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Talent management, leadership development and knowledge transfer in an international context (2012)
Thesis

This submission incorporates twelve published works relating to issues of talent
management, leadership development and knowledge transfer in an international
context. These issues are examined from a consistently contextual and processual
stance... Read More about Talent management, leadership development and knowledge transfer in an international context.

Flexible business models (2012)
Journal Article

Purpose – The aim in this paper is to describe and explain the flexibility offered by different business models adopted by different firms as they strive to achieve higher levels of business performance.

Design/methodology/approach – Cross-section... Read More about Flexible business models.

Strategic planning and performance : The moderating effect of structure (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Nandakumar, M., Ghobadian, A., & O'Regan, N. (2012, September). Strategic planning and performance : The moderating effect of structure. Presented at British Academy of Management Conference : Management Research Revisited: Prospects for Theory and Practice, Cardiff, UK

Environmental uncertainty and flexibility (2012)
Journal Article
Nandakumar, M., Jharkharia, S., & Nair, A. (2012). Environmental uncertainty and flexibility. Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, 13(3), 121-122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40171-013-0018-9

A dynamic model for evaluating the effects of changes in eating and physical activity on childhood obesity (2012)
Thesis

Obesity is a term used to describe the condition of excess fat. It has many dangerous side
effects for health and well-being. Knowing the negative impacts of obesity, this research
attempts to demonstrate the contribution offered by system dynamics... Read More about A dynamic model for evaluating the effects of changes in eating and physical activity on childhood obesity.

Modelling and prediction of intermittent demand distributions (2012)
Thesis

The management of spare part inventories is an issue of strategic concern for most
industrial firms. However, the demand for spare parts is typically intermittent in nature
meaning that orders arrive sporadically and the order sizes may be highly v... Read More about Modelling and prediction of intermittent demand distributions.

Radical political unionism in France and Britain : a comparative study of SUD-Rail and the RMT (2012)
Journal Article
Connolly, H., & Darlington, R. (2012). Radical political unionism in France and Britain : a comparative study of SUD-Rail and the RMT. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 18(3), 235-250. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680112452693

Arguably the problem with many recent pessimistic academic assessments of the fortunes of, and prospects for, the revival of European trade unionism is that they fail to adequately capture evidence of continuing union resilience and combativity in ce... Read More about Radical political unionism in France and Britain : a comparative study of SUD-Rail and the RMT.

Estimation of TFP growth : a semiparametric smooth coefficient approach (2012)
Journal Article
Kumbhakar, S., & Sun, K. (2012). Estimation of TFP growth : a semiparametric smooth coefficient approach. Empirical Economics, 43(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-011-0468-x

This article uses a semiparametric smooth coefficient model (SPSCM) to estimate TFP growth and its components (scale and technical change). The SPSCM is derived from a nonparametric specification of the production technology represented by an input d... Read More about Estimation of TFP growth : a semiparametric smooth coefficient approach.

Purchasing property in Turkey : an analysis of motivations and constraints for British consumers (2012)
Thesis

The market for second home purchases abroad has grown rapidly in the last fifteen years
because of the growth in demand from Europeans looking for a place in the sun. Turkey is
one of the most popular European countries in which to purchase a secon... Read More about Purchasing property in Turkey : an analysis of motivations and constraints for British consumers.

Generic handicapping for paralympic sports (2012)
Journal Article
Percy, D. (2012). Generic handicapping for paralympic sports. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 24(3), 349-361. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dps013

Class handicapping methods enable different classes of athletes to compete on equal terms. Different sports use a variety of algorithms, which are usually based on historical data and subjective opinions. A recent proposal is to use an interactive sh... Read More about Generic handicapping for paralympic sports.