Research Design

Research Design

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-8494-4.ch003
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Abstract

This chapter explains the research design of this study. The objective is to explore a management approach for facilitating the establishment of cross-sectoral collaboration to promote the regional industry through building/operating the regional system and building/rebuilding the management body. First, since this study aims at theory building, it is considered how to conduct case studies based on the review of the previous studies. Next, the selection of the target case is considered. Here, the criteria for selecting cases are listed, and the cases of three German regions are discussed as fulfilling the criteria. Finally, data collection and analysis are described. In this section, data collection for conducting the case studies is described in detail. Additionally, it is explained that a qualitative comparative analysis method and process tracing for each case study are used to analyze the results of the case studies.
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Purpose of This Study

This study explores the research theme of “How to implement the management for facilitating the establishment of cross-sectoral collaborations for the purpose of promoting new competitive regional industries through business creation, and with what kind of regional system and competence of the management body to facilitate it?”. Here, the case is assumed wherein the public sector (e.g., local government) promotes industrial fields with high growth potential in the region through cross-sectoral collaboration among diverse entities for business creation. Therefore, the project is envisioned in which a regional structure (regional system) and support organization (management body) are established with the involvement of local industry and academia, and a management body implements management to facilitate cross-sectoral collaborations.

In exploring this research theme, the following research questions posed in Chapter 1 are considered.

  • R.Q.1: How to build and operate a regional system for facilitating the self-organization process of cross-sectoral collaborations to promote new competitive regional industries?

  • R.Q.2: How is the management to be implemented for facilitating the self-organization process toward cross-sectoral collaborations?

  • R.Q.3: How to build and rebuild a management body to display the organizational competence for facilitating the self-organization process toward cross-sectoral collaborations?

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