Contents

List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Map of ltaly
Map of Taiwan


1. Introduction
Paolo Guerrieri, Simona Iammarino and Carlo Pietrobelli

2. Models of Industrial Clusters' Evolution and Changes in Technologícal Regimes
Paolo Guerrieri and Carlo Pietrobelli

3. The Dynamics of Italian Industrial Districts: Towards a Renewal of Competitiveness?
Paolo Guerrieri and Simona Iammarino

4. The Dynamics of Taiwan's SMEs: The Case of Electronics
Wen-Jeng Kuo and Jiann-Chyuan Wang

5. Small Firms Competing in Globalized High-tech Industries: The Co-evolution of Domestic and International Knowledge Linkages in Taiwan's Computer Industry
Dieter Ernst

6. New Challenges for Industrial Clusters and Districts: Global Production Networks and Knowledge Diffusion
Dieter Ernst, Paolo Guerrieri, Simona Iammarino and Carlo Pietrobelli

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Bibliography

Annex 1: Questionnaires: Garments Sector and Electronics Sector

Index