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The health impact of an online heart disease support group: A comparison of moderated vs. unmoderated support (2009)
Journal Article
group: A comparison of moderated vs. unmoderated support. Health Education Research, 24(4), 646-654. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyp001

The aim of this study was to assess whether our
online closed community heart care support
group and information resource could sustain
changes in health behaviour after the moderators
withdrew their support. Heart patients (n 5
108) living in a... Read More about The health impact of an online heart disease support group: A comparison of moderated vs. unmoderated support.

Business failures and macroeconomic factors in the UK (2009)
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Liu, J. (2009). Business failures and macroeconomic factors in the UK. Bulletin of Economic Research, 61(1), 47-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.2008.00294.x

We examine the interactions between business failures and macroeconomic
aggregates, and specifically the accounts of policy-induced
changes in the macroeconomy for the observed fluctuations of UK
business failures in the period 1966–2003 using the... Read More about Business failures and macroeconomic factors in the UK.

Financial factors and company investment decisions in transitional China (2009)
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Liu, J., & Pang, D. (2009). Financial factors and company investment decisions in transitional China. Managerial and Decision Economics, 30(2), 91-108. https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.1440

We investigate the propensity of Chinese publicly listed firms to invest in response to financial
factors, according to the a priori degree of a firm’s information problems: industry sector,
ownership structure and firm size. The firms in primary a... Read More about Financial factors and company investment decisions in transitional China.

Customer-orientated six sigma in call centre performance measurement (2009)
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McAdam, R., Davies, J., Keogh, B., & Finnegan, A. (2009). Customer-orientated six sigma in call centre performance measurement. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 26(6), 516-545. https://doi.org/10.1108/02656710910966110

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to explore the role of Six Sigma performance measurement at both strategic and operational levels within call centres where the definition of Six Sigma is widened to include systems thinking constructs.

Design/me... Read More about Customer-orientated six sigma in call centre performance measurement.

Dynamic re-order point inventory control with lead-time uncertainty : analysis and empirical investigation (2009)
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Babai, M., Syntetos, A., Dallery, Y., & Nikolopoulos, K. (2009). Dynamic re-order point inventory control with lead-time uncertainty : analysis and empirical investigation. International Journal of Production Research, 47(9), 2461-2483. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207540701666824

A new forecast-based dynamic inventory control approach is discussed in this paper. In this approach, forecasts and forecast uncertainties are assumed to be exogenous data known in advance at each period over a fixed horizon.
The control parameters... Read More about Dynamic re-order point inventory control with lead-time uncertainty : analysis and empirical investigation.

Periodic control of intermittent demand items : theory and empirical analysis (2009)
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Syntetos, A., Babai, M., Dallery, Y., & Teunter, R. (2009). Periodic control of intermittent demand items : theory and empirical analysis. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 60(5), 611-618. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602593

In this paper we propose a modification to the standard forecasting, periodic order-up-to-level inventory control
approach to dealing with intermittent demand items, when the lead-time length is shorter than the average interdemand
interval. In par... Read More about Periodic control of intermittent demand items : theory and empirical analysis.

Demand categorisation in a European spare parts logistics network (2009)
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Syntetos, A., Keyes, M., & Babai, M. (2009). Demand categorisation in a European spare parts logistics network. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 29(3), 292-316. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443570910939005

Purpose: Spare parts have become ubiquitous in modern societies and managing their requirements is an important and challenging task with tremendous cost implications for the organisations that are holding relevant inventories. An important operation... Read More about Demand categorisation in a European spare parts logistics network.

A mathematical analysis of badminton scoring systems (2009)
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Percy, D. (2009). A mathematical analysis of badminton scoring systems. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 60, 63-71. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602528

The International Badminton Federation recently introduced rule changes to make the game faster and more entertaining, by influencing how players score points and win games. We assess the fairness of both systems by applying combinatorics, probabilit... Read More about A mathematical analysis of badminton scoring systems.

Evaluating relative performances in disabled sports competitions (2009)
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Percy, D., & Warner, D. (2009). Evaluating relative performances in disabled sports competitions. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 20(2), 185-199. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpn018

Handicapping systems play important roles in many sports. This paper focuses on disabled sports competitions, which primarily aim to encourage participation. Nevertheless, prizes are awarded for relative performances and should be allocated fairly. W... Read More about Evaluating relative performances in disabled sports competitions.

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