This exploratory study seeks to examine the nature of a migrant Chinese network of personal relationships and business interactions, and their level of integration with the traditional Italian firms that are housed in Prato's industrial district. The specific goal is to understand how do the...

The major research question of this study is: Do American manufactures view DISC (the tax incentive to export) as assisting them in becoming more competitive in export markets? The importance of this question was recognized by Secretary of Treasury Michael Blumenthal who included an earlier...

The paper summarizes the results of a fundamental research project to understand the perception of high-end products by consumers. The first part consisted of a series of in-depth qualitative interviews with over 75 global leaders of luxury and premium companies, star designers and thought...

The proposed consumer-driven innovation approach allows for the creation of individual communications with heterogeneous customers. It utilizes Rule Developing Experimentation (a modified conjoint analysis-based approach) to create a database of messages specific to the product and to segment...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to gain an understanding of consumer preferences and mind-set regarding the transition to using renewable energy. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken is an experimental design of messaging (conjoint analysis). Findings – The study...