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Introducing digital literacy skills through IBL: A comparative study of UG and PG business information systems students (2010)
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Griffiths, M., Kutar, M., & Wood, J. (2010). Introducing digital literacy skills through IBL: A comparative study of UG and PG business information systems students. ITALICS, 9(2),

This paper reports a comparative study of Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) at Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) levels at a university in the north west of England. Both student cohorts undertook a professional, legal and ethical module centre... Read More about Introducing digital literacy skills through IBL: A comparative study of UG and PG business information systems students.

Mechanical law enforcement: speeding and camera technology (2010)
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Cooper, S. (2010). Mechanical law enforcement: speeding and camera technology. Journal of Criminal Law, 74(5), 409-414. https://doi.org/10.1350/jcla.2010.74.5.656

Excessive and inappropriate speeding is--according to the ACPO2 Road Policing Strategy--one of the four key behaviours which contribute to avoidable deaths and injury by making collisions more likely, and by making the resultant injuries worse.3 Alth... Read More about Mechanical law enforcement: speeding and camera technology.

The appeal of a town’s separately-branded environments to market segments and the segmented appeal of digital signage (2010)
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Dennis, C., Michon, R., & Newman, A. (2010). The appeal of a town’s separately-branded environments to market segments and the segmented appeal of digital signage. Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, 6(2), 156-175. https://doi.org/10.1057/pb.2010.14

The purpose of this article is to evaluate (i) the segmented appeal of a town centre's separately branded environments; (ii) the role of digital signage in contributing to the atmospherics of a town, building on environmental psychology theory, drawi... Read More about The appeal of a town’s separately-branded environments to market segments and the segmented appeal of digital signage.

Spare parts management : a review of forecasting research and extensions (2010)
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Boylan, J., & Syntetos, A. (2010). Spare parts management : a review of forecasting research and extensions. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 21(3), 227-237. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpp016

Spare parts are very common in many industries and forecasting their requirements is an important operational issue. In recent years, there have been advances in forecasting methods for spare parts, demand information sharing strategies and the desi... Read More about Spare parts management : a review of forecasting research and extensions.

Forecasting and stock control : a study in a wholesaling context (2010)
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Syntetos, A., Babai, M., Davies, J., & Stephenson, D. (2010). Forecasting and stock control : a study in a wholesaling context. International Journal of Production Economics, 127(1), 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.05.001

Wholesalers add value to the products they deal with by essentially bringing them closer to the end consumers. In that respect, the effective control of stock levels becomes an important measure of operational performance especially in the context of... Read More about Forecasting and stock control : a study in a wholesaling context.

ABC inventory classification : service levels and inventory costs (2010)
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Teunter, R., Babai, M., & Syntetos, A. (2010). ABC inventory classification : service levels and inventory costs. Production and Operations Management, 19(3), 343-352. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1937-5956.2009.01098.x

ABC inventory classifications are widely used in practice, with demand value and demand volume as the most common ranking criteria. The standard approach in ABC applications is to set the same service level for all stock keeping units (SKUs) in a c... Read More about ABC inventory classification : service levels and inventory costs.

Consuming the Olympics: the fan, the rights holder and the law (2010)
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James, M., & Osborn, G. (2010). Consuming the Olympics: the fan, the rights holder and the law

The London Olympic Games and Paralympics Act 2006 (the Act) received its Royal Assent on 30 March 2006, well over six years before the Games themselves are due to begin. The early passing of this Act is partly to ensure that the Olympic Delivery Auth... Read More about Consuming the Olympics: the fan, the rights holder and the law.

Talent management as a management fashion in HRD: towards a research agenda (2010)
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research agenda. Human Resource Development International, 13(2), 125-145. https://doi.org/10.1080/13678861003703666

HRD practitioners have long shown concerns about the status and legitimacy of the occupation, and, arguably, this has not been unconnected to the range of titles HRD has been given over the years. Has there been an element of ‘management fashion’... Read More about Talent management as a management fashion in HRD: towards a research agenda.

On the empirical performance of (T, s, S) heuristics (2010)
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Babai, M., Syntetos, A., & Teunter, R. (2010). On the empirical performance of (T, s, S) heuristics. European Journal of Operational Research, 202(2), 466-472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2009.05.030

The periodic ðT; s; SÞ policies have received considerable attention from the academic literature. Determination of the optimal parameters is computationally prohibitive, and a number of heuristic procedures have been put forward. However, these heu... Read More about On the empirical performance of (T, s, S) heuristics.

Property and the Law of Finders (2010)
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Carn, M. (2010). Property and the Law of Finders. Trust law international, 24(4), 255-257

Publication review.

On using spheres of meaning to define and dignify the IS discipline (2010)
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Basden, A. (2010). On using spheres of meaning to define and dignify the IS discipline. International Journal of Information Management, 30(1), 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2009.11.006

The question, “Is information systems a real discipline?” has taxed IS scholars for over 20 years, and they debate its identity at length. Many other disciplines are facing similar crises. This article suggests a new approach, which views disciplin... Read More about On using spheres of meaning to define and dignify the IS discipline.

A system dynamics-based simulation study for managing clinical governance and pathways in a hospital (2010)
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Maliapen, M., & Dangerfield, B. (2010). A system dynamics-based simulation study for managing clinical governance and pathways in a hospital. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 61(2), 255-264. https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.2008.134

This paper examines the development of clinical pathways in a hospital in Australia based on empirical clinical data of patient episodes. A system dynamics (SD)-based decision support system (DSS) is developed and analyzed for this purpose. System d... Read More about A system dynamics-based simulation study for managing clinical governance and pathways in a hospital.

The significance of the reflective practitioner in blended learning (2010)
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Heinze, A., & Procter, C. (2010). The significance of the reflective practitioner in blended learning. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2(2), 18-29. https://doi.org/10.4018/jmbl.2010040102

This is a case study paper concerned with the introduction of blended learning on a part-time higher education programme for mature students. The interpretive work draws on four action research cycles conducted over two years with two student cohorts... Read More about The significance of the reflective practitioner in blended learning.

The state of workplace union reps organisation in Britain today (2010)
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Darlington, R. (2010). The state of workplace union reps organisation in Britain today. Capital and Class, 34(201), 126-135. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816809353502

This article provides a brief evaluation of the state of workplace union reps’ organization in Britain as we approach the second decade of the 2000s. It documents the severe weakening of workplace union organization over the last 25 years, which is r... Read More about The state of workplace union reps organisation in Britain today.

A framework for accessible m-government implementation (2010)
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Emmanouilidou, M., & Kreps, D. (2010). A framework for accessible m-government implementation. Electronic Government, 7(3), 252-269. https://doi.org/10.1504/EG.2010.033591

The great popularity and rapid diffusion of mobile technologies at worldwide level has also been recognised by the public sector, leading to the creation of m-government. A major challenge for m-government is accessibility – the provision of an equal... Read More about A framework for accessible m-government implementation.

Hybrid intensity models for repairable systems (2010)
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Percy, D., Kearney, J., & Kobbacy, K. (2010). Hybrid intensity models for repairable systems. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 21, 395-406. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpn039

In recent years, several authors have proposed mathematical models for complex repairable systems, extending the common assumptions of minimal repairs and renewals. These models all have weaknesses but we believe that modifications of existing model... Read More about Hybrid intensity models for repairable systems.