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A novel multiobjective generation and transmission investment framework for implementing 100% renewable energy sources (2017)
Journal Article

Over the last decade, it has been considerable attempts to replace thermal power plants by renewable energy sources (RESs), mainly to reduce harmful gaseous emissions. Ubiquitous nature of these sources in the emerging smart grid,demands a dominated... Read More about A novel multiobjective generation and transmission investment framework for implementing 100% renewable energy sources.

The value and significance of corporate community relations : an Italian SME perspective (2017)
Journal Article
Palazzo, M., Foroudi, P., Siano, A., & Kitchen, P. (2017). The value and significance of corporate community relations : an Italian SME perspective. Bottom Line, 30(4), 330-344. https://doi.org/10.1108/bl-08-2017-0019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the link between community of place and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Lombard industrial districts in Italy.

Design/methodology/approach
A brief literature review of internat... Read More about The value and significance of corporate community relations : an Italian SME perspective.

Organisational dynamics and adoption of innovations : a study within the context of software firms in Sri Lanka (2017)
Journal Article

This paper examines the effect of organisational dynamics on innovation focus using the residual dominant and emergent theoretical framework (RDE) and the empirical evidence of four case studies. The findings revealed that different types of innovati... Read More about Organisational dynamics and adoption of innovations : a study within the context of software firms in Sri Lanka.

An adjusted random-effects model for binary-data meta-analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Baker, R. (2017). An adjusted random-effects model for binary-data meta-analysis. Statistics and Probability Letters, 134, 93-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2017.10.018

A new model with a variable size of random effect
is introduced for the meta-analysis of 2 times 2 tables.
The random-effects parameter has a simple interpretation in terms of sample size and offers a new measure of heterogeneity.

The relation between the producer and consumer price indices : a two country study (2017)
Journal Article

Marketing managers are often in a dilemma about which pricing index to rely on while calculating the annual increase in the prices for their product. To provide insights that can reduce this dilemma, a critical comparison of the Producer Price index... Read More about The relation between the producer and consumer price indices : a two country study.

Book review : Bob Crow : Socialist, Leader, Fighter : a political biography (2017)
Journal Article

Book review.

Vers un droit à l’autonomie des personnes vivant avec la maladie d’Alzheimer? (2017)
Journal Article
Baudoin, M., & Kang-Riou, N. (2017). Vers un droit à l’autonomie des personnes vivant avec la maladie d’Alzheimer?. Gérontologie et société, 39(154), 45-59

Towards a right to autonomy for people living with dementia?

One of the key challenges of the 21st century is to protect the autonomy of an ageing population, with a growing proportion living with cognitive impairments. However, this is an arduo... Read More about Vers un droit à l’autonomie des personnes vivant avec la maladie d’Alzheimer?.

Corporations and professionalism : awkward bed-fellows? (2017)
Journal Article
Kreps, D. (2017). Corporations and professionalism : awkward bed-fellows?. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 15(4), 366-369. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-01-2017-0005

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to respond to Burmeister’s paper on Professionalism in information and communication technology.
Design/methodology/approach
This is a short and simple response to an issue that seemed central to Burmeister’... Read More about Corporations and professionalism : awkward bed-fellows?.

Visual service scape aesthetics and consumer response : a holistic model (2017)
Journal Article

The paper looks at the impact of visual servicescapes at consumer preferences. Using an experimental methodology, we try to understand the imapct of different servicescape aesthetic dimensions on emotional and congnitive responses of customers.

A general inspection and opportunistic replacement policy for one-component systems of variable quality (2017)
Journal Article
Cavalcante, C., Lopes, R., & Scarf, P. (2018). A general inspection and opportunistic replacement policy for one-component systems of variable quality. European Journal of Operational Research, 266(3), 911-919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.10.032

We model the influence of opportunities in a hybrid inspection and replacement policy. The base policy has two phases: an initial inspection phase in which the system is replaced if found defective; and a later wear-out phase that terminates with rep... Read More about A general inspection and opportunistic replacement policy for one-component systems of variable quality.