Recentl fashion phenomena in the field of management have received growing attention by scholars and management practitioners alike. Much of the existing management fashion literature however operates without providing a clear conceptual and theoritical fonction.(...)

Für die Neuausrichtung produzierender wie dienstleistender Unternehmen waren die neunziger Jahre ein Jahrzehnt der Irrungen und Wirrungen. Zu Beginn des Jahrzehnts beherrschte mit der "Computerintegrierten Produktion" noch immer die negative Utopie der menschenleeren Fabrik das Geschehen. Dann...

What is the origin and essence of fashion? This question has engaged scholars of various disciplines over the past decades, most of whom approach this subject with a Western or European focus. This paper argues instead that Asia was also pivotal in the articulation of the fashion system in...