, political science, and management studies is now replete with case studies of individual countries and regions where firms have developed and employed such practices to great effect, enabling them to increase sales at home and abroad, and to maintain or expand their workforces. The most celebrated cases include Germany’s Baden-Wurttemberg, the Third Italy (especially the regions of Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany), Silicon Valley, and Japan’s Tokyo-Osaka corridor. In this multidisciplinary literature, interest has converged around a common theme: the role of culture in shaping the internal and external practices of firms.
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Humphrey, John. "Trust and the Transformation of Supplier Relations in Indian Industry*." In Trust Within And Between Organizations, 214–40. Oxford University PressOxford, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198293187.003.0009.

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Abstract In the past decade, trust has surfaced as a critical issue in several strands of social science. Rapid industrial development in Germany, Japan, and Italy during the 1970s and 1980s gave support to the idea that economic development is facilitated when interorganizational relations are based on trust. In their different ways, the industrial districts of the Third Italy and Baden-Wlirttemberg and the networks of firms organized by large enterprises in Japan have brought the issue of trust to the fore.1 In the developing world, the issue has been discussed much less, but development agencies have begun to turn their attention to the question of the social conditions for economic development. In 1996, the World Bank set up a group to study the question of social capital, and a recent paper by Knack and Keefer (1996) explored the link between levels of trust and economic growth. Trust is emerging as the new ‘missing factor’ that explains why some countries develop rapidly and others lag behind. Societies that have higher levels of trust appear to grow faster.
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Maria, Eleonora Di, and Stefano Micelli. "SMEs and Competitive Advantage." In Knowledge Management Strategies for Business Development, 310–23. IGI Global, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-348-7.ch014.

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The global economy is transforming the sources of the competitive advantages of firms, especially for firms embedded in local manufacturing systems. Based on the theoretical contributions to knowledge management and industrial districts, this chapter describes alternative firm’s strategies and upgrading options by exploring the relationships among innovation, marketing, and network technologies. Starting from the analysis of the Global Competitiveness Report and the European Innovation Scoreboard, this chapter focuses on the case of firms specializing in the “Made in Italy” industries (fashion, furniture, home products) to outline a framework explaining the new competitive opportunities for SMEs. Through a qualitative analysis the chapter presents four case studies of Italian firms that promote successful strategies based on a coherent mix of R&D-based innovation, experienced marketing, and design by leveraging on ICT.
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Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés. "Regional Politics and Growth in the European Context." In The Dynamics of Regional Growth in Europe, 205–26. Oxford University PressOxford, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198233831.003.0008.

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Abstract In spite of the rich literature on the association of politics and institutions with growth based on national cross-sections and on case studies, little has been published about the actual connection between regional politics, policies, and growth at a cross-regional level. In light of this shortage of scientific literature, some questions arise. Is there a positive connection between regional politics and growth levels at the European level? Or is it just a place-specific phenomenon, limited to industrial districts in Italy and other dynamic areas? And, if this association exists, is it robust? Do active and efficient regional governments generate greater growth than inefficient or passive ones? Or are regional politics quite unrelated to economic outcomes at a regional level? These are some of the questions which this chapter will-to the extent that the available data allows-try to address.
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Conference papers on the topic "Industrial districts – Italy – Tuscany"

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Carcasci, Carlo, Bruno Facchini, and Francesco Grillo. "Influence of Ambient Conditions on an Aeroderivative Gas Turbine Based Cogeneration Plant — A Comparison of Numerical Simulation With Field Performance Data." In ASME Turbo Expo 2000: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/2000-gt-0313.

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Gas turbine performances are directly related to outside conditions. The use of gas turbines in combined gas-steam power plants, also applied to cogeneration, increases performance dependence by outside conditions, because plants boundary conditions become more complex. In recent years, inlet air cooling systems have been introduced to control air temperature and humidity at compressor inlet resulting in an increase in plant power and efficiency. In this paper, the dependence of outside conditions for an existing cogenerative plant, located in Tuscany (Italy), is studied. The plant is equipped with two GE-LM6000 aeroderivative gas-turbines coupled with a three pressure level heat recovery steam generator, cogenerative application being related to the industrial district. The ambient temperature has been found to be the most important factor affecting the plant performance, but relative air humidity variation also has considerable effects. The field performance data are compared with a numerical simulation. The simulation results show a good agreement with the field performance data. The simulation allows evaluation of design and off-design plant performance and can become a useful tool to study the outside condition influence on power plant performance.
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Fratini, Fabio, Silvia Rescic, Mara Camaiti, and Manuela Mattone. "Traditional buildings for tobacco processing in Val Tiberina (Tuscany-Italy)." In HERITAGE2022 International Conference on Vernacular Heritage: Culture, People and Sustainability. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/heritage2022.2022.14373.

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This paper focuses on the analysis of buildings used for tobacco processing, built in the first half of the 20th century in Tuscany (province of Arezzo), by studying construction techniques, materials, and preservation issues. Since the 16th century, in Tuscany, the sites involved in the cultivation of tobacco are both the upper Val Tiberina and Val di Chiana (in particular Arezzo and Siena areas). At first, tobacco was used either for medical purposes or as snuff and pipe powder. It soon became the most renowned cultivation throughout the Tiberina Valley, due to the excellent quality of the tobacco produced. The first significant crops date back to the early 17thcentury. The drying process took place in specific buildings named "tabaccaie", where tobacco leaves were placed over an oak wood fire to dry. This process was adopted until the 1970s. Subsequently, a profound crisis in the agricultural sector determined the falling into disuse and abandonment of numerous "tabaccaie". In some cases, these buildings have been reused as luxury hotels for tourism purposes, but many of them have been demolished or are in a state of ruin. They represent the testimony of agro-industrial vernacular architectures nowadays at great risk. Indeed, most of the recovery interventions have often completely obliterated the original structure to make the former “tabaccaie” able to satisfy housing and comfort requirements. The study aims to deepen the knowledge of these buildings to preserve cultural identities and transfer inherited values.
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Fantozzi, F., F. Leccese, M. Rocca, and G. Salvadori. "Risk assessment arising from exposure to artificial optical radiation: Results of an extensive evaluation campaign in the hospitals of Tuscany (Italy)." In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC) and 2017 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (I&CPS Europe). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/eeeic.2017.7977447.

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Montagna, Gianni, Maria Antonietta Sbordone, Alessandra Esposito, Ana Marques, Ilenia Amato, and Rita Gaspar. "New Territories of Sustainable Fashion Proposals for the Transition towards sustainability and circularity." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001546.

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The paper presents the results of a research carried out in the clothing, footwear and leather goods sectors referring to the Italian territory. The survey was carried out through the collection of data on the field, with questionnaires administered to companies in the area: structured analysis on the company profile and brand identity; focus on sustainability with reference to the measures adopted by the company; technological assessment; collection of new needs expressed by each company. The result of the on-field research suggests, on the one hand, theoretical reflections relating to new sustainable approaches for the fashion sector, and on the other, technological innovation to implement value and profit for each company according to a sustainable and circular economic model. In Italy the local manufacturing systems have had their fulcrum in the industrial districts, which present themselves as centres of relations between multiple stakeholders. Generally, the openness and inclusion of stakeholders and systemic organization are essential for the sustainable development of the sector.The cultural tradition and the organization of Made in Italy production, in parallel with the Portuguese textile production systems, seem better prepared for a real ecological transition (Ricchetti & Frisa, 2011). This research proposes a model that accompanies companies on a transition path towards sustainable production.The methodology investigated, which starts from the enhancement of operational tools, contributes to promoting the adoption of new production processes and therefore to a more conscious consumption.The results achieved by SMEs in recent years, in the areas of ecological and digital transition, promise interesting developments, formulating a starting point to be used as an organizational and productive support to definitively move towards the suggested model. The discussion proposes a series of recommendations that can contribute to adopting a change in the entrepreneurial system of SMEs, vice versa, where there are contradictions and persisting barriers, it will be necessary to consider concrete and unanimously shared measures.
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