Tag: strategy

New Audio Article – Whiskey and Dynamic Capabilities

Steph

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This week, we are making another audio version of an Open Access article available as a podcast. This article appeared in “Business History” advance online in June 2022.

Unlocking Dynamic Capabilities in the Scotch Whisky Industry, 1945 to present

By Niall G MacKenzie, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow.

Andrew Perchard, Northumbria University.

David Mackay, Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde.

George Burt, Stirling Management School, University of Stirling.

Abstract

In this article we examine the development of the Scotch whisky industry since 1945 through the lens of dynamic capabilities. We explain how sui generis acts – novel initiatives outwith the established repertoire of practices of a firm or industry – by external actors joining the industry helped unlock dynamic capabilities at the firm level in the industry which in turn drove change across the sector after a series of takeovers. We detail the key structural changes in the Scotch whisky industry and demonstrate how important external actors can be in effecting sector level change by extending and connecting our analysis to existing debates in business history and strategy research.

https://anchor.fm/orghist/embed/episodes/3–Whiskey-and-Dynamic-Capabilities–by-Mackenzie-et-al—Business-History–2022-e1r6kdg

Assistant Professor post at University of Maryland

Steph

University of Maryland College Park 
Robert H. Smith School of Business

Assistant Professor Faculty Posting
Management and Organization Department
Position Number:127566
Tenure Track

The Department of Management and Organizations at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park invites applications for faculty positions in Organizational Behavior/Human Resources, Strategy or Entrepreneurship at the rank of Assistant Professor. Position openings are subject to budgetary approval. Candidates must have a Ph.D., or equivalent degree and a track record of high-impact and creative research. Successful applicants will be expected to conduct top-level scholarly research, deliver high-quality teaching to undergraduate, MBA, MS, and PhD students and perform service.

The Robert H. Smith School of Business, one of 12 schools and colleges located on the University of Maryland, College Park campus, is a recognized leader in management research and education for the global economy. A comprehensive business school, Smith offers undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, M.S., Executive MBA, PhD, and non-degree executive education programs as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school is consistently ranked among the top business schools by leading business publications such as Bloomberg Business Week, Financial Times, U.S. News & World Report, and The Wall Street Journal.

Minimum Qualifications: Candidates should have a Ph.D. already in hand or expected by Fall 2023 and a record of research excellence. All applicants are also expected to possess excellent teaching skills, including the ability to incorporate the latest insights from research and practice into existing and new courses.

Application Process and Deadlines. Application materials should be uploaded at: https://ejobs.umd.edu [Refer to position #127566 in the faculty listing]. When applying, please include a PDF version of your cover letter, personal statement, curriculum vitae, and 2 or 3 recent publications or job market paper. Three reference letters from scholars who know the applicant’s work well should be emailed to Tina Marie Rollason at trollaso@umd.edu. Applicants are encouraged to apply by October 1, 2022 or as soon as possible for best consideration. Consideration of candidates will begin upon receipt of applications and will continue until suitable candidates are identified. Questions regarding the positions can be directed to Gilad Chen at gchen3@umd.edu (applicants for the Organizational Behavior/Human Resources areas) or David Kirsch at dkirsch@umd.edu (applicants for the Strategy or Entrepreneurship areas).

About Us: For more information about the University of Maryland, please visit: http://www.umd.edu. For information about the Robert H. Smith School of Business, visit our Web site at: http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu. For more information about the Department of Management and Organizations visit our website at: www.rhsmith.umd.edu/faculty-research/…

Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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David Kirsch
University of Maryland

Reconstructing the B-School

Steph

Reblogged from NEP-HIS:

Mitch Larson very kindly reviewed our article in Business History: “Clio in the Business School: Historical Approaches in Strategy, International Business and Entrepreneurship”, which the publishers have made available for free for a time: Business History, 59(6): 904-27

Review by Mitchell J. Larson (University of Central Lancashire)

Recently Martin Parker (Bristol) has taken to the airwaves promoting the idea of bulldozing the business school. In sharp contrast, Andrew Perchard, Niall MacKenzie, Stephanie Decker, and Giovanni Favero make a compelling case for certain disciplines in the management sciences to open themselves to alternative methodological and epistemological approaches. They argue that the fields of strategy, international business, and entrepreneurship have not embraced historically-oriented research to the same extent as other fields within business and management studies. The authors also admit that many scholars conducting historical business research have not made a sufficiently solid case about the robustness of their historical methodology(s) or data to convince other social scientists about the validity of their claims. Drawing upon an impressive range of previous works to develop their discussion, the paper attempts to reconcile these discrepancies to highlight how a more explicit articulation of the historian’s process could overcome the concerns of ‘mainstream’ management scholars regarding theorization and methodology in these three fields specifically and in management studies generally.

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