There are several enablers to the innovation capability in the exisiting literature, but they all are considered with equal importance. Researchers believe ranking will advance the understanding of academicians and practitioners further. Hence, we started by recognizing the enablers from the...

Part I: Traditional Self-Employed Artisans, Home-Made Goods and Markets -- Ground Loom Weaving Among Negev Bedouin Women -- Artisans in Ethiopia -- Craft Artisans in Namibia’s Okavango Tribe -- Artisan Enterprise in the Rural Economy: Drystone Walling in North Yorkshire -- Traditional Food and...

Craft in japan / Robin Holt and Yutaka Yamauchi -- Crafted in America : from culture to profession / Shelby Solomon and Blake Mathias -- Wine, the authenticity taste regime and rendering craft / Jennifer Smith Maguire -- Organising the home as making space: crafting scale, identity, and boundary...

The question of whether firms gain competitiveness through local networks and clusters becomes more relevant than ever as globalization proceeds. This is particularly true for traditional and craft-based clusters, districts and business networks. A central question emerging for these types of...

"Politically adrift, alienated from Weimar society, and fearful of competition from industrial elites and the working class alike, the independent artisans of interwar Germany were a particularly receptive audience for National Socialist ideology. As Hitler consolidated power, they emerged as an...

Using the example of a development project to increase tourism and improve artisan production in a Maya community, the study explores traditional gender roles and transformation processes in a village where handicraft production became the most dynamic rural economy. The study focuses on the...

Comment se produisent, s exposent, se diffusent et se consomment les produits du luxe ? L ouvrage collectif explore la question de la spécialisation progressive d un commerce voué aux objets précieux qui concourent à l embellissement de la personne ou du cadre de vie. C est une publication...

The question of whether firms gain competitiveness through local networks and clusters becomes more relevant than ever as globalization proceeds. This is particularly true for traditional and craft-based clusters, districts and business networks. A central question emerging for these types of...