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Examining hotel salespeople's new membership programme sales performance (2014)
Journal Article
Chen, A., & Peng, N. (2014). Examining hotel salespeople's new membership programme sales performance. Current Issues in Tourism, 19(8), 755-762. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2014.972345

Promoting new membership programmes can be a rewarding, yet challenging task for hotels. However, high-performance sales teams can improve consumer perceptions of new membership programmes in the market and allow hotels to remain competitive. Few stu... Read More about Examining hotel salespeople's new membership programme sales performance.

A critical investigation of electronic patient records in the NHS in England : tracing an elusive object through its actor-network (2014)
Thesis
Goff, M. A critical investigation of electronic patient records in the NHS in England : tracing an elusive object through its actor-network. (Thesis). University of Salford

This study is a critical investigation of electronic patient records in the National Health Service in England. It explores whether EPRs benefit clinicians in the context of a technology that has been explicitly designed to fulfil multiple purposes,... Read More about A critical investigation of electronic patient records in the NHS in England : tracing an elusive object through its actor-network.

Capital structure of internet companies : case study (2014)
Journal Article
Miglo, A., Lee, Z., & Liang, S. (2014). Capital structure of internet companies : case study. Journal of Internet Commerce, 13(3-4), 253-281. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332861.2014.961348

The financing decisions and capital structure of Internet companies are analyzed, and observed findings are related to the common capital structure theories. Large Internet companies usually have low debt, and small Internet companies have high debt.... Read More about Capital structure of internet companies : case study.

Examining the relationship between branding a place and sustainable development (2014)
Book Chapter
Maheshwari, V., Vandewalle, I., & Bamber, D. (2014). Examining the relationship between branding a place and sustainable development. In D. Deeter-Schmelz (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2010 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11797-3_161

There has been a steady increase in competition between places in terms of attracting tourists, businesses and investments, over the past few years (Kotler, et.al. 1993). This has made the marketing of places a key driver of the economic activities a... Read More about Examining the relationship between branding a place and sustainable development.

Exploring key antecedents of purchase intentions within different services (2014)
Journal Article
Ha, H., K. Akamavi, R., Kitchen, P., & Janda, S. (2014). Exploring key antecedents of purchase intentions within different services. Journal of Services Marketing, 28(7), 595-606. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSM-01-2013-0025

Purpose

– The purpose of this research is to investigate the direct and indirect effects of these determinants on purchase intentions. Competitive environments such as those in retail and banking industries impose increased pressure on managers to... Read More about Exploring key antecedents of purchase intentions within different services.

The effect of autonomous information on machine learning (2014)
Journal Article
Cheng, K., & Chang, K. (2014). The effect of autonomous information on machine learning. Journal of computers and applied science education, 1(2), 16-30

The wireless electrical engineering approach to DNS is defined not only by the investigation of model checking, but also by the typical need for Lamport clocks (Corbato, Raman, Cheng, & Gupta, 2002). The purpose of the study is an application for the... Read More about The effect of autonomous information on machine learning.

Patient attitudes to intensive care and life-sustaining technology (2014)
Journal Article
Tully, R., Kitchen, G., Tufchi, A., Saha, B., & Baker, R. (2014). Patient attitudes to intensive care and life-sustaining technology. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 15(4), 331-335. https://doi.org/10.1177/175114371401500413

We used a validated questionnaire to explore the views of patients regarding receiving intensive care and life-sustaining technology. Data was obtained from 38 patients. A score was obtained for ‘general attitude towards use of lifesustaining/prolong... Read More about Patient attitudes to intensive care and life-sustaining technology.

Companies’ Access to Finance, Co-operative Industrial Relations, and Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of the States of South Eastern Europe (2014)
Journal Article

This paper examines the links between corporate funding, cooperative industrial relations, and wage flexibility, on the one hand, and economic growth, on the other, in 11 countries in South Eastern Europe. These links have been downplayed in previou... Read More about Companies’ Access to Finance, Co-operative Industrial Relations, and Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of the States of South Eastern Europe.