Empirical domain Sample Clauses
Empirical domain. The context of the empirical study will be a set of manufacturing firms facing a digital transformation within their internal core processes: digitalization of physical assets thanks to the introduction of digital technologies (e.g., auto-identification sensors within a production line thus transforming/reshaping how workers interact with the environment). This will affect their traditional activities that will, now, require a more managerial approach and not technical only. The reshape of work activities is considered fundamental and around this topic will be centred the data collection phase.
Empirical domain. The three above-mentioned research views are the ones that we will apply to the exploration and understanding of the DiDIY phenomenon, reading it through the multifaceted lenses of cluster theory. The ‘digital’ evolution of the DIY culture or – more broadly – the ‘makers movement’ can be considered ‘popular culture’ for its wide accessibility and geographically spread diffusion. The maker movement is a cultural trend that places value on an individual’s ability to be a creator of things as well as a consumer of things. The maker movement is spreading worldwide and its growth rate is impressive. Moreover, the digital DIY phenomenon has induced a democratization of entrepreneurship together with the emergence of an innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem supporting it (e.g., fablabs, makerspaces, techshops, crowdfunding, etc) which fosters innovation networks both in virtual communities and in physical geographical proximity.