The gathering of information is an important part of the exporting process. Identifies sources of information which exporters use and also distinguishes those sources which they find most useful. Based on a postal survey of the 1989 winners of the Queen′s Award for Export Achievement. Shows...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how realistic ambitions for growth are in craft micro‐enterprise. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents observations from a series of studies of the craft sector in the UK. These were large‐scale questionnaires focusing on...

Purpose – This paper reports a study of the craft sector in a remote area of Scotland. The objective is to understand what has made the sector in Orkney relatively successful, and whether elements of best practice can be transferred to other parts of Scotland and the UK....