Learning-by-doing and the development of industrial districts

Article Abstract:

The development of Marshallian industrial districts (MIDs) is examined. These are districts home to several small firms that generate similar goods for exportation. The localized aggregation of skills as a result of workers living together in the same location is beneficial to these industrial districts. This study assumes that the cost function of a firm in an MID is a decreasing function of the total output generated in the past by the firms in the locale. Using a simple model that involves a learning-by-doing process, this analysis captures the evolution of the distribution of activities among districts. The economy is demonstrated to approach a balanced/unbalanced spatial structure according to the manner by which workers relate to expand their knowledge base.

Analysis, Economic aspects, Small business, Industrial districts, Knowledge, Sociology of, Sociology of knowledge

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Therapists on the couch

Article Abstract:

An evaluation is presented of the therapist services which are available in face-to-face situations or through the internet. Advice is given on choosing a therapist and the training and registration of therapists is discussed.

Services, Psychotherapists

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The politics of pork fat

Article Abstract:

The making of lardo, lard made from pig fat, in Colonnata, near the source of Carrara marble, Italy, is described, with focus on the problems surrounding the classification of this food product by Italian bureaucrats.

Interpretation and construction, Food and nutrition, Tuscany, Italy, Food law, Lard

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