Business Groups and· Industrial Districts Emilia Romagna - New evidence

Abstract

While it has long been recognized that in Italy the business group structure is the organisational form typical of the large corporation, it is only recently that the literature has started to investigate corporate groupings among small and medium size firms. Focusing on the Emilia Romagna region (Italy), one of the most comprehensive of these studies has revealed the rather surprising strong presence and importance of business groups within industrial districts.