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Research paper thumbnail of Accessing the creative ecosystem: evidence from UK fashion design micro enterprises

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and the Diffusion of Startups

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Research paper thumbnail of Studio design and the management of creative production

This paper examines the design of recording studios in the management of relations within popular... more This paper examines the design of recording studios in the management of relations within popular music recording projects. The creation of a pop song is a complex endeavor, requiring a large number of decisions involving highly subjective and often contested and contestable judgments. Organized in a flat structure and without established lines of authority this temporary assembly of people are faced with the challenge of making a product characterized by uncertainty over how to make it and what it will sound like once it is completed. The purpose of this paper is to understand how this is achieved. The study is based on observation of the practices, and relationships operating in a recording studio and supplemented by interviews with the participants. Using a socio-material approach, the spatial organization and use of technological objects are included to produce a contextual analysis of how actions are organized and decisions taken. What emerges is an understanding of how the des...

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Research paper thumbnail of Strategizing for the makers of reproducible products

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Research paper thumbnail of Modelling environmental value: an analysis of sustainable business models within the fashion industry

Modelling environmental value: an analysis of sustainable business models within the fashion indu... more Modelling environmental value: an analysis of sustainable business models within the fashion industry

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Research paper thumbnail of Crafting a strategy

Strategic Analysis, 2017

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Research paper thumbnail of Transacting in a cultural industry (A theoretical examination of the relevance of Transaction Cost Economics to the analysis of inter-firm relationships within the popular music industry)

This theoretical paper examines the transaction cost framework as described by its main proponent... more This theoretical paper examines the transaction cost framework as described by its main proponent in the context of the popular recorded music industry. We take the two firm typologies within the industry, major and independent, and discuss whether TCE variables can identify suitable governance structures for managing the transactions between them. We argue that asset idiosyncrasies such as cultural knowledge and reputation, and the nature of the non-linear causally ambiguous creation of cultural product create a climate that militates against TCE's ability to identify the optimal governance structure.

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Research paper thumbnail of Strategizing for experience providers

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Research paper thumbnail of Designing Scalable Business Models

Digital business models are often designed for rapid growth, and some relatively young companies ... more Digital business models are often designed for rapid growth, and some relatively young companies have indeed achieved global scale. However despite the visibility and importance of this phenomenon, analysis of scale and scalability remains underdeveloped in management literature. When it is addressed, analysis of this phenomenon is often over-influenced by arguments about economies of scale in production and distribution. To redress this omission, this paper draws on economic, organization and technology management literature to provide a detailed examination of the sources of scaling in digital businesses. We propose three mechanisms by which digital business models attempt to gain scale: engaging both non- paying users and paying customers; organizing customer engagement to allow self- customization; and orchestrating networked value chains, such as platforms or multi-sided business models. Scaling conditions are discussed, and propositions developed and illustrated with examples ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Strategic Analysis

Strategic Analysis, 2017

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Research paper thumbnail of UK Fashion Designers Working in Micro-sized Enterprises; Attitudes to Locational Resources, Their Peers and the Market

Industry and Innovation, 2015

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Research paper thumbnail of Hybrid Organizations as a Strategy for Supporting New Product Development

Design Management Review, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Institutionalizing idealism: the adoption of CSR practices

Journal of Global Responsibility, 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify and discuss the idiosyncratic features of the ado... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify and discuss the idiosyncratic features of the adoption and institutionalization of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices.Design/methodology/approachThis is a conceptual paper in which current theory on the institutionalization of practices within organizational fields is extended. This is achieved through considering how well established models of the institutionalization process accommodate the idiosyncrasies of CSR practices.FindingsEstablished models of the institutionalization process do not properly account for the patterns of CSR adoption that are identified. This is because CSR has some features that differentiates it from other organizational initiatives, including idealism, delayed discovery of instrumental benefits, public attention, and the tension between public and private logics.Research limitations/implicationsThis is a conceptual paper which now needs to be explored empirically, either at the level of the CSR ...

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Research paper thumbnail of How Relevant is Transaction Cost Economics to Inter-Firm Relationships in the Music Industry?

Journal of Cultural Economics, 2004

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Research paper thumbnail of Inter-organisational Relationships in the Worldwide Popular Recorded Music Industry

Creativity and Innovation Management, 2002

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Research paper thumbnail of Product development within a clustered environment: The case of apparel design firms

Creative Industries Journal, 2009

Abstract A great deal of recent academic attention has been paid to the role of location and prox... more Abstract A great deal of recent academic attention has been paid to the role of location and proximity on the organizing of production. This body of work has identi-fied the likely benefits to firms of co-locating, but despite this, there are gaps, especially in the treatment of creative clusters ...

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Research paper thumbnail of A paradox of alliance management: resource contamination in the recorded music industry

Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of Competing in the creative and cultural industries : The strategic way

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Research paper thumbnail of Kingston School of Art

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Research paper thumbnail of Modelling environmental value: An examination of sustainable business models within the fashion industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Research paper thumbnail of Patterns in the Adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility Practices

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Research paper thumbnail of Accessing the creative ecosystem: evidence from UK fashion design micro enterprises

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and the Diffusion of Startups

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Research paper thumbnail of Studio design and the management of creative production

This paper examines the design of recording studios in the management of relations within popular... more This paper examines the design of recording studios in the management of relations within popular music recording projects. The creation of a pop song is a complex endeavor, requiring a large number of decisions involving highly subjective and often contested and contestable judgments. Organized in a flat structure and without established lines of authority this temporary assembly of people are faced with the challenge of making a product characterized by uncertainty over how to make it and what it will sound like once it is completed. The purpose of this paper is to understand how this is achieved. The study is based on observation of the practices, and relationships operating in a recording studio and supplemented by interviews with the participants. Using a socio-material approach, the spatial organization and use of technological objects are included to produce a contextual analysis of how actions are organized and decisions taken. What emerges is an understanding of how the des...

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Research paper thumbnail of Strategizing for the makers of reproducible products

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Research paper thumbnail of Modelling environmental value: an analysis of sustainable business models within the fashion industry

Modelling environmental value: an analysis of sustainable business models within the fashion indu... more Modelling environmental value: an analysis of sustainable business models within the fashion industry

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Research paper thumbnail of Crafting a strategy

Strategic Analysis, 2017

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Research paper thumbnail of Transacting in a cultural industry (A theoretical examination of the relevance of Transaction Cost Economics to the analysis of inter-firm relationships within the popular music industry)

This theoretical paper examines the transaction cost framework as described by its main proponent... more This theoretical paper examines the transaction cost framework as described by its main proponent in the context of the popular recorded music industry. We take the two firm typologies within the industry, major and independent, and discuss whether TCE variables can identify suitable governance structures for managing the transactions between them. We argue that asset idiosyncrasies such as cultural knowledge and reputation, and the nature of the non-linear causally ambiguous creation of cultural product create a climate that militates against TCE's ability to identify the optimal governance structure.

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Research paper thumbnail of Strategizing for experience providers

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Research paper thumbnail of Designing Scalable Business Models

Digital business models are often designed for rapid growth, and some relatively young companies ... more Digital business models are often designed for rapid growth, and some relatively young companies have indeed achieved global scale. However despite the visibility and importance of this phenomenon, analysis of scale and scalability remains underdeveloped in management literature. When it is addressed, analysis of this phenomenon is often over-influenced by arguments about economies of scale in production and distribution. To redress this omission, this paper draws on economic, organization and technology management literature to provide a detailed examination of the sources of scaling in digital businesses. We propose three mechanisms by which digital business models attempt to gain scale: engaging both non- paying users and paying customers; organizing customer engagement to allow self- customization; and orchestrating networked value chains, such as platforms or multi-sided business models. Scaling conditions are discussed, and propositions developed and illustrated with examples ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Strategic Analysis

Strategic Analysis, 2017

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Research paper thumbnail of UK Fashion Designers Working in Micro-sized Enterprises; Attitudes to Locational Resources, Their Peers and the Market

Industry and Innovation, 2015

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Research paper thumbnail of Hybrid Organizations as a Strategy for Supporting New Product Development

Design Management Review, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Institutionalizing idealism: the adoption of CSR practices

Journal of Global Responsibility, 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify and discuss the idiosyncratic features of the ado... more PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify and discuss the idiosyncratic features of the adoption and institutionalization of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices.Design/methodology/approachThis is a conceptual paper in which current theory on the institutionalization of practices within organizational fields is extended. This is achieved through considering how well established models of the institutionalization process accommodate the idiosyncrasies of CSR practices.FindingsEstablished models of the institutionalization process do not properly account for the patterns of CSR adoption that are identified. This is because CSR has some features that differentiates it from other organizational initiatives, including idealism, delayed discovery of instrumental benefits, public attention, and the tension between public and private logics.Research limitations/implicationsThis is a conceptual paper which now needs to be explored empirically, either at the level of the CSR ...

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Research paper thumbnail of How Relevant is Transaction Cost Economics to Inter-Firm Relationships in the Music Industry?

Journal of Cultural Economics, 2004

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Research paper thumbnail of Inter-organisational Relationships in the Worldwide Popular Recorded Music Industry

Creativity and Innovation Management, 2002

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Research paper thumbnail of Product development within a clustered environment: The case of apparel design firms

Creative Industries Journal, 2009

Abstract A great deal of recent academic attention has been paid to the role of location and prox... more Abstract A great deal of recent academic attention has been paid to the role of location and proximity on the organizing of production. This body of work has identi-fied the likely benefits to firms of co-locating, but despite this, there are gaps, especially in the treatment of creative clusters ...

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Research paper thumbnail of A paradox of alliance management: resource contamination in the recorded music industry

Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2007

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Research paper thumbnail of Competing in the creative and cultural industries : The strategic way

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Research paper thumbnail of Kingston School of Art

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Research paper thumbnail of Modelling environmental value: An examination of sustainable business models within the fashion industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Research paper thumbnail of Patterns in the Adoption of Corporate Social Responsibility Practices

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