... to investigate consumers’ preferred locations for vending machines offering fresh products and the factors influencing these preferences within short food supply chains (SFSCs). Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire-based survey was carried out in Italy in 2024, collecting 234 responses. A multinomial...

.../methodology/approach The analysis has been conducted using a survey carried out on 210 ID SMEs in the furniture, mechanics and fashion industries located in Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia regions, in northeastern Italy. Moreover, data released from the Italian Customs Agency have been merged to detect...

... 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Italy Creating shared value (CSV) SNA Network Cluster Economic performance and social progress have always been defined in opposition to each other. Creating shared value (CSV), the managerial concept introduced by Porter...

... firms located outside IDs. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a quantitative analysis related to an original data set of 206 Italian manufacturing firms specializing in made in Italy industries and adopting Industry 4.0 technologies. A case study of a district firm is also presented...

.../methodology/approach The Trade in Value Added (TiVA) and World Integrated Trade Solution databases for the period of 2005-2015 were used to explore the case of Italy and its industries’ specialisations (Made in Italy): fashion, furniture, automotive and machinery traditionally organised...

... can be contacted at: falberti@liuc.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Knowledge Italy Network Brokerage Innovation Cluster Aerospace The general claim of the cluster literature is that geographical proximity facilitates knowledge sharing and thus innovation...