Study on Transformation of Business in the Industrial Clusters

• Project/Area Number: 15K13038
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Nagoya City University
• Principal Investigator: Deguchi Masato 名古屋市立大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 教授 (40305553)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
• Keywords: 経営戦略 / 産業集積 / 事業転換 / 企業家

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I suggest the following three implications for transformation of business in industrial clusters based on two case studies of Tsubame-Sanjyo district and Okaya-Suwa district.
First, the historical and political factors effect transformations of business in each district. Second, a huge variety of actors may get involved in them. And third,it depend on characteristics of region that who should play the pivotal role and what resources and actions by them are needed.
Based on these, I claim that we need to tackle a further research question about the relation between various area characteristics and entrepreneurial resources, functions and actions.