Interlocking directorates and the knowledge transfer of supermarket retail techniques from North America to Britain

Authors: Shaw, Gareth1; Alexander, Andrew2

Source: The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, Volume 16, Number 3, July 2006 , pp. 375-394(20)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This paper considers the importance of interlocking directorates in knowledge transfer within the retail sector. In doing so it provides a discussion of the types of knowledge and more especially the importance of tacit knowledge. Such ideas are set against a more detailed review of the changing perspectives on the role of interlocking directorships. These discussions serve as a conceptual framework to a major case study of knowledge transfer between North America and British food retailers in terms of the innovation of self-service and the development of supermarkets in post-war Britain.

Keywords: Knowledge; transfer; interlocking directorships; supermarkets

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/09593960600697113

Affiliations: 1: Centre for Business History, Department of Management, University of Exeter, UK 2: School of Management, University of Surrey, UK

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