Purpose – Seeks to explore the notion of fashion networks, both local and global, as a means by which “products” – economic and intangible – can be exchanged and to present research findings of a network study undertaken in the Nottingham knitting industry. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the specialization of regional clusters and their innovative behaviour, in a particular Portuguese region. Design/methodology/approach – A regional case study (Region Centro of Portugal) is used, employing secondary and primary data in order to...

Purpose – Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) located in particular geographical areas are producing and selling regional products to domestic and foreign markets. Most of the local activities are embedded in historical tradition and geographic, cultural and social specificity. This...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to demonstrate empirically the relationship between firm characteristics and information use within a small and medium sized enterprises (SME) context, proposing that firm characteristics are a catalyst of information use. With marketing information it is...