There is a general consensus amongst industry experts that in order for the South African wineindustry to sustain the success it has enjoyed thus far in export markets like the United Kingdom,the Netherlands and Sweden and to become even more internationally competitive, its has toimprove the...

The world wine market is currently characterised by two principal wine suppliers: theEuropean and the New World. Countries such as France, Italy, Spain and Portugal have witnessed atremendous growth in the New World wine- makers (Australia, Chile, South Africa, etc.). As competitioncontinues to...

Increasingly, entire industry sectors and individual firms are re-orienting their business strategies to align with the demands of rapid globalization. Sustainable export mechanisms are becoming an integral component of these strategies. Small, medium and large firms are focusing more than ever...

A common theory in current innovation literature, and one that this paper supports, is that spatially defined industry clusters provide incubation for ‘competitive advantage’. It is the heightened interaction between ‘actors’, the intense vertical integration and concentration of...

As a rapidly evolving sector the international wine industry represents an interesting subject for analysis. Over the past two centuries the industry has experienced a number of major innovations and direction changes. The organizational shifts involved in these changes have been profound. From...

It is common knowledge that the Australian wine industry has enjoyed remarkable success over the past three decades in terms of production and export growth, innovation and reputation for consistent quality. The centralization of resources and infrastructure, as well as the nationally-oriented...

Environmental stewardship has received much attention in the wine industry, but firms must also address social sustainability to be considered a 'sustainable' company. In this research, we compare qualitative and quantitative evidence of sustainability practice adoption of wine and other food...

Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2005.

This article applies the concept of "innovation territories" to explain the recent export success of the Australian Wine Industry. Recent data collected from four "New World" wine producing countries are contrasted in order to investigate "innovation territories" that in the Australian context...

Thesis (MA (Information Science))--Stellenbosch University, 2011.