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Maintaining market position: Team performance, revenue and wage expenditure in the English Premier League
Journal Article
Carmichael, F., Mchale, I., & Thomas, D. Maintaining market position: Team performance, revenue and wage expenditure in the English Premier League. Bulletin of Economic Research, 63(4), 464-497. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.2009.00340.x

This paper investigates the relationship between playing success and commercial success in team sports. Utilizing a data set relating to the English Premier League that combines both financial measures and indicators of playing skills and performa... Read More about Maintaining market position: Team performance, revenue and wage expenditure in the English Premier League.

Habit and long memory in UK lottery sales
Journal Article
McHale, I., & Peel, D. Habit and long memory in UK lottery sales. Economics Letters, 109(1), 7-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.07.007

Long memory processes can occur as a consequence of aggregation over heterogeneous agents. We examine the UK lottery and, by estimating the level of fractional differencing, find evidence of the long memory property in lottery sales, a result that... Read More about Habit and long memory in UK lottery sales.

The regulation and steering of corporate social responsibility in China : stories after the enforcement of chinese company law 2006
Journal Article
Zhao, J. The regulation and steering of corporate social responsibility in China : stories after the enforcement of chinese company law 2006. International Company and Commercial Law Review, 22(12),

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in China is rather limited and the idea is comparatively new to academics, directors and practitioners. In this article, CSR and enforcement measures regarding related legal obligations in the Chinese Company Law... Read More about The regulation and steering of corporate social responsibility in China : stories after the enforcement of chinese company law 2006.

An analysis of the effect of IFRS adoption in Nigeria on the quality of published financial information
Thesis
Temile, S. (in press). An analysis of the effect of IFRS adoption in Nigeria on the quality of published financial information. (Thesis). University of Salford

The study examines the effects of the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on the quality of published financial statements in Nigeria. The study uses entire non-financial firms listed on the floor of the Nigeria Stock Exch... Read More about An analysis of the effect of IFRS adoption in Nigeria on the quality of published financial information.

The law of harassment in the UK: a growing concern
Journal Article
Howes, V. The law of harassment in the UK: a growing concern. International Journal of Comparative Labour Law, 25(2), 191-205

This article considers recent changes to legal provisions governing harassment at work, in particular sexual harassment, in the UK, in the light of EU Directive 2002/73/EC, and the remedies available in the courts and employment tribunals. This artic... Read More about The law of harassment in the UK: a growing concern.

Philosophical frameworks for understanding information Systems
Book
Basden, A. Philosophical frameworks for understanding information Systems. Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global (IDEA Group Inc.)

This is a major monograph which contains a significant amount of original thought. While, like to some other works, it attempts to apply philosophy to understanding information systems, it is original in several ways. It argues for a lifeworld-orient... Read More about Philosophical frameworks for understanding information Systems.

Academic library use in the Google era
Presentation / Conference
Alazemi, T., Chen, Y., & Kutar, M. Academic library use in the Google era. Presented at UKAIS 2016, Oxford, UK

Academic websites provided by academic libraries face challenges to their utility stemming from the rapid developments in information and communication technology (ICT). These developments have created diverse options and channels for information sou... Read More about Academic library use in the Google era.

Foucault, exhibitionism and voyeurism on chatroulette
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D. Foucault, exhibitionism and voyeurism on chatroulette. Presented at Cultural attitudes towards technology and communication 2010, Vancouver, Canada

Sexuality, understood as a Foucauldian discourse that expresses itself through our passions and pursuits and contributes massively to our socially- constructed identity formation, has from the outset been a major factor in the growth of the internet.... Read More about Foucault, exhibitionism and voyeurism on chatroulette.

Harnessing the link between ICT domestication and behaviour change for carbon footprint reduction in the home
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D., Sundramoorthy, V., Cooper, G., & Linge, N. Harnessing the link between ICT domestication and behaviour change for carbon footprint reduction in the home. Poster presented at Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2010, San Francisco

This is a research-in-progress paper, outlining the issues pertinent to a unique EU FP7 Project entitled Digital Environment Home Energy Management System, including Living Labs in the UK and Bulgaria, which seeks to engender pro-environmental behavi... Read More about Harnessing the link between ICT domestication and behaviour change for carbon footprint reduction in the home.

Facebook, YouTube, MySpace: can Web 2.0 social networking sites nudge the boardroom – the evolution of CRN 2.0 research agenda?
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, M., Heinze, A., Light, B., Kiveal, P., & Sethi, T. Facebook, YouTube, MySpace: can Web 2.0 social networking sites nudge the boardroom – the evolution of CRN 2.0 research agenda?. Presented at UK Academy for Information Systems 15th Annual Conference 2010 “Information Systems: Past, Present and Looking to the Future”, Oriel College, University of Oxford

The lessons learned from the social networking sites and the related research have produced a number of reasons for the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in the corporate environment. The users of Web 2.0 technologies such as FaceBook, YouTube and MyS... Read More about Facebook, YouTube, MySpace: can Web 2.0 social networking sites nudge the boardroom – the evolution of CRN 2.0 research agenda?.

Software agents to support students working on group projects
Report
Whatley, J., Ferneley, E., & Jones, M. Software agents to support students working on group projects

This project is designed to develop and apply mechanisms for supporting teamwork, so that students get the most out of their projects, through development of a software system to support students working in team projects online. Online teamwork is p... Read More about Software agents to support students working on group projects.

Creativity : snowflakes and circles in information management
Journal Article
Burke, M. Creativity : snowflakes and circles in information management. Library Management, 14(6), 4-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129310045462

Based on the premiss that, as technology gradually takes over most of the clerical functions of management, the one function which computers and automation may never replicate is the creativity of the human mind. Examines the implications of the mana... Read More about Creativity : snowflakes and circles in information management.

Working together in Higher Education: How to develop collaboration among academics in a new organisational unit to promote an interdisciplinary approach
Report
Broster, P. Working together in Higher Education: How to develop collaboration among academics in a new organisational unit to promote an interdisciplinary approach. The University of Salford

Academe has faced many challenges over recent years including a cultural shift to increase collaboration to provide a greater interdisciplinary approach to teaching, learning and programme delivery (Englund, 2018). This paper aims to explore what t... Read More about Working together in Higher Education: How to develop collaboration among academics in a new organisational unit to promote an interdisciplinary approach.