All Outputs (112)

Key benefits of enterprise resource planning adoption within small family businesses : a conceptual framework (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Lasisi, M. O., Owens, J. D., & Udagedara, S. (2017, April). Key benefits of enterprise resource planning adoption within small family businesses : a conceptual framework. Presented at UK Academy for Information Systems Conference 2017, Oxford University

This research mainly focused on the perceived benefits of ERP adoption for Small Family Businesses (SFB). In doing so, it explores some of the key benefits of an ERP system for SMEs. Through the exploration of the literature, a framework is constru... Read More about Key benefits of enterprise resource planning adoption within small family businesses : a conceptual framework.

An empirical analysis of organized crime, corruption and economic growth (2017)
Journal Article
Rana, M., Neanidis, K., & Blackbourn, K. (2017). An empirical analysis of organized crime, corruption and economic growth. Annals of Finance, 13(3), 273-298. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10436-017-0299-7

In a companion study, Blackburn et al. (Econ Theory Bull, 2017), we have developed a theoretical framework for studying interactions between organized crime and corruption, with the view of examining the combined effects of these phenomena on economi... Read More about An empirical analysis of organized crime, corruption and economic growth.

Ambush marketing is dead ; long live ambush marketing – a re-definition and typology of an increasingly prevalent phenomenon (2017)
Journal Article

Ambush marketing is more than thirty years old, and its prevalence continues to grow. Recent cases indicate that brands perpetrating ambushes are becoming more creative, but the literature has failed to keep pace, offering scant analysis of the diffe... Read More about Ambush marketing is dead ; long live ambush marketing – a re-definition and typology of an increasingly prevalent phenomenon.

Recruitment, remittances, and returns (2017)
Book Chapter
Sirkeci, I., & Martin, P. (2017). Recruitment, remittances, and returns. In K. Reinert (Ed.), Handbook of Globalisation and Development (312-330). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783478651

Is there an investment motive behind remittances? : evidence from panel cointegration (2017)
Journal Article
Ali, A., & Alpaslan, B. (2017). Is there an investment motive behind remittances? : evidence from panel cointegration. ˜The œJournal of developing areas, 51(1), 63-82. https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2017.0004

Remittance flows have become a vital source of foreign exchange for many developing countries. As a result, the issue of whether they act as complements or substitutes for domestic investment remains an important avenue of research. We know that remi... Read More about Is there an investment motive behind remittances? : evidence from panel cointegration.

International Financial Management 4th Edition (2017)
Book

The fourth edition of Madura and Fox’s International Financial Management provides the ideal introduction to the study of interaction between firms of all sizes and global finance.
Real life examples, critical debate questions and project workshop... Read More about International Financial Management 4th Edition.

The knowledge transfer openness matrix facilitating accessibility in UK management education teaching (2017)
Book Chapter

This is an empirical investigation considering how the Knowledge Transfer Openness Matrix (KTOM) could facilitate accessibility and Knowledge Transfer (KT) for the UK Higher Education (HE) Management Education Teaching when utilising learning technol... Read More about The knowledge transfer openness matrix facilitating accessibility in UK management education teaching.

Psychological contract violation and customer intention to reuse online retailers: exploring mediating and moderating mechanisms (2017)
Journal Article

This study examines the impact of psychological contract violation (PCV) on customer intentions to reuse online retailer websites via the mediating mechanisms of trust and satisfaction. The moderating role of perceived structural assurance (SA) is al... Read More about Psychological contract violation and customer intention to reuse online retailers: exploring mediating and moderating mechanisms.

The influence of academic culture on quality management system ISO 9001 maintenance within Malaysian universities (2017)
Journal Article
Basir, S., Davies, J., Douglas, J., & Douglas, A. (2017). The influence of academic culture on quality management system ISO 9001 maintenance within Malaysian universities. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 39(3), 320-340. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080x.2017.1298199

This study investigates the influence of the elements of academic culture on quality management system ISO 9001 maintenance within Malaysian universities. There is a dearth of empirical studies on maintaining ISO 9001, particularly in the higher educ... Read More about The influence of academic culture on quality management system ISO 9001 maintenance within Malaysian universities.

Suggestions for future sustainability (2017)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2017). Suggestions for future sustainability. In P. Brandon, P. Lombardi, & G. Shen (Eds.), Future Challenges in Evaluating and Managing Sustainable Development in the Built Environment (319-343). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119190691.ch19

This chapter discusses how the other chapters in this work may be woven into a single fabric of resilience or sustainability and then suggests a way ahead towards their achievement. It makes two main proposals, one philosophical with several suggesti... Read More about Suggestions for future sustainability.

Impact of gender diversity on social and environmental performance evidence from Malaysia (2017)
Journal Article

Purpose - This study is guided by the upper echelon theory and argues that the role of females on boards of directors may differ between cultures. In a culture where the community has a significant humane orientation, female directors may pay much mo... Read More about Impact of gender diversity on social and environmental performance evidence from Malaysia.

Empirical evidence of direct rebound effect in Indian two-wheeler sector (2017)
Journal Article
Gopinatha Menon, B. (2017). Empirical evidence of direct rebound effect in Indian two-wheeler sector. Energy Efficiency, 10(5), 1201-1213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-017-9515-6

The transport sector is the main contributor to the greenhouse gas emissions in India. The rise in atmospheric pollution due to greenhouse gases has triggered the energy efficiency improvement policy in the Indian automotive sector. The extent of suc... Read More about Empirical evidence of direct rebound effect in Indian two-wheeler sector.

Current Issues in Succession Law (2017)
Journal Article
Carn, M. (2017). Current Issues in Succession Law. Trust law international, 31(1), 41-43

Publication review.

Operations management: Olympics TV and a fish and chip supper (2017)
Journal Article
Owens, J. (2017). Operations management: Olympics TV and a fish and chip supper

As in many homes all over the UK, Friday evening meal in our house is a Fish and Chip supper. As my wife was going to collect our meal, I thought I would catch up on some of the Olympics on TV, until our youngest asked me to explain what exactly wa... Read More about Operations management: Olympics TV and a fish and chip supper.

Creating the competitive edge: A new relationship between operations management and industrial policy (2017)
Journal Article

Policy interventions by governments to alter the structure of economic activity have either been dismissed or ignored by operations management (OM) scholars. However, in recent years, such ‘industrial policy’ measures have gained increasing support i... Read More about Creating the competitive edge: A new relationship between operations management and industrial policy.

Warnings over wine prices are enough to make you hit the bottle (2017)
Journal Article
Owens, J. (2017). Warnings over wine prices are enough to make you hit the bottle

As uncertainty over the 'Brexit' effect continues, every line of business seems to have its own brand of questions about the future. And maybe it was a coincidence that shortly after the end of that driest of months, January, and on Valentine’s Day,... Read More about Warnings over wine prices are enough to make you hit the bottle.

Beyond ecosystem services : valuing the invaluable (2017)
Journal Article

The ecosystem services framework (ESF) is advantageous and widely used for itemising and quantifying ways in which humans benefit from natural places. However, it suffers from two important problems: (i) incoherence of... Read More about Beyond ecosystem services : valuing the invaluable.

Sport 2.0 : transforming sports for a digital world (2017)
Book

Digital technology is changing everything about modern sports. Athletes and coaches rely on digital data to monitor and enhance performance. Officials use tracking systems to augment their judgment in what is an increasingly superhuman field of play.... Read More about Sport 2.0 : transforming sports for a digital world.

A critical evaluation of the impact of religion on collectivist families’ meal social interaction behaviour in Sierra Leone (2017)
Journal Article
Mulkeen, J., & Kakay, S. (2017). A critical evaluation of the impact of religion on collectivist families’ meal social interaction behaviour in Sierra Leone. International journal of advanced research (Indore), 5(1), 2675-2693. https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3060

The symbolism of religionin the Sierra Leonean collectivist society is encouraged to promote increased interdependency and social bonding among families that share similar beliefsystem. This beliefis further accentuated and translated at the dinner t... Read More about A critical evaluation of the impact of religion on collectivist families’ meal social interaction behaviour in Sierra Leone.

A bivariate Weibull count model for forecasting association football scores (2017)
Journal Article
Boshnakov, G., Kharrat, T., & McHale, I. (2017). A bivariate Weibull count model for forecasting association football scores. International Journal of Forecasting, 33(2), 458-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2016.11.006

The paper presents a model for forecasting association football scores. The model uses a Weibull inter-arrival-times-based count process and a copula to produce a bivariate distribution of the numbers of goals scored by the home and away teams in a m... Read More about A bivariate Weibull count model for forecasting association football scores.