KNOWLEDGE, SOCIAL CAPABILITIES AND INNOVATION IN THE MODERN INDUSTRIAL D ISTRICT
Chapter 1 Introduction and outline of the research framework
Chapter 2 Theoretical aspects of knowledge and tacit knowledge
Chapter 3 Theoretical aspects of social capabilities
Chapter 4 Conceptual approach: Nonaka and Takeuchi’s model in the Industrial District
Chapter 5 Empirical methodology: the choice of the case study
Chapter 6 A picture of the southern Italian and Apulian economy. The fashion District in Apulia
Chapter 7 Empirical results for southern italian Districts
Chapter 8 Measuring social capabilities using the questionnaire
Chapter 9 Synthesis and conclusions
The aim of this work is to analyze the key role that knowledge, Social Capabilities and innovations play in the transfer and diffusion of tacit knowledge in a modern industrial District and how this creates new knowledge and innovation. The study is also focused on a measure of Social Capabilities within a District using a composite indicator and we investigate the effective role of these inputs in stimulating innovative activity in an industrial District performance. The analysis, measuring Social Capabilities, requires data collection using a questionnaire designed to obtain information which permit the development of qualitative and quantitative indicators.