This paper analyzes the changes affecting the supply network strategies of a mid-sized Italian company in the mechanical industry that had developed by leveraging on strong supply network relationships with colocalized actors within its industrial district context. The work focuses on the interplay between the company’s development and the most significant changes in the structure and in the substance of its supply network relationships. We thus analyze its development from a local small/medium sized company to a medium/large international one with the aim of investigating the following: - the constraints and opportunities generated by the local supply network in relation to the company’s international development and vice versa; - the designing of a local/global supply network; - the reciprocal influences between local and international supply base.
The Italian Company Beyond the District: Supply Network Strategies
BOCCONCELLI, ROBERTA;
2009
Abstract
This paper analyzes the changes affecting the supply network strategies of a mid-sized Italian company in the mechanical industry that had developed by leveraging on strong supply network relationships with colocalized actors within its industrial district context. The work focuses on the interplay between the company’s development and the most significant changes in the structure and in the substance of its supply network relationships. We thus analyze its development from a local small/medium sized company to a medium/large international one with the aim of investigating the following: - the constraints and opportunities generated by the local supply network in relation to the company’s international development and vice versa; - the designing of a local/global supply network; - the reciprocal influences between local and international supply base.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
