From Marshall's to the Italian "Industrial Districts". A Brief Critical Reconstruction

This paper begins by reconstructing the historical genesis of the notion of industrial district, focusing on the contribution of Alfred Marshall, the economist who is thought to have discovered this system. The paper also shows how the notion of industrial district stems from the successful wedding of Marshall’s keen observations of contemporary industrial reality, mainly in Great Britain, with the desire to provide a way out of the difficulties inherent in classical economic theory and answer the challenges posed by the class struggle (e.g., economic nations).

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