Benetton, whose headquarters and design centre are located amid a clothing cluster in the Veneto region, has long outsourced most of its manufacturing.

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In fact in an important oversight we have tended to think of this system as distinctly software related whereas self-organising ecosystems have typified many physical product communities in areas like the Veneto region of Italy for decades.

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Contribute to the promotion of the image of BRESCE in Italy in general, in the Region of Veneto in particular, in the Italian media, the Italian society and stakeholders, through the maintenance of contacts and networks.

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