Changing Governance of Local Economies: Responses of European Local Production Systems

Colin Crouch (1) , Patrick Le Galès (2) , Carlo Trigilia (3) , Helmut Voeltzkow (4)

1 WBS - Warwick Business School
2 CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée (Sciences Po, CNRS)
3 Département des sciences politiques et de la sociologie
4 Universität Osnabrück - Osnabrück University

This book features case studies on national patterns of local production systems, focusing on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in France, Germany, Italy, and the UK. It is divided into three parts. Part I analyses the two cases that dominated the initial, 1980s industrial district literature: Emilia-Romagna and Baden Wurttemberg; and the machinery industry. Part II focuses on pre-crisis, large-firm, Fordist specialization. Part III presents examples of new industries where SME clusters are important: the biopharmaceutical industries around Oxford, the media sector in Cologne, information technology in Pisa, and computer technologies in Grenoble.

Keywords: Local production systems; Case studies; SMEs; Governance; France; Germany; Italy; UK; Small business -- Europe; Industrial organization (Economic theory)

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Sociology

Colin Crouch, Patrick Le Galès, Carlo Trigilia, Helmut Voeltzkow. Changing Governance of Local Economies: Responses of European Local Production Systems. Oxford University Press, pp.363, 2004, 9780199259403. ⟨10.1093/0199259402.001.0001⟩. ⟨hal-01390808⟩