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Adoption of advanced management accounting practices in Gulf Cooperation Council countries : insights from institutional theory analysis (2019)
Thesis
Mufid, A. Adoption of advanced management accounting practices in Gulf Cooperation Council countries : insights from institutional theory analysis. (Thesis). University of Salford

Adoption of Advanced Management Accounting Practices in Gulf Cooperation Council countries: Insights from institutional theory analysis This study investigates the adoption of advanced Management Accounting Practices (MAPs) in GCC countries and he... Read More about Adoption of advanced management accounting practices in Gulf Cooperation Council countries : insights from institutional theory analysis.

Price rise warning follows British Steel collapse (2019)
Journal Article
Owens, J. (2019). Price rise warning follows British Steel collapse

Costs could increase following the British Steel collapse as industry will have to look abroad for specialist steel products, according to an academic.

Chinese students’ decisions to undertake postgraduate study overseas (2019)
Journal Article
Zhu, L., & Reeves, P. (2019). Chinese students’ decisions to undertake postgraduate study overseas. International Journal of Educational Management, 33(5), 999-1011. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-11-2017-0339

Purpose: This study surfaces themes which may influence Chinese students’ decision making in relation to postgraduate study in international universities. Design/ methodology/ approach: The study utilises a semi-structured qualitative interview me... Read More about Chinese students’ decisions to undertake postgraduate study overseas.

Corporate cash hoarding and corporate governance mechanisms : evidence from Borsa Istanbul (2019)
Journal Article
Hassanein, A., & Kokel, A. (2019). Corporate cash hoarding and corporate governance mechanisms : evidence from Borsa Istanbul. Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/16081625.2019.1617753

This study aims to examine the impact of corporate governance mechanisms on the cash hoarding decision. The study focuses on BIST100 non-financial firms listed on Borsa Istanbul over the period from 2010 to 2014. The study finds that firms with large... Read More about Corporate cash hoarding and corporate governance mechanisms : evidence from Borsa Istanbul.

Understanding digital events : Bergson, Whitehead, and the experience of the digital (2019)
Book
Kreps, D. E. A. (2019). D. Kreps (Ed.), Understanding digital events : Bergson, Whitehead, and the experience of the digital. London: Routledge

This book introduces an events-based approach to understanding digital experience. Focusing on the event-ontologies of Bergson and Whitehead’s process metaphysics, it explores subjective experience and objective reality as unified ‘events’ in the for... Read More about Understanding digital events : Bergson, Whitehead, and the experience of the digital.

Dependences and volatility spillovers between the oil and stock markets : New evidence from the copula and VAR-BEKK-GARCH models (2019)
Journal Article
Yu, L., Zha, R., Stafylas, D., He, K., & Liu, J. (2020). Dependences and volatility spillovers between the oil and stock markets : New evidence from the copula and VAR-BEKK-GARCH models. International Review of Financial Analysis, 68, 101280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2018.11.007

This paper examines the dynamic relationship between the oil market and stock markets from two perspectives: dependence between the crude oil market (WTI) and stock markets of the US and China, and volatility spillovers between them during 1991-201... Read More about Dependences and volatility spillovers between the oil and stock markets : New evidence from the copula and VAR-BEKK-GARCH models.

Modelling demand for lotto using a novel method of correcting for endogeneity (2019)
Journal Article
Baker, R., Forrest, D., & Perez, L. (2020). Modelling demand for lotto using a novel method of correcting for endogeneity. Economic Modelling, 84, 302-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2019.04.021

Modelling lottery sales as a function of the mean, standard deviation and skewness of the probability distribution of returns potentially gives insights into how the design of a game could be modified to maximise net revenue. But use of OLS is pro... Read More about Modelling demand for lotto using a novel method of correcting for endogeneity.

Delay-time modelling of a critical system subject to random inspections (2019)
Journal Article
Scarf, P., Cavalcante, C., & Lopes, R. (2019). Delay-time modelling of a critical system subject to random inspections. European Journal of Operational Research, 278(3), 772-782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.04.042

We model the inspection-maintenance of a critical system in which the execution of inspections is random. The models we develop are interesting because they mimic realities in which production is prioritised over maintenance, so that inspections migh... Read More about Delay-time modelling of a critical system subject to random inspections.

The impact of software features’ perceived importance on the perceived performance of software products’ quality elements (2019)
Journal Article
Hussain, A., Mkpojiogu, E., & Kutar, M. (2019). The impact of software features’ perceived importance on the perceived performance of software products’ quality elements. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 16(5), 2135-2140. https://doi.org/10.1166/jctn.2019.7863

Software products have quality elements (features) that enhance their perceived quality. The performance of these quality elements with respect to how users, clients and customers are satisfied, determines the overall perceived quality of the product... Read More about The impact of software features’ perceived importance on the perceived performance of software products’ quality elements.

Editorial (2019)
Journal Article
Sirkeci, I. (2019). Editorial. Remittances Review, 4(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.33182/rr.v4i1.782

Remittances Review is the only dedicated peer-reviewed international scholarly outlet disseminating work on remittances and money transfers since 2016. Published independently with an open-minded approach to entice innovative research and scholarship... Read More about Editorial.

Participant reflexivity in organisational research design (2019)
Journal Article
Cassell, C., Radcliffe, L., & Malik, F. (2019). Participant reflexivity in organisational research design. Organizational Research Methods, 23(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428119842640

Despite the considerable interest in researcher reflexivity within the organizational literature, little attention has been paid to participant reflexivity, here defined as the reflexive considerations of research participants that are stimulated by... Read More about Participant reflexivity in organisational research design.

New conceptualization and measurement of corporate identity : evidence from UK food and beverage industry (2019)
Journal Article
Tourky, M., Alwi, S., Kitchen, P., Melewar, T., & Shaalan, A. (2020). New conceptualization and measurement of corporate identity : evidence from UK food and beverage industry. Journal of Business Research, 109, 595-606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.03.056

This study extends the conceptualization of corporate identity (CI), and develops a valid and reliable scale for the concept via multistage research design. After detailed literature review, key elements of CI in practice are clarified using 20 semi-... Read More about New conceptualization and measurement of corporate identity : evidence from UK food and beverage industry.

The diffusion of management accounting innovations in dependent (subsidiary) organisations and MNCs (2019)
Journal Article
Yazdifar, H., Askarany, D., Wickramasinghe, D., Nasseri, A., & Alam, M. (2019). The diffusion of management accounting innovations in dependent (subsidiary) organisations and MNCs. The International Journal of Accounting, 54(01), 1950004. https://doi.org/10.1142/s1094406019500045

Responding to the increasing changes in technology through the proliferation of globalisation, a range of management accounting innovations (MAIs) have emerged. Concerning these MAIs, researchers have put forward alternative views ranging from ration... Read More about The diffusion of management accounting innovations in dependent (subsidiary) organisations and MNCs.

I am a person : a review of value sensitive design for cognitive declines of ageing, interpreted through the lens of personhood (2019)
Journal Article
Kreps, D., & Burmeister, O. (2019). I am a person : a review of value sensitive design for cognitive declines of ageing, interpreted through the lens of personhood. Orbit, 2(2), https://doi.org/10.29297/orbit.v2i2.79

This paper presents a conception of personhood as both physical and social, and both as radically contingent upon their respective physical and social environments. In the context of age-related cognitive decline, particularly dementia, it supports l... Read More about I am a person : a review of value sensitive design for cognitive declines of ageing, interpreted through the lens of personhood.

Does shorter postnatal hospital stay lead to postdischarge complications? An instrumental variables approach (2019)
Journal Article
Rahman, M., Pallikadavath, S., & Khatton, R. (2019). Does shorter postnatal hospital stay lead to postdischarge complications? An instrumental variables approach. Journal of International Development, 31(5), 432-471. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3412

We exploit the difference in means of postnatal hospital stays between beneficiary mothers of Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) and control mothers to estimate causal effects of postnatal hospital stay on postdischarge complications of a mother and her ne... Read More about Does shorter postnatal hospital stay lead to postdischarge complications? An instrumental variables approach.

Supply chain management in the videogames industry: a systematic literature review evaluating the maturity of the field and establishing a new research agenda (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Kelly, S., Klezl, V., Israilidis, J., & Malone, N. (2019, April). Supply chain management in the videogames industry: a systematic literature review evaluating the maturity of the field and establishing a new research agenda. Presented at 28th International IPSERA Conference: Art and Science of Procurement, Milan, Italy

The Video Games Industry (VGI) continues to grow dramatically and, as industries mature, they rely more heavily on Supply Chain Management (SCM) to ensure effective operations leading to greater levels of performance. SCM has been widely covered in m... Read More about Supply chain management in the videogames industry: a systematic literature review evaluating the maturity of the field and establishing a new research agenda.

Enforcement actions, market movement and depositors’ reaction : evidence from the US banking system (2019)
Journal Article
Sorwar, G. (2019). Enforcement actions, market movement and depositors’ reaction : evidence from the US banking system. Journal of Financial Services Research, 55(2-3), 143-165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10693-019-00313-9

We examine market movement and depositors’ reaction following the announcement of enforcement actions (EAs) on US banks over the period 2004 to 2015. Using an extensive dataset of manually collected EAs, employing event study and multivariate analyse... Read More about Enforcement actions, market movement and depositors’ reaction : evidence from the US banking system.

Dooyeweerd’s Understanding of Meaning (1) (2019)
Journal Article
Basden, A. (2019). Dooyeweerd’s Understanding of Meaning (1). Philosophia reformata (Online), 84(1), 102-129. https://doi.org/10.1163/23528230-08401083

Meaning is very important in Dooyeweerd’s Reformational philosophy. This essay seeks to examine what Dooyeweerd wrote about meaning and how he used it in mapping out the various domains of his philosophy. A distinction is drawn between different type... Read More about Dooyeweerd’s Understanding of Meaning (1).

Understanding the business of logistics (2019)
Journal Article
Owens, J. (2019). Understanding the business of logistics

In the first of a series of features from the University of Salford’s Business School, GM Business Connect visited with Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management Dr Jonathan D Owens. The series of speed lectures will feature a differe... Read More about Understanding the business of logistics.

Subordinates' competency : a potential trigger for workplace ostracism (2019)
Journal Article
Chang, K., Kuo, C., Quinton, S., Lee, I., Cheng, T., & Huang, S. (2021). Subordinates' competency : a potential trigger for workplace ostracism. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32(8), 1801-1827. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2019.1579246

While the competence of subordinates is considered desirable in the workplace, it may create challenges in managing people in organizations. This study examines why subordinates’ competence triggers ostracism within the workplace based on social comp... Read More about Subordinates' competency : a potential trigger for workplace ostracism.