The Wine Wars - The Mondavi Affair, Globalisation and "Terroir"

This work describes California-based wine producer Robert Mondavi's failure to set up business in a small, world-renowned wine-producing village in southern France. The 'Mondavi affair' illustrates the importance of culture, history, geography and economic and political systems in conditioning our spirit of enterprise and the way we do business.

List of contents

Introduction Robert Mondavi: The Pioneer of the Napa Valley Languedoc: The Biggest Vineyard in the World Aime Guibert: The "Furia Francese" Mondavi in Aniane: A Promising But Difficult Start Things Hotten Up Things Get Poilitical After Mondavi: Gerard Depardieu Comes to Town Cultural Differences at the Heart of Failure Conclusion

About the author

OLIVIER TORRÈS is Assistant Professor at the University of Montpellier (ERFI-GREG) and Associate Researcher at EM Lyon, France, and a specialist in small business management. He is the French Vice President of the European Council of Small Business (ECSB) and Secretary of the International French spoken Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (AIREPME). His work in small business research has been internationally awarded on several occasions.

Summary

This work describes California-based wine producer Robert Mondavi's failure to set up business in a small, world-renowned wine-producing village in southern France. The 'Mondavi affair' illustrates the importance of culture, history, geography and economic and political systems in conditioning our spirit of enterprise and the way we do business.

Product details

• Authors: O. Torres, O Torrès, O. Torrès
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9781349280469
• ISBN: 978-1-349-28046-9
• No. of pages: 170
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 10 mm x 216 mm
• Weight: 245 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 170 p.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; B, Small businesses & self-employed, International business, small business, Management science, International business enterprises, Palgrave Business & Management Collection