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The footwear business and advertising

, 2013
The footwear industry began as a small business with a small manufacturing base and has developed into one of the most successful modern industries. Footwear itself has progressed from being a basic necessity into a luxury item, and several well-known ...
Bhatia, MA, Y. Luximon,, Luximon, A, M. Bhatia, A. Luximon, Luximon, Y   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Frugal Innovation as a Strategic Mechanism Linking Learning, International Growth Orientation, and Performance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how international growth orientation and organizational learning capability jointly influence frugal innovation and organizational performance. Survey data were collected from 342 manufacturing firms in Santa Catarina (Southern Brazil) and analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling and multigroup ...
Júlia Quintino Sant'Ana, Giancarlo Gomes, Joaquin Alegre, Paula Gulart Munhoz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of footwear on human talar trabecular architecture. [PDF]

J Anat
Medial and lateral views of the human foot skeleton in the shod and unshod groups, with color maps representing mean relative trabecular bone volume fraction (rBV/TV) in the talus for each group. The shod group exhibited greater rBV/TV in the medial and posterior talus, whereas the unshod group had greater rBV/TV in the talar head and neck.
Farrell HN, Luková A, Bachmann S, Spriggs K, Synek A, Pahr DH, Tsegai ZJ.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Locked in Transition: Examining the Role of Paradoxical Tensions in the Transition From Industrial Cluster to Eco‐Clusters

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Industrial clusters are central to the circular economy transition, yet how they develop into eco‐clusters and the paradoxical tensions this transformation fuels remain underexplored. Drawing on 48 in‐depth interviews and secondary data from a Turkish textile‐recycling cluster, we develop an empirically grounded model of eco‐cluster transition
Tulin Dzhengiz, Leona A. Henry, Simon M. Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experience of finding footwear and factors contributing to footwear choice in people with gout: a mixed methods study using a web-based survey

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2019
Background Gout frequently affects the foot, particularly the first metatarsophalangeal joint. People with gout commonly wear ill-fitting footwear that lacks cushioning and support, which may further contribute to foot pain and disability.
Angela Brenton-Rule, Nicola Dalbeth, N. Lawrence Edwards, Keith Rome   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

When Sustainability Creates Rarity: A Configuration‐Based Account of Legitimacy and Differentiation in Consumer Choice

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability initiatives often generate heterogeneous consumer responses, particularly in markets where environmental responsibility intersects with symbolic differentiation and competitive positioning. This research develops a configuration‐based account of sustainability strategy to explain when and how sustainability‐driven initiatives ...
Eun‐Jung Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Footwear Needs: A Conceptual Review

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Introduction This conceptual review is the first work to explore the concept of footwear needs. The review draws upon multidisciplinary literature to synthesise and formulate the first iteration of conceptual understanding of footwear needs.
Thanaporn Tunprasert, Stewart C. Morrison, Leonard Henry Joseph, Paula Kersten   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diabetic Foot Australia guideline on footwear for people with diabetes

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2018
Background The aim of this paper was to create an updated Australian guideline on footwear for people with diabetes. Methods We reviewed new footwear publications, (inter)national guidelines, and consensus expert opinion alongside the 2013 Australian ...
Jaap J. van Netten, Peter A. Lazzarini, David G. Armstrong, Sicco A. Bus, Robert Fitridge, Keith Harding, Ewan Kinnear, Matthew Malone, Hylton B. Menz, Byron M. Perrin, Klaas Postema, Jenny Prentice, Karl-Heinz Schott, Paul R. Wraight   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adjustment to Globalisation: A Study of the Footwear Industry in Europe. CEPS Working Document No. 151, October 2000 [PDF]

, 2000
In this study of the footwear sector we seek to assess how producers in different EU countries have adjusted to increased competition from low-wage countries.
Pinna, Anna Maria, Brenton, Paul, Vancauteren, Mark.   +2 more
core  

The Sustainability Blind Spot in Manufacturing SMEs: A Contingency Perspective on Performance Measurement

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Measuring sustainability performance is crucial for small and medium‐sized manufacturing enterprises and sustainability indicators must be incorporated into decision‐making. However, companies tend to measure only the aspects that interest them, disregarding those considered less strategic or relevant.
Alessandra Neri, Enrico Cagno, Sandra Naomi Morioka, Ivan Bolis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source