Challenging and changing times for European leather industries

摘要

The leather and allied industries are where we have to look to understand much of modern business management. From Nike as the original example of a "virtual company" through Malcolm Gladwell using the 1990s revival of Hush Puppies as a prime example of a 'tipping point' to more recently Keen Footwear as one of the fastest growing 'instant companies' leather, footwear and leather goods businesses are shown to be continuously re-inventing themselves.