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How much do conditional cash transfers increase the utilization of maternal and child health care services? New evidence from Janani Suraksha Yojana in India (2018)
Journal Article
Rahman, M., & Palliakdavath, S. (2018). How much do conditional cash transfers increase the utilization of maternal and child health care services? New evidence from Janani Suraksha Yojana in India. Economics and Human Biology, 31, 164-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2018.08.007

Janani Suraksha Yojana (safe motherhood scheme, or JSY) provides cash incentives to marginal pregnant women in India conditional on having mainly institutional delivery. Using the fourth round of district level household survey (DLHS-4), we have esti... Read More about How much do conditional cash transfers increase the utilization of maternal and child health care services? New evidence from Janani Suraksha Yojana in India.

Realising the threshold of employability in higher education (2018)
Book Chapter
Procter, C., & Harvey, V. (2018). Realising the threshold of employability in higher education. In J. Carter, M. O'Grady, & C. Rosen (Eds.), Higher Education Computer Science : A Manual of Practical Approaches (203-220). Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98590-9

A substantial body of work has tested and developed ‘Threshold Concepts’. A Threshold Concept may be considered “akin to a portal, opening up a new and previously inaccessible way of thinking about something . . . it represents a transformed way of u... Read More about Realising the threshold of employability in higher education.

This changes everything – ICT and climate change : what can we do? (2018)
Book
(2018). D. Kreps, C. Ess, L. Leenen, & K. Kimppa (Eds.), This changes everything – ICT and climate change : what can we do?. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99605-9

This book contains the proceedings of the 13th International Human Choice and Computers (HCC13) Conference, held at Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland, during September 19–21, 2018. The conference was held by the International Federati... Read More about This changes everything – ICT and climate change : what can we do?.

Opportunism in buyer--supplier exchange: a critical examination of the concept and its implications for theory and practice (2018)
Journal Article
Kelly, S., Wagner, B., & Ramsey, J. (2018). Opportunism in buyer--supplier exchange: a critical examination of the concept and its implications for theory and practice. Production Planning and Control, 29(12), https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2018.1495772

Claims that opportunism is widespread in the process of buyer–supplier exchange are commonplace, but direct supporting evidence for such claims is largely absent from the relevant literature. This article offers a critique of the treatment of opportu... Read More about Opportunism in buyer--supplier exchange: a critical examination of the concept and its implications for theory and practice.

ERP performance triangle : exploring the interplay between benefits realisation management, project governance, and project success (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Mohamad, M., & Sultan, A. (2018, September). ERP performance triangle : exploring the interplay between benefits realisation management, project governance, and project success. Presented at British Academy of Management Conference 2018 : e-Business & e-Government Track, Bristol, UK

The current study aim to explore the trio interplay ERP’s Benefits realisation, project governance, and project success in Oil corporations in Gulf. Using a set of 12 qualitative semi-structured interviews, an interpretative study has addressed senio... Read More about ERP performance triangle : exploring the interplay between benefits realisation management, project governance, and project success.

Exploring the challenge for sustainable development in the energy sector : sociomaterial view of two British and Nigerian cases (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Mohamad, M., & Anuge, J. (2018, September). Exploring the challenge for sustainable development in the energy sector : sociomaterial view of two British and Nigerian cases. Presented at British Academy of Management Conference 2018 : Critical Management Studies Track, Bristol, UK

The global pressure on green environment has been a major issue to attaining future Sustainable Development (SD). In this study, the researchers explore the recent challenges of SD in the power sectors in the UK (as a European North country) and in N... Read More about Exploring the challenge for sustainable development in the energy sector : sociomaterial view of two British and Nigerian cases.

The impact of LASPO on routes to justice (2018)
Report
Sigafoos, J., Organ, J., Crawford, B., Eaton, A., Potschulat, M., Sharma, P., …Whiteford, M. (2018). The impact of LASPO on routes to justice

This research underlines the emotional, social, financial and mental health impacts for individuals who have attempted to resolve their legal problems without legal aid, following the implementation of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of O... Read More about The impact of LASPO on routes to justice.

Institutional determinants of R&D investment : evidence from emerging markets (2018)
Journal Article
Alam, M., Uddin, M., & Yazdifar, H. (2019). Institutional determinants of R&D investment : evidence from emerging markets. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 138, 34-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2018.08.007

Institutional environment of a country plays an important role for innovation activities. Our results confirm that external environment of emerging countries influence the R&D investment. Using Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimation of pa... Read More about Institutional determinants of R&D investment : evidence from emerging markets.

On outcome uncertainty and scoring rates in sport : the case of international rugby union (2018)
Journal Article
Scarf, P., Parma, R., & McHale, I. (2019). On outcome uncertainty and scoring rates in sport : the case of international rugby union. European Journal of Operational Research, 273(2), 721-730. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.08.021

In this paper we investigate the relationship between outcome uncertainty and scoring rates in the framework of a “Poisson match”. We argue that increasing scoring rates in the hope of increasing entertainment may have a detrimental impact on the pop... Read More about On outcome uncertainty and scoring rates in sport : the case of international rugby union.