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Professore Associato confermato di Economia Applicata (ssd SECS-P06)Docente di Economia dello Sviluppo e dell'Organizzazione Industriale nel Corso di Laurea in Economia e Commercio della Scuola di Economia e Management dell'Università degli studi di Firenze
Docente di Economia Applicata nel Corso di Laurea in Economia e Commercio della Scuola di Economia e Management dell'Università di Firenze
Docente di Economia dei distretti industriali nel Dottorato in Economia, indirizzo Sviluppo Locale, dell'Università di Firenze
GABI DEI OTTATI
Associate Professor of Applied Economics
e-mail: gabi.dei@unifi.it
Telephone Mobile 0039328 5663872
Education
September 1976 - Laurea in Political Sciences with specialization in Political Economy (with full marks and honours at the University of Florence (Cesare Alfieri School of Political Sciences)
1977-78 - scholarship for foreign students at the Columbia University (Teachers College), New York
May-July 1991 – Visiting fellowship at the European Business Centre of the Nottingham University, Nottingham U.K.
Academic positions
1984-1988 – Assistant Professor in Political Economy, University of Parma
1988-2000 – Confirmed Assistant Professor of Applied Economics, University of Florence
2000-today – Associate Professor of Applied Economics, University of Florence.
Academic Assignments and Scientific Committees
1992-2000 – Lecturer of Applied Economics at BA and Master, University of Florence
2000-2004 – Lecturer of Political Economy at BA, University of Florence
2003-2011 – Lecture of Local Development Economics at Master, University of Florence, Faculty of Political Sciences
2000-today – Lecturer of Applied Economics at BA, Master and PhD, University of Florence
2000-today – Head of the Local Development section of the Applied Economics Laboratory at the PIN Consortium, University of Florence, Prato campus
2001-today – Member of Scientific and Technical Board of the PIN Consortiun, Univeristy of Florence, Prato campus.
2001 Sept – Examiner of the PhD thesis in Applied Economics of the student Juan Juste Carrion at the University of Valladolid (Spain) on Desarrollo local y mercato global: los sistemas productivos locales y la industria agroalimentaria de Castilla y Leon.
2002-2006 – vice president of the scientific borad ofASEL (Socio-Economic Research Agency of the Prato Province)
2003-2006 – Coordinator for the University of Florence of a special course of studies financed by the European Union called European Master in Business and Industrial Economics carried out by the following universities: Florence University, Université de Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Aachet University of Applied Sciences, Facultad de Ciencias Economics y Empresariles dell’Universidd de Alicante
2003-2009 –Member of the Evaluation Committee of Teaching activities of the Faculty of Economics, University of Florence
2004 October – Member of the Examiners Committee to evaluate the scientific research of candidates in a competitive exam for Associate Professor in Applied Economics at the University of Foggia.
2004-today – Member of the European Research Centre on Regional and Local Development at the University of Florence
2005 March – Member of the Committee of examiners in a national competitive exam for Associate Processor in Applied Economics at the University “Luigi Bocconi” in Milan
2006 Jan-December - Member of the National Advisory Committee on Industrial Districts appointed by the Italian Government for the implementation of the 2006 Finance Act.
2006-today – Member of the Scientific Board of the Centre among the Universities of Ferrara, Firenze, Ancona on Studies on Applied Industrial Economics and Policy and Local Development (c,MET05)
2006-2010- President of the scientific board of ASEL (Socio-Economic Research Agency of the Prato Province).
2007-today – Member of the Scientific Board of the Incontri di Artimino sullo sviluppo locale, a recurrent Conference held in Prato on issues related to the Local Development and industrial districts.
2009 November – Member of the Committee that had to evaluate the scientific research on Italian industrial districs of prof. Luca Marsi of the Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défence necessary to obtain the Habilitation à diriger la recherché.
2010-today – Scientific coordinator for the University of Florence (Dept of Economics and Management) of the Collaboration Agreement between the University of Florence and the University of Wenzhou (China).
2011 May - Examiner of the PhD thesis in Applied Economics of the student JPablo Galaso Reca at the University Autonoma of Madrid (Spain) on Capital social y desarrollo economico: Un studio de las redes de innovation en Espana.
2014-2016 – Member of the Scientific Board of the National Observatory of Italian Industrial Districts, Unione delle camera di commercio, Rome.
Main research interests
- Industrial organization
- Economic development with particular focus on local development
- Industrial district model of organization
- industrial districts in the Italian economic development
- industrial districts and globalization
- immigrant businesses in industrial districts with particular focus on the Chinese in Prato
Referee for the following academic journals
- L’industria
- Rivista Italiana degli Economisti
- Politica economica
- Regional Studies
- European Planning Studies
- Cambridge Journal of Economics
- Environment and Planning C
- Industry and Innovation
- Urban Studies
- Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
Articles in refereed journals
- “Famiglia ed economia: A proposito di “A treatise on the family di G.S. Becker”, in Note Economiche, n.1, 1983 (pp.157-181).
- “Distretto industriale, problemi delle transazioni e mercato comunitario: prime considerazioni”, in Economia e Politica Industriale, n.51, 1986 (pp.93-121)
- “L'agricoltura da elemento di sostegno dello sviluppo industriale ad attivita' di "consumo", in La Questione Agraria, n.38, 1990 (pp.113-145)
- “The Economic Bases of Diffuse Industrialization”, in International Studies of Management & Organization, vol.21, N. 1, Spring, 1991(pp.53-74)
- “Fiducia, transazioni intrecciate e credito nel distretto industriale”, in Note Economiche, n.1/2, 1992 (pp.1-30)
- “Cooperation and Competition in the Industrial District as an Organization Model”, in European Planning Studies, n. 4, 1994 (pp.463-483)
- “Trust Interlinking Transactions and Credit in the Industrial District”, in Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol.18, n.6, 1994 (pp.529-546)
- “Economic Changes in the District of Prato in the 1980s: Towards a More Conscious and Organized Industrial District”, in European Planning Studies, vol. 4, n.1,1996 (pp.35-52).
- “El distrito industrial y el equilibrio entre cooperaciòn y competencia”, in Informacion comercial Espanola, Rivista de economìa, n.754, 1996 (pp. 85-95)
- “La recente evoluzione economica dei distretti industriali della Toscana”, in Sviluppo locale, n.2-3, 1996 (pp.92-124)
- “Nuova concertazione e sviluppo italiano”, in Il ponte, Rivista di Politica Economica fondata da Piero Calamandrei, n. 7-8, luglio-agosto, 1999 (pp.74-78).
- “Social concertation and local development: The case of industrial districts”, in European Planning Studies, vol. 10, n.4, 2002 (pp.449-466).
- “Exit, voice and the evolution of industrial districts: the case of the post-World War II economic development of Prato”, in Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 27, n.4, 2003 (pp. 501-522).
- “Fiducia e cambiamento economico nei distretti industriali. Il caso del distretto di Prato”, in Sviluppo Locale, vol. X, n.23-24, 2003 (pp.82-105)
- “El efecto distrito: algunos aspectos conceptuales”, in Economia industrial, n. 359, 2006, (pp.73-79).
- (with G.Becattini), “L’economia italiana negli anni novanta: un confronto tra aree di grande impresa e distretti ind ustriali”, in Economia e Politica Industriale, n. 1, 2006, (pp.5-24).
(17) (con G. Becattini), “The Performance of Italian Industrial Districts and Large Enterprise Areas in the 1990s”, in European Planning Studies, vol.14, n.8, September 2006 (pp. 1139-1162).
- “L’effetto distretto: alcuni aspetti concettuali”, in Economia Marche- Review of Regional Studies, n.2, settembre 2006 (pp.69-82).
- (with L. Grassini), Employment changes in Italy in the 1990s: a comparison between large enterprise areas and industrial districts, in Environment & Planning C: Government and Policy, vol. 26, n.5, 2008 (pp.1016-1035).
- “Distretti industriali italiani e doppia sfida cinese”, in QA Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi-Doria, n.1, 2009 (pp. 123-142).
- “An industrial district facing the challenges of globalisation: Prato today”, in European Planning Studies, vol.17, n.12, December 2009 (pp.1817-1835)
- “Distretti industriali, globalizzazione e crisi finanziaria”, in Il ponte, Rivista di Politica Economica fondata da Piero Calamandrei, LXVI, n.3, 2010 (pp.61-69).
- “The value of the industrial district rediscovery in a globalised economy: with regard to “A Handbook of Industrial Districts” edited by Giacomo Becattini, Marco Bellandi, Lisa De Propris”, in Economia Politica, XXVII, n.3, dicembre 2010 (pp. 533-544).
- “Italian Industrial Districts and the Dual Chinese Challenge”, (in cinese) in Overseas Chinese History Studies, No.2, June 2011 (pp. 9-16).
- “Imprese di immigrati e distretto industriale: un’interpretazione dello sviluppo delle imprese cinesi di Prato”, in Stato e Mercato, n.2, 2013 (pp. 171-202).
- “A transnational fast fashion industrial district: An analysis of the Chinese businesses in Prato, in Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol.38, n.5 2014 (pp.1247-1274).
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Books
- Tra mercato e comunità: aspetti concettuali e ricerche empiriche sul distretto industriale, Franco Angeli, Milano, 1995
- (with G. Becattini, M. Bellandi, F. Sforzi), Il caleidoscopio dello sviluppo locale. Trasformazioni economiche nell’Italia contemporanea, Rosenberg & Sellier, Torino, 2001.
- (with G. Becattini, M. Bellandi, F. Sforzi), From industrial districts to local development. An itinerary of research, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2003.
- Scritti sulla Toscana di Giacomo Becattini, volume II, Alla scoperta di Prato (1979-2006), Le Monnier, Firenze, 2007.
- (with C. Trigilia and L.Burroni), Innovazione nella continuità. Meccanismi di cambiamento nelle aree distrettuali della Toscana, Plus-Pisa University, Pisa, 2008.
Chapters in books
- “Distretti industriali. Nota preliminare alla ricerca di possibili strategie per promuovere tale forma di sviluppo”, in Proceedings of a Conference organized by the Giulio Pastore Foundation on Natura e ruolo dei sistemi locali nei processi di sviluppo, Roma, January 1987, (pp.21-28).
- “Il mercato comunitario”, in G. Becattini (ed.), Mercato e forze locali: il distretto industriale, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1987 (pp. 117-141)
- “L'agricoltura da elemento di sostegno dello sviluppo industriale ad attivita' di "consumo”, in R. Cianferoni (ed.), L’agricoltura e l’ambiente nel distretto industriale di Prato, Accademia dei Georgofili, Firenze, 1990 (pp.306-333)
- “Prato 1944-1963. Rinascita e trasformazione di un sistema produttivo locale”, in P.L. Ballini, L.Lotti, M.G. Rossi (eds.), La Toscana nel secondo dopoguerra, Franco Angeli, Milano, 1991 (pp.155-171)
- “Il sistema tessile pratese nel secondo dopoguerra: nascita, sviluppo e trasformazione di un distretto industriale”, in Atti del convegno su Ambienti e tipologie dell'industrializzazione, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Torino and Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales of Parigi, Regione Piemonte, Torino, 1993 (pp.119-139)
- “Metamorfosi di un’industria localizzata: la nascita del distretto industriale pratese”, in R.Leonardi and R.Y.Nanetti(eds), Lo sviluppo regionale nell’economia europea integrata. Il caso toscano, Marsilio Editore, Venezia,1993 (pp. 151-181)
- “Prato and its Evolution in a European Context”, in R. Leonardi and R.Y. Nanetti (eds), Regional Development in a Modern European Economy: The Case of Tuscany, Pinter, London, 1994 (pp.116-144); Second Edition,1998 (pp.124-152)
- “Metamorfosi di un’industria localizzata: la nascita del distretto industriale pratese”, in M.Bellandi e M. Russo (eds), Distretti industriali e cambiamento economico locale, Rosenberg & Sellier, Torino, 1994 (pp.91-105).
- “Le trasformazioni economiche”, in P.Giovannini e R. Innocenti (eds), Prato metamorfosi di una città tessile, Franco Angeli, Milano, 1996 (pp.106-132)
- “The remarkable resilience of the industrial districts of Tuscany”, in F. Cossentino, F.Pyke, W.Sengenberger (eds), Local and Regional Response to Global Pressure: The Case of Italy and its Industrial Districts, International Institute for Labour Studies, Research Series 103, Geneva, 1996 (pp. 36-66)
- “Cooperazione e concorrenza nel distretto industriale”, in R. Varaldo e L. Ferrucci (eds), Il distretto industriale tra logiche di impresa e logiche di sistema, Franco Angeli, Milano, 1997 (pp. 214-242)
- (with R. Absalom, G. Becattini and P. Giovannini), “Il bruco e la farfalla. Ragionamenti su di un decennio di vita pratese (1943-1953)”, in G.Becattini (ed.) Prato storia di una città. Il distretto industriale (1943-1993), Vol.4, Comune di Prato-Le Monnier, Firenze, 1997 (pp, 369-461)
- “Cambiamento e vitalità dei distretti industriali della Toscana”, in F. Cossentino, F. Pyke, W. Sengengerger(eds.), Le risposte locali e regionali alla pressione globale: il caso dell’Italia e dei suoi distretti industriali”, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1997 (pp.61-100)
- “The remarkable resilience of the industrial districts of Tuscany”, in H. J. Braczyk, P. Cooke, M. Heidenreich (eds), Regional Innovation Systems. The role of governances in a globalized world, University College London Press, London, 1998 (pp.28-47).
- “La notable elasticidad de los distritos industriales de la Toscana”, in C.Alba, I.Bizberg, H.Rivière d’Arc (eds), Las regiones ante la globalizacion. Competitividad territorial y recomposicion sociopolitica, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico, 1998 (pp.151-188)
- “Concertazione e sviluppo nei distretti industriali”, in A. Ninni, F. Silva, S.Vaccà (a cura di), Evoluzione del lavoro, crisi del sindacato e sviluppo del paese, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2001 (pp. 163-195).
- “Konzertazion und Entwicklung in industriellen Distrikten“, in W. Elsner und A. Biesecker (Hrsg), Neuartige Netzwerke und nachhaltige Entwicklung. Komplexitaet und Koordination in Industrie, Stadt und Region, Peter Lang, Frankfurt, 2003 (p.117-149).
- “The remarkable resilience of the industrial districts of Tuscany”, in P.Cooke, H.J.Braczyk, H.Heidenreich (eds), Regional Innovation Systems. The Role of Governance in a globalized World, Second edition, Routledge, London, 2004 (pp.21-43).
- “Uscita, voce e l’evoluzione del distretto industriale: il caso dello sviluppo post-bellico di Prato”, in N. Bellanca, M. Dardi, T. Raffaelli (eds), Economia senza gabbie, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2004 (pp.185-217).
- “Global competition and entrepreneurial behaviour in industrial districts: trust relations in an Italian industrial district”, in H.H. Hoehmann and F. Welter (eds), Trust and Entrepreneurship: A West-East Perspective, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2005 (pp. 255-271).
- (with Giacomo Becattini), “Problemi e prospettive attuali dei distretti industriali italiani”, in Maria Pia De Paulis-Dalambert (direction de), L’Italie entre le XX et le XXI siècle: la transition infinie, Presse Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, 2006 (pp. 127-156).
- (with L.Grassini), “Le trasformazioni industriali dell’Italia negli anni Novanta. Un confronto fra sistemi locali di grande impresa e distretti industriali”, in Carlo Filippucci(a cura di), Mutamenti nella geografia dell’economia italiana, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2006 (pp. 135-157).
- (with G. Becattini), “L’economia italiana negli anni novanta: un confronto tra aree di grande impresa e distretti industriali”, in G. Becattini, Il calabrone Italia. Ricerche e ragionamenti sulla peculiarità economica italiana, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2007 (pp. 201-220).
- “Presentazione” in Scritti sulla Toscana di Giacomo Becattini, Volume II, Alla scoperta di Prato, Le Monnier, Firenze, 2007 (pp.III-XXIII).
- “Semi-automatic and deliberate actions in the evolution of industrial districts”, in G. Becattini, M. Bellandi and L. De Propris (eds), A Handbook of Industrial Districts, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2009 (pp.204-215).
- “The experiences in other industrialise countries”, Introduction, in G. Becattini, M. Bellandi and L. De Propris (eds), A Handbook of Industrial Districts, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2009 (pp483-487)
- “Italian industrial districts and the dual Chinese challenge” in G. Johanson, R. Smyth and R. French (eds), Living Outside the Walls: The Chinese in Prato, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2009 (pp.26-42)
- “Globalizzazione, distretti industriali e doppia sfida cinese: il caso di Prato”, in G. Johanson, R. Smyth e R. French (eds), Oltre ogni muro. I cinesi di Prato, Pacini Editore, Pisa, 2010 (pp.33-50).
- (with E. Barberis e D. Bigarelli), “Distretti industriali e imprese di immigrati cinesi: rischi e opportunità con particolare riferimento a Carpi e Prato”, in Bellandi M. e Caloffi A. (eds), Innovazione e trasformazione industriale: la prospettiva dei sistemi di produzione locale italiani, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2012 (pp.63-91)
- “Il ruolo dell’immigrazione cinese a Prato: una rassegna della letteratura”, in IRPET (Institute for Economic Planning of Tuscan Region), Prato: il ruolo economico della comunità cinese, IRPET, Firenze, 2013 (pp.21-38).
- “La recente evoluzione delle imprese cinesi di Prato: diversificazione e relazioni transnazionali e miste”, in IRPET, Relazioni locali e transnazionali delle imprese cinesi di Prato e loro contributo all’economia della Provincia, IRPET, Firenze, 2015 (pp.21-41).
- (with D. Cologna), “The Chinese in Prato and the current outlook on the Chinese-Italian experience”, in L. Baldassar, G. Johanson, N. McAuliffe, M. Bressan (eds.), Chinese Migration to Europe: Prato, Italy and beyond, Macmillan, London, 2015 (pp.29-48).
- “Chinese immigrant businesses in the industrial district of Prato and their interpretation”, in M. Sanfilippo e A. Weinar (eds.), Chinese migration and economic relations with Europe, Routledge, Abingdon, 2016 (pp. 55-81).
Other publications
- “L’occupazione esplicita nel circondario di Prato”, Consorzio Centro Studi per la Programmazione nel Circondario di Prato, Prato, 1978
- Sviluppo economico, crescita dei bisogni e benessere. Alcune considerazioni sul libro di X. Zolotas: “Economic Growth and Declining Social Welfare”, in Note Economiche, n. 1, 1984 (pp.174-182).
- “Marco Dardi's "Il giovane Marshall: accumulazione e mercato: The Cambridge Economic School Revisited”, in Economic Notes, n.3, 1985 (pp.165-172).
- “Il lavoro salariato negli scritti di Henry Fawcett, Fleeming Jenkin e John Stuart Mill dopo il 1860”, Quaderno dell' Istituto di Scienze Economiche, Universita' degli studi di Parma, gennaio 1987, pp.1-46
- “El mercado comunitario del distrito industrial”, in Papers de Seminari, Centre d’estudis de Planificaciò, Barcelona, n. 29-30, 1988 (pp.179-218).
- “The remarkable resilience of the industrial districts of Tuscany”, , ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge (U.K.), Working Paper n.28, March 1996 (pp.1-41).
- “Exit, Voice and Loyalty in the Industrial District”, ERSC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, (UK), Working Paper n. 175, September 2000 (1-48).
- “Dalla storia di Prato alla biblioteca dei distretti industriali. Il Polo universitario di Prato come centro per lo studio dello sviluppo locale”, in La biblioteca dei distretti industriali presso il Polo universitario città di Prato, Firenze University Press. 2003
- “Trust and economic development in Italy: The case of the industrial district of Prato, in H.:H. Hoehmann and F. Welter (eds), Entrepreneurial strategies and trust. Structure and evolution of entrepreneurial behavioural patterns in „low trust“ and „high trust“ environments of East and West Europe, Forschungsstelle Osteuropa, Bremen, Arbeitspapiere N. 56, January 2004 (pp.6-68).
- “Intervento” in Prato, il distretto, la città, il futuro, Atti del Convegno organizzato dalla Camera del Lavoro di Prato il 12 febbraio 2004, Pentalinea, Prato, 2004 (pp.51-63)
- (with G. Becattini) “Così nacque il miracolo”, in Avvenimenti, n.44, 2004
- “Resistenza e cambiamento dei distretti industriali negli anni ’90”, in Urbanistica Informazioni, Rivista dell’Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica, n.201, maggio giugno 2005.
- “Per un nuovo sviluppo di Prato”, in Prato storia e arte, n.101, settembre 2007.
- (with L.Bacci), “Organizzazione produttiva e risorse critiche nei distretti di Prato e di Empoli” in Distretti industriali e imprese artigiane tra continuità e cambiamento. I casi di Prato e di Empoli, Osservatorio Regionale Toscano Artigianato, Firenze, 2007.
- Prato di fronte alle sfide della globalizzazione. Scenari economici possibili, Research for the Urban Planning of Prato Municipality, 2009.
- Rapporti di subfornitura e fiducia. Il caso del distretto di Prato nel nuovo millennio, Research commissioned by the Cassa di Risparmio of Prato Foundation, 2009.
- “Da Prato al futuro prossimo”, in Cinitalia, Journal in Italian and Chinese published by the Italian office of China Radio International, special issue for ASEM 2014 in Milan, pp.31-33.
Invited Conference keynotes and Workshops papers
“Marshallian Industrial District: The end of an era or adaptation to the global economy?”, 40 years of the Cambridge Journal of Economics Conference, St. Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge UK, 12-13 July 2016
“Chinese immigrant businesses in Italy: the case of Chinese in Prato industrial district”, Third World Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Convention, organized by the Merchant Museum of Hangzhou and the Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 25-26 October 2015.
“A transnational fast fashion district: An analysis of Chinese entrepreneurs in an Italian industrial district, XXIIIrd Focus Asia “Shopping Asia: the world consumes Asia, Asia consumes the world” Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University, Lund. 14-15 April 2015.
“Relazioni locali e transnazionali delle imprese cinesi di Prato e loro contributo all’economia della provincia di Prato”, Conference Sistema relazionale ed economico delle imprese cinesi di Prato, organized by the Province of Prato, Prato, 27 March 2015.
“A transnational fast fashion industrial district: An analysis of Chinese entrepreneurs in Prato”, Department of Asian American Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 5-6 March 2015.
“Local and transnational relations of Chinese business in Prato and their contribution to the local economy”, 5th Webzhouese Diaspora Symposium, University of Wenzhou (China) and Research Centre of the Global Wenshouese, Wenzhou, November 6-7, 2014.
“Strategie per distretti industriali nella transizione: focus Prato”, XXIV edition of the Incontri di Artimino sullo Sviluppo Locale (Artimino’s meetings on Local Development), 13-15 October 2014, Prato, Municipality Hall.
“Changes in Italy’s Industrial Districts in a Globalised Economy”, Symposium of the Hosei Univercity Center for Regional Reseaarch, on Industrial Policy in Rural Areas, Hosei University, Tokyo, January 31, 2014.
“Prato e l’immigrazione cinese: una rassegna della letteratura”, Conference on Il ruolo economico della comunità cinese nel distretto pratese, organized by the Province of Prato, Prato, 22 January 2014.
“Gloobel and local business networks in the growth of the Chinese firm in Prato” (with S. Guercini and M. Milanesi), 6th Chines in Prato & 4th Wenzhouese Diaspora Symposia, on Chinese migration, entrepreneurship and development in the new global economy, Monash University Prato Centre, PIN Polo universitario Prato, Mingration Policy Centre Europena Universtity Institute, Prato 29-30 October 2013
“Imprese di immigrati cinesi e distretto industriale: il caso dei cinesi di Prato”, X Workshop c.MET05 (Centro Interuniversitario di Economia Applicata alle Politiche per l’Industria lo Sviluppo Locale e l’Internazionalizzazione), University of Firenze, 18-19 July 2013
“Wenzhouese entrepreneurs in Prato: a ‘pronto moda’ transnational system”, “Third Wenzhouese Diaspora Symposium” organized by the Wenzhou University and the Monash University, Wenzhou (China), 17-18 October 2012.
“The rise of China and Chinese immigrant businesses in the industrial district of Prato”, International Conference The Role of Large emerging Countries in the World Economy: Threats and Opportunites for European Firms?, organized by the board of the economic reviiew Economia e Politica Industriale, University of Parma, 18.-19 June 2012
“Imprenditori e competitività internazionale nei distretti industriali”, Workshop of Storia del pensiero economico contemporaneo, (with the presence of the writer Edoardo Nesi) Faculty of Economics University of Firenze, 11 May 2012.
“The Chinese in the Prato Industrial District”, International Conference Zhejiang and Veneto, organized by the University Ca’ Foscari of Venezia, Venezia, 2 December 2011.
“Le prospettive e i dilemmi dei distretti industriali con elevata presenza di imprenditori immigrati: il caso del distretto industriale di Prato”, Incontri di Artimino sullo Sviluppo Locale, Innovazione e trasformazione industriale dei territori nelle regioni europee, 3-5 October 2011, Villa Medicea Artimino, Prato.
“Chinese migration to the Prato industrial district”, China in the World Conference, Monash Prato Centre, organized by the Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements, Asia Institute of Melbourne, Australian Multicultural Foundation, Prato, 22-23 September 2011
“Prato industrial district and the Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs in it”, NICLAS Summer School European University Institute, Florence 11 July 2011.
“Globalizzazione e distretti industriali: il caso di Prato”, public workshop, Faculty of Economics, University of Florence , February 8, 2011.
“Strategie di innovazione e cambiamento per i distretti industriali”, Incontri di Artimino sullo Sviluppo Locale, Villa Medicea di Artimino, Prato, 29 September – 1 October 2010.
“The Italian Industrial Districts and the Chinese Immigrant Entrepreneurs in them”, International Symposium on World Wenzhouese & Chinese in Prato Workshop, organized by the University of Wenzhou (China) and Monash University (Australia), Wenzhou, April 8-9, 2010.
“Prato oltre la crisi: gli effetti della crisi a Prato”, workshop organized by CROCEVIA Associatio of Prato, Prato, 6 March 2010.
“Distretti industriali italiani e la doppia sfida cinese”, VI Workshop c.MET05 Le sfide dell’industria asiatica e il “nostro” sviluppo locale, University of Napoli “L’orientale”, 26- 27 February 2010.
“L’Italia e i distretti industriali: una panoramica dal dopoguerra ad oggi”, China and Italy School of Policy, University of Ferara, “The China and Italy Research and Learning Project”, sustained by the Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry and Government of the Guangdong Province (China), 11 December 2009
“La doppia sfida cinese ai distretti italiani: il caso di Prato”, Department of Economics, University of Torino, 18 November 2009.
“Contesto locale, invenzioni, inventori: esperienze internazionali”, Incontri di Artimino sullo sviluppo locale, Villa medicea Artimino, Prato, 29 September-1 October 2009.
“Un distretto industriale nella tempesta della globalizzazione: Prato e la doppia sfida cinese”, XI Incontro degli Economisti di Lingua Neolatina, University of Marche, San Benedetto del Tronto, 11-12 September 2009.
“An Italian industrial district in the storm of globalization: Prato and the dual Chinese challenge”, Conference on Restructuring of Suppply Chain in Old Manifacturing Industries in USA and EU, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, 15-16 June 2009.
“Processi di internazionalizzazione dei distretti industriali”, V Workshop of c.MET-05 Inter-Univeristies Research Centre on Industrial Development, University of Salerno, 5-7 February 2009.
“An industrial district facing the challenges of globalisation”, China and Italy School of Policy, University of Ferara, “The China and Italy Research and Learning Project”, sustained by the Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry and Government of the Guangdong Province (China), Università di Ferrara, 19 December 2008.
“Azioni collettive ed evoluzione dei distretti industriali”, X Conference of the Economists of Neo-latin languages, on Desarrollo Economico Local y Regional:Modelos y Estrategias en Europa y America Latina, University Central de La Salle, de los Andes, Bogotà 20-21 November 2008.
“Italian industrial districts and the dual Chinese challenge”, International conference on Social Inclusion: the Chinese and Italian Communities in Prato, organized byMonash Universtiy (Australia) at the Monash University Prato Centre, Prato, 27 October, 2008.
“Distretti industriali ed Economia etnica cinese: minaccia o opportunità?”, Industria, cultura, creatività: la nuova vita dei distretti, Conference organized by Prato Municipality and Tuscan Region, Prato, 27 September 2008.
“Le politiche e i territori dell’alta tecnologia”, Incontri di Artimino sullo sviluppo locale, Villa medicea of Artimino, Prato, 24-26 Septmber 2008.
“An industrial district facing the challenges of globalisation: Prato today”, 11th International Conference of EUNIP (European Network of Industrial Policy), Universidad de Deusto, San Sebastian (Spain), San Sebastian, 10-12 September 2008.
“The recent transformation of the Prato industrial district”, Erasmus Research Institute of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, June 30, 2008.
“Prato oggi: problemi e prospettive”, Conference on “Strategie innovative per lo sviluppo di un sistema locale integrato”, organized by the Province of Prato, Prato, 7 May 2008.
“The recent transformations of the Italian Industrial Districts and Policies for Local Development, International Conference on Regional Research and Policies, Hosei University, Tokyo 26-27 February 2008.
“Distretti industriali e made in Italy: fra tradizione e innovazione”, Workshop on Dal Territorio alla Marca, Province of Siena, Siena, Santa Maria della Scala, 8-11 November 2007.
“Globalisation and the reproduction of trust in industrial districts: the case of Prato”, 10th Internatoinal Conference of EUNIP (European Network of Industrial Policy), Faculty of Economics, University of Firenze, PIN Prato campus, 12-14 September 2007
“The Recent Transformation of the Prato Industrial District”, International Workshop on Regional Innovation in Traditional Industries, organized by the Centre for Advanced Studies of Cardiff & the Scuola Superiore Sant’Annad of Pisa, at the School of Advanced Education (SIAF) in Volterra, June 23, 2007
“La experiencia de los distritos industriales italianos”, University of Lugo and Confederacion de Empresarios de Lugo (Spagna), Lugo, April 19, 2007.
“I distretti industriali tra valori tradizionali e nuove progettualità”, keynote at he Conference I distretti industriali tra passato e futuro, University of Firenze, 20 February 2007.
“L’esperienza dei distretti industriali italiani”, paper presented at a Meeting between Members of Italian and Venezuela Parliaments, organized by the Italian Parliament, Montecitorio, Rome, 10-11 October 2006.
“Italy’s industrial changes in the nineties. A comparison between large enterprise areas and industrial districts” (with L. Grassini), 9th International Conference of European Network on Industrial Policy (EUNIP), University of Limerick, Limerick, 20-22 June 2006.
“Italy’s industrial changes in the nineties”, (with L. Grassini), Conference on La Specializzazione territoriale del sistema produttivo italiano, Department of Statistics, University of Bologna, Bologna, 29-30 May 2006.
“The Italian Industrial District Model and Local Employment Development”, European Commmission Seminar on Local Employment Development: the IDELE Programme, Bologna, 27-28 April 2006.
“Evolucion de un distrito industrial:la experiencia del distrito textil de Prato”, UNIDO and Venice International University, PIN del Polo universitario città di Prato, Prato, February 17, 2006.
“Fiducia e vantaggio competitivo dei distretti: un’indagine sui rapporti di subfornitura delle imprese del distretto di Prato”, Workshop of PRIN 2003 su Metodologie di analisi dei processi evolutivi e della performance dei sistemi produttivi locali, University of Perugia, Department of Economics, Finance and Statistics, Perugia, November 11, 2005.
“Italy’s Industrial Changes in the 1990s: The case of Tuscany” (with Laura Grassini), 60th International Atlantic Economic Conference, New York, 6-9 October 2005.
“Distretti industriali e sistemi locali di grande impresa in Italia e in Toscana negli anni novanta”, XXIX Convengo Nazionale di Economia e Politica Industriale, Calabria University, Arcavacata, Rende (CS), 23-24 September 2005.
“Fiducia e cambiamento economico a Prato”, Incontri pratesi sullo sviluppo locale. Dal distretto industriale allo sviluppo locale, Artimino, Prato, 16 September 2005
“Resistenza e cambiamento dei distretti industriali italiani negli anni novanta”, Conference on Distretti e metropoli, University Federico II of Napoli, Napoli, June 15, 2005.
“The industrial districts of Tuscany and policies for local development”, International Symposium on Policy and the coordination for Regional Development, Hosei University, Tokyo, Ichigaya Campus, Tokyo, 17 - 18 December 2004.
“Territorial Performances of Manufacturing in Italy in the 90’s. An Analysis of Census Data”, (with Laura Grassini), The 2nd Italy-China Conference on Economic and Social Statistics, University of Firenze, Department of Statistics, Firenze, 25 October 2004.
“L’ effetto distretto”, International Conference for the 25° anniversary of the studies on the Marshallian Industrial District: an assessment, Consorci Universitat Internacional Menéndez Pelayo de Barcelona, Centre Ernst Lluch, Barcelona, 14-15 October 2004.
“I distretti industriali italiani dagli anni novanta ad oggi”, Incontri pratesi sullo Sviluppo Locale. Sviluppo locale e ristagno globale. L’Italia che cambia, Villa Medicea Artimino, Prato, 8 September 2004.
“Training on the job: survey in the Prato industrial district”, International Workshop of the Europastage Project, Bucarest, 16-17 July 2004
“Il modello del distretto industriale marshalliano. Possibili applicazioni ai sistemi locali turistici”, University of Trento, Trento, 27 May 2004.
“Problemi e prospettive attuali dei distretti industriali italiani. Quadro relativo all’ultimo decennio”, Colloque international L’Italie entre le XX et le XXI siècle: la transition infinie, Cité universitaire, Maison de l’Italie, Paris, 13 May 2004.
“Governance of Local Economic Development”, Interdepartmental Workshop at the European University Institute, San Domenico, Firenze, 18 November 2003.
“Il sapere locale nel distretto industriale. Alcune considerazioni” (with G. Becattini), Conference on Saperi locali, processi di apprendimento e ruolo delle istituzioni, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, 7-8 November 2003.
“Globalization and the reproduction of trust in industrial districts: The case of Prato”, International Conference on Trust and entrepreneurial behaviour in East and West Eropean Economies: Concepts, Developments, Competitive aspects, University of Bremen, Bremen, 26-27 September 2003.
“Global competition and entrepreneurial behaviour in industrial districts: Trust relations in the Prato district”, International Conference in honour of Sebastiano Brusco on Clusters, industrial districts and firms: The challenge of globalization, Faculty of Economics, University of Modena, Modena, 12-13 September 2003.
“Trust relations and the reproduction of the dynamic efficiency of industrial districts”, Symposium on Searching for the Image of new industrial clusters: Innovation and social capital, Hosei University di Tokyo, Tokyo, 19-20 June 2003
“Entrepreneurial strategies and trust: The case of Italy and its industrial districts”, International Workshop on Trust and entrepreneurship, Tallinn, 11-12 October 2002.
“Industrial Districts in Italy” series of Workshops organized by the Swedish Foundation for Small Business Reseach at the Univerisities of Stockholm, Oerebro, Eskilstuna, Goeteborg, Lund, Ronneby, Umea, Pitea, Lulea, 18-26 April 2002.
“Social concertation and local development: The case of industrial districts”, Third Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Industrial districts and local clusters: An alternative pattern of development and economic integration in the Mediterranean, organized by the European University Institute, Firenze, 20-24 March 2002.
“The role of concerted collective action among local key actors and institutions in the process of economic development”, Institute of Textiles & Clothing, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, March 2, 2002.
“Entrepreneurial strategies and trust: the case of Italy”, international workshop on Entrepreneurial strategies and trust organized by the Rheinisch –Westfaelisches Institut fuer Wirtschaftsforschung and the University of Bremen, Moscow, 31 January -3 February 2002.
“The Italian industrial districts and the role of collective action for their competitive advantage”, International Workshop on The Tuscan districts, University of Nanjing, 3-5 December 2001.
“Il distretto pratese dal secondo dopoguerra ad oggi”, Second Euro-Conference on the Woollen Industry, organized by the Department of History of Paua University, Biella, 24-27 October 2001.
“Un confronto fra due distretti: Prato e la Riviera del Brenta”, Conference on Evoluzione e terziarizzazione dei distretti industriali, Department of Economics, University of Padua, Padova, 5 October 2001.
“La fiducia come capitale collettivo e personale nei processi vitali del distretto industriale”, Conference on Sistemi, governance & conoscenza nelle reti di impresa, Department of Economics, University of Padova, Padova, 17-18 May 2001.
“Regional Development and Social Integration: Experience from the Third Italy”, VIII International Conference on Kooperation & interaktives Lernen in der Oekonomie, Institut fuer Sozial-Oekomimie (iiso), University of Bremen, Bremen, 23-24 February 2001.
“Exit, Voice and Loyalty in the Industrial District: The case of Prato”, International Conference on Regional Enterprise Networks, Prague, 21-22 November 2000.
“Localised Learning and Regional Development Policies”, International Workshop, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy, Copenhagen Business School and Department of regional economic and social analysis, University of Venice, Venezia, 2 October 2000.
“La concertazione nei distretti industriali”, Conference on La concertazione per il governo della complessità, Municipality of Pesaro, Pesaro, 5 November 1998.
“Competitività e territorio: i sistemi di impresa”, ISTAO (Istituto Adriano Olivetti di Studi per la Gestione dell’ economia e delle aziende) invited by prof. Giorgio Fuà, University of Ancona, Ancona, 1 December1997.
« L’évolution récente des districts industriels de Toscane », 5ème seminaire international de rencontres des Universités europeennes sur le developpement local, Les districts industriels face à la mondialisation, Vallée de l’Arve, Haute-Savoie, 6-13 July 1997.
“The Changing Forms of Supplier relations in an Italian Industrial District from the Fifties to the Nineties: An Exit-Voice Approach”, Fourth EMOT (European Management and Organisation in Transition) Workshop: Changing Forms of Economic Organisation: Firms, Markets and Work Organisation, Wissenschafts Zentrum Berlin, Berlin, January 30th-February 1st 1997.
“L’evoluzione recente dei distretti industriali italiani: alcune riflessioni”, INEA (Istituto Nazionale di Economia Agraria), Roma, 5 December 1996.
“Le relazioni fra le imprese nel distretto industriale. Un’applicazione del modello di uscita, voce e lealtà di Albert Hirschman”, XXXVII Riunione Scientifica Annuale della Società Italiana degli Economisti, Bologna, 26 October 1996.
“Per una lettura territoriale delle trasformazioni industriali dell’Italia contemporanea”, Conference promoted by prof. Giorgio Fuà on Trasformazioni dell’economia e della società italiana, University of Ancona, Ancona, 21-22 June 1996.
“Information and the Financing of Small Businesses in Local Productive Systems”, International Workshop on Small Business Finance, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge (U.K.), Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge, 24-25 May 1996.
“Distretti industriali e squadre di imprese”, Workshop on Distretti industriali ed economia globale: il caso italiano, organized by the University of Udine and the University of Padova, in collaboration with The Journal of Industry Studies, Udine, 15-16 December 1995.
“The Industrial District as a System and the Balance between Cooperation and Competition”, International Workshop on Impacto de los procesos de globalizacion economica en los sistemas productivos locales, University of Barcelona and Fondacio CEP (Centre d’Estudis de Planificaciò), Barcelona, 30 November- 2 December 1995.
“The Remarkable Resilience of the Industrial Districts of Tuscany”, International Workshop on Regional Innovation Systems, Center of Technology Assessment in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart, 12-13-14 October 1995.
“Il cambiamento socio-economico nel distretto di Prato”, Incontri pratesi sullo sviluppo locale. Il cambiamento socio-economico. Prato e lo studio comparato, Istituto di Ricerche e Interventi Sociali (IRIS), Villa Medicea di Artimino, Prato, 11-15 September 1995.
“La Industria Regional en el Contexto de la Integracion Europea”, Departmento of International Reglations, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico, 28 April 1995.
“Recent Developments in Industrial Districts of Tuscany”, International Conference on Competitividad territorial y recomposicion socio-economica, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City, 25-27 April 1995.
“Recent developments in the Italian Industrial Districts: the case of Tuscany”, International Workshop on Industrial Districts and Local Economic Development in Italy: Challenges and Policy Perspectives, organized by the International Institute for Labour Studies, Geneva and Emilia Romagna Region, Bologna, 2-3 May 1994.
“Il distretto tessile pratese nel secondo dopoguerra”, International Conference on Ambienti e tipologie dell'Industrializzazione: Studi su Francia e Italia, organized by the Luigi Einaudi Foudation, Torino and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, Torino, 12-13 October 1993.
“Interlinking transactions in the industrial district”, International Workshop on Small Businesses and Local Development, University of Parma, Parma, 28-29-30 September 1993.
“Il distretto come sistema”, Workshop on I distretti industriali verso gli anni 2000, Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari S. Anna, Pisa, Prato, 1-2 July 1993.
“Prato: la costruzione economica di un distretto industriale tessile”, Workshop on Struttura, cambiamento e politiche per i distretti industriali, Department of Economics, University of Firenze, Firenze, 26 February 1993.
“Prato e la sua evoluzione in un contesto europeo”, Conference on La Toscana e l'Europa, organized by the European Institute at the London School of Economics and by the Tuscun Region, Firenze, 13 February 1993.
“Co-operation Networks in Small Firm Systems”, International Conference on Endogenous Regional Development in a Global Economy: the Role of Technical Service Institutes and Co-operation Networks in Small Firm Economies, International Institute for Labour Studies, Geneva and the Centre for Services to small firms I.M.P.I.V.A., Valencia, 17-18-19 November 1992.
“Restructuring in the Textile District of Prato”, International Conference on Local Strategies for Structural Adjustment and Reconversion in Textiles and Clothing Regions, University of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire County Council, Nottingham, 2-3 July 1992.
“Modes of Integration in the Italian economy: the case of the Industrial Districts”, Iinternational Conference on European Management and Organisation in Transition, European Science Foundation e and University of Manchester, Manchester, 7-8-9 May1992.
“Prato: come cambia un distretto industriale”, Incontri pratesi sullo sviluppo locale. Natura e caratteri dei sistemi locali, Istituto di Ricerche e Interventi Sociali (IRIS) Prato, Villa Medicea Artimino, Prato, 14-19 September 1992.
“Il finanziamento dello sviluppo locale”, Incontri pratesi sullo sviluppo locale. Possibilità e limiti dello sviluppo loale, Istituto di Ricerche e Interventi Sociali (IRIS) Prato, Villa Medicea Artimino, Prato, 16-21 September 1991.
“The knitwear Industry in Tuscany”, International Workshop on The Knitwear Industry and the Single European Market in the Midlands and in Italy, European Business Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, 27-28 June 1990.
“Il ruolo dell’agricoltura nello sviluppo del distretto", Conference on L'agricoltura e l'ambiente nel distretto pratese, Accademia dei Georgofili, Firenze, 23 February 1990.
“Social structure and economic performance in Italian industrial districts”, International Workshop on The Reconfiguration of the Social Structure of Economic Activity: the Limits of Economic Theory, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 16-17-18 December 1989.
“Prato 1944-1963. Rinascita e trasformazione di un sistema produttivo locale”, Conference on La Toscana nel secondo dopoguerra, Istituto Storico della Resistenza in Toscana, Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze, 15-16-17 December 1988.
“Sindacati e lavoro salariato nel pensiero di alcuni economisti del secolo scorso”, Department of Economics University of Parma, Parma, 28 January 1987.
“Alla ricerca di possibili strategie per promuovere lo sviluppo locale”, Workshop on Natura e ruolo dei sistemi locali nei processi di sviluppo, Giulio Pastore Foundation, Roma, 23-24 June 1986.
L'attività scientifica si riferisce principalmente ai due seguenti ambiti di ricerca tra loro collegati:
1. i distretti industriali e lo sviluppo locale; 2. l'organizzazione dell'industria italiana dal secondo dopoguerra ad oggi3. imprese di immigrati nei distretti industriali
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