All Outputs (11)

Unlocking dynamic capabilities in the Scotch whisky industry, 1945–present (2022)
Journal Article
MacKenzie, N. G., Perchard, A., Mackay, D., & Burt, G. (in press). Unlocking dynamic capabilities in the Scotch whisky industry, 1945–present. Business History, https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2022.2085251

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 e... Read More about Unlocking dynamic capabilities in the Scotch whisky industry, 1945–present.

Managerial ideology and identity in the nationalised British coal industry, 1947–1994 (2022)
Journal Article
Perchard, A., & Gildart, K. (2023). Managerial ideology and identity in the nationalised British coal industry, 1947–1994. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 44(1), 230-261. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x211069413

This article examines managerial ideology and identity in the nationalised British coal industry. On nationalisation in 1947, the National Coal Board (NCB) – after 1987 the British Coal Corporation – became the largest socialised industry outside of... Read More about Managerial ideology and identity in the nationalised British coal industry, 1947–1994.

Business-government relations and national economic models: A review and future research directions in varieties of capitalism and beyond (2021)
Journal Article
MacKenzie, N. G., Perchard, A., Miller, C., & Forbes, N. (2021). Business-government relations and national economic models: A review and future research directions in varieties of capitalism and beyond. Business History, 63(8), 1239-1252. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2021.1924687

This special issue complements and extends existing work in business history to show how the discipline can contribute to the Varieties of Capitalism (VoC) literature. The work in this collection delves deeper into our understanding of how VoC emerge... Read More about Business-government relations and national economic models: A review and future research directions in varieties of capitalism and beyond.

Aligning to disadvantage: How corporate political activity and strategic homophily create path dependence in the firm (2020)
Journal Article
Perchard, A., & MacKenzie, N. G. (2021). Aligning to disadvantage: How corporate political activity and strategic homophily create path dependence in the firm. Human Relations, 74(7), 978-1006. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726720908923

To what extent should firms get close to government for competitive advantage? What happens if they get too close? In this article we explore how corporate political activity inculcated strategic homophily in leading UK aluminium producer, the Britis... Read More about Aligning to disadvantage: How corporate political activity and strategic homophily create path dependence in the firm.

This Thing Called Goodwill: The Reynolds Metals Company and Political Networking in Wartime America (2019)
Journal Article
Perchard, A. (2019). This Thing Called Goodwill: The Reynolds Metals Company and Political Networking in Wartime America. Enterprise and Society, 20(4), 1044-1083. https://doi.org/10.1017/eso.2019.25

This article examines the Reynolds Metals Company’s political networking activities in Washington, D.C., and the state capitals of the U.S. South in the 1940s and 1950s. It argues that Reynolds’ astute recruitment of senior staff from federal and sta... Read More about This Thing Called Goodwill: The Reynolds Metals Company and Political Networking in Wartime America.

Workplace Cultures (2018)
Book Chapter
Perchard, A. (2018). Workplace Cultures. In D. J. Walkowitz (Ed.), A Cultural History of Work in the Modern Age (77-92). London: Bloomsbury Publishing

‘Run with the fox and hunt with the hounds’: Managerial Trade-Unionism and the British Association of Colliery Management, 1947–1994 (2018)
Journal Article
Perchard, A., & Gildart, K. (2018). ‘Run with the fox and hunt with the hounds’: Managerial Trade-Unionism and the British Association of Colliery Management, 1947–1994. Historical Studies in Industrial Relations, 39(1), 79-110. https://doi.org/10.3828/hsir.2018.39.3

This article examines the evolution of managerial trade-unionism in the British coal industry, specifically focusing on the development of the British Association of Colliery Management (BACM) from 1947 until 1994. It explores the organization’s iden... Read More about ‘Run with the fox and hunt with the hounds’: Managerial Trade-Unionism and the British Association of Colliery Management, 1947–1994.

The Deindustrialized World: Confronting Ruination in the Postindustrial World (2017)
Book
High, S., MacKinnon, L., & Perchard, A. (Eds.). (2017). The Deindustrialized World: Confronting Ruination in the Postindustrial World. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press

Since the 1970s, the closure of mines, mills, and factories has marked a rupture in working-class lives. The Deindustrialized World interrogates the process of industrial ruination, from the first impact of layoffs in metropolitan cities, suburban ar... Read More about The Deindustrialized World: Confronting Ruination in the Postindustrial World.

Clio in the business school: Historical approaches in strategy, international business and entrepreneurship (2017)
Journal Article
Perchard, A., MacKenzie, N. G., Decker, S., & Favero, G. (2017). Clio in the business school: Historical approaches in strategy, international business and entrepreneurship. Business History, 59(6), 904-927. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2017.1280025

On the back of recent and significant new debates on the use of history within business and management studies, we consider the perception of historians as being anti-theory and of having methodological shortcomings; and business and management schol... Read More about Clio in the business school: Historical approaches in strategy, international business and entrepreneurship.

Tin and Global Capitalism, 1850-2000: A History of the "Devil's Metal" (2014)
Book
Ingulstad, M., Perchard, A., & Storli, E. (Eds.). (2014). Tin and Global Capitalism, 1850-2000: A History of the "Devil's Metal". New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781317816157

For most of the twentieth century tin was fundamental for both warfare and welfare. The importance of tin is most powerfully represented by the tin can - an invention which created a revolution in food preservation and helped feed both the armies of... Read More about Tin and Global Capitalism, 1850-2000: A History of the "Devil's Metal".

Managerial hyperopia: A potential unintended consequence of foresight in a top management team? (2013)
Journal Article
Burt, G., Mackay, D. J., & Perchard, A. (2015). Managerial hyperopia: A potential unintended consequence of foresight in a top management team?. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 101, 134-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2013.12.001

In this paper we explore the phenomenon of managerial hyperopia. Hyperopia is a metaphorical term adopted from ocular science referring to long-sightedness—a condition of being able to focus clearly on that which is far away but not that which is nea... Read More about Managerial hyperopia: A potential unintended consequence of foresight in a top management team?.