...David J. Flanagan; Douglas A. Lepisto; Laurel F. Ofstein Purpose The purpose of this paper is to employ an inductive approach to explore how small, nascent, firms in the craft brewing industry use cooperative behaviours with direct competitors to achieve their goals. Design/methodology/approach...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only This paper aims to assess the main drivers of this success and of the dynamics of this emerging craft brewing sector. This investigation has never been explicitly carried out by previous studies on the subject. In particular, the present work...