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Industrial Atmosphere

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Innovative milieu; Localized knowledge

Introduction: Key Concepts and Definitions

Industrial Atmosphere and Industrial Districts

The term “industrial atmosphere” is used in economic literature in relation with the issue of localized business activities and more specifically with the notion of “industrial district.” The latter notion describes geographical concentrations of firms characterized by specific relationships among participants. Industrial districts are localized clusters of firms, generally small or medium firms, where special modes of business cooperation among firms can be found, be they rivals or based on customer-supplier relationships, with some degree of loyalty and cooperative attitude creating a peculiar business-friendly “atmosphere” in the local industry.

Italian Industrial Districts

The modern economic literature on districts is based on the observation of specific forms of localized industrial activities that emerged in Italy during the 1960s and 1970s,...

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  1. University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and CNRS, 250, rue Albert Einstein, 06560, Valbonne, France

    Prof. Jacques-Laurent Ravix

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  1. Department of Information Systems & Technology, Management, School of Business, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    Elias G. Carayannis

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Ravix, JL. (2013). Industrial Atmosphere. In: Carayannis, E.G. (eds) Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3858-8_219

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