All Outputs (208)

Service innovation and transformation : the case of WeChat (2019)
Book Chapter
Chen, Y., & Zhao, W. (2019). Service innovation and transformation : the case of WeChat. In A. Fenton, G. Fletcher, & M. Griffiths (Eds.), Strategic Digital Transformation: A Results-Driven Approach (174-181). Routledge

Business innovation is closely associated with the enterprise boundary, focusing on internal control to carry out innovation activities and use internal innovation resources. But this format faces the challenge of knowledge dispersion, information di... Read More about Service innovation and transformation : the case of WeChat.

Understanding how others see your organisation (2019)
Book Chapter
Kane, S. (2019). Understanding how others see your organisation. In A. Fenton, G. Fletcher, & M. Griffiths (Eds.), Strategic Digital Transformation: a results-driven approach (86-94). Oxon: Routledge

Armed with an understanding of influential external changes, knowledge of the value created by these changes and an awareness of what competitors are doing in response, the spotlight now turns internally to understanding your own organisation in the... Read More about Understanding how others see your organisation.

Managing your human resources : sequential-tasking and maker time (2019)
Book Chapter
Lord, J., & Fenton, A. (2019). Managing your human resources : sequential-tasking and maker time. In A. Fenton, M. Griffiths, & G. Fletcher (Eds.), Strategic Digital Transformation: a results-driven approach (157-164). Oxon: Routledge

This chapter focuses on the human resource issues faced in the “always on” VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world. With all of the benefits and flexibility of mobile digital working and data-driven management, this can also have nega... Read More about Managing your human resources : sequential-tasking and maker time.

A User-Centred Approach to Digitalising Care Homes (2019)
Book Chapter
Hedley-Takhar, P., Jimenez-Aranda, A., Lanfranchi, V., Pownall, S., Sproson, L., & Tindale, W. B. (2020). A User-Centred Approach to Digitalising Care Homes. In Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Populations (21-39). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26292-1_2

The care sector requires support and new ways of designing and delivering services to respond to the needs of an increasing ageing population, characterised by significant numbers of people who encounter difficulties in living independently in their... Read More about A User-Centred Approach to Digitalising Care Homes.

A framework strategy to overcome trust issues on cloud computing adoption in Higher Education (2019)
Book Chapter
Ali, M., Wood-Harper, T., & Ramlogan, R. (2019). A framework strategy to overcome trust issues on cloud computing adoption in Higher Education. In Modern Principles, Practices, and Algorithms for Cloud Security (162-183). Information Science Reference. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1082-7.ch008

Cloud computing has the potential of adding strategic value to the higher education domain owing to exemplary growth in ubiquitous data and communication services ranging from student access to educational materials to developing teaching and researc... Read More about A framework strategy to overcome trust issues on cloud computing adoption in Higher Education.

‘We all need cultural awareness and cultural affinity’ : the academics’ view on Chinese students’ academic transition into undergraduate studies in Britain (2019)
Book Chapter
Xu, D., & Roddy, E. (2019). ‘We all need cultural awareness and cultural affinity’ : the academics’ view on Chinese students’ academic transition into undergraduate studies in Britain. In J. Carter, & C. Rosen (Eds.), Transnational Higher Education in Computing Courses (87-104). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28251-6_7

Despite the growing trend of more Chinese students coming to the UK to study, they still face considerable problems and difficulties adapting to local life. Chinese students also often struggle with their academic studies due to cultural differences.... Read More about ‘We all need cultural awareness and cultural affinity’ : the academics’ view on Chinese students’ academic transition into undergraduate studies in Britain.

A digital twin model for enhancing performance measurement in assembly lines (2019)
Book Chapter
Papanagnou, C. (2019). A digital twin model for enhancing performance measurement in assembly lines. In M. Farsi, A. Daneshkhah, A. Hosseinian-Far, & H. Jahankhani (Eds.), Digital Twin Technologies and Smart Cities (53-66). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18732-3_4

Dynamic manufacturing processes are characterized by a lack of coordination, complexity and sheer volumes of data. Digital transformation technologies offer the manufacturers the capability to better monitor and control both assets and production. Th... Read More about A digital twin model for enhancing performance measurement in assembly lines.

Public-private partnership and the achievement of sustainable development goals : the role of subnational governments (2019)
Book Chapter
Arimoro, A., & Elgujja, A. (2019). Public-private partnership and the achievement of sustainable development goals : the role of subnational governments. In A. Kagu, & N. Attah (Eds.), Perspectives on governance and accountability (337-361). Centre for Research and Capacity Development on Humanitarian Studies, Yobe State University, Nigeria

Governments around the world including developed and developing economies are grappling with the challenge of wide infrastructure deficits. The case of the African continent is even more critical. Considering also that the United Nation’s Sustainable... Read More about Public-private partnership and the achievement of sustainable development goals : the role of subnational governments.

Culture and context impact on mobile tech application in organizational learning (2019)
Book Chapter
Chen, Y., & Zhang, Y. (2019). Culture and context impact on mobile tech application in organizational learning. In Mobile Technologies in Educational Organizations (142-169). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8106-2.ch008

While the significance of mobile technologies to support deep learning has been recognized, the impact factors of applying these technologies into various organizational learning environments still remain poorly understood. This chapter has explored... Read More about Culture and context impact on mobile tech application in organizational learning.

Culture and context impact on mobile tech application in organisational learning : case study of UK Higher Education Institution and Chinese state-owned enterprise (2019)
Book Chapter
Chen, Y., & Zhang, Y. (2019). Culture and context impact on mobile tech application in organisational learning : case study of UK Higher Education Institution and Chinese state-owned enterprise. In A. Baruch, & H. Tal (Eds.), Mobile Technologies in Educational Organizations. IGI Global Publication. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8106-2.ch008

While the significance of nowadays mobile technologies to support deep learning has been recognised, the impact factors of applying these technologies into various organisational learning environment still remain poorly understood. This research has... Read More about Culture and context impact on mobile tech application in organisational learning : case study of UK Higher Education Institution and Chinese state-owned enterprise.

Video killed the radio star : a review of social commerce music platforms in facilitating product dissemination. From record and rewind, to upload and distribute (2019)
Book Chapter
Robinson, N., Fenton, A., & Dale, C. (2019). Video killed the radio star : a review of social commerce music platforms in facilitating product dissemination. From record and rewind, to upload and distribute. In R. Boardman, M. Blazquez, C. Henninger, & D. Ryding (Eds.), Social Commerce: Consumer Behaviour in Online Environments. London: Palgrave Pivot (Palgrave Macmillan). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03617-1

The distribution and dissemination of music has evolved considerably in recent years. Traditional channels primarily comprised the artist and the record company, with the artist producing the music and the record company facilitating its distribution... Read More about Video killed the radio star : a review of social commerce music platforms in facilitating product dissemination. From record and rewind, to upload and distribute.

Unlocking legal validity. Some remarks on the artificial ontology of law (2018)
Book Chapter
Sandro, P. (2018). Unlocking legal validity. Some remarks on the artificial ontology of law. In J. Hage, P. Westerman, & S. Kirste (Eds.), Legal Validity and Soft Law (99-123). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77522-7_5

Following Kelsen’s influential theory of law, the concept of validity has been used in the literature to refer to different properties of law (such as existence, membership, bindingness, and more) and so it is inherently ambiguous. More importantly,... Read More about Unlocking legal validity. Some remarks on the artificial ontology of law.

Human resource management in football (2018)
Book Chapter
Lord, J. (2018). Human resource management in football. In S. Chadwick, D. Parnell, P. Widdop, & C. Anagnostopoulos (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Football Business and Management (220-232). London: Routledge

From recruitment to dismissal, football has generally managed to avoid investigation into its HRM practices with only a handful of high profile incidents being highlighted by researchers and the media.



However, HRM has always played a vita... Read More about Human resource management in football.

Realising the threshold of employability in higher education (2018)
Book Chapter
Procter, C., & Harvey, V. (2018). Realising the threshold of employability in higher education. In J. Carter, M. O'Grady, & C. Rosen (Eds.), Higher Education Computer Science : A Manual of Practical Approaches (203-220). Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98590-9

A substantial body of work has tested and developed ‘Threshold Concepts’. A Threshold Concept may be considered “akin to a portal, opening up a new and previously inaccessible way of thinking about something . . . it represents a transformed way of u... Read More about Realising the threshold of employability in higher education.

A case study on the use of meditation techniques to develop mindfulness in MBA supply chain management students (2018)
Book Chapter
Kelly, S., Marshall, D., McCarthy, L., & Pugh, J. (2018). A case study on the use of meditation techniques to develop mindfulness in MBA supply chain management students. In The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment (1095-1113). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62163-0_42

An increased focus on spirituality and mindfulness in the management education literature has resulted in calls for greater empirical work of a nontraditional nature. Therefore, this research looks to contribute to this growing body of literature by... Read More about A case study on the use of meditation techniques to develop mindfulness in MBA supply chain management students.

Bank soundness : a PLS-SEM approach (2018)
Book Chapter
Ayadurai, C., & Eskandari, R. (2018). Bank soundness : a PLS-SEM approach. In N. Avkiran, & C. Ringle (Eds.), Partial least squares structural equation modeling (31-52). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71691-6_2

During the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007–2009, even banks in industrial economies with long established markets suffered significantly. This highlights, weaknesses in the banking system and the importance of a sound banking sector. This paper... Read More about Bank soundness : a PLS-SEM approach.

A conceptual analysis on the different approaches to new product development and the variables associated with modelling the process (2018)
Book Chapter
Owens, J., & Atherton, A. (2018). A conceptual analysis on the different approaches to new product development and the variables associated with modelling the process. In K. Kumar, & J. Paulo Davim (Eds.), Design and Optimization of Mechanical Engineering Products (1-23). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3401-3

Globally, new products are launched almost every day. They are developed to provide solutions to common or specialised problems; to enrich our lifestyle; to release us from mundane and monotonous jobs; to give reliable alternatives to old solutions;... Read More about A conceptual analysis on the different approaches to new product development and the variables associated with modelling the process.

Multi-aspectual Interview Technique (MAIT); an alternative approach towards interviewing students in further and higher education (2018)
Book Chapter
Kane, S., & Basden, A. (2018). Multi-aspectual Interview Technique (MAIT); an alternative approach towards interviewing students in further and higher education. In C. Boshuijzen-van Burken, & D. Haftor (Eds.), Reason, Faith and Practice In Our Common Home : Festschrift for Dr. Sytse Strijbos (108-126). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Rozenberg Publishers

Digital marketing and the young consumer (2017)
Book Chapter
Maheshwari, V., Sinnott, K., & Morris, B. (2017). Digital marketing and the young consumer. In A. Gbadamosi (Ed.), Young Consumer Behaviour. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315213590-11

This chapter analyzes the influences of the young consumer on the digital or online decision-making process for a variety of relevant brand categories. The digitalisation of media fuelled by remarkable technological advancement has changed the landsc... Read More about Digital marketing and the young consumer.

Mortality among migrants and their descendants living in England and Wales (2017)
Book Chapter
Wallace, M. (2017). Mortality among migrants and their descendants living in England and Wales. . Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785365973

Mortality differences among immigrants and their descendants in England and Wales are studied. The analysis involves an assessment of the hypothesis that data errors, particularly under-registration of migrant deaths, lies at the root of the immi... Read More about Mortality among migrants and their descendants living in England and Wales.