Contents -- Abstracts & keywords -- Guest editorial -- Inside modular production networks: ''soft operational issues'' in building factory competitiveness -- Competitive strategies and core competencies: perspectives for the internationalisation of industry in Brazil -- Flexibility versus robust networks: the case of the Brazilian automotive sector -- The application of case based reasoning to decision support in new product development -- Knowledge management configurations in Italian small-to-medium enterprises -- On an adaptive product development system: a hybrid database approach.