The purpose of this paper is to investigate the formation and development of cluster as regional innovation in terms of entrepreneurship. We examine various concepts and studies of entrepreneurship first. Then, we discuss existing theories of regional innovations. Based upon the examination, we can see that platform is a key concept in studies of civic entrepreneurship and the concept of entrepreneurship is missing in many theories of regional innovations. We maintain that the concept of entrepreneurship is divided into two types: (1) entrepreneurship for creation of new business and firm, (2) entrepreneurship for creation of platform (entrepreneurial platform). The author shows that we can explain consistently the formation and development of cluster through dynamic interactions between two types of entrepreneurship (.micro-meso loop of entrepreneurship).

Corporate acquisition can be an effective strategic activity for companies to accomplish growth. Given the economic conditions of the past few years, it is not uncommon for the acquiring firm to implement a turnaround strategy of the target company post acquisition. Therefore, uncovering the factors which lead to a successful corporate turnaround is significant both for practical and research domains. However, despite over three decades of effort in turnaround strategy research, our understanding of the phenomenon is incomplete.This paper investigates four cases in which NIDEC corporation executed turnarounds after acquiring distressed firms. The analysis will introduce a capability perspective in light of prior corporate turnaround research. The purpose of the paper is to deepen understanding of corporate turnaround success factors post acquisition and establish an analytic view as basis for further corporate turnaround strategic research.

We hypothesize the critical factors for scale-up of the service business from previous studies of venture scale-up and service characteristics, and examine its by case study on type D (face to face service) companies defined by Teboul which are IPO companies after 2005 within 10 years from established.Organizational routine method (packaging) becomes apparent to be specific critical factor on scale-up. Legitimacy method (branding) becomes apparent to be a powerful technique for B to C services. In addition, detailed case study makes apparent its concrete contribution to scale-up.