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Publication date: 1 April 2006

Gwyn Campbell and Nathalie Guibert

This introductory paper aims to place the contributions to this special issue within the context of the recent impact of globalisation on the wine industry, characterised by…

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Purpose

This introductory paper aims to place the contributions to this special issue within the context of the recent impact of globalisation on the wine industry, characterised by rapidly growing and evolving international markets, the expansion of New World wines on international markets, and the response of Old World rivals to New World competition.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper examines the new competitive environment in the wine industry created by globalisation and outlines the way in which the authors of the papers in this special issue have contributed to an understanding of that environment.

Findings

This paper reflects a renewed academic interest in winemaking, one of the most dynamic and rapidly developing agricultural sectors.

Originality/value

The paper hightlights how the authors of the papers in this special issue have contributed to an understanding of this new competitive environment.

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British Food Journal, vol. 108 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 1 August 1998

Jeryl Whitelock and Jean‐Christophe Rey

This paper presents the findings of a survey of television advertisements broadcast on French and UK television channels. The findings show that advertisements which have elements…

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This paper presents the findings of a survey of television advertisements broadcast on French and UK television channels. The findings show that advertisements which have elements common to both countries are still very much the minority. An analysis of the underlying spirit of national and partially standardised advertisements highlighted the difference in advertising styles between the two countries. UK advertisements continue to rely on humour or straightforward information, where their French counterparts rely on a dreamlike advertising style. These differences appear to be rooted in the individual national cultures and would seem to preclude the possibility of standardised cross‐cultural advertising for the majority of products in the short‐term.

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International Marketing Review, vol. 15 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0265-1335

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Publication date: 1 April 2006

Emmanuelle Reynaud and Eric Simon

This article seeks to examine the ability of a French winery from Anjou (Pays de la Loire) to market its wine locally with higher value added than another local winery through the…

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Purpose

This article seeks to examine the ability of a French winery from Anjou (Pays de la Loire) to market its wine locally with higher value added than another local winery through the application of the concept of core competences.

Design/methodology/approach

This concept is first explained, and then the two Angevin vineyards analysed in terms of their particular core competences, using interviews.

Findings

It is demonstrated that wine quality reflects the presence of core competences and the nature of those core competences is specified.

Originality/value

The transcribed material was analysed by thematic content in order to evaluate the process for creating competences.

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British Food Journal, vol. 108 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 1 March 1990

Frances Campbell

Argues that training is the key to unlocking the potential ofcleaning operatives. Suggests a training programme for cleaning andmaintenance workers. Provides a step‐by‐step…

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Argues that training is the key to unlocking the potential of cleaning operatives. Suggests a training programme for cleaning and maintenance workers. Provides a step‐by‐step breakdown for managers to implement a training programme: identify training needs, plan the training programme, implement the programme, and continually review and assess the programme.

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Facilities, vol. 8 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-2772

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Publication date: 1 April 2006

Tatiana Bouzdine‐Chameeva

Faced with major new challenges in a rapidly evolving world market, small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in the wine sector in the Bordeaux region urgently need to reconsider…

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Purpose

Faced with major new challenges in a rapidly evolving world market, small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in the wine sector in the Bordeaux region urgently need to reconsider their strategic options. This paper, through an analysis of the nature, role, and interaction of competencies in strategy‐making processes in the wine sector, aims to identify the main components of wine companies’ competencies in order to devise a tool to aid their strategic decision making.

Design/methodology/approach

The research methodology, which is based on a cognitive approach, employs critical incidences methodology, content analysis and causal mapping.

Findings

A competencies study founded on a series of interviews conducted with the personnel of six wine SMEs in the Bordeaux region reveals the importance of eight core competencies (production, labour, costs, quality, investment, market, competition, and clients/sales) in devising strategy. In addition, this paper demonstrates that core factors affecting the success of strategic development include: knowledge versus know‐how; investment, quality; labour difficulties, team issues, market positioning; customer relationship and trust. The implications of the practical implementation of these results are discussed.

Originality/value

Shows the future prospects for French wine companies not being taken for granted. On account of radical market changes the French wine sector needs to re‐evaluate the situation and investigate new strategic options that might permit it to regain a competitive advantage in a changing environment.

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British Food Journal, vol. 108 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 1 April 2006

Nathalie Guibert

This paper sets out to investigate the view that a firm's strategy in a marketing channel is contingent on the organization of its related upstream network of embeddedness.

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Purpose

This paper sets out to investigate the view that a firm's strategy in a marketing channel is contingent on the organization of its related upstream network of embeddedness.

Design/methodology/approach

An in‐depth documentary study of recent developments in marketing channels in the French Rhône Valley Appellation d'Origine Controlée wine industry combined with content analysis of qualitative data derived from interviews with local wine merchants and Inter‐Rhône wine experts.

Findings

The extended theoretical framework used in this case study enables researchers to more completely specify channel members' behavior. By taking into account not only general objectives but also legitimacy concerns of this type of organizations, it is possible to identify reputation and institutional commitment management in the upstream network as two governance mechanisms of equal importance to the mechanisms of vertical integration or management of relationships with suppliers.

Research limitations/implications

This study suggests the need for further research into external validity and measurement issues.

Practical implications

The study highlights the necessary governance mechanisms wine merchants have to deploy in their upper professional and supply networks in order to enhance their market performance. Successful positioning strategies seem to be more and more dependent on the wine merchants' ability to acquire a strong position and recognition in its upstream networks: only those who have taken into account the legitimacy issue and have deployed mechanisms to govern it effectively will survive the current internationalisation processes and avoid market decline.

Originality/value

This more nuanced channel approach offers a number of empirical illustrations to support the tri‐dimensional conceptualization of institutional environment suggested by Grewal and Ravi in 2002.

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British Food Journal, vol. 108 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 1 April 2006

Jean‐Laurent Viviani

Agricultural risks will tend to increase in the future, but risk management instruments and techniques at the disposal of wine companies are relatively limited. This paper aims to…

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Purpose

Agricultural risks will tend to increase in the future, but risk management instruments and techniques at the disposal of wine companies are relatively limited. This paper aims to present an original risk protection mechanism implemented by the federation of Côte du Rhône (Inter‐Rhône) wine producers to build up a wine stock, or “reserve”, so as to protect their incomes against fluctuation in prices and production.

Design/methodology/approach

Using the VaR (value‐at‐risk) methodology, the stock level that will protect producers against a fall in their incomes is determined. More specifically, the probability that a given producer's current income falls lower than a target minimum income must be inferior or equal to a given (small) wine stock level. An agricultural income depends on price and production, so the reserve amount is expressed according to price and production quantity risk (measured by standard deviation), and the correlation between the two. The wine stock reserve is compared with a reserve invested in financial assets.

Findings

A static comparative analysis is made using simulations of the two types of reserves (wine stock and financial assets) according to the various explanatory variables. Empirical study makes it possible to calculate reserve amounts for each category of wine managed by Inter‐Rhône. The study reveals a strong disparity in the amount of reserves of each wine.

Originality/value

The reserve system is considered by some to give to the producer federation the power to control supply below the equilibrium level in order to receive monopoly rents. To avoid this occurring the constitution of a mutual fund is recommended. This solution allows producers to profit from diversification gains and greater managerial flexibility.

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British Food Journal, vol. 108 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 1 September 1998

James C. Robinson, John S. Campbell and Denis Kelliher

An algorithm is presented for the tracking of interior points in a shape evolving unstructured FE mesh. Evolution of the boundary shape may be associated with a governing…

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An algorithm is presented for the tracking of interior points in a shape evolving unstructured FE mesh. Evolution of the boundary shape may be associated with a governing equation, as in moving boundary problems, or may be prescribed, as in structural shape optimisation. In the latter SSO case the point tracking algorithm may be used in conjunction with a FD approximation to determine geometric sensitivities: in this case the boundary deformation is a small perturbation. For meshes undergoing gross deformations of the boundary an incremental method is used. Reversibility tests are undertaken to assess the robustness and accuracy of the algorithm and examples are given to illustrate the general utility of the method.

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Engineering Computations, vol. 15 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-4401

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Publication date: 1 August 1909

Dr. EASTWOOD'S report to the Local Government Board on this subject is of special interest to the people of this country at the present time in view of the steps that are being…

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Dr. EASTWOOD'S report to the Local Government Board on this subject is of special interest to the people of this country at the present time in view of the steps that are being taken with the object of checking the spread of tuberculosis, and the undoubted connections that exist between that and other diseases, and the sources and character of the milk supply. In this country little attention has hitherto been paid to the condition of cows or cowsheds, except perhaps in rare instances where the former were obviously diseased, or the latter constituted a public nuisance; while the connection between milk supply and disease has scarcely been recognised by the Legislature and by public authorities, and has been entirely ignored by the general public. For some years past the health authorities in the United States, as well as those of some other countries, have been making very serious efforts to eradicate tuberculosis from dairy herds, if that be possible. The way in which some of the various States and Cities of the Union are attempting to do this is of importance and interest to us for various reasons. Their problems are very much the same as ours. The success or failure of milk regulations in the United States may, therefore, be taken as an indication of the probable success or failure of ours. Such methods are, therefore, valuable as broadly suggesting those which we may usefully adopt or avoid. The United States also send us a large proportion of our oversea meat supply, and any question relating to the general health of dairy herds cannot be dissociated from one affecting the general health of animals that are slaughtered for their meat. It may also be remarked that such questions relate not only to the meat supply from the States, but also to the great cattle ranches of the Southern American continent, in which British and American capital is becoming increasingly employed. The Americans are nothing if not practical. They are almost proverbially unhampered by tradition. They are quick to adopt what may prove to be new remedies for old evils. While the independent control exercised by each State of the Union over its own internal affairs results in the attempted solution of any general problem being presented in almost as many forms.

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British Food Journal, vol. 11 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 1 January 2006

Peter Johan Lor

The purpose of the paper is to describe the current status of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and outline the challenges it faces in…

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Purpose

The purpose of the paper is to describe the current status of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and outline the challenges it faces in the current environment.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper is descriptive, based on published literature, internal sources and participant observation.

Findings

IFLA, an international non‐governmental organisation founded in 1927, has a history of steady growth, which repeatedly necessitated structural adjustments and innovations. The pace of change accelerated in the 1970s, when IFLA reached out to the developing countries to become a truly international organisation. As IFLA entered the new millennium the rapid changes taking place in the environment of libraries gave rise to much rethinking of its structures, procedures and practices, including its membership, aims and values, governance and structure, core programmes, annual conference and advocacy. A re‐conceptualisation of IFLA based on three pillars – society, profession, and members – is proving useful in rethinking IFLA's future.

Originality/value

An up‐to‐date account of IFLA, of potential value to IFLA members and institutions considering membership.

Details

Library Management, vol. 27 no. 1/2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0143-5124

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