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The technical note provides a short history of fashion to help students understand the importance of fashion trends in the apparel industry. The focus is on understanding the relationship between social changes, fashion consumption and the fashion and luxury goods industry....

The case describes an initiative in Central Denmark that consists of a business park that has aspirations of becoming a (micro) cluster. Soren Madsen, the "clusterpreneur" in charge of running the park, has ambitious growth plans but he faces a number of challenges including aspects such as financing, positioning of the park, lack of recognition as a true cluster, attraction of talent and little interest from big companies, among others. All these elements are in Soren's mind when he has to decide which steps to take next. The case has been written based on published data and interviews conducted with members of the government, the management team at the Agro Food Park and other stakeholders in the region....

In June 2013, preparing for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Puig, its CEO Marc Puig was thinking about the key issues and opportunities facing the company over the coming decade. ...