I aim to make my research relevant to a variety of organizations and industries. Yet, fruitful collaborations with passionate and enthusiastic stakeholders within whisky and wine industries have enabled me also to produce reports that are particularly relevant to those industries’ concerns. This page features some of those reports.
Whisky Industry Reports
Creating evangelists for Canadian whisky
In this report I lay out several recommendations for creating evangelists for Canadian whisky. To create evangelists for Canadian whisky requires establishing and maintaining an authentic connection between whisky producers and consumers and key opinion makers. My approach emphasizes three components: people, place and partnering, what I might call, the P3 Framework of strategic communication.
Wine Industry Reports
Evangelism and the amazing spread of quality reputation of Ontario winemaking
Summary of key recommendations based on our five year project of the Ontario wine industry. More detail is available in our Academy of Management Journal article.
Click here for a public lecture based on this research.
Symbolic value creation in Canadian whisky industry
An initial snapshot of the state of the Canadian Whisky industry. Very early stages. Feedback is most welcome!
Explaining support for VQA wine in Ontario restaurant industry
Summary of our findings on factors that influence Ontario restaurants to source local wine.