Industrial district

As an industrial district (English: industrial district ) is called a special form of regional production networks that are aligned to a common market. The term was coined by British economist Alfred Marshall in the early 20th century. He describes the intra-regional cooperation of mostly small and medium-sized companies in an industry are characterized among other things by flexible specialization, sociocultural connectedness and inter-company division of labor. This includes the organization of joint training and further education institutions. Industrial districts are often found outside of urban space in areas with traditional craft structures. By maintaining this traditional image, one tries to achieve a sales-promoting effect in a common external representation.

The term industrial district is closely linked with that of the creative milieu.

• Industrial region
• Regional Science