International competitiveness of countries and corporations is the function of their knowledge-based economic performance. Economic positions among countries and inside countries are redistributed on the grounds of success or failure in knowledge based economic activities. It is not a...

This study investigates brand loyalty and other brand performance metrics in the UK sportswear market. It utilizes consumer purchase data kindly provided by Taylor Nelson Sofres. The study finds that empirical regularities discovered by Andrew Ehrenberg and colleagues apply to sportswear brands...

1. Introduction / Jason Begley [and others] -- 2. Creating local economic resilience : co-operation, innovation and firms' absorptive capacity / Jonathan Michie and Christine Oughton -- 3. Global economic crises and local fortunes : the case of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire / Rupert Waters and...

Schon vor zehn Jahren wies Paul Krugman auf die Rückkehr der ökonomischen Missstände hin, die die Weltwirtschaftskrise der 30er Jahre ausgelöst haben. Doch im Boom nach der Jahrtausendwende wurde seine Warnung vergessen. Jetzt steht eine neue Weltwirtschaftskrise vor unserer Tür. In seinem...