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Maintaining market position: Team performance, revenue and wage expenditure in the English Premier League
Journal Article
Carmichael, F., Mchale, I., & Thomas, D. Maintaining market position: Team performance, revenue and wage expenditure in the English Premier League. Bulletin of Economic Research, 63(4), 464-497. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8586.2009.00340.x

This paper investigates the relationship between playing success and
commercial success in team sports. Utilizing a data set relating to the
English Premier League that combines both financial measures and
indicators of playing skills and performa... Read More about Maintaining market position: Team performance, revenue and wage expenditure in the English Premier League.

Habit and long memory in UK lottery sales
Journal Article
McHale, I., & Peel, D. Habit and long memory in UK lottery sales. Economics Letters, 109(1), 7-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.07.007

Long memory processes can occur as a consequence of aggregation over heterogeneous agents. We examine
the UK lottery and, by estimating the level of fractional differencing, find evidence of the long memory
property in lottery sales, a result that... Read More about Habit and long memory in UK lottery sales.

Harassment at Work: UK’s Legal Solutions
Journal Article
Howes, V. Harassment at Work: UK’s Legal Solutions. International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations: Annual Review, 9(3), 129-138

One of the objectives of the European Community Strategy 2007-2012 on health and safety at work is working towards prevention of harassment at work, which suggests that harassment at work is a widespread problem. The UK current law presents a complic... Read More about Harassment at Work: UK’s Legal Solutions.

The law of harassment in the UK: a growing concern
Journal Article
Howes, V. The law of harassment in the UK: a growing concern. International Journal of Comparative Labour Law, 25(2), 191-205

This article considers recent changes to legal provisions governing harassment at work, in particular sexual harassment, in the UK, in the light of EU Directive 2002/73/EC, and the remedies available in the courts and employment tribunals. This artic... Read More about The law of harassment in the UK: a growing concern.

Justice and ethics: How does Bernard Lonergan's usage of ethics facilitate the realization of social justice (Jus Civile), legal justice (Jus Ad rem), and natural-moral justice (Jus naturalis)?
Journal Article
Holt, P., & Basden, A. Justice and ethics: How does Bernard Lonergan's usage of ethics facilitate the realization of social justice (Jus Civile), legal justice (Jus Ad rem), and natural-moral justice (Jus naturalis)?. Journal of security education, 2(2), 81-106. https://doi.org/10.1300/J460v02n02_05

“Unauthorized network intrusions affect us all. Worse yet, certain classes of unauthorized network intrusions are a very serious matter; ones in which there are minimal defensive actions to prevent such attacks.” Denial-Of-Service (DoS) and Distribut... Read More about Justice and ethics: How does Bernard Lonergan's usage of ethics facilitate the realization of social justice (Jus Civile), legal justice (Jus Ad rem), and natural-moral justice (Jus naturalis)?.

The implication of context in applying learning technologies (Editorial)
Journal Article
Bell, F. The implication of context in applying learning technologies (Editorial). ALT-J : Association for Learning Technology journal, 18(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687761003741335

The six articles in this issue offer guidance to educators in the application of learning technology in different contexts. The first three articles are aimed at those employing learning technology on specific educational contexts - informal and form... Read More about The implication of context in applying learning technologies (Editorial).

Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story: A case study investigation into extracting and analysing stories using CATWOE
Journal Article
Sobreperez, P., & Ferneley, E. Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story: A case study investigation into extracting and analysing stories using CATWOE. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 17(1), 200

The use of storytelling as a knowledge elicitation tool has attracted much attention in recent years, yet there is limited literature on how to illicit or stimulate the story. The challenge is to find appropriate research instruments that stimulate s... Read More about Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story: A case study investigation into extracting and analysing stories using CATWOE.

Creativity : snowflakes and circles in information management
Journal Article
Burke, M. Creativity : snowflakes and circles in information management. Library Management, 14(6), 4-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129310045462

Based on the premiss that, as technology gradually takes over most of the clerical functions of management, the one function which computers and automation may never replicate is the creativity of the human mind. Examines the implications of the mana... Read More about Creativity : snowflakes and circles in information management.

Business link information pricing policies: the way ahead
Journal Article
Burke, M., & Rigby, J. Business link information pricing policies: the way ahead. Business Information Review, 13(4), 251-257. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266382964236085

Describes the formation of the Business Link Information Service (BLIS) by Business Link Oldham, UK, and the three year limit to government funding of Business Links, which obliged BLIS to seek means for charging for its services. Presents details of... Read More about Business link information pricing policies: the way ahead.

Cable & Wireless – past, present and future: the telecom giant awakens
Journal Article
Knowling, L., & Burke, M. Cable & Wireless – past, present and future: the telecom giant awakens. Business Information Review, 15, 193-199. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266382984236876

Presents a current overview of the UK telecommunications group Cable & Wireless. Describes its existing global business, with subsidiaries in over 50 countries and links with many major companies and overseas governments. Discusses the development of... Read More about Cable & Wireless – past, present and future: the telecom giant awakens.

Resetting the compass for the business information landscape
Journal Article
Hall, H., & Burke, M. Resetting the compass for the business information landscape. Business Information Review, 15, 22-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266382984236605

The compilation of a new textbook on business information sources (Navigating business information sources: a practical guide for information managers, Library Association, 1998) provided the authors with an opportunity to consider and review develop... Read More about Resetting the compass for the business information landscape.

Impact of information needs an organizational design
Journal Article
Burke, M., & Tulett, K. Impact of information needs an organizational design. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28SICI%291097-4571%281999%2950%3A4%3C380%3A%3AAID-ASI16%3E3.3.CO%3B2-S

Up until the late 1950s, organizational design was dominated by the structurally universal bureaucratic model and the classical management theories associated with Fayol
(1916) and Weber (1947). However, increasing technological
change and instabil... Read More about Impact of information needs an organizational design.

Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference
Journal Article
Light, B., Fletcher, G., & Adam, A. Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference. Information Technology and People, 21(3), 300-314. https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840810896046

Purpose
To investigate ICT mediated inclusion and exclusion in terms of sexuality through a study of a commercial social networking website for gay men
Design/methodology/approach
The paper uses an approach based on technological inscription and t... Read More about Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference.

Conflict and identity shape shifting in an online financial community
Journal Article
Campbell, J., Fletcher, G., & Greenhill, A. Conflict and identity shape shifting in an online financial community. Information Systems Journal, 19, 461-478. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00301.x

This paper challenges traditional explorations of online communities that have relied upon assumptions of trust and social cohesion. In the analysis presented here, conflict becomes more than just dysfunctional communication and
provides an alternat... Read More about Conflict and identity shape shifting in an online financial community.