By John Man
The real heritage in the back of the Netflix unique sequence 'Marco Polo', this is the extraordinary tale of the world's most famed visitor, retracing his mythical trip from Venice to China, the instant East first met West.
In 1271, a tender Italian service provider named Marco Polo launched into a groundbreaking day trip from Venice, throughout the heart East and valuable Asia to China. His notable studies of his stories brought medieval Europe to an unique new international of emperors and concubines, impressive towns, large armies, strange spices and food, and imperial riches. Marco Polo additionally printed the wonders of Xanadu, the summer time capital of Mongol emperor Kublai Khan.
Almost 750 years later, acclaimed writer John guy traveled in Marco Polo's footsteps to Xanadu then directly to Beijing and during sleek China looking for the heritage at the back of the legend. during this enchanting chronicle, guy attracts on his personal trip, new archaeological findings, and deep archival learn to color a brilliant photo of Marco Polo and the good court docket of Kublai Khan.
"I have learn every little thing written on Marco Polo, and John Man's booklet is, by way of a long way, my favourite paintings at the topic. It's not just an over-due and demanding ancient learn, it's an unique journey each step of the way."
— John Fusco, writer of the Netflix unique sequence 'Marco Polo'.
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93 To account for the additional effects, Storper introduced the concept of untraded interdependencies. 94 Under this institutional regime firms learn about each other’s habits and capabilities over time and this learning substitutes to some extent the need for hierarchical coordination. Any free-rider or defector, that violates these 91 92 93 94 See Storper (1997), p. 9. Storper (1997), p. 12. See Oakey/Rothwell/Cooper (1988), pp. 68f. This modest impact of input-output linkages on geographical clustering has also been shown by Erikson’s (1974) and Pred’s (1976) studies of older industrial regions as well as Chapman and Walker’s (1987) study on high-technology production spaces.
Becattini (1990), p. 38. Becattini (1990), p. 38. See Brusco (1992), p. 178 and Whitford (2001), pp. 41f. Current State of Knowledge on how Clusters Enable Firms to Create Competitive Advantages Italian Industrial District 25 Common product-market Transactional links Small and mediumsized firms Various institutional actors Actors in external productmarkets Shared set of common norms, values, and knowledge Figure 8 - The Italian Industrial District Through a rich body of empirical examples and case studies several other structural characteristics have been identified:84 x An extensive division of specialized labor that serves a common narrowly defined product-market and which facilitates the exchange and integration of technical knowledge; x The existence of an information network about supply and demand markets due to geographical proximity that contributes to convert individual knowledge to collective capabilities for the district as a whole; x A highly skilled workforce which is the result of inter-generational transfer of knowledge and formal training at technical schools and larger firms.
227. A modern example represents the automotive industry in Detroit, USA, which experienced a sharp decline in demand due to the economic crisis in 2008 followed by a massive restructuring of the whole sector and a partial takeover by the state. See Rocha (2004), p. 369. 3 New Marshallian Industrial Districts In the 1970s Italian scholars re-introduced Marshall’s concept of industrial districts as a framework to explain the economic success of central and north east Italian regions. 79 Although definitions of what exactly constitutes a Marshallian industrial district vary, some important recurring themes can be identified.