OECD Territorial Reviews Milan, Italy
Milan has earned a high-profile reputation as a centre of advanced functions, in addition to being an international capital of fashion and design. However, both internal and external challenges are putting strains on Milan's aspiration to become a southern European and Mediterranean hub. This review highlights Milan's potential to capitalise on its advanced services to bolster the regional innovation dynamics and to fuel national growth. It also points out that failure to accelerate the innovation process and to enhance the region's attractiveness as well as its capacity to implement flagship
eBook, English, 2006
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, 2006
1 online resource (183 p.)
9781281747013, 9786611747015, 9789264028920, 1281747017, 661174701X, 9264028927
1010679137
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; CONTENTS; ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS; CHAPTER 1. MILAN IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY; Introduction; 1.1. From a leading city to a metropolitan region confronted with change; 1.2. Long-established comparative advantages...; 1.3....affected by globalisation challenges; CHAPTER 2. ENHANCING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF MILAN; Introduction: developing a vision for Milan's economic future; 2.1. An integrated regional approach to enterprise support; 2.2. Upgrading liveability as a competitiveness strategy; CHAPTER 3. WHAT GOVERNANCE TO REVIVE MILAN?; Introduction 3.1. Milan: the largest urban actor in the Italian institutional framework3.2. Starting with practical collaboration on a key issue: the example oftransportation; 3.3. Building strategic collaboration: towards a "Milan community"?; NOTES; ANNEX.DECOMPOSITION OF DIFFERENCES IN GDP PER CAPITA; BIBLIOGRAPHY
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