Green innovation based on ma thinking
the lessons of the Japanese smart city vision
pp. 147-177
in: Mitsuru Kodama (ed), Ma theory and the creative management of innovation, Berlin, Springer, 2017Abstract
This chapter takes a look at and analyzes specific initiatives underway in Japan for achieving smart cities. In this context, we will consider innovation processes where a group of companies from different business sectors together with national and local government use Ma thinking to create new knowledge to realize a smart city concept.