Innovation Diffusion in the European Ceramic Tile Industry Supply Chain

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Author(s): Daniel Gabaldón-Estevan (University of Valencia, Spain)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 22
Source title: Supply Chain Strategies and the Engineer-to-Order Approach
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Richard Addo-Tenkorang (University of Vaasa, Finland), Jussi Kantola (University of Vaasa, Finland), Petri Helo (University of Vaasa, Finland)and Ahm Shamsuzzoha (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0021-6.ch005

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Operations and Service Management / Supply Chain Management

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Following Nelson's primary typology of enterprises based on a characterization of their technical change process (bulk commodities; complex systems producers; and chemical products producers) this chapter presents a case study on the innovation diffusion in the European tile industry based on the analysis of its manufacturing process and supply chain. The producers of ceramic tiles, the machinery producers and the frits and glazes producers fit each of Nelson's categories. Further, the European ceramic tile industry is clustered in two southern European regions: Emilia Romagna (Sassuolo – Italy) and Valencia Region (Castelló de la Plana – Spain) with a different configuration of the type of predominant companies within the cluster but also regarding surrounding clusters. This relative specialization, the interactions between surrounding clusters, and the strong interlink supplier-producer between both ceramic tile clusters make the study of the innovation diffusion in the European ceramic tile industry supply chain an interesting case.

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