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Mobility and the Transnationals (2013)
Book Chapter
Sirkeci, I. (2013). Mobility and the Transnationals. In Transnational Marketing and Transnational Consumers (35-58). Heidelberg: Springer Berlin. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36775-5_3

Mobile professionals who constantly move through different national boundaries and cultures were called “circulating consumers”. However, these should fall under our wider category of ‘mobile consumers’ and named ‘transnational mobiles’. Hence moveme... Read More about Mobility and the Transnationals.

Conclusions (2013)
Book Chapter
Sirkeci, I. (2013). Conclusions. In Transnational Marketing and Transnational Consumers (65-67). Heidelberg: Springer Berlin. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36775-5_5

We have discussed the transnationality of the organisation in reference to the UNCTAD’s measurement. Although it makes sense to analyse the spread of assets, employees, and sales of a firm across national borders, it is also important to consider the... Read More about Conclusions.

Match fixing : an economics perspective (2013)
Book Chapter
Forrest, D. (2013). Match fixing : an economics perspective. In Match-Fixing in International Sports (177-197). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02582-7_10

Match fixing to serve betting interests is certainly as old as organised sport itself, for example it is believed to have been common in the case of eighteenth century professional cricket in England. And in the twentieth century, the history of spor... Read More about Match fixing : an economics perspective.

Life, death and everyday experience of social media (2013)
Book Chapter
Greenhill, A., & Fletcher, G. (2013). Life, death and everyday experience of social media. In M. Gillespie, D. John Herbert, & A. Greenhill (Eds.), Social Media and Religious Change (201-217). Berlin: De Gruyter

This chapter explores the online remembrances of people made famous through media-generated activity post-mortem. We explore the observed ritualised practices found on memorial websites (specifically gonetoosoon.org) and present them as examples of c... Read More about Life, death and everyday experience of social media.

Assessing student teams developing mathematical models applied to business and industrial mathematics (2012)
Book Chapter
Chadwick, E., Sandiford, K., & Percy, D. (2012). Assessing student teams developing mathematical models applied to business and industrial mathematics. In J. Waldock, & P. Rowlett (Eds.), Employer Engagement in Undergraduate Mathematics (41-44). London: Mathematical Sciences HE Curriculum Innovation Project

Performing the discourse of sexuality online (2012)
Book Chapter
Kreps, D. (2012). Performing the discourse of sexuality online. In S. Warburton, & S. Hatzipanagos (Eds.), Digital Identity and Social Media. London: Information Science Reference, IGI Global

This chapter focusses on Foucault, Butler, and video-sharing on sexual social networking sites. It argues that the use and prevalence of video-sharing technologies on sexual social networking websites, has a direct impact on our notions of sexual ide... Read More about Performing the discourse of sexuality online.

An actor-network perspective of collecting and collectables (2012)
Book Chapter
Cheetham, F. (2012). An actor-network perspective of collecting and collectables. In S. Dudley, A. Barnes, J. Binnie, J. Petrov, & J. Walklate (Eds.), Narrating Objects, Collecting Stories. Routledge

Supply response to food price changes in Asian countries (2012)
Book Chapter
Imai, K., Gaiha, R., Thapa, G., & Ali, A. (2012). Supply response to food price changes in Asian countries. In M. Aoki, T. Kuran, & G. Roland (Eds.), Institutions and Comparative Economic Development (313-331). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137034014_17

Primary commodity prices have been increasing, especially since the early 2000s and at an accelerated pace during 2007–08, with implications for food security in the developing world. Against this backdrop, much recent research has focussed on unders... Read More about Supply response to food price changes in Asian countries.

Sustainable goods (2012)
Book Chapter
McEachern, M. (2012). Sustainable goods. In M. Polonsky, C. D'Souza, & M. Taghian (Eds.), Readings and Cases in Sustainable Marketing: A Strategic Approach to Social Responsibility (1-20). Australia: Tilde University Press

The extant literature overwhelmingly concludes that our current consumption practices are unsustainable. Therefore, it is imperative that we act immediately and that we do it with the collective global participation of government, NGOs, businesses an... Read More about Sustainable goods.

Leveraging the UK's research resources: University/business knowledge transfer. Accessing IP through funded research (2012)
Book Chapter
Burke, M. (2012). Leveraging the UK's research resources: University/business knowledge transfer. Accessing IP through funded research. In Blakes Parliamentary Yearbook 2012. Blake Media

Confronting the legalization of human rights : a counterpoint (2012)
Book Chapter
Kang-Riou, N. (2012). Confronting the legalization of human rights : a counterpoint. In N. Kang-Riou, J. Milner, & S. Nayak (Eds.), Confronting the Human Rights Act 1998 : Contemporary Themes and Perspectives. London: Routledge

Publisher's description of book: This book critically examines the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and evaluates its impact from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The book includes both a domestic and international analysis of the effectiveness of the... Read More about Confronting the legalization of human rights : a counterpoint.

Hubble bubble toil and trouble : the special case of emergency services (2011)
Book Chapter
Sobreperez, P. (2011). Hubble bubble toil and trouble : the special case of emergency services. In Y. Dwivedi, M. Wade, & S. Schneberger (Eds.), Information Systems Theory Explaining and Predicting Our Digital Society (143-158). New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9707-4_9

The author outlines the technological frames strand of social shaping of technology theory and posits that the dimensions used by the major proponents of the theory to not necessarily apply to all situations. The proposal is to use an analogy of a te... Read More about Hubble bubble toil and trouble : the special case of emergency services.

Building a Political Brand: Ideology or Voter Driven Strategy (2011)
Book Chapter
Reeves, P. (2011). Building a Political Brand: Ideology or Voter Driven Strategy. . (Volume Two). SAGE Publications

Consequences of failing to align key stakeholders in an ERP implementation : a UK manufacturing case study (2011)
Book Chapter
Owens, J. D., & Dawson, J. (2011). Consequences of failing to align key stakeholders in an ERP implementation : a UK manufacturing case study. In P. Griffiths (Ed.), Case Studies in Strategy - Technology Alignment: Deriving Business Value from ICT Projects (134-155). Academic Publishing International

Organisations encounter obstacles when implementing ERP systems. This paper intends to explore some of the problems that occur throughout the implementation of an ERP system. Using a combination of the work of Markus et al (2001) and Kim et al (2005... Read More about Consequences of failing to align key stakeholders in an ERP implementation : a UK manufacturing case study.

Trade-off, pecking order, signaling, and market timing models (2011)
Book Chapter
Miglo, A. (2011). Trade-off, pecking order, signaling, and market timing models. In H. Baker, & G. Martin (Eds.), Capital structure and corporate financing decisions : theory, evidence, and practice (171-189). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118266250.ch10

Empire-building : underinvestment and capital gain taxation (2011)
Book Chapter
Miglo, A. (2011). Empire-building : underinvestment and capital gain taxation. In R. Morland, & A. Gagglione (Eds.), Business and finance : performance and management (191-198). Nova Science

This note provides an explanation for why tax rates on capital gains are usually lower than ordinary income tax rates based on manager's agency problem related to "empire-building" and the under investment problem.

Can corporate taxation be explained by limited liability? (2011)
Book Chapter
Miglo, A. (2011). Can corporate taxation be explained by limited liability?. In R. Morland, & A. Gagglione (Eds.), Business and finance : performance and management (185-190). Nova Science

We consider a model where wealth-constrained entrepreneurs have private information about the qualities of available investment projects. We show that some ”high risk-high return” projects will receive external financing even if they are not socially... Read More about Can corporate taxation be explained by limited liability?.

The quest for sustainable buildings: Getting it right at the planning stage (2011)
Book Chapter
Adshead, J. (2011). The quest for sustainable buildings: Getting it right at the planning stage. In Green Buildings and the Law (76-93). Abingdon: Taylor and Francis

Nation in transformation : tourism and national identity in the Kyrgyz Republic (2011)
Book Chapter
Schofield, P., & Maccarrone-Eaglen, A. (2011). Nation in transformation : tourism and national identity in the Kyrgyz Republic. In E. Frew, & L. White (Eds.), Tourism and National Identities, an International Perspective (105-120). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge

Cybercrime (2011)
Book Chapter
MacEwan, N., Weinstein, S., Wild, C., & Geach, N. (2011). Cybercrime. In Electronic and Mobile Commerce Law: An Analysis of Trade, Finance, Media and Cybercrime in the Digital Age (307-382). Hatfield, UK: University of Hertfordshire Press