Mechanical industry ER_2010

 

Daniela Bigarelli and Margherita Russo 
Effects of the international crisis on mechanical subcontracting in Emilia Romagna 
DEMB: Working Paper n°3, November 2012 

Index

Acknowledgments

Executive Summary

Introduction. Mechanical production: an asset for development

Part I – The mechanical industry in the 2000s

1. Evolution of the mechanical sector in Emilia Romagna and Italy

1.1 Structure and dynamics of the sector
1.2 Foreign trade

2. Business and networks of relationships in response to the international crisis

2.1 Internationalization and delocalization of production before the crisis
2.2 International crisis and effects on the mechanical supply
2.3 The ongoing reorganization processes and the prospects of subcontracting
2.4 Problems and critical issues

Part II – The mechanical industry in the provinces of Bologna and Modena: business cases

3. The territories of Emilian mechanics

3.1 Characteristics and specializations
3.2 The field survey

4. Bologna: business cases

4.1 Larger corporate accounts
4.2 Small-sized businesses
4.3 Subcontracting companies

5. Modena: business cases

5.1 Larger corporate accounts
5.2 Small-sized businesses
5.3 Subcontracting companies

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