This paper investigates the motives behind the entry of small firms in the Italian beer industry between the late 1980s and mid-1990s. The paper argues that the evolutionary dynamics of the craft breweries must be connected to the dynamics of consumption, which have gradually changed consumer preferences since the 1980s. On the one hand, increasing revenues, growing interest in food knowledge, and the rise of new cultural and social meanings attached to food consumption generated a new demand for variety. On the other hand, international integration increased the knowledge of beer typologies and styles. These changes enabled new small firms to enter the market and produce differentiated specialised products. Afterwards, a subsequent legitimisation and emulation effects played a key role in sustaining the diffusion and rise of these new breweries. The argument and discussion are based on original in-depth interviews with the pioneering entrepreneurs in Italy’s craft beer segment

Garavaglia, C. (2018). The Birth and Diffusion of Craft Breweries in Italy. In C. Garavaglia, J. Swinnen (a cura di), Economic Perspectives on Craft Beer. A Revolution in the Global Beer Industry (pp. 229-258). Palgrave Macmillan [10.1007/978-3-319-58235-1_9].

The Birth and Diffusion of Craft Breweries in Italy

Garavaglia, C
2018

Abstract

This paper investigates the motives behind the entry of small firms in the Italian beer industry between the late 1980s and mid-1990s. The paper argues that the evolutionary dynamics of the craft breweries must be connected to the dynamics of consumption, which have gradually changed consumer preferences since the 1980s. On the one hand, increasing revenues, growing interest in food knowledge, and the rise of new cultural and social meanings attached to food consumption generated a new demand for variety. On the other hand, international integration increased the knowledge of beer typologies and styles. These changes enabled new small firms to enter the market and produce differentiated specialised products. Afterwards, a subsequent legitimisation and emulation effects played a key role in sustaining the diffusion and rise of these new breweries. The argument and discussion are based on original in-depth interviews with the pioneering entrepreneurs in Italy’s craft beer segment
Capitolo o saggio
Entry, Industrial Dynamics, Consumer Preferences, Beer, Italy, Resource Partitioning
English
Economic Perspectives on Craft Beer. A Revolution in the Global Beer Industry
Garavaglia, C; Swinnen, J
2018
978-3-319-58234-4
Palgrave Macmillan
229
258
Garavaglia, C. (2018). The Birth and Diffusion of Craft Breweries in Italy. In C. Garavaglia, J. Swinnen (a cura di), Economic Perspectives on Craft Beer. A Revolution in the Global Beer Industry (pp. 229-258). Palgrave Macmillan [10.1007/978-3-319-58235-1_9].
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