Economic characteristics of our region

Economic characteristics of our region

Wroclaw October 2012

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Emilia Romagna is a region of Northern Italy situated in an area called “Pianura Padana”, where the Po river runs. This area includes other regions like Piemonte, Lombardia and Veneto.Emilia Romagna is one of the richest region in Europe, with an employment rate reaching 70%.

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This is a reason which has caused a strong immigration from non-European countries in recent years.

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The most famous sport car companies like Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati and Ducati for motorcycles are established in Emilia Romagna.

Some of the food excellences, like Barilla and Parmalat, are also in our region.

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The tertiary sector with tourist industry is very important in Rimini and on the Adriatic Riviera

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Parma  is a medium size town, about 200.000 inhabitants. Parma, as Emilia Romagna too, is a manufacturing based economy. It has many medium and small firms. Food industry and plant design are the two most important industries.  

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40%

31%

29%

Emilia Romagna

Industry and agriculture

Trade, transport, hotels and restaurants

Other services

This chart shows the various sectors of our region. We note that the industry has the highest percentage (the agriculture weights for only a 3%). More than one third of workers work in industry.

WORKERS FOR ECONOMIC SECTORS

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0%

1000%

2000%

3000%

4000%

5000%

39,5

31,528,9

Parma Emilia Romagna

A comparison between Parma and Emilia Romagna

WORKERS FOR ECONOMIC SECTORS

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62,5%

30,6%

6,0% 0,8%

FIRMS FOR REVENUE SIZE Emilia Romagna

.000/€

0 - 100

100 - 1000

1000 - 10000

10000 e più

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60,8%

31,1%

7,1% 1,0%

FIRMS FOR REVENUE SIZEParma

.000/€

0 - 100

100 - 1000

1000 - 10000

10000 e più

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The distribution of firms by revenue size class is very similar, but Parma has the percentage of firms with the revenue up to 100.000 euros lower than Emilia Romagna, while it is higher in class having more than 10 millions of revenue.

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56%38%

4%

1% 1%0%

FIRMS FOR SIZE CLASSEmilia Romagna

1 worker

2 to 9

10 to 19

20 to 49

50 to 249

over 250

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57,0%37,3%

3,6%1,5%

0,6%

0,1% FIRMS FOR SIZE CLASS Parma

1 worker

2 to 9

10 to 19

20 to 49

50 to 249

over 250

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331.471

372.777

704.248

424.168371.171

795.339

Museums Monuments Galleries

CULTURE Emilia Romagna

VISITORS REVENUE

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Italians Foreigners Italians and foreigners

2,685,4521,109,867

3,795,319

9,740,945

3,977,795

13,718,740

Tourism

Arrivals Presences

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Food industry Parma

Workers Number of firms0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

Firms with more than 10 workersFirms with less than 10 workers

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Food industry Parma

44%

26%

17%

12%

processing of meat and products meat based

dairy industry

pasta, oven products, dessert

other food industry

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THE ECONOMY OF DISTRICTS

The notion of industrial district was worked out by one of the most important economist, the english Alfred Marshall, who led the “Cambridge school” from 1884 to 1908.

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THE ECONOMY OF DISTRICTS

Emilia Romagna has several economic districts in which small independent businesses carrying out a main productive activity are highly specialized in different stages of the production process.

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In any district there is a meaningful relationship between the presence of enterprises and the resident population, as well as the specialized production of all the production units involved.

THE ECONOMY OF DISTRICTS

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The economy of districtsIn Emilia Romagna we have six important industrial districts:

Biomedical – Mirandola Textile – Carpi Footwear – San Mauro Pascoli Upholstered furniture – Forlì Ceramic – Sassuolo Agro-Food - Parma

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The economy of districts

Biomedical Textile Footwear Upholstered furniture

Ceramic Agro-Food (Parma ham)

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Firms with less than 49 workers22

The economy of districts

Biomedical Textile Footwear Upholstered furniture

Ceramic Agro-Food (Parma ham)

-12%

-10%

-8%

-6%

-4%

-2%

0%

2%

4%

change in % (firms) change in % (workers)

Firms with less than 49 workers23