Locational Principles Governing Guild Industries: the Case of Violinmaking
Abstract
The locational principles governing guild-type industries are sought using violinmaking as an archtypical guild industry. The economic and non-economic characteristics of guilds lead to the expectation of a market oriented distribution. The persistent guild characteristics of violinmaking are enumerated, and the locational history of violinmaking is traced, beginning with the development of the violin family in Northern Italy c. 1550. The changing distribution of violinmaking is related to changes in market conditions as well as changes in the economic, political, religious, and social environment. The high degree of locational stability, as measured by correlation coefficients, in the face of constantly changing distribution of markets, is related not to inertia, but to mystique. The notion of mystique, or subjective evaluation of handcrafted product, is seen as a key modification of an otherwise market orientation expectation. Mystique permits a classification of possible location for violinmaking. As would be expected from classical location theory, linkages of several types exist. Preliminary findings for other guild industries substantiate the market-mystique explanation as a valid one for understanding the location of guild industries.References
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