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“Imagined Outcomes”: Contrasting Patterns of Opportunity, Capability, and Innovation in British Musical Instrument Manufacturing, 1930–1985

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2018

RICHARD K. BLUNDEL  and
DAVID J. SMITH
RICHARD K. BLUNDEL
Affiliation:
Richard K. Blundel is Professor of Enterprise and Organisation in the Department for Public Leadership and Social Enterprise (PuLSE), The Open University Business School, Michael Young Building, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
DAVID J. SMITH
Affiliation:
David J. Smith is Professor of Innovation Management at Nottingham Business School, Newton Building, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

By the mid-twentieth century in the United Kingdom, musical instrument manufacturing had become an increasingly mechanized activity. Craft skills had been displaced in many areas, yet remained a vital source of competitive advantage in local and international markets and were particularly valued by professional musicians. This article examines the contrasting experiences of two British musical instrument manufacturers, tracing the unfolding relationship between their pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities and capability development. Boosey & Hawkes, a large, well-established manufacturing and publishing company, was an early pioneer, while Paxman Bros., a small musical retailer, transformed itself into one of the world’s most respected specialist manufacturers. The narrative probes the factors that shaped decision making in these companies as they developed a series of design innovations for one of the more complex brass instruments: the French horn. It draws on relevant theoretical insights to examine how a dynamic interaction between opportunity and capability, coupled with unanticipated contingencies, contributed to divergent outcomes for each company.

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Enterprise & Society , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , September 2018 , pp. 661 - 701
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Copyright © The Author 2018. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Business History Conference. All rights reserved. 

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support given to this research by a research grant from the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust (Small Research Grant SG130887). The authors also wish to record their gratitude to the music community at large, especially those horn players (both amateur and professional), music critics, organologists, writers, instrument makers, and museum curators and archivists (past and present) who provided invaluable help and assistance during the research for this article.

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Leonard-Barton, Dorothy. “Core Capabilities and Core Rigidities: A Paradox in Managing New Product Development.” Strategic Management Journal 13 (June 1992): 111–125.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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Macpherson, Alan, and Holt, Robin. “Knowledge, Learning and Small Firm Growth: A Systematic Review of the Evidence.” Research Policy 36 (March 2007): 172–192.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mason, Colin, and Harvey, Charles. “Entrepreneurship: Contexts, Opportunities and Processes.” Special issue, Business History 55 (January 2013): 1–8.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mathez, Jeremy. “Paxman Bros. Ltd.: The Force of Destiny.” Brass Bulletin 108 (1999): 72–78.Google Scholar
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Popp, Andrew. “Making Choices in Time.” Enterprise & Society 14, no. 3 (2013): 467–474.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Popp, Andrew., and Holt, Robin. “The Presence of Entrepreneurial Opportunity.” Business History 55 (January 2013): 9–28.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Raff, Daniel M. G. “How to Do Things with Time.” Enterprise & Society 14, no. 3 (2013): 435–466.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Raff, Daniel M. G. “Rejoinder.” Enterprise & Society 14, no. 3 (2013): 507–510.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rayna, Thierry, and Striukova, Ludmila. “Engineering vs. Craftsmanship: Innovation in the Electric Guitar Industry 1945–1984.” DIME Working Paper on Intellectual Rights No. 68, May 2008. London: University College.Google Scholar
Roscoe, Philip, Cruz, Allan Discua, and Howorth, Carole. “How Does an Old Firm Learn New Tricks? A Material Account of Entrepreneurial Opportunity.” Business History 55 (January 2013): 53–72.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rosen, Christine Meisner. “What Is Business History?” Enterprise & Society 14, no. 3 (2013): 475–485.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rowlinson, Michael, Hassard, John, and Decker, Stephanie. “Research Strategies for Organizational History: A Dialogue Between Historical Theory and Organization Theory.” Academy of Management Review 39 (July 2014): 250–274.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Russell, Dave. “‘What’s Wrong with Brass Bands?’ Cultural Change and the Band Movement, 1918–c. 1964.” In Bands: The Brass Band Movement in the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Trevor, Herbert, 57–101. Milton Keynes, UK: Open University Press, 1991.Google Scholar
Shane, Scott. “Prior Knowledge and the Discovery of Entrepreneurial Opportunities.” Organization Science 11 (August 2000): 448–469.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Smith, David J., and Blundel, Richard K.. “Improvisation and Entrepreneurial Bricolage Versus Rationalization: A Case-Based Analysis of Contrasting Responses to Economic Stability in the UK Brass Musical Instruments Industry.” Journal of General Management 40 (November 2014): 53–78.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Usselman, Steven W. “Purposes and Practices in Firm-level History.” Enterprise & Society 14, no. 3 (2013): 486–497.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Von Hippel, Eric. “Lead Users: A Source of Novel Product Concepts.” Management Science 32 (July 1986): 791–805.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Watson, Catherine. “An Interview with Richard Merewether.” The Horn Call: The Journal of the International Horn Society 15 (1985): 87–89.Google Scholar
White, Kelly J., and Myers, Arnold. “Woodwind Instruments of Boosey & Co.” Galpin Society Journal 57 (May 2004): 208–214.Google Scholar
Winter, Sidney G. “An Evolutionary Program for Business History?” Enterprise & Society 14, no. 3 (2013): 498–506.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wyse, Pascal. “Test your strength.” The Guardian, January 26, 2007. www.theguardian.com/music/2007/jan/26/classicalmusicandoperaGoogle Scholar
Boosey & Hawkes Archive, Horniman Museum and Gardens, London (this also includes the business archives of Hawkes & Son, and archives of the previously acquired firms, Besson & Co. and Rudall, Carte & Co.).Google Scholar
British Newspaper Archive, British Library, London.Google Scholar
Morley-Pegge Papers, Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, Oxford University, Oxford.Google Scholar
Music Division, Library of Congress, online.Google Scholar