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Vers un droit à l’autonomie des personnes vivant avec la maladie d’Alzheimer? (2017)
Journal Article
Baudoin, M., & Kang-Riou, N. (2017). Vers un droit à l’autonomie des personnes vivant avec la maladie d’Alzheimer?. Gérontologie et société, 39(154), 45-59

Towards a right to autonomy for people living with dementia?

One of the key challenges of the 21st century is to protect the autonomy of an ageing population, with a growing proportion living with cognitive impairments. However, this is an arduo... Read More about Vers un droit à l’autonomie des personnes vivant avec la maladie d’Alzheimer?.

Corporations and professionalism : awkward bed-fellows? (2017)
Journal Article
Kreps, D. (2017). Corporations and professionalism : awkward bed-fellows?. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 15(4), 366-369. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-01-2017-0005

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to respond to Burmeister’s paper on Professionalism in information and communication technology.
Design/methodology/approach
This is a short and simple response to an issue that seemed central to Burmeister’... Read More about Corporations and professionalism : awkward bed-fellows?.

A general inspection and opportunistic replacement policy for one-component systems of variable quality (2017)
Journal Article
Cavalcante, C., Lopes, R., & Scarf, P. (2018). A general inspection and opportunistic replacement policy for one-component systems of variable quality. European Journal of Operational Research, 266(3), 911-919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.10.032

We model the influence of opportunities in a hybrid inspection and replacement policy. The base policy has two phases: an initial inspection phase in which the system is replaced if found defective; and a later wear-out phase that terminates with rep... Read More about A general inspection and opportunistic replacement policy for one-component systems of variable quality.

Is BAE’s decision to cut short jobs an acceptance of the UK outside of the EU? (2017)
Other
Owens, J. (2017). Is BAE’s decision to cut short jobs an acceptance of the UK outside of the EU?

The recent announcement by BAE Systems, the UK’s largest defence supplier, to reduce its operational workforce by approximately 2,000 personnel is significantly damaging to both UK’s manufacturing sector and the government’s industrial and STEM strat... Read More about Is BAE’s decision to cut short jobs an acceptance of the UK outside of the EU?.

A cross-cultural and cross-gender analysis of compulsive buying behavior’s core dimensions (2017)
Journal Article
Maccarrone-Eaglen, A., & Schofield, P. (2017). A cross-cultural and cross-gender analysis of compulsive buying behavior’s core dimensions. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 42(1), 173-185. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.12396

This study seeks to address the disagreement in the literature about compulsive buying behavior’s (CBB) dimensional structure and tests for cross-cultural and cross-gender invariance in young British, Chinese, Czech and Spanish consumers using struct... Read More about A cross-cultural and cross-gender analysis of compulsive buying behavior’s core dimensions.

Barriers for highly qualified A8 immigrants in the UK labour market (2017)
Journal Article
Sirkeci, I., Acik, N., Saunders, B., & Privara, A. (2017). Barriers for highly qualified A8 immigrants in the UK labour market. Work, Employment and Society, 32(5), https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017017726912

The number of migrants arriving in the UK from the EU accession countries has been higher than projected. The evidence indicates that they have been over-represented in low-paid and low-skilled jobs. This is arguably transitory and there should be go... Read More about Barriers for highly qualified A8 immigrants in the UK labour market.

The importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) for branding and business success in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in a business-to-distributor (B2D) context (2017)
Journal Article
Ben Youssef, K., Leicht, T., Pellicelli, M., & Kitchen, P. (2017). The importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) for branding and business success in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in a business-to-distributor (B2D) context. Journal of Strategic Marketing, 26(8), 723-739. https://doi.org/10.1080/0965254X.2017.1384038

Integrating corporate social responsibility into brand positioning strategies has become a key concept for the brand marketing of many companies. There is a wealth of studies focusing on the effects of CSR for large international brands and companies... Read More about The importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) for branding and business success in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in a business-to-distributor (B2D) context.

The role of the procurement function in realising sustainable development goals : an empirical study of an emerging economy’s oil & gas sector (2017)
Journal Article
an emerging economy’s oil & gas sector. European journal of sustainable development (Online), 6(3), 166-180. https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2017.v6n3p166

This research is motivated by the unsustainable nature of some oil and gas (O&G) firms’ activities,
especially in developing countries and the dearth of research works about sustainable procurement
(SP) within these countries. The O&G sector is cha... Read More about The role of the procurement function in realising sustainable development goals : an empirical study of an emerging economy’s oil & gas sector.

Examining potential benefits and challenges associated with the Internet of Things integration in supply chains (2017)
Journal Article
Haddud, A., DeSouza, A., Khare, A., & Lee, H. (2017). Examining potential benefits and challenges associated with the Internet of Things integration in supply chains. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 28(8), 1055-1085. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmtm-05-2017-0094

Purpose
The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to have a huge impact on businesses and, especially, the way we think about supply chain management. However, there is still a paucity of studies on the impact of IoT adoption on supply chains and on... Read More about Examining potential benefits and challenges associated with the Internet of Things integration in supply chains.

Employee imagination and its implication for entrepreneurs : inspiration from Chinese business enterprises (2017)
Journal Article
Talat, U., & Chang, K. (2017). Employee imagination and its implication for entrepreneurs : inspiration from Chinese business enterprises. Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management, 8(2), 129-152. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHRM-06-2017-0012

Purpose: In 2015 the European Group of Organisation Studies released a call for papers highlighting poor knowledge of employee imagination in organisations. To address this need, the current study hypothesises employee imagination consisting of seven... Read More about Employee imagination and its implication for entrepreneurs : inspiration from Chinese business enterprises.

Role of the Government in the Development of Special Economic Zones and Industrial Parks in Russia (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Sosnovskikh, S. (2017, September). Role of the Government in the Development of Special Economic Zones and Industrial Parks in Russia. Presented at The 11th International Days of Statistics and Economics, Prague

This paper investigates the process of developing and implementing special economic zones
(SEZs) and industrial parks (IPs) in Russia. Russian government used these initiatives to
develop and diversify exports, increase employment, attract foreign... Read More about Role of the Government in the Development of Special Economic Zones and Industrial Parks in Russia.

Moving away from common sense : the impact of the juridification of human rights (2017)
Book Chapter
Kang-Riou, N. (2017). Moving away from common sense : the impact of the juridification of human rights. In F. Cowell (Ed.), Critically Examining the Case Against the 1998 Human Rights Act (169-184). Routledge

This chapter insists on taking seriously the criticism that there has been a loss of ‘common sense’ in the application of the law due to the application of the HRA. It can appear that the criticisms made by the press against the court(s) are valid be... Read More about Moving away from common sense : the impact of the juridification of human rights.

Towards a migration letters index: the most influential works and authors in migration studies (2017)
Journal Article
Sirkeci, I., Cohen, J., & Privara, A. (2017). Towards a migration letters index: the most influential works and authors in migration studies. Migration Letters, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.33182/ml.v14i3.352

In this review paper, we refresh and update our earlier ranking list based on citations in the field of migration studies. The results are categorised and presented separately for the books and reports, articles and book chapters and for authors of t... Read More about Towards a migration letters index: the most influential works and authors in migration studies.