In recent years the notion of tourists visiting sites associated with death and destruction has started to receive much attention within the associated literature, with issues coupled with visitor motivations being key to this research. The genre tha... Read More about Dark tourism motivations : an investigation into the motivations of visitors to sites associated with dark tourism.
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An investigation of the performance of African nations in the 2012 London Olympics
Thesis
The performance and success of the African nations in the 2012 London Olympic Games was considered to be poor and well below expectation, taking into account the number of African countries that participated in the Games and the size of their teams.... Read More about An investigation of the performance of African nations in the 2012 London Olympics.
Fragmentation in the UK construction sector is hindering knowledge production which leads to low levels of productivity. For decades, several unproductive initiatives have been deployed in an effort to increase partnering and collaboration between co... Read More about A framework for transferring and sharing tacit knowledge in construction supply chains within lean and agile processes.
Modelling and optimising the sport and exercise training process
Thesis
In elite sport, the fundamental aim of training is to improve performance in competition. It should develop the abilities of the athletes to achieve the highest level of performance. The fundamental aim of monitoring in training is to determine wheth... Read More about Modelling and optimising the sport and exercise training process.
Are UK employment tribunals a barrier to justice
Thesis
The UK Employment Tribunal System (ETS) is broken and in need of reform according to the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) (2011) and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) (2011). Both organisations, that represent and lobby in the interests of... Read More about Are UK employment tribunals a barrier to justice.
From past research literature review on British South Asian consumerism, there have
been some issues and problems found in literature review. Firstly, there have been
generalisations about British South Asians as one homogenous group. It can be a... Read More about A qualitative analysis of the factors that affect British South Asian Muslim women and their consumption of fashion and beauty products.
Ethical codes of conduct : theory and application in small and medium businesses
Thesis
Organisational ethical codes of conduct have come into prominence since the millennium. However, the literature has focused predominantly on these codes in the setting of large organisations. This thesis explores ethical codes of conduct in the con... Read More about Ethical codes of conduct : theory and application in small and medium businesses.
The relationship between SMS/MMS marketing and consumer based brand equity (CBBE) – A review and conceptualisation
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Purpose of the paper: Text marketing expenditure amongst firms grew to £8.94 million in 2012 from £6.09 million in 2011 in the UK (Derived from Ofcom, 2013). This provides a rationale for this paper as it indicates that firms have recently renewed t... Read More about The relationship between SMS/MMS marketing and consumer based brand equity (CBBE) – A review and conceptualisation.
The purpose of this research project is to help develop the disclosure literature in relation to the banking sector, which is currently sparse due to the limited empirical research studies on the extent of banking disclosure and its relationship with... Read More about An evaluation of voluntary disclosure in the annual reports of commercial banks : empirical evidence from Libya.
Generalised estimators for seasonal forecasting by combining grouping and shrinkage approaches
Journal Article
In this paper, generalised estimators are proposed to estimate seasonal indices for certain forms of additive and mixed seasonality. The estimators combine one of two group seasonal indices methods, Dalhart’s group method and Withycombe’s group metho... Read More about Generalised estimators for seasonal forecasting by combining grouping and shrinkage approaches.
The utilisation of language in political marketing theory and practice
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Purpose: Whilst political marketing has become established as a subject area, important issues remain under-researched. One such area is language utilisation in political marketing. The purpose of this paper is therefore to further the literature wi... Read More about The utilisation of language in political marketing theory and practice.
Political parties and political marketing ‘strategies’
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This conceptual paper focuses on political marketing ‘strategies’ in the context of major British political parties. There is consideration of the underlying drivers that are encouraging the adoption of the political marketing approach. It is debated... Read More about Political parties and political marketing ‘strategies’.
Knowledge management in a virtual environment academic network
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Introduction
Book Chapter
Appeals, referrals and substantial injustice
Journal Article
Software to support student team project working: evaluating a prototype
Presentation / Conference Contribution
In this paper a prototype software system to help students to get started on their team project work is evaluated. Using a case study approach, and several cycles of the prototype, it was tested on student undertaking team projects in the information... Read More about Software to support student team project working: evaluating a prototype.
Software to support student team project working: evaluating a prototype
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This paper presents the findings from a case study to investigate how undergraduate students used the output from a teamwork support tool. In designing this sort of software tool usability is considered, but analysis of the findings from this researc... Read More about Software to support student team project working: evaluating a prototype.
From search engine optimisation to search engine marketing management: development of a new area for information systems research
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Search Engine Optimisation was a term used by web developers in the late 90s to highlight the importance of increasing a website’s position in search engines’ results. Further development of the Internet in terms of the diversity of its users and use... Read More about From search engine optimisation to search engine marketing management: development of a new area for information systems research.
SPARC 2022 book of abstracts
Book
Welcome to the Book of Abstracts for the 2022 SPARC conference. Our conference is called “Moving
Forwards” reflecting our re-emergence from the pandemic and our desire to reconnect our PGR
community, in celebration of their research. PGRs have co... Read More about SPARC 2022 book of abstracts.