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Abstracts n°256

Cet article fait partie de la revue Futuribles n° 256, septembre 2000

The Italian industrial areas – districts with small and medium-sized firms, linked by local networks – are an excellent model. Their micro-enterprises, well known for their competitiveness, their entrepreneurial spirit, their capacity to innovate and skill in adapting t o the market, are generally the heirs of the long Italian tradition of craftsmanship; they have now organized themselves into networks that make them extremely efficient.