L'industrie stéphanoise du cycle ou la fin d'un système industriel localisé / The bicycle industry of St-Etienne : the end of a local industrial system
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L'industrie stéphanoise du cycle ou la fin d'un système industriel localisé / The bicycle industry of St-Etienne : the end of a local industrial system
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The cycle industry of St-Etienne, which was organised on the basis of Marshallian districts, has long resisted crises through its ability to react quickly to changing economic circumstances. However, this activity, which has been affected by a rigid system of planning and has been relatively insensitive to changes in the scale of the market, has been hit head-on since 1981 by competition from Asian countries and multinational cycle manufacturers. This has resulted in cutbacks and closures, and the progressive disappearance of the industrial district itself.
Organisée sur le mode des districts marshalliens, l'industrie stéphanoise du cycle a longtemps résisté aux crises économiques par le développement d'une forte flexibilioté défensive. Cependant, affectée par les mesures planistes d'une politique moderniste et peu sensible aux changements d'échelle du marché, cette activité subit de plein fouet depuis 1981, la concurrence des pays asiatiques et des multinationales du deux- roues, qui génèrent régressions et abandons, autrement dit la disparition progressive du district industriel lui-même.