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Manifattura evoluta nel radical fashion. Un percorso tra tecnologia, artigianato e networking
Get PDFbjectives. “Manufacturing intelligence” can be analyzed under different perspectives. The paper will present and discuss the multi-shaped nature of this concept of intelligence identified in the capability to build an adaptive organization, meaning able to project the accumulated knowledge in technological, organizational and social experimenting paths.
Methodology. The research project focuses on the analysis of the radical fashion field and is based on the integration of action research and classical qualitative research, with the aim to develop a sustainable action model for the actors in the system.
Findings. The study of the dynamics allows to develop a hypothesis of a business model in which manufacturing and lead retail join forces in a development process able to activate knowledge into solutions which are technologically effective and culturally substantial. A model which makes intelligent manufacturing accessible also for the SME.
Research Limits. From a methodological point of view the model still needs to be verified in the light of the result of the action research, currently in its conclusive phase.
Practical implications. In a global market, the world of “made in Italy” should find new boosts through the proactive observation of the radical fashion niche as a lead market capable to trigger the innovation of the value proposition and project it to the future.
Originality of the study. The “lead retailer driven production model” as a path for intelligent manufacturing does not yet exist in academic literature
OPEN BIFOCAL INNOVATION: Open Innovation committed to Sustainable Development.The Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam case-study
No full textThe European Union Strategy 2020 aims to increase the competitiveness ensuring a sustainable and inclusive growth by enhancing the current knowledge society. This research, through recursive phases of a case-study, explores the dynamics of openness strategized by the (public) Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam pioneering an open-digital-strategy. This research strives to understand frameworks which drive practices for “opening up processes for managing business and societal challenges” by investigating the possibility to link Open Innovation (OI), a pertinent paradigm in complex scenarios, to Sustainable Development (SD).
The first stage (focusing on the specific case-study field of arts management) investigated how a ground-breaking open-digital-strategy could develop new avenues for business and social value, boosting cultural institutions’ competitive advantage and being a possible source of socio-cultural development –by exploring and enhancing the opportunities of the digital-era and of the visual culture, making art and culture more accessible, stimulating people to value Cultural Heritage and unlocking the potential of Culture and Creative Industries (CCIs). The research aims at showing how open-digital-strategies could be a precondition to develop positive-synergies and alliances that, moving towards the digital, creative economies, catalyse a wide range of spillovers. Thus, it also strives to adds knowledge on the topic of innovation in the cross-fertilization territories of the CCIs.
Then, focusing on the resources managed and disseminated, this research addressed the issues of Intellectual Capital (IC) and how organizations can regenerate the wider ecosystem. This stage shows that organizations (no matter whether public, private, profit or non-profit) need to develop new understandings of how to create and exploit their non-financial resources. The OI emerged as an effective booster of processes that enable the improvement of economic and socio-cultural performance by mobilising IC outbound flows that generate “shadow options” for the future.
The last stage focused on the OI-paradigm (extending its implications beyond the field of the research-setting) by gaining insight into the potential benefits and challenges of OI linked to SD –interpreted at a macro-level, thus with an external orientation of the sustainability issue, and as a “responsibility” that each individual organization has of nurturing the ecosystem in which it is nested, for safeguarding the commons for future generations.
An Explorative Conceptual Framework, which describes the dissimilarities between the prevailing firms’ OI-paradigm and the public organization case-study, is proposed. And it is used for thought-provoking issues to link OI to SD claiming the need (1) to recalibrate the main strategic focus of focal organizations, by recalibrating the main profit-maximizing ethos pursuing sustainability not merely as a by-product of the OI-strategy, and by decentralising the firm as the locus of strategic commitments, and (2) to go beyond the un-exploration of outbound practices, approached merely with an exploitative attitude.
The antecedents of the openness emerged as fundamental for effectively recalibrating the OI main strategic focus and going beyond the un-exploration issue. The Open Bifocal Innovation concept is proposed as a valuable strategic ethos to link OI to SD. For managing SD driven OI strategies it is crucial to explore new paths to capture opportunities of economic value not “simply” elsewhere in the value chain (as the prevailing OI-paradigm postulates), but by radically innovating the value chain –converting the relinquishment of control on critical assets into bifocal innovation paths. Since exploration connects to radical innovation, explorative outbound practises emerged as fundamental to commit OI to SD –thus un-exploration of outbound practices is a limit to link the prevailing OI to SD
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No full textL'introduzione al quinto dei volumi che illustrano la storia del soccorso etnico urgente in Italia nel XX secolo e nel promo ventennio del XXI espone le prospettive di sviluppo del tema nell'intera penisola e altrove, in relazione al tema soprattutto delle grandi città e dei territori densamente urbanizzat
Reimagining the design in the middle earth: From design driven innovation to design boosted cultural heritage
Get PDFThe present paper aims to discuss one possible dimension of crosspollination, the one emerging from the overlap between the domain of arts and that of management. This paper intends to investigate how a re-imagined design process of cultural-sensitive products, those with cultural codes embedded, could develop new avenues for business and social value, boosting as a long term value the Cultural Heritage’s growth. More specifically, the present paper proposes the analysis and interpretation of an open innovation project launched by the Rijks Museum and joined by Droog. Using the data which emerged from this experience, the work proposes a model of sustainable cultural development, opening a new perspective on the relationship between cultural and creative industries
Il Corpo nazionale italiano dei Vigili del fuoco. Storia, architetture e tipi d'intervento tra Guerra fredda e XXI secolo (1982-2022)
No full textIl volume narra dei principali incidenti e dei maggiori tipi di calamità affrontati dal CNVVF nel periodo in esame, insieme a questioni legate alle trasformazioni del suo ordinamento, alle vicende delle sue caserme e di alcune sue peculiari specializzazion
Lead retailer. Dal processo culturale alla logica di servizio
No full textThe evolution of global competitive scenarios deeply influences economic actors, pushing them to redesign their competitive drivers. The only certainty consists of the highest uncertainty crossing all the industries while a deep cognitive dissonance characterizes the relationship between the firm and the market, in reason of the increasingly complex architecture of knowledge affecting the entire supply chain and asking for better control. This is even more evident in the realm of Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) and, more specifically, in the fashion industry, which is the main focus of the present work. Given for granted the knowledge of how consumers behave is a key to succeed in retail, the paper focuses on the possible new models through which retail can implement a «servicedominant logic» in order to convert the cultural investment into a competitive dimension. Starting from the identification of «lead retailer» as an actor acting as a node of knowledge, the article presents the results of a research project based on the integration of an interventionist approach and a case study methodology, defining the main traits of two different figures: the «curator lead retailer» and the «evolved lead retailer ». These are able to intervene in the process of meaning construction thanks to their innovative and culture-led proposal. The research has been developed in the specific context of fashion, and supports a critical thought on both the reorganization of retails service and the development of better synergies in the realm of cultural and creative industries
Il Corpo nazionale italiano dei Vigili del Fuoco. Storia, architetture e tipi di intervento al tempo della Guerra fredda (1945-1982), II
No full textIl Corpo nazionale italiano dei Vigili del Fuoco. Storia, architetture e tipi d’intervento al tempo della Guerra fredda (1945-1982)
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