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Supporto scientifico/metodologico alla realizzazione di attività di analisi valutativa sul sistema produttivo dell’area colpita dal sisma 2012
No full textIl progetto mira a realizzare le seguenti attività: indagine alla scala internazionale sui modelli di gestione dei processi di emergenza e riscostruzione a seguito di disastri naturali significativi, su scala internazionale, al fine di ricostruire tipologie e modellistiche in riferimento ai meccanismi di governance istituzionale; valutazione, attraverso metodologie comparative, delle politiche messe in atto; supporto allo sviluppo di un’indagine valutativa di tipo controfattuale sul sistema produttivo dell’area colpita dal sisma 2012, in particolare il settore biomedicale
La resilienza del distretto di Mirandola dopo il terremoto
No full textQuesto capitolo analizza la resilienza del distretto di Mirandola dopo il terremoto del 2012. Il concetto di resilienza è stato oggetto di grande attenzione nella letteratura, non solo per quanto riguarda la reazione a shock e catastrofi naturali, ma anche in relazione allo sviluppo regionale. Il capitolo analizza l'effetto del terremoto e la reazione post-sisma, e mostra che il distretto è stato resiliente. Diversi fattori hanno contribuito a questo risultato positivo: le capacità competitive delle imprese prima della catastrofe, il capitale sociale che ha permesso di mantenere la società coesa in un momento di difficoltà, e le politiche regionali che hanno risposto tempestivamente alle necessità, proiettando inoltre il distretto verso lo sviluppo futuro
Industrial strategy in a transforming capitalism
No full textMonopoly capitalism stressed the inevitable tendency of monopolisation of econ- omies based on market capitalism, due to the strategic behaviour of firms aiming at reducing competition and preventing entry.The growth of BigTech in the last dec- ades just confirms this result. However, the digital economy and the development of online platforms reflect deep economic transformations, whereby the nature of competition in markets considerably changes. This paper shows that Cowling’s in- sights are not undermined as a result, rather the contrary. In particular, we suggest that industrial strategy in the digital economy could be usefully focused on economic governance, as suggested by Cowling.The new regulatory paradigm proposed in the EU with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) seems to follow this suggestion
Regional industrial policy for the manufacturing revolution: enabling conditions for complex transformations
No full textIn this article, we argue that regional industrial policy has a key role to spur socio-economic development. Industrial policy promotes structural changes, which are rooted in productive transformation, led by the expansion of collective capabilities. Today, both globalisation and the fourth industrial revolution are inducing substantial structural changes, which re- gional industrial policy can favour and orientate. Our analysis is rooted in complex system theory, highlighting four main elements of regional industrial policy, that provide enabling conditions for the adaptation and evolution of the regional system. These arguments are illustrated in the case of the Emilia Romagna region in Italy
Regional industrial policy in times of big disruption: building dynamic capabilities in regions
No full textThis paper contributes to the literature by proposing that regions have to develop dynamic capabilities in order to successfully adapt to big disruption such as Industry 4.0. It explores both the strategic management and the regional studies literatures to explore why, how and what dynamic capabilities might be deployed at a regional level. The theoretical insights are illustrated in the case of the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy. Dynamic capabilities appear both to mediate between structure and agency in regional path development and to promote value creation and capture. Their consideration in Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) might favour policy implementation besides policy definition
What policies, initiatives or programmes can support attracting, embedding and reshaping Global Value Chains in regions?
No full textThis paper outlines the regional industrial policies most conducive to GVC reshaping and emergence, on the basis of an analysis of concrete experiences in regions in the OECD countries and outside. It starts by examining the current changes in the competitive context of industries, namely the new phase of globalisation together with the fourth industrial revolution, to outline the implied structural changes most likely in GVCs, and some already occurring. This is useful to define the most appropriate industrial policies at regional level, that are confronted with some successful concrete experiences in regions.
Overall, what emerges is that policies should aim at developing productive capabilities as already stressed in the literature, but also networking different specialisations in order to exploit complementarities, both within and outside regions. The governance of the policy process is also important, and has to be participative, and policy coherence is another feature that we stress as essential in times of deep and complex structural changes not only in the economy, but also in the society and culture
What policies, initiatives or programmes can support attracting, embedding and reshaping GVCs in regions?
No full textThis paper outlines the regional industrial policies most conducive to GVC reshaping and emergence, on the basis of an analysis of concrete experiences in regions in the OECD countries and outside. It starts by examining the current changes in the competitive context of industries, namely the new phase of globalisation together with the fourth industrial revolution, to outline the implied structural changes most likely in GVCs, and some already occurring. This is useful to define the most appropriate industrial policies at regional level, that are confronted with some successful concrete experiences in regions
Dynamic gravitation and structural dynamics: From Smith to Modern theory
No full textThis paper explores the Newtonian roots of Adam Smith’s thinking in the structural dynamics of the production system and of social organization at large. Newton’s Principia Mathematica inspired a philosophical movement in Scotland that looked for principles that could explain the dynamics of social and economic bodies with the same scientific rigour. In Smith’s account, the sources of structural economic dynamics lie in the actors’ capacity to organise production within that domain of interaction of competing forces that he defines as the market. Against this background, Smith analyses the role of the institutional setup. This conceptual framework is central to the theory of structural dynamics in classical political economy. It highlights a possible avenue along which to investigate Pasinetti’s distinction between the ‘natural’ (production-based) and the ‘institutional’ levels of analysis (Pasinetti’s separation theorem) by exploring the dynamic interdependence of technological and institutional drives in the emerging new industrial revolution
Regional Resilience: Lessons from a Region Affected by Multiple Shocks
No full textThis chapter analyses decision-making in a multi-level governance (MLG) framework in the case of emergency and recovery from an earthquake arising the Emilia-Romagna Region in Italy in 2012. While the literature has pointed to the importance of two levels of government in resilience from disasters, namely the national and the local one, this study shows the role of intermediate levels of government, particularly the regional level. This Italian region has been affected by various shocks, mainly the 2008 financial crisis which was very close to the earthquake. Nevertheless, the region has been resilient, thanks to a specific governance, attention to social cohesion, taking all the parts of the regional system into account, and learning capacity
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