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The variety of network-district businesses has in strategic terms, resulted in less efficiency within local systems and reflected negatively on the competitiveness of district production. The paper seeks to re-interpret the dynamics of network-districts from the Viable Systems Approach (VSA) perspective. In such a scenario, the limited or non-use of information and communication technology (ICT) tools risks affecting competitive capacity both in an individual and network-district perspective. The paper highlights how the creativity of the Italian network-district system gains momentum i.e. greater competitiveness by using ICT tools in a systems approach to facilitate cultural and management change and to integrate communication within and outside the network-district system.
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Piciocchi, P., Bassano, C., Paduano, E., Galvin, M. (2011). The Viable Systems Approach (VSA) for Re-interpreting Network Business Dynamics. In: Grabis, J., Kirikova, M. (eds) Perspectives in Business Informatics Research. BIR 2011. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 90. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24511-4_24
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