Part 1: Innovation and Learning 1. Models of localised technological change, Fiorenza Belussi and Giorgio Gottardi 2. Innovation and the creation of knowledge in Italian Industrial Districts: A System Model, Giorgio Gottardi 3. The Cognitive Approach to the Study of Local Production Systems, Mauro Lombardi Part 2: Knowledge as a Resource and its Implications for Policy 4. Endogenous development of local systems and SME's: Lessons from Practical Experience, Silvano Bertini 5. Policies for the Development of Knowledge-Invested Local Production Systems, Fiorenza Belussi 6. Multimedia Technology: An Organisational Challenge for Small Firms in Industrial Districts, Christian Gethon and Fabio Arcangeli Part 3: The Dynamics of Local Industrial Systems: Empirical Evidence 7. Evolutionary and Adaptive Local Systems in Northeast Italy: Strategies of Learning, Leadership and Co-Operation, Luciano Pilotti 8.

The Socialisation of competencies in the Development of Human Resources in Small Enterprise Districts, Paolo Calza Bini and M. Caermela Bosco 9. The Evolution of the Chair-Manufacturing Industry in Friuli-Venezia Guialia, Monica Tamisari.