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Pre-departure cultural training: US managers in Mexico (2006)
Journal Article
Celaya, L., & Swift, J. (2006). Pre-departure cultural training: US managers in Mexico. Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, 13(3), 230-243. https://doi.org/10.1108/13527600610683372

Purpose – The variety of differences encountered when interacting with people from other cultures can be daunting for foreign nationals operating in another country. Consequently, many companies send their managers on some form of cultural orientatio... Read More about Pre-departure cultural training: US managers in Mexico.

Accounting for organization: round-up the usual suspects (2006)
Journal Article
Jones, O., Sharifi, S., & Conway, S. (2006). Accounting for organization: round-up the usual suspects. Critical Perspectives On Accounting, 17(2-3), 283-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2003.04.004

Over the last 15 years, critical organization theorists have increasingly adopted postmodernist perspectives. The setting-up of Organization by a group of “radical organization theorists” provided an outlet for a network of authors who considered “co... Read More about Accounting for organization: round-up the usual suspects.

Analysis and design of returns policies from a supplier's perspective. (2006)
Journal Article
Wang, H., Wang, W., & Kobbacy, K. (2006). Analysis and design of returns policies from a supplier's perspective. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58(3), 391-401. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602157

This paper considers the problem of designing a returns policy in a supply chain from a supplier's perspective. The supply chain considered here is assumed to have one supplier and one retailer who serves a random demand of a product with a short lif... Read More about Analysis and design of returns policies from a supplier's perspective..

Why students avoid sandwich placements (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Morgan, H. (2006, January). Why students avoid sandwich placements. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

This paper outlines research undertaken to identify factors that dissuade accounting degree students at the University of Salford from taking a year’s work placement. Interviews with key staff and purposively-selected students were transcribed and an... Read More about Why students avoid sandwich placements.

Exploring the modes of internationalization : the case of UK Business Schools (2006)
Journal Article
the case of UK Business Schools. International journal of applied international management, 1(1), 1-10

Recently there has been a large expansion of Higher Education (HE). Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree programmes have seen a large rise in international applications. As a consequence, the UK is gaining more revenue from the Internationa... Read More about Exploring the modes of internationalization : the case of UK Business Schools.

Electronic business : a business model can make the difference (2006)
Journal Article
Owens, J. D. (2006). Electronic business : a business model can make the difference. Management services (Enfield), 50(1), 24-29

Conducting business electronically, electronic commerce has such well-documented advantages that if a business does not engage in doing so one must question the wisdom of management. The major growth in this transition will be from established ‘bric... Read More about Electronic business : a business model can make the difference.

Operationalising business-level generic strategies (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Ghobadian, A., Nandakumar, M., & O'Regan, N. (2006, January). Operationalising business-level generic strategies. Presented at British Academy of Management Conference, Belfast, United Kingdom