Dai distretti alle reti d’impresa: soluzioni chiave per lo sviluppo territoriale

Abstract

The district concept has born with the need to overcome the conditions of insufficient competitiveness increasing production advantages and integrating the different phases of the production cycle in a geographical space. On the other hand, the fundamental principle of the network is the organized relationship between firms. The two models share the basis organization form (a net between different actors) but, unlike districts and consortia, the network exceeds the logic of territoriality district and hierarchical organization by introducing a new method of asset management. While the district will continue to be the territorial unit of reference, the network contract will have to join it in order to integrate the functionality.