Space, place and the colonies
Re‐reading the Starbucks' story
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15539052 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann Rippin (University of Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 136-149 |
| Publication date | 2007-05-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Perspectives on International Business (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1742-2043 • E-ISSN: 1758-6062 |
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1108/17422040710744944 |
| OpenAlex | W2162096844 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to re‐examine a celebrity CEO account using a variety of literary forms to uncover discourses of colonisation. Focuses on the probanza de mérito and the wonder tale or traveller's tale. Ideas of Non‐Place (Augé) and spatial practices (Lefebvre) conclude the analysis. Design/methodology/approach A close reading of the account of the building of the Starbucks retail empire, given in the CEO account: Pour Your Heart into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time against the text, gives insights into the strategy and internal logic of the company founder which might otherwise be missed. Findings The account reveals the nature of the published account of the growth of the company as analogous to many of the accounts of the colonisation of the new world. The analysis of spatial practices at the company is used to explain some of the most successful resistance to its expansion. Originality/value Uses a wide range of theory to unpack celebrity success narrative and reveal counter‐narrative of practice
Art · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Originality · Political science · Reading (process · Resistance (ecology · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Variety (cybernetics · Wonder · Computer Science · Law · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2017 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |