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Informal economies: Papers & Schedule

Day 1

Cluster evolution and performances

Chair : Cristina Boari

09:00 - 09:40 Circumventing business traps

Mark Lazerson (Universidade do Porto), Gianni Lorenzoni (Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Aziendali)

Abstract (pdf)

 

09:40 - 10:20 Geographical clustering, embeddedness and network evolution: A study on the determinants of interfirm networking.

Simone Ferriani, Raffaele Corrado (Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Aziendali), Fabio Fonti (Boston College)
 

10:20 - 11:00 Regional industrial identity and spatial arrangements in US biotherapeutics, 1976-2004

Elaine Romanelli (Georgetown University and London Business School)

Abstract (pdf)

Full Paper (pdf 335kb) 

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

 

11:30 - 12:10 Bigger and safer: The origin and diffusion of competitive advantage.

Henrich Greve (Norwegian School of Management)

Abstract (pdf)

Full Paper (pdf 247kb)

 

12:10 - 12:50 Innovation, learning and cluster dynamics

Burt Nooteboom (Tilburg University)

Full Paper (pdf 161kb)

Modelling and simulating clusters

Chair : Edoardo Mollona

14:30 - 15:10 Rivals’ identification and inter-organizational learning processes: What are the horizontal benefits of clustering?

Vincenza Odorici, Cristina Boari (Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Aziendali)

Guido Fioretti. (Università di Bologna, Department of Computer Science)

Abstract (pdf)

Full Paper (pdf 248kb)

 

15:10 - 15:50 Modelling dynamics of cluster evolution with system dynamics

Elisabetta Marafioti (Università Bocconi), Edoardo Mollona (Università di Bologna, Department of Computer Science), Fabrizio Perretti (Università Bocconi)

Abstract (pdf)

 

15:50 - 16:30 The role of multiplexity and space in the evolution and sustainability of networks: An agent-based modeling approach.

Fabio Fonti (Boston College),

Massimo Maoret, Edoardo Mollona (Università di Bologna, Department of Computer Science)

Full Paper (pdf 288kb) 

Day 2

 

CHAIR: Massimiliano Mollona (Anthropology, Goldsmiths College)

Panel 1. Trust, relational capital, human capital?

10:00 - 10:30 Susana Narotzsky (Anthropology, Universitat de Barcelona)

"Binding labour and capital: moral obligation and emotional ties in a regional economy"

Abstract (pdf)

Full Paper (pdf 102kb)

 

10:30 - 11:00 Gavin Smith (Anthropology, University of Toronto)                                  

"What do classes look like under the extraction of absolute surplus value in so-called 'informal' or 'regional' economies?"

Abstract (pdf)

Full Paper (pdf 93kb)

 

11:00 - 11:30 Victoria Goddard (Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, UK)

'Responding to the crisis in Argentina'

Abstract (pdf)

 

11:30 - 12:00 Discussion with Frances Pine (Anthropology, Goldsmiths College)

 

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch break

 

Panel 2:  Delocalisation.

13:00 - 13:30 Geert De Neve (Anthropology, Sussex University, UK)

'Global garment chains, local labour activism: new challenges to trade

unionism in the Tirupur industrial cluster, South India'

Abstract (pdf)

 

13:30 - 14:00 Adrian Smith (Geography, Queen Mary, London)

Reconfiguring 'post-socialist' regions: garment production networks, competitive pressures and cross-border outsourcing.

Abstract (pdf)

 

14:30 - 15:00 Discussion with Huw Beynon (Sociology, Cardiff University).

 

14:30 - 15:00 Coffee break

Panel 3: Local knowledge, micro credit and
Information technology

15:00 - 15:30 Keith Hart (Anthropology, Goldsmiths) 

IE + IT = ED?

[Does informal economy plus information technology equal economic democracy?]

Abstract (pdf)

Full Paper (pdf 129kb)

 

15:30 - 16:00 Valeria Siniscalchi (Anthropology, Université de Provence)

Ovens, banks and millers: economic circuits and micro-finance in South of Italy.

Abstract (pdf)

 

16:00 - 16:30 Cristina Grasseni (Anthropology, University of Bergamo)

Poetics and politics, aesthetics and economy: dairy breeding between local knowledge and agribusiness

Abstract (pdf)

 

16:30 - 17:00 Discussion with Johnny Parry (Anthropology, LSE)

 

17:00 - 17:30 CONCLUSIONS

Bologna

Alma

Location

Villa Guastavillani
Via Degli Scalini 18
40136
Bologna

29th and 30th of June 2006