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Collaboration and networking in the process of innovation: the path to precision time keeping

Proctor, Tony - In: Journal of Management History 19 (2013) 2, pp. 167-188

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the process of innovation management in the eighteenth century in the … published horological literature on the subject and considers it within modern theories relating to the management of innovation …. Findings – This paper illustrates that personal contact and collaboration is important to the development of innovation. The …

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Technology brokering in action: revolutionizing the skiing and tennis industries

Laudone, Robert; Liguori, Eric W.; Muldoon, Jeffrey; … - In: Journal of Management History 21 (2015) 1, pp. 114-134

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the true sources of innovation that revolutionized two sports industries – skiing …. Design/methodology/approach – Using a focal innovation action-set framework, the authors unite heretofore-disparate pieces of … information to paint a more complete picture of the innovation and technology brokering process. Primary source material from Head …

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Performance-based pay: alternative interpretations of the Portsmouth Block Mills’ savings

Wilson, James M. - In: Journal of Management History 22 (2016) 3, pp. 269-297

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse a historic performance-based pay system used in 1803-1810 to reward Marc Isambard Brunel for his innovative engineering designs used in the Portsmouth Block Mills. This was used to ensure that Brunel would continue his work on the...

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Managing uncertainty: lessons from Xenophon's retreat

King, David R. - In: Journal of Management History 19 (2013) 3, pp. 377-393

Purpose – The article's purpose is to address complementary perspectives for managing uncertainty by looking at a historical example. Design/methodology/approach – This is done using a case study of the experience of ancient Greek mercenaries that fought in and out of Persia over two years...

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The potential which may lie in discarded, undeveloped or overlooked ideas

Proctor, Tony - In: Journal of Management History 21 (2015) 3, pp. 328-344

ideas appears to be an additional feature behind the entrepreneurial activity. The paper shows that innovation can be a … innovation. Originality/value Entrepreneurship and innovation along with research and development are all intrinsically linked in … this end and innovation and entrepreneurship play their part in bringing this about. The paper suggests that new ideas can …

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To cooperate or compete? Looking at the climate change issue in the wine industry

Galbreath, Jeremy - In: International Journal of Wine Business Research 27 (2015) 3, pp. 220-238

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the nature of the cooperation–competition nexus in regional clusters by examining how wine firms in Australia engage in knowledge exchanges about a “common” strategic issue: climate change. Further, it determines if differences in climate change...

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What drives environmental sustainability in the New Zealand wine industry?

Dodds, Rachel; Graci, Sonya; Ko, Soyoung; Walker, Lindsay - In: International Journal of Wine Business Research 25 (2013) 3, pp. 164-184

Purpose – While global wine consumption is growing, environmental sustainability in the wine industry is also receiving increased attention from retailers, governments, environmental groups, and consumers. New Zealand has experienced a winery boom over the past two decades with a 173 per cent...

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Wine retailing in Ireland: the diffusion of innovation

Murray, Agnes; Demick, David - In: International Journal of Wine Marketing 18 (2006) 3, pp. 204-217

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how new wines are introduced to and adopted by the consumer within the grocery retail sector in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach – Semi‐structured interviews were carried out with eight wine buyers/distributors for the grocery...

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New Initiatives in the Hungarian Wine Industry: Foreign Innovation and Investment

Lee Williams, Jeremy - In: International Journal of Wine Marketing 5 (1993) 2/3, pp. 39-47

, suggest that the Hungarian wine industry could and should become the centre for innovation in Eastern Europe. …

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Toward Adopting Cork Alternatives for Fine Wines: A Review

Roberta, Steven M. - In: International Journal of Wine Marketing 8 (1996) 3, pp. 23-36

Cork stoppers may taint as many as one in 33 bottles of all domestic US wines. Yet, because tradition is thought to play such an important role in shaping expectations regarding acceptable premium wine packaging, marketers have felt little need to test whether cork closures are indeed a critical...

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