Norman Mackenzie

Biographic Data

ID292655
NAMENorman Mackenzie
GIVEN NAMESNorman
FAMILY NAMEMackenzie
SIGNATUREMACKENZIE N
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Strathclyde
ORCID0000-0003-3769-7086
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS77
TOTAL CITATIONS115
AUTHOR COUNT77
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1927
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX7

  • Years of Scottish National Accounts: 1948–2018

    Open AccessGraeme Roy, Norman Mackenzie et al.ARTICLEThe Economic History Review2026References: 2

    This paper provides a comprehensive time series of historical National Accounts for Scotland (onshore and offshore) from 1948 to 2018. It includes a detailed breakdown by income component and industrial sector using methods that are forward and backward compatible. Through this work we offer new insights on the performance of the post‐war Scottish economy, including its relative performance to the UK and its industrial makeup. Our findings also p…

  • Industry dynamics and trade association power: The shifting nature of business influence in UK aluminium

    Open AccessAndrew Perchard, Norman Mackenzie et al.ARTICLEBusiness History2025Cited by: 3References: 36

    This article examines industry dynamics and their influence on business-government relations through a study of the UK aluminium industry, focusing on the changing role of its leading trade association, the Aluminium Federation (ALFED). It explores how ALFED developed its capabilities and relations with executive and legislature over time, revealing how it changed its composition to reflect the changes in the industry that it represents, conseque…

  • Exploring business history of the Middle East and North Africa region

    Stephanie Decker, Christina Lubinski et al.ARTICLEBusiness History2025Cited by: 1References: 44

    The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has witnessed modern growth. It is seen to be one of the world’s emerging business and economic regions, with much happening recently. However, the ME

  • Not seeing the forest for the trees? A systems approach to the entrepreneurial university

    Open AccessBernd Wurth, Norman Mackenzie et al.ARTICLESmall Business Economics2024

    The idea and practice of the entrepreneurial university has emerged in response to growing expectations of universities contributing to economic development and has, in turn, been subject to a growing body of research. However, much of the work is focused on individual activities or institutions, typically overemphasising commercialisation activities and certain types of universities. Furthermore, much of this research is de-contextualised and do…

  • Local Patriots: Dewar’s Scotch Whisky, Prosociality, Politics, and Place—1846–1930

    Open AccessNorman Mackenzie, Jillian Gordon et al.ARTICLEEnterprise & Society2024References: 6

    Drawing from the literature strands of philanthropy, business, and history, this work explores the business, prosocial, and political activities of a prominent family in the Scotch whisky industry, with specific emphasis on two brothers’ philanthropy and its impact on a place—the city of Perth, Scotland. In our analysis, we tell the story of the second-generation owners of Dewar’s Scotch whisky company, brothers John Alexander and Tommy Dewar, an…

  • Unlocking dynamic capabilities in the Scotch whisky industry, 1945–present

    Open AccessNorman Mackenzie, Andrew Perchard et al.ARTICLEBusiness History2024Cited by: 3

    In this article we examine the development of the Scotch whisky industry since 1945 through the lens of dynamic capabilities. We explain how sui generis acts-novel initiatives outwith the established repertoire of practices of a firm or industry-by external actors joining the industry helped unlock dynamic capabilities at the firm level in the industry which in turn drove change across the sector after a series of takeovers. We detail the key str…

  • Taking stock and moving forward: What makes a contribution in business history

    Stephanie Decker, Christina Lubinski et al.ARTICLEBusiness History2024Cited by: 1References: 45

    This editorial reflects on the research published in Business History in the last few years in the context of wider discussions in the field of business history. In particular, we consider the authors and their thematic orientation, reflection on the geographic and disciplinary distribution and gender balance in the field. Articles published cluster around specific time periods, countries and regions, with early modern or medieval history, and re…

  • Fast breeder reactor technology and the entrepreneurial state in the UK

    Norman Mackenzie, Stephen Knox et al.ARTICLEBusiness History2022Cited by: 2References: 23

    This article explores the creation, operation and failure of the UK’s fast breeder reactor programme at Dounreay within the context of the development of the nuclear power industry in the UK, and the administration of national and regional economic policy. The UK government maintained total control of the development of the technology including its creation, operation, and attempts at exploitation, corresponding closely to existing definitions of…

  • Business-government relations and national economic models: A review and future research directions in varieties of capitalism and beyond

    Norman Mackenzie, Andrew Perchard et al.ARTICLEBusiness History2021

    This special issue complements and extends existing work in business history to show how the discipline can contribute to the Varieties of Capitalism (VoC) literature. The work in this collection delves deeper into our understanding of how VoC emerge and continue through the prism of business-government relations as the two principal actors in capitalist development. The focus of much of the existing canon on varieties of capitalism is centred on…

  • Aligning to disadvantage: How corporate political activity and strategic homophily create path dependence in the firm

    Open AccessAndrew Perchard, Norman Mackenzie et al.ARTICLEHuman Relations2021Cited by: 15References: 62

    To what extent should firms get close to government for competitive advantage? What happens if they get too close? In this article we explore how corporate political activity inculcated strategic homophily in leading UK aluminium producer, the British Aluminium Company Ltd, resulting in its path dependence and eventual lock-in. The article makes three main contributions: a longitudinal study of corporate political activity and strategic homophily…

  • Family and business during the industrial revolution

    Norman MackenzieARTICLEBusiness History2020

    No abstract available

  • A Spirit of Generosity: Philanthropy in the Scotch Whisky Industry

    Open AccessNorman Mackenzie, Niall G Mackenzie et al.ARTICLEThe Business History Review2019Cited by: 8References: 33

    Recent literature on philanthropy and business has focused on the returns to businesses and entrepreneurs from giving. In this article, we show how historical context impacts the motivations and organizational forms created over time in philanthropic giving that effect and affect such returns. We do this through the prism of the changing ownership structures in the Scotch whisky industry in the twentieth century using an institutional theory lens…

  • From ‘Techniums’ to ‘emptiums’: The failure of a flagship innovation policy in Wales

    Rhiannon Pugh, Norman Mackenzie et al.ARTICLERegional Studies2018Cited by: 5References: 6

    This paper examines the use of European Union Structural Funds to support the development of innovation policy within Wales during the period 2000–06. Drawing on data from the Welsh government and interviews with key stakeholders, it focuses specifically on the Technium programme, a high-profile technology-based innovation intervention that took a predominantly supply-side approach to supporting innovation, resulting in its eventual failure. Cons…

  • Creating Market Failure: Business-Government Relations in the British Paper-Pulp Industry, 1950–1980

    Open AccessNorman Mackenzie, Niall G MackenzieARTICLEThe Business History Review2018Cited by: 10References: 20

    This article examines the nuances and complexities of business-government relations in the British paper-pulp industry between 1950 and 1980 through the prism of interactions between Wiggins, Teape & Co., a paper company, and various U.K. government departments in the postwar period. It highlights the complexity of business-government and interdepartmental relations and tensions, set against the global and domestic paper industry competition and …

  • Clio in the business school: Historical approaches in strategy, international business and entrepreneurship

    Andrew Perchard, Norman Mackenzie et al.ARTICLEBusiness History2017Cited by: 20References: 70

    On the back of recent and significant new debates on the use of history within business and management studies, we consider the perception of historians as being anti-theory and of having methodological shortcomings; and business and management scholars displaying insufficient attention to historical context and privileging of certain social science methods over others. These are explored through an examination of three subjects: strategy, intern…

  • The English Convents in Exile, 1600-1800: Communities, culture and identityCaroline Bowden & James E. Kelly (Eds)

    Norman Mackenzie, Niall MackenzieARTICLEWomen s History Review2015

    One of the big payoffs from the ‘turn to religion’ in literary and historical scholarship has been the focused attention given to the communities of British and Irish nuns established on (or in the

  • Too much on the Highlands?’ Recasting the Economic History of the Highlands and Islands

    Open AccessAndrew Perchard, Norman Mackenzie et al.ARTICLENorthern Scotland2013Cited by: 6References: 3

    First paragraph: In an influential intervention on rural history published in 1994, which argued for a shift in emphasis in the study of the agrarian economy from the Highlands to the Lowlands, Roy Campbell opened by declaring: A fascinating, though perhaps somewhat fruitless task is to speculate on why historians choose to investigate one topic rather than another. Sometimes there may be no special reason. Sometimes their interest may reflect a …

  • Socialism Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 57

    Norman MackenzieBOOKSocialism Routledge Library…2012

  • Genius and Jobations

    Norman MackenzieARTICLEThought1990

  • The Diaries of Beatrice Webb

    T C Barker, Norman Mackenzie et al.ARTICLEEconomica1984

  • The Diary of Beatrice Webb, Volume One, 1873-1892: Glitter around and Darkness Within

    Patricia E Malcolmson, Norman Mackenzie et al.ARTICLELabour / Le Travail1984

  • The Letters of Sidney and Beatrice Webb. Volume I: Apprenticeships 1873-1892

    Stefan Collini, Norman MackenzieARTICLEThe Economic Journal1979

  • The First Fabians

    T C Barker, Norman Mackenzie et al.ARTICLEThe Economic History Review1979Cited by: 9

  • The Letters of Sidney and Beatrice Webb

    G Checkland, S G CHECKLAND et al.ARTICLEThe Economic History Review1979

    1. New Beginnings 2. The Earthquake 3. The Turning Point 4. The New Labour Party 5. The first Labour Government 6. The Grind of Opposition 7. The Second Labour Government 8. Crisis and Collapse 9. The End of the Partnership

  • Women and Society: An Australian Study

    Elise Boulding, Sol Encel et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1975