Different expectations: a comparative history of structure, experience, and strategic alliances in the U.S. and U.K. poultry sectors, 1920-1990

Godley, A. C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3160-2499 and Hamilton, S. (2020) Different expectations: a comparative history of structure, experience, and strategic alliances in the U.S. and U.K. poultry sectors, 1920-1990. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 14 (1). pp. 89-104. ISSN 1932-4391 doi: 10.1002/sej.1334

Abstract/Summary

This comparative historical analysis demonstrates how memory and reflexive interpretations of the past can shape entrepreneurial willingness to collaborate with larger firms in an industry. Emphasizing the importance of spatial metaphors and periodization for developing historical knowledge, the paper focuses on how the historical space of experience explains how entrepreneurs make strategic choices regarding collaboration under conditions of complexity and uncertainty. Comparing the U.S. and U.K. emerging poultry sectors offers a methodologically novel analysis of an important but little‐studied agribusiness sector, offering a dual reading that compares two versions of historical reasoning both theoretically and empirically.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/82722
Identification Number/DOI	10.1002/sej.1334
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Henley Business School > Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour
Publisher	Wiley
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