Chinese immigrants socio-economic enclave in an Italian industrial district: the case of Prato

Santini, Cristina; Rabino, Samuel; Zanni, Lorenzo

doi:10.1504/wremsd.2011.038312

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“…In addition, from our analysis it emerges how in recent times there has been a growing number of contributions in WREMSD concerning entrepreneurial education (Białek-Jaworska and Gabryelczyk 2015; Rialti et al, 2017), ethnic entrepreneurship (Santini et al, 2011), female entrepreneurship (Ramadani et al 2015), and entrepreneurship in developing countries (Ras and Vermeulen, 2012).…”

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A mixed methods bibliometric investigation of the <i>World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development</i>: from qualitative to quantitative data

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This article offers a complete overview of the World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development (WREMSD) from 2005 to 2015. The article employs an innovative mixed method, based on a bibliometric analysis of the Journal and an in-depth interview with the editor Prof. Leo Paul Dana about the journal, his academic and personal life. By using SCOPUS data, the analysis maps the knowledge produced and disseminated by

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confidence: 81%

A mixed methods bibliometric investigation of the <i>World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development</i>: from qualitative to quantitative data

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Marzi

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“…This emerges from the proposal that the Chinese upgrade their clothing production so that it gives new impulse to the local textile industry (discussed in Ceccagno forthcoming). This is also evident in the attitude of the local institutions that did not play a significant role in the market expansion of the Chinese firms, which is a sharp contrast to the extensive role they had played in the growth of the native-run textile firms (Santini, Rabino, and Zanni 2011).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Chinese manufacturing businesses in Italian industrial districts (IDs) and their impact on the local economies have been discussed by many researchers (Barberis 2008;Ceccagno 2003bCeccagno , 2009Ceccagno , 2012Dei Ottati 2009bLombardi et al 2011;Paba and Murat 2006;Santini, Rabino, and Zanni 2011). However, scholars have not fully highlighted the dynamic relationship between migrant labour and the repositioning of IDs within globe circulating processes of capital and labour in the last decades.…”

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The Mobile Emplacement: Chinese Migrants in Italian Industrial Districts

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2014

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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The death of seven Chinese migrants in a fire in Prato, Italy sparked debate on the productive regime of the Chinese migrants in Italian industrial districts (IDs). This paper addresses the issue of Chinese entrepreneurship in IDs by highlighting the structural factors at work and their interaction with Chinese migrants' agency. It shows that the Chinese migrants' working regime is the result of the legal regimes of Italy, the degrees at which regulations are enforced by authorities or left as a threat but not enforced, demands for labour originating from China, changing structures of production, demand and distribution of textiles and clothing, globally. To do so, the analysis in this paper brings together topics usually separated out as migration studies, labour studies, urban studies and the global value chain debate. The paper documents the radical reconfiguration of space taking place through the complementary use of intra-firm stasis and inter-firm mobility in the Chinese workshops and argues that it contributes to shape a unique productive regime. Thus, a new dimension is added to the different forms of migrant employment. It further highlights the link between the downscaling of the industrial district of Prato and the contestation of Chinese migrants' entrepreneurship.

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“…Therefore, the final sample is reduced to 104 provinces (Barletta-Andria-Trani, Carbonia-Iglesias, Olbia-Tempio, Ogliastra and Medio-Campidano are omitted). Furthermore, we also exclude the province of Prato to avoid biases due to the exceptional concentration of Chinese immigrant and businesses (Dei Ottati, 2014, Barbu et al,2013;Santini et al,2011). Statistically, the analysis of Cook's distance confirms Prato as outlier.…”

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confidence: 99%