bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Two economic perspectives on the IPv6 transition
Authors: Dell Peter
Published: July 2010

Purpose

IPv6 is the replacement for the internet's incumbent protocol, IPv4. IPv6 adoption is required to allow the internet to continue to grow; however, there has been almost no uptake since its standardization in the late 1990s. This paper seeks to explain how this non‐adoption may be a consequence of current policies paradoxically intended to promote IPv6.

Design/methodology/approach

Economic theories of exhaustible resources and permit markets are used to provide an explanation for the lack of adoption of IPv6.

Findings

The current policy approach will not yield a significant adoption of IPv6 until after the IPv4 address space is exhausted and may also constrain internet growth after IPv4 exhaustion occurs.

Practical implications

Current policies intended to promote IPv6 diffusion through the internet must be reconsidered. The economics of permit markets in particular can inform discussions about IPv4 address transfer markets.

Originality/value

Economic analyses of IPv6 adoption are almost non‐existent and very few prior studies are known. This paper helps to rectify this important gap in the literature.
A quantitative assessment of relationships between user characteristics and frequency of access to community information networks in New Zealand public libraries
Authors: Anh Tran Lan
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether user characteristics (including gender, age, education, ethnicity and employment) affect the frequency of access to community information networks (CINs).

Design/methodology/approach

A user survey was conducted through selected New Zealand public libraries' web sites, and interviews with staff were conducted. Chi‐square (χ2) tests were used to test the research hypotheses in association with the research questions.

Findings

CIN users come from various backgrounds in terms of education, ethnicity and employment, and they include females and males in every age group. However, more females access CINs than males, and the majority of CIN users are of European descent. Also more educated people tend to access CINs more. Respondents working in education, business/commerce, finance/banking and IT/telecommunications exhibited high CIN usage.

Originality/value

The research findings are valuable resources for CIN developers in other organisations who are looking to improve their understanding of users' characteristics in association with the frequency of access to CINs, as well as to improve their services. Furthermore, such findings can be valuable to students and researchers who are interested in the fields of community information networks.
Sharing and hiding online secrets
Authors: Liu Chi‐Lun
Published: July 2010

Purpose

This paper aims to manage access control tasks to satisfy the user privacy needs of online information resources according to social relations and tags.

Design/methodology/approach

The study proposes a method for access control management in the online social context. The proposed method includes the access control policy management process, metadata of access control policies, the data of ontologies, tags, and social relations, and conflict detection rules.

Findings

Online information sharing and hiding, which needs to consider social relations and mentioned topics, is a unique context and needs a novel access control mechanism. Ontologies are powerful and expressive enough to identify conflicts in access control policies. The paper provides a method using ontologies to control the access control activities based on social relations and tags on web content. The effectiveness of the method's conflict detection rules is validated through several scenarios.

Research limitations/implications

To make the proposed method suitable for widespread usage, further work is required to develop an access control policy specification and conflict detection tool. The proposed method introduces relatively novel usage scenarios, which consider social relationships, and tags compared with existing access control methods for online information sharing.

Practical implications

The proposed access control mechanism can be integrated into existing web sites. Online users can use this method to share information more easily than at present.

Originality/value

The method enables flexible access control in social contexts and handles unavoidable conflicts. It also opens the way to new access control scenarios in online social activities. The method can be used to keep secrets hidden from selected people.
Podcast search: user goals and retrieval technologies
Authors: Besser Jana , Larson Martha , Hofmann Katja
Published: July 2010

Purpose

This research aims to identify users' goals and strategies when searching for podcasts and their impact on the design of podcast retrieval technology. In particular, the paper seeks to explore the potential to address user goals with indexing based on podcast metadata and automatic speech recognition (ASR) transcripts.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper conducted a user study to obtain an overview of podcast search behaviour and goals, using a multi‐method approach of an online survey, a diary study, and contextual interviews. In a subsequent podcast retrieval experiment, the paper investigated the retrieval performance of the two choices of indexing features for search goals identified during the study.

Findings

The paper found that study participants used a variety of search strategies, partially influenced by available tools and their perceptions of these tools. Furthermore the experimental results revealed that retrieval using ASR transcripts performed significantly better than metadata‐based searching. However, a detailed result analysis suggested that the efficacy of the indexing methods was search‐goal dependent.

Research limitations/implications

The research constitutes a step towards a future framework for investigating user needs and addressing them in an experimental set‐up. It was primarily qualitative and exploratory in nature.

Practical implications

Podcast search engines require evidence about suitable indexing methods in order to make an informed decision concerning whether it is worth the resources to generate speech recognition transcripts.

Originality/value

Systematic studies of podcast searching have not previously been reported. Investigations of this kind hold the potential to optimise podcast retrieval in the long term.
Differences in the rank position of journals by Eigenfactor metrics and the five‐year impact factor in the Journal Citation Reports and the Eigenfactor Project web site
Authors: Jacsó Péter
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The traditional, annually issued Journal Citation Reports (JCR) have been enhanced since the 2007 edition by the Eigenfactor Scores (EFS), the Article Influence Scores (AIS) and the five‐year Journal Impact Factor (JIF‐5). This paper aims to focus on the issues.

Design/methodology/approach

These scientometric indicators are also available from the Eigenfactor Project web site that uses data from the yearly updates of the JCR.

Findings

Although supposedly identical data sources are used for computing the metrics, there are differences in the absolute scores reported, which in turn resulted in significant (more than ten rank positions) changes for several journals in the sample.

Originality/value

The differences in the scores and rank positions by the three new scientometric indicators of 52 journals in the Information and Library Science category were analysed to determine the range of differences and the extent of changes in rank positions.
The political economy of Hong Kong's transboundary pollution
Authors: Mushkat Miron , Mushkat Roda
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The principal aim of this paper is to bring into analytical focus the institutional context of the escalation in cross‐border pollution in the Hong Kong/Pearl River Delta region.

Design/methodology/approach

The interplay between economic and ecological forces is highlighted against the backdrop of coordination failures in a loosely structured organizational setting.

Findings

It is apparent that powerful bottom‐up forces of economic integration are overwhelming the embryonic machinery hesitantly erected to minimize their adverse effects.

Practical implications

The heavily decentralized model relied upon to manage complex relationships within the Pearl River Delta region needs to be reassessed, with lessons drawn from other parts of the world, notably Europe, which is also confronting friction between the centre and periphery.

Originality/value

The underlying socio‐physical dynamics, fragile organizational façade and crucial policy choices are outlined in a systematic fashion, with intricate linkages carefully pinpointed.
A study of risk management and performance measures on new product development
Authors: Park Young H.
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the management process considering risks and performances in developing new products.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper provides risk factors and performance factors based on literature reviews and then discusses risk and performance management processes during the product development period. Some lessons for effective risk management and performance measures are reported.

Findings

The timing of risk management and performance measures is important to the impact level of performance.

Practical implications

This proposed framework could be used as a basis for systematic management of R&D investment projects.

Originality/value

The paper provides insights into the R&D committee's role in developing new products.
The trade‐off of service quality and cost: a system dynamics approach
Authors: Kim Seongsu , Wook Kim Soo
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to find if there is an existing trade‐off between service quality and cost when strategies of low‐cost accommodation and uncompromised reduction are implemented.

Design/methodology/approach

The model is designed on hand system dynamics, using Vensim™ software. It consists of a situation where no side effects are interrupting the result. The modeled service system is designed as two parts: a situation where five sorts of customer variables are introduced, continued by a situation where low‐cost accommodation and uncompromised reduction change the system.

Findings

There is no typical trade‐off pattern between service quality and cost when implementing Frei's two solutions. Rather, the findings resulted in an almost conform line of quality curve so that the promotion of Frei's solutions can be interpreted as the result of cost reduction.

Research limitations/implications

Owing to the use of simulation tools, it is still critical whether the result holds in the real world where various influences to the service system can exist.

Originality/value

There are various papers regarding service quality and cost but not that much about managerial tools used in a service system. Aside from many statistically proofed papers, this paper uses system dynamics to simulate certain managerial tools for service when implemented into a system.
The effect of art‐parody and art‐infusion advertisements focusing on product type and regulatory focus
Authors: Moon Jae‐Young , Kwak Jun‐Sik
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to verify the difference in the effect of art‐parody and art‐infusion advertisements depending on the product type and regulatory focus, and to expand the boundary of research in the field.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper examines their effect depending on product type and regulatory focus through two experiments. One is the effect of art‐parody and art‐infusion advertisements by product type and the other is the effect of art‐parody and art‐infusion advertisements by regulatory focus.

Findings

Art‐infusion is more effective than art‐parody for utilitarian products in terms of message credibility and brand attitude except for purchase intention although there is no difference between the two types for hedonic products. Participants with promotion focus favor art‐parody advertisement, while participants with prevention focus favor art‐infusion advertisement in terms of cognitive attitude toward advertisement.

Research limitations/implications

This study is conducted as a part of research on art infusion, which is in the primitive stage of development. Therefore, it shall be possible to extend the boundary of research by applying a variety of marketing theories in the future.

Originality/value

The results of this paper imply that the advertising technique must vary depending on the type of focus the target customer values.
Integrating quality function development and interpretive structure model to establish a product family
Authors: Lee Yu‐Cheng , Huang Sheng‐Yen , Tsai Chih‐Hung
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to establish a product family that can satisfy various market needs and share design elements.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper applies quality function development to understand the correlation between customer needs and product design. The priority sequence and correlation of these design elements will be determined using the interpretive structure model.

Findings

This approach will reduce repeated design effort and reduce unnecessary cost and time. The designer can simultaneously and efficiently meet various market and customer needs.

Originality/value

The company can open up more markets for greater profit and advantages. The paper uses “the market need and BIKE product redesign” as the example for the proposed approach.
The effect of stress and satisfaction on productivity
Authors: Halkos George , Bousinakis Dimitrios
Published: July 2010

Purpose

This study aims to investigate the effects of stress and job satisfaction on the functioning of a company. It seeks to focus on factors affecting stress and job satisfaction such as number of work hours, good relations between management and employees, good function of the group and work related to employees' area of education.

Design/methodology/approach

A random sample of 425 employees in the private and public sector and two stage cluster sampling is first used to collect primary data. Factor analysis is used next to identify the responsible factors for the correlation among a large number of qualitative and quantitative variables and their influence on productivity. Logistic regression is used next presenting many useful elements concerning the function of stress, satisfaction and supportive elements on productivity.

Findings

As expected, increased stress leads to reduced productivity and increased satisfaction leads to increased productivity. When work begins to overlap with workers' personal life this implies a negative effect on productivity. Quality work is more related to conscientiousness and personal satisfaction than work load. Energetic and active individuals affect productivity positively.

Originality/value

The paper presents a number of qualitative variables as factors representing stress and satisfaction. This is achieved using factor analysis. Next logistic regression offers the odds ratio and the corresponding probability of the effect on productivity after a change in stress and satisfaction. The empirical analysis completes the existing literature contrasting different theoretical sets of predictor variables and examining their effect on productivity. Additionally, in the study the states of stress and job satisfaction are the result of the interaction of the environment's demands with the personal characteristics.
Delinking legitimacy: a decolonial critique of Brazilian ethanol
Authors: Imasato Takeyoshi
Published: July 2010

Purpose

By adopting a decolonial critical standpoint, the scope of this paper is to discuss the concept of legitimacy in the international management (IM) field and conduct a critique of its epistemological limitations.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper presents the approach to legitimacy most commonly used in the IM field in order to understand its limitations in analyzing the historical development of Brazilian ethanol.

Findings

The historical analysis of the Brazilian case shows that the narrow perspective underpinning the concept of legitimacy in the IM literature overlooks broader political and power relations since the focus of analysis is conducted from the standpoint of multinational corporations operating abroad. Thus, coloniality, international impositions of trends and fashions, illegitimacy and delegitimations, and dominant colonial designs are particular examples of forms of power and politics that are not visible in analysis using legitimacy in IM.

Originality/value

IM has rarely used legitimacy in contrast with other areas of knowledge that work with the notion of international content. The paper generates insights that can foster other interpretations and uses for the concept of legitimacy and illegitimacy in IM.
Management control systems: universal practices or national practices?
Authors: Carolina Pimentel Duarte da Fonseca Ana
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the neutrality of a management control approach and verify if it incorporates North‐American values.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper applies a discourse analysis methodology to make evident the North‐American values involved in legitimating the rationality embedded in the practices of a management control approach.

Findings

The approach imposes North‐American values as the best choice, pretending to be neutral and context‐independent.

Practical implications

The paper calls attention to the need to contextualise imported management knowledge supposed to be technical, neutral and universal.

Originality/value

The paper contributes to the process of revealing the reproduction of Anglo‐Saxon ideologies in organisational knowledge transferred to Latin America.
Induction – organizational renewal and the maintenance of status quo
Authors: Sprogoe Jonas , Elkjaer Bente
Published: July 2010

Purpose

Induction is the process of newcomers entering and becoming part of an organization. In one sense newcomers represent an opportunity for organizations to learn and change, but in another sense newcomers are instigated into an existing institutional order. The purpose of this paper is to explore how induction of newcomers can be understood as both organizational renewal and the maintenance of status quo, and to develop ways of describing this in terms of learning.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper is designed as a qualitative study of induction practices in two branches of a Danish retail bank and a Danish management consulting company. The data are based on 30 semi‐structured interviews and on some observations in the case companies. The data have subsequently been analyzed phenomenologically and thematically in light of a pragmatist understanding of learning.

Findings

The paper provides two main findings. The duality of induction, in terms of organizational renewal and the maintenance of status quo can be conceptualized and meaningfully discussed through the metaphors of organizational rhythm and generative dance. And if this ambiguous dimension of induction is recognized, organizational idiosyncrasies, ways of doing and taken‐for‐granted aspects can be thrown up for discussion and thus potentially change or stabilize organizational practice based on persons and institutional order.

Research limitations/implications

The paper adds to the growing academic debate of the complex nature of practice in general, and induction in particular. In addition, the paper has implications for practitioners involved in induction, as the paper highlights the need to rethink induction as both an opportunity to create organizational renewal and a way of maintaining status quo.

Originality/value

Seeing the duality of induction and exploring it through the metaphors of organizational rhythm and generative dancing is original and potentially enriching for researchers and practitioners.
Dynamic capability and staff induction practices in small firms
Authors: Mulders Deborah E.M. , Berends Peter A.J. , Georges L. Romme A.
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The dynamic capability view serves to explain how particular practices ensure the firm's performance and competitiveness within a continuously changing environment. In this paper, the staff induction processes of two small firms in The Netherlands (management consultancy and biotech (BT) start‐up) are examined from a practice‐based view. The authors explore whether the staff induction processes of these firms can be regarded as practices, and if so, whether and how these firms have developed a dynamic capability in staff induction.

Design/methodology/approach

Case studies are conducted in the management consultancy and biotechnology sectors to explore the practising of dynamic capability.

Findings

The findings suggest small firms can effectively develop and master their staff induction processes (as practices), but do this on the basis of ad hoc problem solving rather than a dynamic capability. If small firms develop any dynamic capability at all, they apparently do so towards specialized resources and processes that are perceived as most critical to the firm's continuity and performance (e.g. product development in the case of the BT firm). As such, this study confirms Winter's hypothesis about the fundamentally different cost structures of dynamic capabilities and ad hoc problem solving, which explains why dynamic capabilities tend to be rare and ad hoc problem solving prevails in many small organizations.

Originality/value

The paper examines the interaction between staff induction practices, dynamic capabilities, learning strategies, and ad hoc problem solving in two small firms. Implications for practitioners are that consciously engaging in learning strategies helps to adapt practices and build a dynamic capability in staff induction.
How can food become fun? Exploring and testing possibilities …
Authors: de la Ville Valerie‐Inès , Brougère Gilles , Boireau Nathalie
Published: July 2010

Purpose

This paper aims to understand, from a theoretical standpoint and from an empirical perspective, why food products can be designed and perceived as “playful” and “funny”. Drawing on the experiential framework developed in marketing research and recent advances in theories of play, it seeks to clarify the conceptual articulation of “play” with “fun” and it seeks to highlight the need to reconsider the contribution of the product in framing situations that children experience as “playful” and “fun”.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper focuses on qualitative data gathered through a combination of observations and in‐depth interviews of 14 dyads “child‐mother” confronted by four product innovations at a prototype stage, and a series of eight focus groups involving children from three to eight years old as well as their mothers.

Findings

Children were very able to categorize food products by appreciating their different degrees of fun. The study led to the identification and coding of 13 key dimensions associated with “playfulness” and “fun” in a food product.

Practical implications

The paper offers a heuristic operational tool to guide marketing managers and R&D teams in their exploration and testing of the possibilities/impossibilities in the association of “playfulness” and “fun” with food products aimed at children.

Originality/value

The research demonstrates that some dimensions which characterize play cannot be directly applied to food products, and differentiates “playful” from “fun” by considering the intensity of the social interaction being developed through the food product or food consumption situation.
A history of candy and of food culture in western children: sixteenth century to the present
Authors: Manson Michel
Published: July 2010

Purpose

This paper aims to present the first results of research in progress on the history of candy, which reveals the children's gourmand culture since the Renaissance. It is a matter of showing the links between children and sweetness and how sweetness is entered, under the name of “candy”, in children's culture.

Design/methodology/approach

The study is conducted with historical methods. It is based on sources on the community of pharmacists, confectioners, grocers, confectioners' advertising, and an approach using historical lexicography, general literary sources, children's literature, and childhood memories in autobiographies.

Findings

The paper proves how the word “bonbon” was born in France at the beginning of the seventeenth century to signify the link between candies and childhood. The study shows how confectioners appeared and became organised and it is a surprise to discover that they did not use the word “bonbon” for their candies and pralines. One has to wait until the end of the eighteenth century before the confectionary market designates children as its main target. But the texts and the first moral tales of children's literature show that during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries “bonbons” belong to the children's material world, such as toys, and that adults were glad to give them candies as a present.

Research limitations/implications

The study is limited to France and does not analyse the contemporary period.

Originality/value

The study is very new: any scientific enquiry has been conducted on the history of candy in children's culture and on the history of the confectioner trade.
From fun foods to fun stores
Authors: Barrey Sandrine , Baudrin Mathieu , Cochoy Franck
Published: July 2010

Purpose

This paper seeks to investigate how fun food products are marketed in a French chain of supermarkets. It aims to deal with the difficulty in marketing a fun food product in an environment that is not children‐friendly.

Design/methodology/approach

The research rests on a case study, conducted through interviews, observations, and photographs.

Findings

The paper shows that, despite the lack of consideration for children in supermarket settings, the private brand of the chain, given its control on the entire distribution system, manages to invent a kind of fun merchandising.

Research limitations/implications

This is an exploratory case study that would need further research in other chains and/or other countries.

Practical implications

The paper shows the importance of merchandising, beyond the mere design of products. This neglected dimension could be of interest for regulators as well as professionals.

Originality/value

Research on child consumption focuses more on the products, packaging or advertising than on their immediate market environment. This paper helps to bring a better balance between these different dimensions, as well as an understanding of the importance of their articulation.
Category captain management: an idea whose time has come in the pharmaceutical industry?
Authors: Trombetta Bill
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of the paper is to explore the degree to which the drug industry is changing from a product orientation to a more strategic category captain management (CCM) approach.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper is based on secondary research sources.

Findings

The paper shows that the drug industry is starting to move toward a more strategic approach to partner with downstream customers as opposed to a sales‐oriented approach.

Practical implications

The paper suggests that there is another fundamental way to compete for the drug industry, more as partners than just suppliers.

Social implications

There are significant social implications. The drug industry has been battered for serious faults regarding regulatory issues. The industry has come under scrutiny for questionable marketing conduct. By providing more than just physical product and hard sell tactics, CCM can serve as an alternative model for the drug industry to compete.

Originality/value

The paper is unique in that timing is ripe for this kind of analysis. To the best of the author's knowledge, there is no research to date on the issue of substantial ways that the pharmaceutical industry can change its business model.
An empirical analysis of offshore service vessel utilization in the US Gulf of Mexico
Authors: Kaiser Mark J. , Snyder Brian
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The offshore supply vessel (OSV) industry is critical to offshore oil and gas operations around the world and contributes to the economic and ecological impacts experienced by the local communities supporting the offshore oil and gas industries. The OSV industry has not been studied significantly and the economic and ecological impacts to local communities is generally unknown. This paper aims to address these issues.

Design/methodology/approach

In this paper, the authors review the activities and logistical requirements involved in offshore exploration and development with special attention paid to workflows and the manner in which service vessels are utilized in the Gulf of Mexico. The authors estimate the OSV needs per stage of activity for offshore operations based on data collected from company planning documents, fleet utilization data from oil and gas companies and service providers, interviews and surveys. The statistical data is synthesized and reconciled and despite large variances the data sources are in reasonable agreement. Empirical data on circuit factors are also provided. The applications and limitations of the analyses are discussed.

Findings

In the US GOM, a large variety of marine vessels transport goods and provide services to exploration, development and production activity. OSVs provide a vital link between offshore E&P activities and shore‐based facilities. Offshore oil and gas operations cannot function without them and their utilization and spatial distribution provide a way of understanding the impacts of the offshore oil and gas industry on coastal communities.

Originality/value

This is the first empirical analysis of any offshore service vessel industry. The data presented here can be used to predict the environmental, economic, public health, and infrastructural consequences of alternative offshore development policies.
The likely impact of reforming the renewables obligation on renewables targets
Authors: Wood Geoffrey , Dow Stephen
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The United Kingdom (UK) Government is required to meet various renewable energy targets set by the European Union. The UK has had renewables support schemes for many years. It has become clear that the old schemes are insufficient to lead to enough new capacity to meet the target. The government has accordingly reformed the renewables obligation (RO). The purpose of this paper is to analyse whether the reformed RO will meet the targets set for 2015 and 2020.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper undertakes a review of the modelling literature and performs a critical, deductive analysis of the RO to answer its research issue.

Findings

The paper finds that it is too late to make any difference to the 2010 target, but that the reforms might lead to the 2015 target being met, and finds that whilst it is clear that the reformed RO will lead to more capacity being built than otherwise would have been the case, it is difficult to establish that the 2020 target will be met.

Originality/value

This paper shows that there may be further reform of the already‐reformed RO, and that more time is needed to see the impacts of the recent regulatory responses to the external failures. This understanding will be useful in developing new policies to promote renewable energies in the UK.
Buying wine on promotion is trading‐up in UK supermarkets
Authors: Ritchie Caroline , Elliott Gary , Flynn Mike
Published: July 2010

Purpose

Most wine in the UK is sold in supermarkets and most of this on promotion. This holds down average bottle price squeezing profit margins when wine is sold below‐the‐line. This paper aims to develop understanding of what currently influences consumers to buy in supermarkets and what might influence them to trade‐up.

Design/methodology/approach

Literature related to supermarket shopping and to wine buying in an off‐trade environment was reviewed. Several issues which may influence wine buying in supermarkets in the UK, particularly the impetus to trade‐up, were identified. An exploratory study using focus groups followed to explore these issues in further depth.

Findings

Wine bought along with groceries can be seen to be as ordinary as any other fast moving consumer good. This perception influences consumers’ wine buying behaviour in supermarkets. In particular it influences perceptions of suitability and price.

Research limitations/implications

This was an exploratory study with a small sample population and so cannot be taken to be fully representative of the whole UK adult population. Nevertheless, it raises many significant issues in relation to wine buying in supermarkets, all of which would benefit from further research.

Practical implications

The results highlight areas where all off‐licences, particularly supermarket chains, could usefully review their current marketing strategies.

Originality/value

This study highlights the fact that there are two wines in many consumers’ minds. Much wine related research has been undertaken at the high involvement, luxury end of the market, but very little at the low involvement, ordinary end where most sales take place. This paper starts to address this issue.
Building a good solid family wine business: Casella Wines
Authors: Dufour Yvon , Steane Peter
Published: July 2010

Purpose

From humble beginnings, Casella Wines has become Australia's greatest wine producer. The purpose of this paper is to describe how the company has become so successful.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper comprises many quotes from John Castella, Managing Director of Casella Wines, among others, and covers various areas of the business, for example, foundation building, core enhancement strategy, product/market strategy, hiring policy, and brand building.

Findings

For Casella, real success is measured in terms of how proud the family is to make a contribution to wine making and to Australia, as the country of adoption for its post‐war Italian immigrant founders more than five decades ago. Above all, the winery is much today as it was then – all about sustaining family relationships, sharing good wines with good friends, and passing on wine making skills to the next generation so they can, in due time, carry on the family tradition.

Originality/value

This paper would make a useful, research‐informed teaching case, highlighting the phenomenal growth of the yellowtail brand and the family business that developed it.
Wine supply chain breaks: New Zealand wines from Cottesbrook, Canterbury
Authors: Tipples Rupert
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore the fragile link between a medium sized New Zealand wine business and a major overseas supermarket chain, and how a smaller business can survive market disappointments such as reduced supply contracts.

Design/methodology/approach

This case study is built on semi‐structured interviews with key informants, previous experiences, observations, documentary and web resources, combined in a process of triangulation to optimize reliability and content validity.

Findings

Establishing a successful long distance supply chain for a New Zealand wine does not guarantee long term business success. When that success was threatened by the supermarket reducing its order unilaterally the company concerned responded by restructuring its business operations to overcome a performance gap. A further chain has been developed to another UK based supermarket chain, ASDA, to move bulk wine and significant inroads have been made into the US market place through Total Wine & More, a US distributor/retailer. Long term relationships played key parts in all these developments. Establishing and maintaining customer contact and loyalty through regular interpersonal contact and close monitoring of the supply situation has had a central role.

Research limitations/implications

This is only a single case of a Canterbury, New Zealand, enterprise, but it corroborates Beverland and Lindgreen's research, which examined the evolving patterns of relationships over time among New Zealand wineries, importers, retailers and customers.

Practical implications

This paper highlights the value of investing in and maintaining long term business relationships.

Originality/value

Previous articles have described the establishment of the original chain with Tesco. This one reviews how that chain has been rescued and other chains developed as part of a strategy of not “having all one's eggs in one basket”. The major innovation for this exporter has been gaining satisfactory access to the US market. Together with his UK chains this now provides assured markets for the majority of his production of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, by far the most important New Zealand varietal wine produced.
Organic wine production: the case of Bodega Colomé in Argentina
Authors: Novaes Zilber Silvia , Friel Daniel , Felipe Machado do Nascimento Luis
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to be a teaching case about organic wine in Argentina, in a sustainable perspective, showing the advantages that this country has related to others in terms of organic and biodynamic production of wine. It shows also the potential of this kind of production, and its limitations, using for that the case of Bodega Colomé, owned by Donald Hess, a global wine producer.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper uses case study methodology; this is an adequate approach, as Argentina has some specific characteristics (geography, labor and other conditions) that makes it unique. The information about Bodega Colomé was obtained from secondary data such as academic articles, specialized magazine articles, web sites about wine production, and an interview conducted with the General Manager of Bodega Colomé, Caspar Eugster, in July, 2009.

Findings

Organic and biodynamic wine production are discussed as an alternative to the traditional production in developing countries, specifically in Argentina, where a series of factors – geographic characteristics (altitude), lands and technology used in a sustainability logic, labor conditions, tradition, history, brand and nature characteristics – allow a competitive advantage to develop. Donald Hess, president of Bodega Colomé, bets in the direction of investment maintenance in organic wines, given the favorable conditions cited, adding brand value, but this kind of production is impossible for less expensive wines as producing wines organically is labor intensive.

Research limitations/implications

The main limitation of this case is its uniqueness and its findings cannot be applied to the universe of companies in Argentina, the country studied; but it encourages future research and more investigation about the subject. The main implication of this case is the possibility of generating some discussion about the theme: do the wine producers of developing countries, such as Argentina, Chile and Brazil produce organic wine (added into the company's sustainability actions) for export, or should they dedicate themselves to the production of traditional wines for internal market?

Practical implications

This case study is relevant for groups of students or professionals interested in discussing the strategies of wine production and marketing. The case may also be used by policy formulators of the winegrowing industry.

Originality/value

The organic and biodynamic production of wine is a recent subject and there are few studies about this theme. Mainly, the role of Latin American players is not very clear and this paper contributes to the discussion about the opportunity of organic and biodynamic wine production as a possible source of competitive advantage to Latin American wine producers in the global market.
Crisis during recovery: lessons from 1904 Baltimore fire
Authors: Petersen Peter B.
Published: July 2010

Purpose

A recovery crisis is an occasion when there is a subsequent calamity after a major crisis such as the recovery crisis following the 9/11 World Trade Center tragedy or the recovery crisis following the devastation in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina. Consequently, this paper seeks to focus on what can be done to prevent or limit the ill effects of a crisis during recovery.

Design /methodology/approach

An examination of the details of the great Baltimore fire of 1904 reveals why there was a crisis during their recovery; and by studying the lessons they learned, it will be evident that some of these lessons should be considered for dealing with present day recovery crises.

Findings

While many people worked together to bring the fire under control during the great Baltimore fire many of the same people fought each other in a crisis that followed the fire during the recovery of Baltimore's 70 block business district. That is, initial passions changed abruptly from working unselfishly together for the greater good during the 30‐hour fire to self‐serving actions during the rebuilding of the city. In fact, the political conflict was so stressful after the fire that Baltimore's mayor committed suicide.

Practical implications

The findings of this article focus on sound measures that should be considered today.

Originality/value

The paper is an application of historical lessons learned. The experiences described in this paper can be helpful in discussions today about crisis management.
Leadership essentials from Sun Zi'sArt of Warand theBhagavad Gita
Authors: Chow Hoi Hee Charles , Gurd Bruce
Published: July 2010

Purpose

This paper's aim is to compare and contrast two ancient philosophies to determine their contribution to leadership. Fresh aspects to inclusiveness and resilience in leadership are to be examined.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper uses a conceptual analysis as the basis for future empirical testing. The respective contribution of Sun Zi'sArt of Warand theBhagavad Gitato academic and practitioner literature is examined before key traits on leadership that are common in both documents are collated. These features are then investigated on their practical application to business. Based on the research gaps and shortcomings identified, new areas for further research are recommended.

Findings

These two ancient texts have contrasting ideas, yet there are areas of complementarity to suggest that Indian and Chinese leaders can learn from each other.

Research limitations/implications

Future research may explore how in different forms of ownership including joint ventures or host country operations the perspectives of leadership can impact on the behaviour of managers towards employees of a different culture.

Practical implications

Both Chinese and Indian cultures are growing in importance. This paper helps leaders from each culture to better understand the different mind‐sets.

Originality/value

Previous research has focused on the contrasts whereas this research focuses on the synergies between theArt of Warand theBhagavad Gita.
List price and sale price variation across the housing market cycle
Authors: McGreal Stanley , Brown Louise , Adair Alastair
Published: July 2010

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to explore how the difference between the sale price and list price of houses varies across the market cycle.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper utilises quarterly transaction‐based information on house prices from the Belfast Metropolitan Area. The information is structured on a time series basis from 2002 to 2008. The analysis is concerned with the mean differences between list price and sale price, the standard deviation of the differences, the skewness and kurtosis of the distributions.

Findings

The results show that under normal market conditions the mean deviation between list price and sale price is small circa 1 per cent. However, the departure between list price and sale price becomes substantial on both the up‐ and down‐cycles of the market. The analysis shows that the highest mean positive deviation of 12.1 per cent occurred in the first quarter of 2007 and two quarters before sale prices peaked, suggesting that buyer bidding behaviour was changing prior to the market peak. The extent of market change is highlighted by the mean negative deviation of 8.6 per cent for the fourth quarter of 2008. The results demonstrate that volatility increases over the cycle and distributions of price differences are lower and flatter.

Originality/value

This paper breaks new ground through the analysis of differences between list and sale price in a period of high volatility in the housing market. The analysis shows how list price lags sale price on the up‐cycle but leads on the down‐cycle.
The organizational performance of housing developers in Peninsular Malaysia
Authors: Abu Jarad Ismael , Yusof Nor'Aini , Wira Mohd Shafiei Mohd
Published: July 2010

Purpose

In Malaysia, the rapid urbanization that has been taking place since 1970s has made the housing development sector a key factor in the growth of Malaysia's economic prosperity. This paper aims to shed light on the performance of housing developers in Peninsular Malaysia by looking into the financial and non‐financial measures.

Design/methodology/approach

The organizational performance of 57 housing developers was studied by measuring their financial and non‐financial performance in the period 2006‐2008 using the Business Performance Composite Index.

Findings

The results of the study revealed that the performance of housing developers in the period 2006‐2008 has been growing in terms of profit margin, financial growth, and number of employees. Small and big housing developers were better than medium‐sized housing developers in terms of profitability.

Originality/value

This paper is unique because it looks into the financial ratios of return on investment, return on assets, and return on sales, which will clearly show how those housing developers have been performing financially in the period 2006‐2008.
Housing discrimination and minorities in European cities: the Catalan Right to Housing Act 2007
Authors: Ponce Juli
Published: July 2010

Purpose

This paper aims to consider, from a legal perspective, the problem of housing discrimination which has become an issue of increasing importance in Spanish cities, as in other European cities, especially in the light of recent waves of immigration.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper analyzes the various types of housing discrimination and explains what legal reactions are available under European, Spanish and Catalan Law.

Findings

The Catalan Right to Housing Act 2007 represents one of the first and most complete European legal reactions against housing discrimination. It includes several articles defining direct and indirect discrimination, harassment (which is considered a form of discrimination) and positive action. This Act must be understood as a national and sectorial application of the European Union (EU) anti‐discrimination directives, specifically the Racial Equality Directive (2000/43/EC).

Practical implications

The paper shows how EU anti‐discrimination directives can be transposed into the domain of housing using a national example.

Originality/value

Because Catalan Law is one of the first and most complete national legislations using European techniques to fight against housing discrimination, it could be used as an inspiration for future new national legislations.