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Are winemaker consultants just another source of knowledge for innovation?

David Doloreux (HEC Montreal, Canada and KEDGE Business School, Talence, France)
Ekaterina Turkina (HEC Montreal, Canada)

Journal of Knowledge Management

ISSN: 1367-3270

Article publication date: 9 October 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to explore the effects of multiple external sources of knowledge and of the use of winemaker consultants on innovation in the Canadian wine industry.

Design/methodology/approach

The data for the study are taken from an original survey of wine firms in Canada covering the 2007-2009 period. The survey was carried out by computer-assisted telephone interviews, and it was addressed to winery firms that are engaged in growing grapes and producing wine.

Findings

The results show that the use of winemaker consultants positively affects all forms of innovation. At the same, as far as external knowledge sources are concerned, marketing sources positively affect all types of innovation, while research sources and general sources have a positive influence on particular forms of innovation. The results also show that winemaker consultants interact with other knowledge sources. Nevertheless, there are important nuances with regard to which type of knowledge sources is more compatible with the use of winemaker consultants for which type of innovation.

Originality/value

To date, there is no empirical evidence of the extent to which the use of external winemaker consultants and external knowledge sources interact together and what are their impacts on the introduction of different forms of innovation.

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Citation

Doloreux, D. and Turkina, E. (2017), "Are winemaker consultants just another source of knowledge for innovation?", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 21 No. 6, pp. 1523-1539. https://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-01-2017-0025

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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