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Interactive shrinkage methods for class handicapping (2011)
Journal Article
Percy, D. (2011). Interactive shrinkage methods for class handicapping. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 22(2), 139-156

A recent publication identified weaknesses with the current handicapping system for disabled Alpine skiing, suggested minor improvements and tentatively proposed an alternative system. This proposal uses shrinkage methods to allow for varying class s... Read More about Interactive shrinkage methods for class handicapping.

Prior elicitation: a compromise between idealism and pragmatism (2011)
Journal Article
Percy, D. (2011). Prior elicitation: a compromise between idealism and pragmatism. Mathematics today, 47, 142-147

Modelling preventive maintenance as a decay process for a two-state system (2011)
Journal Article
Kearney, J., Percy, D., & Kobbacy, K. (2011). Modelling preventive maintenance as a decay process for a two-state system. Ingeniería y gestión de mantenimiento, 74, 20-25

Pet ownership and related consumption practices : the role of moralization (2011)
Journal Article
McEachern, G., & Cheetham, F. (2011). Pet ownership and related consumption practices : the role of moralization

This paper considers the role of morality in the consumption practices associated with pet ownership. To explore these practices, we adopt Holt’s (1995) Typology of Consumption Practices. A photo-elicitation technique is used to elicit stories from f... Read More about Pet ownership and related consumption practices : the role of moralization.

Library review: knowledge sharing in emerging economies (2011)
Other
(2011). Library review: knowledge sharing in emerging economies. UK

Lean and mean in the civil service: the case of processing in HMRC (2011)
Journal Article
Carter, B., Danford, A., Howcroft, D., Richardson, H., Smith, A., & Taylor, P. (2011). Lean and mean in the civil service: the case of processing in HMRC. Public Money and Management, 31(2), 115-122. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2011.560708

The desire to modernise the public sector has led to the import of private sector management methods and practices aimed at generating efficiencies and cost savings; yet, the consequences of these changes on the working lives of civil servants are un... Read More about Lean and mean in the civil service: the case of processing in HMRC.

Two fat ladies at the seaside: gambling in working class holidays 1920-1970 (2011)
Book Chapter
Downs, C. (2011). Two fat ladies at the seaside: gambling in working class holidays 1920-1970. In R. Snape, & D. Smith (Eds.), Recording Leisure Lives: Holidays and Tourism in 20th Century Britain (51-73). Leisure Studies

Gambling was a popular and pervasive leisure pursuit long before it was legalised in January 1961. The most prevalent forms of gambling amongst the working classes were the football pools, illegal off-course cash betting and greyhound racing; all of... Read More about Two fat ladies at the seaside: gambling in working class holidays 1920-1970.

An analysis of strategy in the first three innings in test cricket: declaration and the follow-on (2011)
Journal Article
Scarf, P., & Akhtar, S. (2011). An analysis of strategy in the first three innings in test cricket: declaration and the follow-on. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 62(11), 1931-1940. https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.2010.169

A study of a two-phase inspection policy for a preparedness system with a defective state and heterogeneous lifetime (2011)
Journal Article
Cavalcante, C., Scarf, P., & de Almeida, A. (2011). A study of a two-phase inspection policy for a preparedness system with a defective state and heterogeneous lifetime. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 96(6), 627-635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2010.12.004

Distributed leadership, knowledge and information management and team performance in Chinese and Western groups (2011)
Journal Article
and Western groups. Journal of Technology Management in China, 6(1), 26-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/17468771111105640

Purpose – More studies are beginning to support the role of distributed, as opposed to solo,
leadership in team performance, but distributed leadership (DL) has not always been linked to higher
performance. It may need to be co-ordinated, rather th... Read More about Distributed leadership, knowledge and information management and team performance in Chinese and Western groups.