The Pillars of the Italian Economy Manufacturing, Food & Wine, Tourism /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fortis, Marco (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Industries.; Statistics.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Industrial organization.; Economic history.; Economics.; Industrial Organization.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance.; Economy-wide Country Studies.; Economic History.

This book offers a detailed analysis of the key sectors in the Italian economy, with the focus especially on areas in which the economy excels, such as the automatic packaging machinery sector, pharmaceutical production, the food and wine industry, and tourism. The book explains how, contrary to wid...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Italy’s Top Products in World Trade. The Fortis-Corradini Index
• 2 Production Districts and Their Relevance in the Italian Economy: A Few Analytical Profiles
• 3 Development Profiles of the Italian Industrial System and its Exports from the Unification of Italy to the Present: The Case of Mechanical Engineering
• 4 The Automatic Packaging Machinery Sector in Italy and Germany
• 5 Italy: A New European Pharmaceutical Hub
• 6 Food & Wine: Quality, Tradition and Innovation
• 7 Italian Tourism in the Age of Globalization.