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Business link information pricing policies: the way ahead
Journal Article
Burke, M., & Rigby, J. Business link information pricing policies: the way ahead. Business Information Review, 13(4), 251-257. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266382964236085

Describes the formation of the Business Link Information Service (BLIS) by Business Link Oldham, UK, and the three year limit to government funding of Business Links, which obliged BLIS to seek means for charging for its services. Presents details of... Read More about Business link information pricing policies: the way ahead.

Cable & Wireless – past, present and future: the telecom giant awakens
Journal Article
Knowling, L., & Burke, M. Cable & Wireless – past, present and future: the telecom giant awakens. Business Information Review, 15, 193-199. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266382984236876

Presents a current overview of the UK telecommunications group Cable & Wireless. Describes its existing global business, with subsidiaries in over 50 countries and links with many major companies and overseas governments. Discusses the development of... Read More about Cable & Wireless – past, present and future: the telecom giant awakens.

Resetting the compass for the business information landscape
Journal Article
Hall, H., & Burke, M. Resetting the compass for the business information landscape. Business Information Review, 15, 22-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266382984236605

The compilation of a new textbook on business information sources (Navigating business information sources: a practical guide for information managers, Library Association, 1998) provided the authors with an opportunity to consider and review develop... Read More about Resetting the compass for the business information landscape.

Impact of information needs an organizational design
Journal Article
Burke, M., & Tulett, K. Impact of information needs an organizational design. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28SICI%291097-4571%281999%2950%3A4%3C380%3A%3AAID-ASI16%3E3.3.CO%3B2-S

Up until the late 1950s, organizational design was dominated by the structurally universal bureaucratic model and the classical management theories associated with Fayol (1916) and Weber (1947). However, increasing technological change and instabil... Read More about Impact of information needs an organizational design.

Introduction
Book Chapter
Darlington, R. Introduction. In Syndicalism and the Transition to Communism: An International Comparative Analysis (1-13). Aldershot: Ashgate

Blended learning : an interpretive action research study
Thesis
Heinze, A. (2008). Blended learning : an interpretive action research study. (Thesis). University of Salford

This study describes research on an undergraduate part-time blended learning programme within the former Information Systems Institute at the University of Salford. This research is based on the interpretive philosophical paradigm and examines four c... Read More about Blended learning : an interpretive action research study.

The readiness of open access policy implementation : a case study within a Kuwaiti higher education institute
Thesis
Allamki, Z. The readiness of open access policy implementation : a case study within a Kuwaiti higher education institute. (Thesis). University of Salford

Open access (OA) policy is becoming an increasingly important element of information management initiatives in academic institutions. The aim of this research is to explore the perception towards OA and identify the factors that influence the readine... Read More about The readiness of open access policy implementation : a case study within a Kuwaiti higher education institute.

Strategies, challenges and outcomes in the development and implementation of food control systems: An international perspective from policy makers
Thesis
Rostron, K. Strategies, challenges and outcomes in the development and implementation of food control systems: An international perspective from policy makers. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Foodborne disease is a significant and growing problem. The control of foodborne disease is the responsibility of food handlers, food business operators and agencies developing and implementing national food control systems. The purpose of this resea... Read More about Strategies, challenges and outcomes in the development and implementation of food control systems: An international perspective from policy makers.

The utilisation of language in political marketing theory and practice
Presentation / Conference
theory and practice. Presented at Putting Marketing In Its Place: Academy of Marketing Annual Conference 2009, Leeds

Purpose: Whilst political marketing has become established as a subject area, important issues remain under-researched. One such area is language utilisation in political marketing. The purpose of this paper is therefore to further the literature wi... Read More about The utilisation of language in political marketing theory and practice.

The need for robust digital tax regimes in the Gulf: a case of the Saudi Arabian tax system
Presentation / Conference
Almalki, S., & Ali, M. The need for robust digital tax regimes in the Gulf: a case of the Saudi Arabian tax system. Presented at BAM2022

Governments in numerous western nations have digitalized their taxation systems, resulting in economic growth and a decrease in crimes such as tax evasion. This has garnered the interest of developing nations that wish to replicate this success. Alth... Read More about The need for robust digital tax regimes in the Gulf: a case of the Saudi Arabian tax system.

UK’s human cloud SMEs’ imbrication; unravelling sociomaterial new routines
Presentation / Conference
Ali, M., Edghiem, F., & Abualqumboz, M. UK’s human cloud SMEs’ imbrication; unravelling sociomaterial new routines. Presented at 35th BAM2021 Conference - British Academy of Management, Online/Virtual

The human cloud is an emerging technological paradigm that provides a set of online digital marketplaces in which talent and those seeking to employ talent can find and engage one another in a work arrangement. Whereas cloud offerings, such as Google... Read More about UK’s human cloud SMEs’ imbrication; unravelling sociomaterial new routines.

A framework of Internet of Things (IoT) as an ICT strategy to facilitate information and communication sharing in UK universities
Presentation / Conference
Ali, M., Wood-Harper, T., Newman, M., & Wood, B. A framework of Internet of Things (IoT) as an ICT strategy to facilitate information and communication sharing in UK universities. Presented at BAM2020 Conference In The Cloud, United Kingdom

The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a growing trend in the current technological panorama. In Education, the IoT is a vastly developing technologically driven information and communication environment for researchers, students, and administrators... Read More about A framework of Internet of Things (IoT) as an ICT strategy to facilitate information and communication sharing in UK universities.

Twitter sentiment analysis: The case of mobile network outage
Other
Hackett, C., Heinze, A., & Fletcher, G. Twitter sentiment analysis: The case of mobile network outage. Salford

In July 2012 O2 experience an extensive mobile network outage affecting a significant proportion of customers. This study looks at how the sentiment of tweets about mobile phone operators changed during and after this incident.

Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference
Journal Article
Light, B., Fletcher, G., & Adam, A. Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference. Information Technology and People, 21(3), 300-314. https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840810896046

Purpose To investigate ICT mediated inclusion and exclusion in terms of sexuality through a study of a commercial social networking website for gay men Design/methodology/approach The paper uses an approach based on technological inscription and t... Read More about Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference.