Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a strategic framework and tool to measure and value intellectual capital (IC) in regional clusters. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical cluster strategic framework is presented and cluster fundamentals are discussed for proper model...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the antecedents (the medieval guild) of modern day industrial clustering. The paper challenges the notion that work of Alfred Marshall provides the intellectual underpinning of cluster thinking. Design/methodology/approach – The source...

Purpose – This study aims to identify user categories of mobile travel services and analyze the differences between the categories based on individual characteristics, the individuals' perceived barriers to use internet-/mobile services during a trip and the individuals' preferred channel...

In Colorado, agritourism shows the potential to benefit agricultural producers and rural communities by generating additional income from consumers who are willing to pay for rural and agriculturally related experiences. This study uses a survey of Colorado agritourists to identify five distinct...

Intergenerational education mobility is a key dimension of social mobility and explores the extent to which educational attainment is transmitted across generations within a society. The implications of low education mobility concern both equity (everyone should have the same opportunities) and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate how to use nodes in a cluster efficiently by studying the NAS Parallel Benchmarks (NASPB) on Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron dual CPU Linux clusters. Design/methodology/approach – The performance results of the NASPB are presented both with one...

Purpose – The paper aims to focus on the development and application of a benchmarking information system designed for use within a cluster. Design/methodology/approach – Case study as the field research methodology for theory testing and refinement. Findings – Despite the difficulties and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a new composite model using structural equation modelling (SEM) and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) for the selection of suppliers. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper the authors have made an attempt to arrive at the supplier...