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The International Fragmentation Of The Industrial Districts And Clusters (id & Cs) Value Chain Between Relocation And Global Integration / Fiorenza Belussi And Alessia Sammarra -- Localized And Distance Learning In Industrial Districts / Fiorenza Belussi And Silvia Rita Sedita -- Boundary-spanning Strategies Of Industrial Districts: The Impact Of Absorptive Capacity / Tine Aage -- From Proximity Advantages To Organizational Advantages Through The Global Extension Of An Industrial District: The Case Of The Footwear District Of Verona / Fiorenza Belussi -- The Evolution Of A Technologically Dynamic District: The Case Of Montebelluna / Fiorenza Belussi -- A 'low Road' To Competitiveness In The Global Apparel Industry: The Case Of The Vibrata Valley District / Alessia Sammarra -- Moving Immigrants Into Western Industrial Districts: The 'inverse' Delocalization Of The Leather Tanning District Of Arzignano / Fiorenza Belussi And Silvia Rita Sedita --^ The Evolution Of External Linkages And Relational Density In The Tuscan Leather Industry / Lorenzo Bacci, Mauro Lombardi And Sandrine Labory -- Transferring Entrepreneurship: The Making Of The Cluster Of Timişoara / Fiorenza Belussi -- The Internationalization Of The 'footwear Agglomeration' Of Timişoara: How Deeply Embedded Are Local Firms? / Simona Montagnana -- Local Systems Playing Globally: Heterogeneous Districts In The Ornamental Horticulture Global Value Chain / Firoenza Belussi And Silvia Rita Sedita -- Industrial Districts And Globalization: Learning And Innovation In Local And Global Production Systems / Fiorenza Belussi And Bjørn T. Asheim -- Industrial Clusters In The Brazilian Ceramic Tile Industry And The New Challenges Of The Competition In The Global Value Chain / Renato Garcia And Gabriela Scur -- Local Development And Innovation Policies In China: The Experience Of Guangdong Specialized Towns / Annalisa Caloffi --^ The Institutional Design Of Clusters In The Greater Paris Region / Najoua Boufaden, Sofiène Lourimi And André Torre -- The Development Of Local-global Linkages In The Biotech Districts In Germany: Local Embeddedness Or Distance Learning? / Dirk Fornahl And Chung Anh Tran -- Two Sides Of The Same Coin? Local And Global Knowledge Flows In Medicon Valley / Jerker Moddysson, Lars Coenen And Bjørn T. Asheim -- Local Innovation Systems, Upgrading And Innovation Policy: Lessons From The Bangalore Cluster, India / Jan Vang And Cristina Chaminade. Edited By Fiorenza Belussi And Alessia Sammarra. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.