Die Konzepte der flexiblen Produktion und der Industrie-distrikte als Erklarungsansatze der Regionalentwicklung

authored by

R. Sternberg

Abstract

According to the theories of flexible production/specialisation and strongly connected industrial districts, a new wave of economic growth is being led in a number of regions in advanced economies by spatially concentrated networks using flexible production technology and characterized by extensive local inter-firm linkages. On the basis of the relevant literature, this paper tries to assess the value of both concepts regarding their applicability as theories of regional development. Three criteria are used to evaluate the concepts. First, causality is investigated concerning their basic hypotheses. Second, it is questioned whether the basic hypotheses are transferable to all industries and types of regions. In order to test for empirical validity, a third group of aspects will be discussed around the question of quality and quantity of empirical studies upon industrial districts. Fourth, the potential for policy conclusions is in the centre of interest. -from English summary

Organisation(s)

Institute of Economic and Human Geography

Type

Article

Journal

ERDKUNDE

Volume

49

Pages

161-175

No. of pages

15

ISSN

0014-0015

Publication date

09.1995

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development, Ecology, General Earth and Planetary Sciences

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.1995.03.01 (Access: Closed)