Valentina De Marchi is Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Padova, Italy. Her research focuses on the managerial implications of environmental innovations and on the evolution of industrial districts within global value chainsEleonora Di Maria is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Padova, Italy. Her research focuses on internationalization, innovation and sustainability strategies of firms and local economic systems, as well as on evolutionary trends of knowledge- intensive business services.Gary Gereffi is Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of the Center on Globalization, Governance, & Competitiveness at Duke University. He published numerous books and articles on globalization and social and economic development; he is one of the originators of the global value chain framework.

• Chapter 1. Industrial districts, clusters and global value chains: toward an integrated frameworkValentina De Marchi, Eleonora Di Maria, and Gary GereffiPart I – Co-evolution of clusters and global value chainsChapter 2. Italian industrial districts today: between decline and openness to global value chainsElisa Giuliani and Roberta Rabellotti Chapter 3. Evolutionary trajectories of industrial districts in global value chainsValentina De Marchi, Gary Gereffi and Roberto Grandinetti Chapter 4. Clusters, industrial districts and the impact of their growing intersection with global value chains Mario Davide Parrilli and Jiří BlažekPart II – The role of lead firms in global value chains and clustersChapter 5. MNEs and clusters: the creation of place-anchored value chains Fiorenza Belussi, Annalisa Caloffi and Silvia Rita SeditaChapter 6. Global value chains and the role of MNEs in local production systemsMariachiara Barzotto, Giancarlo Corò and Mario VolpeChapter 7. Knowledge, systemic contribution and brokerage in industrial clustersFrancesc Xavier Molina-Morales, Luis Martínez-Cháfer and José Antonio Belso-MartínezChapter 8. Local liabilities between immigrant and native entrepreneurship in clusters and global value chainsSimone GuerciniPart III – Value chain activities: rethinking the role of manufacturing and innovationChapter 9. Manufacturing where art thou? Value chain organization and cluster-firm strategies between local and globalMarco Bettiol, Maria Chiarvesio, Eleonora Di Maria and Stefano MicelliChapter 10. Networks of clusters within global value chains: the case of the European ceramic tile districts in Spain and ItalyJose Luis Hervas-Oliver and Mario Davide ParrilliChapter 11. The role of manufacturing within industrial districts: proposing and testing an innovative methodologyRuggero Golini and Albachiara Boffelli Chapter 12. New frontiers for competitiveness and innovation in clusters and value-chains researchValentina De Marchi, Eleonora Di Maria and Gary Gereffi

'This volume is a key contribution to a nuanced understanding of the global economy. It usefully combines insights from research on global value chains and industrial districts – highlighting the role of global firms in shaping local development and the importance of local factors in shaping competition in global markets.' — Stefano Ponte, Professor of International Political Economy, Department of Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School'Not all clusters are part of global value chains, but all global value chains are made up of clusters. This truism is revealed in all its depth and variation by the rich examples in this carefully researched and important volume' — Timothy Sturgeon, Senior Researcher, MIT Industrial Performance Center 'Inter-firm relationships may offer firms in developing countries unique opportunities to learn and innovate, which is essential for their development. This book brilliantly studies new and original evidence to look into the co-evolution of two specific forms of such relationships – Clusters and Global Value Chains –, and into the complex dynamics of leadership and interactions between local and foreign firms. A must read for scholars and practitioners interested in understanding globalization and its influence on development.' — Carlo Pietrobelli, Professor of Economics, University of Roma Tre, Italy and United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT). "(...) this is a well written and edited book of admirably consistent quality that makes significant progress in conceptualizing and mapping the diverse trajectories, both positive and negative, of European industrial districts as they seek to compete with and/or integrate into global production structures." - Neil M. Coe, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore

Valentina De Marchi is Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Padova, Italy. Her research focuses on the managerial implications of environmental innovations and on the evolution of industrial districts within global value chainsEleonora Di Maria is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Padova, Italy. Her research focuses on internationalization, innovation and sustainability strategies of firms and local economic systems, as well as on evolutionary trends of knowledge- intensive business services.Gary Gereffi is Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of the Center on Globalization, Governance, & Competitiveness at Duke University. He published numerous books and articles on globalization and social and economic development; he is one of the originators of the global value chain framework.

• Chapter 1. Industrial districts, clusters and global value chains: toward an integrated frameworkValentina De Marchi, Eleonora Di Maria, and Gary GereffiPart I – Co-evolution of clusters and global value chainsChapter 2. Italian industrial districts today: between decline and openness to global value chainsElisa Giuliani and Roberta Rabellotti Chapter 3. Evolutionary trajectories of industrial districts in global value chainsValentina De Marchi, Gary Gereffi and Roberto Grandinetti Chapter 4. Clusters, industrial districts and the impact of their growing intersection with global value chains Mario Davide Parrilli and Jiří BlažekPart II – The role of lead firms in global value chains and clustersChapter 5. MNEs and clusters: the creation of place-anchored value chains Fiorenza Belussi, Annalisa Caloffi and Silvia Rita SeditaChapter 6. Global value chains and the role of MNEs in local production systemsMariachiara Barzotto, Giancarlo Corò and Mario VolpeChapter 7. Knowledge, systemic contribution and brokerage in industrial clustersFrancesc Xavier Molina-Morales, Luis Martínez-Cháfer and José Antonio Belso-MartínezChapter 8. Local liabilities between immigrant and native entrepreneurship in clusters and global value chainsSimone GuerciniPart III – Value chain activities: rethinking the role of manufacturing and innovationChapter 9. Manufacturing where art thou? Value chain organization and cluster-firm strategies between local and globalMarco Bettiol, Maria Chiarvesio, Eleonora Di Maria and Stefano MicelliChapter 10. Networks of clusters within global value chains: the case of the European ceramic tile districts in Spain and ItalyJose Luis Hervas-Oliver and Mario Davide ParrilliChapter 11. The role of manufacturing within industrial districts: proposing and testing an innovative methodologyRuggero Golini and Albachiara Boffelli Chapter 12. New frontiers for competitiveness and innovation in clusters and value-chains researchValentina De Marchi, Eleonora Di Maria and Gary Gereffi

'This volume is a key contribution to a nuanced understanding of the global economy. It usefully combines insights from research on global value chains and industrial districts – highlighting the role of global firms in shaping local development and the importance of local factors in shaping competition in global markets.' — Stefano Ponte, Professor of International Political Economy, Department of Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School'Not all clusters are part of global value chains, but all global value chains are made up of clusters. This truism is revealed in all its depth and variation by the rich examples in this carefully researched and important volume' — Timothy Sturgeon, Senior Researcher, MIT Industrial Performance Center 'Inter-firm relationships may offer firms in developing countries unique opportunities to learn and innovate, which is essential for their development. This book brilliantly studies new and original evidence to look into the co-evolution of two specific forms of such relationships – Clusters and Global Value Chains –, and into the complex dynamics of leadership and interactions between local and foreign firms. A must read for scholars and practitioners interested in understanding globalization and its influence on development.' — Carlo Pietrobelli, Professor of Economics, University of Roma Tre, Italy and United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT). "(...) this is a well written and edited book of admirably consistent quality that makes significant progress in conceptualizing and mapping the diverse trajectories, both positive and negative, of European industrial districts as they seek to compete with and/or integrate into global production structures." - Neil M. Coe, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore

Valentina De Marchi is Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Padova, Italy. Her research focuses on the managerial implications of environmental innovations and on the evolution of industrial districts within global value chainsEleonora Di Maria is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Padova, Italy. Her research focuses on internationalization, innovation and sustainability strategies of firms and local economic systems, as well as on evolutionary trends of knowledge- intensive business services.Gary Gereffi is Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of the Center on Globalization, Governance, & Competitiveness at Duke University. He published numerous books and articles on globalization and social and economic development; he is one of the originators of the global value chain framework.

• Chapter 1. Industrial districts, clusters and global value chains: toward an integrated frameworkValentina De Marchi, Eleonora Di Maria, and Gary GereffiPart I – Co-evolution of clusters and global value chainsChapter 2. Italian industrial districts today: between decline and openness to global value chainsElisa Giuliani and Roberta Rabellotti Chapter 3. Evolutionary trajectories of industrial districts in global value chainsValentina De Marchi, Gary Gereffi and Roberto Grandinetti Chapter 4. Clusters, industrial districts and the impact of their growing intersection with global value chains Mario Davide Parrilli and Jiří BlažekPart II – The role of lead firms in global value chains and clustersChapter 5. MNEs and clusters: the creation of place-anchored value chains Fiorenza Belussi, Annalisa Caloffi and Silvia Rita SeditaChapter 6. Global value chains and the role of MNEs in local production systemsMariachiara Barzotto, Giancarlo Corò and Mario VolpeChapter 7. Knowledge, systemic contribution and brokerage in industrial clustersFrancesc Xavier Molina-Morales, Luis Martínez-Cháfer and José Antonio Belso-MartínezChapter 8. Local liabilities between immigrant and native entrepreneurship in clusters and global value chainsSimone GuerciniPart III – Value chain activities: rethinking the role of manufacturing and innovationChapter 9. Manufacturing where art thou? Value chain organization and cluster-firm strategies between local and globalMarco Bettiol, Maria Chiarvesio, Eleonora Di Maria and Stefano MicelliChapter 10. Networks of clusters within global value chains: the case of the European ceramic tile districts in Spain and ItalyJose Luis Hervas-Oliver and Mario Davide ParrilliChapter 11. The role of manufacturing within industrial districts: proposing and testing an innovative methodologyRuggero Golini and Albachiara Boffelli Chapter 12. New frontiers for competitiveness and innovation in clusters and value-chains researchValentina De Marchi, Eleonora Di Maria and Gary Gereffi

'This volume is a key contribution to a nuanced understanding of the global economy. It usefully combines insights from research on global value chains and industrial districts – highlighting the role of global firms in shaping local development and the importance of local factors in shaping competition in global markets.' — Stefano Ponte, Professor of International Political Economy, Department of Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School'Not all clusters are part of global value chains, but all global value chains are made up of clusters. This truism is revealed in all its depth and variation by the rich examples in this carefully researched and important volume' — Timothy Sturgeon, Senior Researcher, MIT Industrial Performance Center 'Inter-firm relationships may offer firms in developing countries unique opportunities to learn and innovate, which is essential for their development. This book brilliantly studies new and original evidence to look into the co-evolution of two specific forms of such relationships – Clusters and Global Value Chains –, and into the complex dynamics of leadership and interactions between local and foreign firms. A must read for scholars and practitioners interested in understanding globalization and its influence on development.' — Carlo Pietrobelli, Professor of Economics, University of Roma Tre, Italy and United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT). "(...) this is a well written and edited book of admirably consistent quality that makes significant progress in conceptualizing and mapping the diverse trajectories, both positive and negative, of European industrial districts as they seek to compete with and/or integrate into global production structures." - Neil M. Coe, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore