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Can teamwork skills be assessed fairly in higher education? (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Heinze, A., & Whatley, J. (2009, September). Can teamwork skills be assessed fairly in higher education?. Presented at The aims of the workshop were to: share what is commonly meant by “teamwork” skills; share common issues and challenges in assessment facing educators who utilise team work; propose possible multiple action to resolve the potential challenges., University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester

Teamwork is widely acknowledged as an essential skill for students in higher education to prepare them to the real-life team working environments (Lynch, Heinze 2007). But, it is not easy to assess team working skills (Cooper and Heinze 2007). Moreov... Read More about Can teamwork skills be assessed fairly in higher education?.

‘Staging the past, enacting the present’: Experiential marketing in the performing arts and heritage sectors (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Leighton, D., & Conway, A. (2009, June). ‘Staging the past, enacting the present’: Experiential marketing in the performing arts and heritage sectors. Presented at 10th International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management (AIMAC), Dallas, USA

This paper investigates experiential marketing as a potential strategy for cultural attractions operating in a highly competitive leisure marketplace. The paper examines the relevance of the experiential approach for the UK arts and cultural sector w... Read More about ‘Staging the past, enacting the present’: Experiential marketing in the performing arts and heritage sectors.

Management collusion: Keeping the lid on the can of worms (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Sobreperez, P. (2009, June). Management collusion: Keeping the lid on the can of worms. Presented at 17th European Conference in Information Systems, University of Verona, Italy

This paper suggests that issues surrounding non-compliance should not be dismissed as resistance but instead should be further studied by managers and developers, leading to accommodation of differing views. The technological frames of reference stra... Read More about Management collusion: Keeping the lid on the can of worms.

Virtual oversight over transnational capitalism: XBRL metadata and renewed government control of the global economy (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D., & Wong, R. (2009, April). Virtual oversight over transnational capitalism: XBRL metadata and renewed government control of the global economy. Presented at The IFIP WG9.5 "Virtuality and Society" International Workshop on Images of Virtuality: Conceptualizations and Applications in Everyday Life, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

As the recent and ongoing crisis in the world financial system shows, unregulated markets are dangerous for the world economy. Through the news media we have all become much more familiar with the virtual world of financial transactions in today’s gl... Read More about Virtual oversight over transnational capitalism: XBRL metadata and renewed government control of the global economy.

Information sharing in emerging economies (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Burke, M. (2009, January). Information sharing in emerging economies. Presented at International Conference on Information Resources (Conf-IRM) - Global Connections, Dubai, UAE

SME information sharing in emerging economies (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Burke, M. (2009, January). SME information sharing in emerging economies. Presented at International Association for the Development of the Information Society (IADIS) - Information Systems Conference, Barcelona, Spain

Understanding failures in E-Government: Idoltry as a lens (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Subrahmaniam, K., & Basden, A. (2009, January). Understanding failures in E-Government: Idoltry as a lens. Presented at 13th and 14th Annual Working Conference of the CPTS, Maarssen, Nethelands

Research 2.0 : improving participation in online research communities (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Ferneley, E., Heinze, A., & Child, P. (2009, January). Research 2.0 : improving participation in online research communities. Presented at European Conference in Information Systems, Verona, Italy

Web 2.0 thinking and technologies create a number of new opportunities to conduct research broadly labeled as Research 2.0. Research 2.0 is a growing area of academic and commercial interest, which includes research undertaken in online research comm... Read More about Research 2.0 : improving participation in online research communities.

Research 2.0: encouraging engagement in online market research communities (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Ferneley, E., Heinze, A., & Child, P. (2009, January). Research 2.0: encouraging engagement in online market research communities. Presented at UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS), Oxford

Research 2.0 is the emerging term used to describe the use of Web 2.0 platforms to conduct research with geographically dispersed participants. Research 2.0 is becoming particularly popular within the market research industry. We argue that Research... Read More about Research 2.0: encouraging engagement in online market research communities.

The study of political marketing at a local level : conceptual foundations and research directions (2009)
Presentation / Conference
conceptual foundations and research directions. Presented at 38th European Marketing Academy Conference, Nantes, France

Whilst political marketing has become established as a research theme, there has been a lack of conceptual and empirical research into local political marketing strategies and practices. In the context of U.K, this paper begins to explore local pol... Read More about The study of political marketing at a local level : conceptual foundations and research directions.

Past of the firm: The source for sustainable competitive advantage and survival? (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Aaltonen, S., Heinze, A., Ielpa, G., Klosova, A., Papadopoulou, T., De Tommaso, D., …Zygiaris, S. (2008, November). Past of the firm: The source for sustainable competitive advantage and survival?. Presented at RENT XXV Conference - Entrepreneurial, Business and Society, Bodo, University of Nordland - Norway

Small craft sector firms are struggling to survive in an environment where large multinational companies produce similar kinds of products in higher volumes and cheaper prices. The surviving of small firms calls for creative thinking. There are man... Read More about Past of the firm: The source for sustainable competitive advantage and survival?.

A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Dangerfield, B., Quigley, M., & Kearney, J. (2008, November). A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation. Presented at Transformation through construction-joint 2008 CIB W065/W055 symposium proceedings, Dubai

Studies have been conducted to measure competitiveness in the construction industry. Such research has focused on all levels from the national picture to individual projects. While useful, the results are limited in that they present a snapshot pictu... Read More about A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation.

Online social lending: Borrower-generated content (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Briceño Ortega, A., & Bell, F. (2008, August). Online social lending: Borrower-generated content. Presented at 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems- AMCIS 2008, Toronto, Canada

This article explores online social lending, an innovative venture that represents a reintermediation in financial services. Borrowers and lenders now have access to online financial information services such as Motley Fool, http://www.fool.com/ , an... Read More about Online social lending: Borrower-generated content.

A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Dangerfield, B., Quigley, M., & Kearney, J. (2008, July). A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation. Presented at International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Athens, Greece

Studies have been conducted to measure competitiveness in the construction industry. Such research has focused on all levels from the national picture to individual projects. While useful, the results are limited in that they present a snapshot pictu... Read More about A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation.

Community as commodity (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D., & Pearson, E. (2008, July). Community as commodity. Presented at IFIP WG 9.5 International Working Conference on Virtuality and Society: Massive Virtual Communities, Leuphana University, Luneburg, Germany

Despite utopian claims that the internet generally and Social Networking Sites (SNS) (including multi-user virtual environments, or MUVE) in particular herald a challenge to the dominance of capitalist ideologies in technological societies, there is... Read More about Community as commodity.