Clusters in Times of Uncertainty

Edited by Luciana Lazzeretti, 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

Contents:

Foreword x
Introduction to Clusters in Times of Uncertainty 1
Luciana Lazzeretti, Tamane Ozeki, Silvia Rita Sedita and Francesco Capone

PART I A JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE ON CLUSTERS
IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY
1 Development of the resilience capacity of people by
linking disaster prevention facilities with tourism: case
study analysis of ‘TestiMone ARIDA’, Arida, Wakayama 11
Tamane Ozeki, Hiroki Kamata, Yoshio Mochizuki,
Masako Sawayanagi, and Keizo Matsumura
2 “Stay small” syndrome in the rise and stall lifecycle of
industrial clusters: evidence from Sapporo Valley cluster 29
Futoshi Akiba and Jin-ichiro Yamada
3 The significance of a smart city for transformation of an
automaker’s business model: a case study of Toyota’s
Woven City 49
Jun Akabane
4 Urban policy and securing talent toward realizing an
international creative environment: Glass City Toyama, Japan 67
Atsuko Maeda
5 What factors disincentivize large enterprise employees
from moving to startups? Interviews in the Tokyo ecosystem 86
Yuho Sasamori, Moet Onodera, and Hirotoshi Kishi

PART II EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE ON CLUSTERS IN
TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY
6 Do clusters help companies to “go green”? Experience of
Polish National Key Clusters 103
Anna Lis, Marta Mackiewicz, and Anna Wendt
7 Green innovation and B Corps: an exploration of the
technological space 125
Silvia Blasi, Mattia Buggio, and Silvia Rita Sedita
8 Exploring the role of museums in the digital era: the
successful case of the Uffizi Galleries 143
Luciana Lazzeretti, Paola Beccherle, and Stefania Oliva
9 Industry 4.0 in clusters: how openness boosts innovation
in Industry 4.0 technologies 160
Francesco Capone, Filippo Baldetti, Niccolò Innocenti,
and Vincenzo Zampi
10 The evolution of the Italian industrial district: Arzignano’s
leather district from area monoculturale to area sistema
integrata di innovazione 179
Italo Trevisan and Lucrezia Maria Mecenero
11 Connecting innovation poles with lagging territories:
how do collaborations with Europe and Asia influence
innovation in Latin American cities? 202
Pablo Galaso and Sergio Palomeque
12 Economic complexity and income inequality: evidence
from Italian regions 218
Roberto Antonietti and David Fanton
13 The Italian National Strategy for Inner Areas: first insights
from regions’ specialization in cultural and creative industries 240
Andrea Porta, Giovanna Segre, and Josep-Maria Arauzo-Carod
Index 262