Table 1

Research timeline, with meetings, purposes and participants

Meetings and EventsStrategic and operative meetings with partners and professionalsSales force meetingsEvents with customers
Time frameStepsMeeting numbers (tot. 22)External participants (tot. 11)Meeting purposeMeeting numbers (tot. 3, about 20 partici-pants each)Meeting purposeMeeting numbers (tot. 5, about 80 participants total)Meeting purpose
2010–2012Search for a new business model32010: Sales and marketing director Company Gamma-CG + CEO CGDiscovery: Search new business model    
22011: consultant, sales and marketing director CG, CEO (owner) PEDiscovery: Search new business model and partnership modes    
22012: Sales and marketing director CG, CEO (owner) PE, CEO (co-owner) AT, consultantDescription: Involvement of the AT and sharing the methods of collaboration with the consultant as manager of the partnership    
2013Partnership between 3 companies2Managerial consultant, legal consultants (2), sales and marketing director CG, CEO (owner) PE, CEO (co-owner) ATMapping: Analysis of the solutions to formalize the partnership between the companies involved and, in this way, to resolve the problems of the three invoices. For this purpose, expert legal consultants were involved in the formalization procedures for the collaborations between companies1Relationship building = Presentation of the partnership and operation of combined orders2Relationship building: Presentation events of the partnership among the 3 wineries organized in two restaurants, with final customers of these companies (about 15 participants each), one in Tuscany and one in Veneto
2014–2017Definition of the network contract among 3 companies2014: 4Managerial consultant, Legal consultants (2), Notary, Sales and Marketing director CG, CEO (owner) PE, CEO (co-owner) AT + operational staff of the three companies (3)Relationship building = The second meeting was organized to formalize the network contract with the Notary. The third and fourth meetings were aimed at planning operational activities with the staff involved in the management of operational and interorganizational processes engineered by the managerial consultant1Relationship building: Presentation of the network contract and innovations regarding the management of combined orders2Relationship building: Presentation events of the partnership among the 3 wineries organized in two restaurants, with final customers of these companies (about 15 participants each), one in Milan and one in Rome
Partnership management2015–2017: 1/yManagerial consultant, sales and marketing director CG, CEO (owner) PE, CEO (co-owner) ATPartnership management: Meetings of the management committee to analyze the results of the partnership and plan the initiatives for the sales force and customers    
2018–2022Partnership management2018: 3Managerial consultant, CEO (owner) PE, CEO (co-owner) AT + operational staff of the two companiesRemapping: First meeting: reschedule the partnership and operational activities. Second and third meetings, with the staff of the two companies involved to reorganize operational and interorganizational processes1Relationship building: Presentation to the sales network of the new organization of the partnership, after the exit of CG1Relationship building: Presentation event of the partnership between the 2 wineries and their final customers (about 30 participants), organized in a wine shop in Rome
2019–2022: 1/yManagerial consultant, CEO (owner) PE, CEO (co-owner) ATPartnership management: Meetings of the management committee: to analyze the results of the partnership and plan the initiatives for the sales force and the customers    

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