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Inactive banana time: lean production and the degredation of work in the UK Civil Service (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Carter, B., Danford, A., Howcroft, D., Richardson, H., Smith, A., & Taylor, P. (2010, January). Inactive banana time: lean production and the degredation of work in the UK Civil Service. Presented at Dilemmas for Human Services 14th International Research Conference, Lulea, Sweden

The UK Civil Service has been subject to a constant series of governmental and managerial initiatives over the last 30 years, aimed at increasing efficiency by emulating the private sector. The Gershon Report (2004) identified public sector efficien... Read More about Inactive banana time: lean production and the degredation of work in the UK Civil Service.

Hybrid block replacement and inspection policies for a multi-component system with heterogeneous component lives (2010)
Journal Article
Scarf, P., & Cavalcante, C. (2010). Hybrid block replacement and inspection policies for a multi-component system with heterogeneous component lives. European Journal of Operational Research, 206(2), 384-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2010.02.024

Novel replacement policies that are hybrids of inspection maintenance and block replacement are developed for an n identical component series system in which the component parts used at successive replacements arise from a heterogeneous population. T... Read More about Hybrid block replacement and inspection policies for a multi-component system with heterogeneous component lives.

On the distribution of runs scored and batting strategy in test cricket (2010)
Journal Article
Scarf, P., Shi, X., & Akhtar, S. (2010). On the distribution of runs scored and batting strategy in test cricket. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-985X.2010.00672.x

Negative binomial distributions are fitted to partnership scores and innings scores in test cricket. For partnership scores, we use a parametric model that allows us to consider run rate as a covariate in the distribution of runs scored and hence to... Read More about On the distribution of runs scored and batting strategy in test cricket.

The relationship between emotional intelligence and customer orientation for pharmaceutical salespeople (2010)
Journal Article
Pettijohn, C., Rozell, E., & Newman, A. (2010). The relationship between emotional intelligence and customer orientation for pharmaceutical salespeople. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, 4(1), 21-39. https://doi.org/10.1108/17506121011036015

Purpose: the purpose of the research was to examine the relationships between salesperson emotional intelligence, dispositional affectivity and customer-orientation levels.
Design/methodology/approach: seventy-one pharmaceutical salespeople workin... Read More about The relationship between emotional intelligence and customer orientation for pharmaceutical salespeople.

Exploring consumer boycott intelligence using a socio-cognitive approach (2010)
Journal Article
Farah, M., & Newman, A. (2010). Exploring consumer boycott intelligence using a socio-cognitive approach. Journal of Business Research, 63(4), 347-355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.03.019

Despite a worldwide growth in the number of boycott campaigns, the results of studies are inconclusive as the motives behind individual participation are still largely ignored. Drawing on a socio-cognitive theory, the theory of planned behavior, this... Read More about Exploring consumer boycott intelligence using a socio-cognitive approach.

A numerical study of tournament structure and seeding policy for the soccer World Cup Finals (2010)
Journal Article
Scarf, P., & Yusof, M. (2010). A numerical study of tournament structure and seeding policy for the soccer World Cup Finals. Statistica Neerlandica, 65(1), 43-57. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9574.2010.00471.x

Tournament outcome uncertainty depends on: the design of the tournament;
and the relative strengths of the competitors – the competitive
balance. A tournament design comprises the arrangement of the individual
matches, which we call the tournament... Read More about A numerical study of tournament structure and seeding policy for the soccer World Cup Finals.

The study of political marketing at a local level : conceptual foundations and research directions (2010)
Journal Article
Reeves, P. (2010). The study of political marketing at a local level : conceptual foundations and research directions. Revista română de marketing (Print), 96-113

Whilst political marketing has become established as a research theme, there has been a lack of conceptual and empirical research into local political marketing strategies and practices. In the context of U.K, this paper begins to explore local... Read More about The study of political marketing at a local level : conceptual foundations and research directions.

Talent management and HRM in multinational companies in Beijing: Definitions, differences and drivers (2010)
Journal Article
differences and drivers. Journal of World Business, 46(2), 179-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2009.09.014

Talent Management (TM) has attracted increasing attention from academics and practitioners in recent
years, but there are many gaps and omissions left for further theoretical and empirical development. One
line of debate has been whether TM is mere... Read More about Talent management and HRM in multinational companies in Beijing: Definitions, differences and drivers.

Corporate brand identification and corporate brand management: how top business schools do it (2010)
Journal Article
brand management: how top business schools do it. Journal of General Management, 35(4), 77-102

This article reveals an a priori link between the effective management of corporate brands and the strength of corporate brand identification by customers and stakeholders. The article introduces a model of corporate brand management and corporate br... Read More about Corporate brand identification and corporate brand management: how top business schools do it.