CHANGES IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS DEVELOPMENT IN CONDITIONS OF KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS (ITALIAN CASE)

This article is devoted to the searching the factors of the industrial districts success and synergy under the conditions of the new paradigm of the socio-economic system development for using in Russia. In accordance with this goal, new changes in the theory and practice of the industrial districts development are considered. On the example of the Italian scientific school, the stages of the evolution of the theory of "industrial districts" in foreign science and development of the traditional approach are determined. The article is focused on the geoeconomic paradigm and the concept of "localized knowledge spillovers "as new discussion fields where innovations and space are united. Both changes in the Italian economy and industrial districts are shown. The new factors of its successful development are determined.