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New civil action against employers (2003)
Journal Article
Howes, V. (2003). New civil action against employers. New Law Journal, 153(7106), 1794-1795

The article discusses the new civil liability created by the Management of Health and Safety Regulations and potential claims for breach of statutory duties under these regulations.

Corporate manslaughter: an international perspective (2003)
Book Chapter
Howes, V., & Wright, F. (2003). Corporate manslaughter: an international perspective. In G. Forlin et al (Ed.), Corporate manslaughter liability: work related deaths and criminal prosecutions (485-539). LexisNexis UK

Solution algorithms for a nonhomogeneous multi-component inspection model. (2003)
Journal Article
Wang, W., & Christer, A. (2003). Solution algorithms for a nonhomogeneous multi-component inspection model. Computers and Operations Research, 30(1), 19-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-0548%2801%2900074-0

In this paper, we present three solution algorithms for an established multi-component inspection system model based upon the delay time concept. First, Algorithm 1 is developed for obtaining the system replacement time if the defect arrival process... Read More about Solution algorithms for a nonhomogeneous multi-component inspection model..

Criminal liability for corporations that kill : proposals for reform (2003)
Thesis
Marangon, T. Criminal liability for corporations that kill : proposals for reform. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

In 1996 the Law Commission published Report No.237 "Criminal Law:
Involuntary Manslaughter - A Consultation Paper ". In that document they
set out their proposals for a radical new offence of "corporate killing".
Seven years later and the Governme... Read More about Criminal liability for corporations that kill : proposals for reform.

Knowledge issues raised in modelling trust in a public key infrastructure (2002)
Journal Article
Basden, A., Ball, E., & Chadwick, D. (2002). Knowledge issues raised in modelling trust in a public key infrastructure. Expert Systems, 18(5), 233-249. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0394.00178

The paper describes a knowledge-based system for modelling trust in the certification authority (CA) of a public key infrastructure. It was built using a graphical knowledge-based system toolkit, Istar, that allows the knowledge builder to easily mod... Read More about Knowledge issues raised in modelling trust in a public key infrastructure.

The critical theory of Herman Dooyeweerd? (2002)
Journal Article
Basden, A. (2002). The critical theory of Herman Dooyeweerd?. Journal of Information Technology, 17(4), 257-269. https://doi.org/10.1080/0268396022000017770

Jürgen Habermas is a wide-ranging thinker whose ideas have formed the philosophic foundation of critical systems thinking (CST). But can the Critical approach incorporate ideas from other thinkers without abandoning its Habermasian roots? The danger... Read More about The critical theory of Herman Dooyeweerd?.

An empirical study of user preference and performance with UML diagrams (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Anthony, S., Barker, T., Britton, C., Kutar, M., Beecham, S., & Wilkinson, V. (2002, September). An empirical study of user preference and performance with UML diagrams. Presented at IEEE 2002 Symposia on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments (HCC’02), Arlington, Virginia, USA

Developing a shared contact centre in Lancashire (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Hepburn, P., & Procter, C. (2002, September). Developing a shared contact centre in Lancashire. Presented at 2nd European Conference on E-Government (ECEG), St. Catherine's College, Oxford, UK

Defining the development needs of entrepreneurs in SMEs (2002)
Journal Article
Davies, J., Hides, M., & Powell, J. (2002). Defining the development needs of entrepreneurs in SMEs. https://doi.org/10.1108/00400910210449240

This paper focuses on the theme of entrepreneurship education, learning and development and specifically, on the challenge for higher education institutions (HEIs) of supporting entrepreneurial and enterprising individuals and organisations. This is... Read More about Defining the development needs of entrepreneurs in SMEs.

A spatial cross-sectional analysis of the elasticity of demand for soccer (2002)
Journal Article
Forrest, D., Simmons, R., & Feehan, P. (2002). A spatial cross-sectional analysis of the elasticity of demand for soccer. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 49(3), 336-355. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9485.00235

Several studies estimate the demand for watching English professional football (soccer) as highly inelastic, a puzzling result given that clubs appear to possess a degree of monopoly power. We discuss weaknesses in earlier studies and offer an altern... Read More about A spatial cross-sectional analysis of the elasticity of demand for soccer.

Enabling the emergent entrepreneurial organisation to develop new products (2002)
Journal Article
Bamber, D., Owens, J., Davies, J., & Suleman, A. (2002). Enabling the emergent entrepreneurial organisation to develop new products. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 8(4), 203-221. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552550210436530

The research literature concerning the new product development process (NPD) is reviewed and this is placed within the concepts required for effective intrapreneurial learning (IL). A model of IL for emergent entrepreneurial organisations (EO) is pre... Read More about Enabling the emergent entrepreneurial organisation to develop new products.

Buying a dream: alternative models for demand for lotto (2002)
Journal Article
Forrest, D., Simmons, R., & Chesters, N. (2002). Buying a dream: alternative models for demand for lotto. Economic Inquiry, 40(3), 485-496. https://doi.org/10.1093/ei/40.3.485

Existing lotto demand models utilize effective price, computed as the face value of a ticket minus the expected value of prize money per ticket, as their primary explanatory variable. By contrast, this article proposes a key role for consumption bene... Read More about Buying a dream: alternative models for demand for lotto.

Bayesian enhanced strategic decision making for reliability. (2002)
Journal Article
Percy, D. (2002). Bayesian enhanced strategic decision making for reliability. European Journal of Operational Research, 139(1), 133-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-2217%2801%2900177-1

Successful strategies for maintenance and replacement require good decisions. We might wish to determine how often to perform preventive maintenance, or the optimal time to replace a system. Alternatively, our interest might be in selecting a thresho... Read More about Bayesian enhanced strategic decision making for reliability..

Managing the 'seamless service': primary care groups in the new NHS (2002)
Journal Article
Willcocks, S., & Conway, A. (2002). Managing the 'seamless service': primary care groups in the new NHS. Health Services Management Research, 15(2), 106-115. https://doi.org/10.1258/0951484021912879

This paper reports on empirical work examining the conseqences for the development of the role of Primary Care Groups of the shift from competition (in the internal market) to relationships based on collaboration and partnership. Previous work (Conwa... Read More about Managing the 'seamless service': primary care groups in the new NHS.