Riding On The Success Of Brand Australia: A Preliminary Analysis of Queensland Wines And Wine Regions

The Australian wine industry has achieved remarkable success during the last three decades. A key to this success has been the establishment of "Wine Brand Australia". While the majority of this success has been achieved by wineries located in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia, over the last decade the Queensland wine industry has experienced greater percentage of growth than the national average in terms of the number of producers, tonnage crushed and the value of exports – admittedly from a very low base (0.2% of wine grape production in 2000). The aim of the paper is to gain a better understanding of the marketing strategies and regional factors that have aided the Queensland wineries and wine regions in achieving success. The results are based on a survey of the industry and an analysis of published data. In addition, a number of targeted interviews were undertaken with industry leaders in Queensland. The finding of the study highlight the importance of destination branding in sustaining the growth and vitality of the Queensland wine industry and the need to focus on promoting wineries in Queensland as being in the tourism/service industry rather than in wine making

Explaining international new venture internationalisation: An innovation adoption model

The increasing prevalence of International New Ventures (INVs) during the past twenty years has been highlighted by numerous studies (Knight and Cavusgil, 1996, Moen, 2002). International New Ventures are firms, typically small to medium enterprises, that internationalise within six years of inception (Oviatt and McDougall, 1997). To date there has been no general consensus within the literature on a theoretical framework of internationalisation to explain the internationalisation process of INVs (Madsen and Servais, 1997). However, some researchers have suggested that the innovation diffusion model may provide a suitable theoretical framework (Chetty & Hamilton, 1996, Fan & Phan, 2007).The proposed model was based on the existing and well-established innovation diffusion theories drawn from consumer behaviour and internationalisation literature to explain the internationalisation process of INVs (Lim, Sharkey, and Kim, 1991, Reid, 1981, Robertson, 1971, Rogers, 1962, Wickramasekera and Oczkowski, 2006). The results of this analysis indicated that the synthesied model of export adoption was effective in explaining the internationalisation process of INVs within the Queensland Food and Beverage Industry. Significantly the results of the analysis also indicated that features of the original I-models developed in the consumer behaviour literature, that had limited examination within the internationalisation literature were confirmed. This includes the ability of firms, or specifically decision-makers, to skip stages based om previous experience

The mothers’ role in prospering a mindful consumer in Sri Lanka

Purpose: This study provides new understandings of the socio-structural elements that support (or undermine) domestic daily mindful consumption behaviours of kids and young adults of Sri Lanka. The process of mindful consumption and its adoption at home has been explored with the aim to understand how mothers have influenced their children in becoming mindful consumers. Design/methodology/approach: The findings presented are derived from 25 in-depth interviews with mothers and children in the context of Sri Lanka. Findings: It was evident that the Sri Lankan mothers are encouraging their child’s mindset and behaviour in terms of Limited Acquisitive consumption, Poor Aspirational consumption, Limited Repetitive consumption, caring for the community, caring for nature, and caring for self were found as the aspects of mindful consumption that were influenced by the mothers. Reducing, Reusing, Rejecting, Recycling and Redefining were the common mindful practices that were inspired by mothers which were highlighted by the respondents as shaped by mothers in terms of the child’s mindful mindset and mindful behaviour. Originality: This paper makes an important contribution to the field by studying the domestic mindful consumption practices adopted and taught to kids and young adults by their mothers.   Implications: Findings have practical implications for businesses that want to maximize stakeholder satisfaction through their corporate social responsibility activities and expand their opportunities for goodwill and company growth. Finally, this study implies the managerial and social aspects to improve mindfulness and thereby accomplish the goal of sustainability. Keywords: Mindfulness, Mindful Consumption, Children, Mothers, Sri Lank