Clusters in Times of Uncertainty

Edited by Luciana Lazzeretti, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Management, Department of Economics and Management,University of Florence, Italy, Tamane Ozeki, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Urban Management, Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan, Silvia Rita Sedita, Professor of Management, Department of Economics and Management, University of Padova and Francesco Capone, Associate Professor of Management, Department of Economics and Management, University of Florence, Italy

‘Original, engaging, and appealing to researchers and policymakers, this book introduces complexity and uncertainty into the analysis of clusters. For the first time, it provides a comprehensive comparison of the trends reshaping the transformation of European and Japanese clusters.’

• Contents:Foreword xIntroduction to Clusters in Times of Uncertainty 1Luciana Lazzeretti, Tamane Ozeki, Silvia Rita Sedita and Francesco CaponePART I A JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE ON CLUSTERSIN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY1 Development of the resilience capacity of people bylinking disaster prevention facilities with tourism: casestudy analysis of ‘TestiMone ARIDA’, Arida, Wakayama 11Tamane Ozeki, Hiroki Kamata, Yoshio Mochizuki,Masako Sawayanagi, and Keizo Matsumura2 “Stay small” syndrome in the rise and stall lifecycle ofindustrial clusters: evidence from Sapporo Valley cluster 29Futoshi Akiba and Jin-ichiro Yamada3 The significance of a smart city for transformation of anautomaker’s business model: a case study of Toyota’sWoven City 49Jun Akabane4 Urban policy and securing talent toward realizing aninternational creative environment: Glass City Toyama, Japan 67Atsuko Maeda5 What factors disincentivize large enterprise employeesfrom moving to startups? Interviews in the Tokyo ecosystem 86Yuho Sasamori, Moet Onodera, and Hirotoshi KishiPART II EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE ON CLUSTERS INTIMES OF UNCERTAINTY6 Do clusters help companies to “go green”? Experience ofPolish National Key Clusters 103Anna Lis, Marta Mackiewicz, and Anna Wendt7 Green innovation and B Corps: an exploration of thetechnological space 125Silvia Blasi, Mattia Buggio, and Silvia Rita Sedita8 Exploring the role of museums in the digital era: thesuccessful case of the Uffizi Galleries 143Luciana Lazzeretti, Paola Beccherle, and Stefania Oliva9 Industry 4.0 in clusters: how openness boosts innovationin Industry 4.0 technologies 160Francesco Capone, Filippo Baldetti, Niccolò Innocenti,and Vincenzo Zampi10 The evolution of the Italian industrial district: Arzignano’sleather district from area monoculturale to area sistemaintegrata di innovazione 179Italo Trevisan and Lucrezia Maria Mecenero11 Connecting innovation poles with lagging territories:how do collaborations with Europe and Asia influenceinnovation in Latin American cities? 202Pablo Galaso and Sergio Palomeque12 Economic complexity and income inequality: evidencefrom Italian regions 218Roberto Antonietti and David Fanton13 The Italian National Strategy for Inner Areas: first insightsfrom regions’ specialization in cultural and creative industries 240Andrea Porta, Giovanna Segre, and Josep-Maria Arauzo-CarodIndex 262