Even though many studies focus on consumer perception of local food, only limited research
concerns mountain areas. This paper aims to fill this gap by concentrating on the potential …

Purpose In recent years, the socio-economic power of local purchasing by both individuals
and organisations has become of increasing interest. Despite growing recognition of social …

Economic re-localization is widely viewed as a principal mechanism for bringing greater
autonomy, democracy, justice, prosperity, and general wellness to communities …

A relocalization movement, often referred to as neolocalism, is a foot with the aim of
rekindling local and regional bonds between people and communities by intentionally and …

Localism has recently been placed back on the political agenda in many countries. Given
this, the case for prioritizing the local should be subject to renewed scrutiny. In this review …

In this paper, a set of ecological principles (actor-type, interaction-type, nestedness) that
have been theoretically associated with organizational ecosystems guides a qualitative …

Studying acquisitions offers invaluable insights into startup trends, aiding informed
investment decisions for businesses. However, the scarcity of studies in this domain prompts …

This study reveals how actors leverage physical place as an asset to facilitate organizational
adaptation and industry evolution. Through a longitudinal, qualitative analysis of the US …

This study was motivated by a desire to develop strategic guidelines tailored to solve the
unique problems small, rural retailers face in today's competitive retail environment …

In this article, we present the concept of sexing up places through interviews with nine
companies in order to produce new kind of interpretation of Finnish rural. The theoretical …