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Perceptions of service quality and effects of personality traits of employees in the UAE Islamic banks (2008)
Thesis
Al-Mutawa, S. Perceptions of service quality and effects of personality traits of employees in the UAE Islamic banks. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis aimed at investigating the effects of employees" personality traits on customers"
perceptions of the UAE Islamic bank service quality using two questionnaires (the Mini-
Markers and SERVPERF) and a set of regression models. The sample c... Read More about Perceptions of service quality and effects of personality traits of employees in the UAE Islamic banks.

Past of the firm: The source for sustainable competitive advantage and survival? (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Aaltonen, S., Heinze, A., Ielpa, G., Klosova, A., Papadopoulou, T., De Tommaso, D., …Zygiaris, S. (2008, November). Past of the firm: The source for sustainable competitive advantage and survival?. Presented at RENT XXV Conference - Entrepreneurial, Business and Society, Bodo, University of Nordland - Norway

Small craft sector firms are struggling to survive in an environment where large multinational
companies produce similar kinds of products in higher volumes and cheaper prices. The
surviving of small firms calls for creative thinking. There are man... Read More about Past of the firm: The source for sustainable competitive advantage and survival?.

A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Dangerfield, B., Quigley, M., & Kearney, J. (2008, November). A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation. Presented at Transformation through construction-joint 2008 CIB W065/W055 symposium proceedings, Dubai

Studies have been conducted to measure competitiveness in the construction industry. Such research has focused on all levels from the national picture to individual projects. While useful, the results are limited in that they present a snapshot pictu... Read More about A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation.

Neural nets versus conventional techniques in credit scoring in Egyptian banking (2008)
Journal Article
Abdou, H., Pointon, J., & El-Masry, A. (2008). Neural nets versus conventional techniques in credit scoring in Egyptian banking. Expert systems with applications, 35(3), 1275-1292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2007.08.030

Neural nets have become one of the most important tools using in credit scoring. Credit scoring is regarded as a core appraised tool of commercial banks during the last few decades. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the ability of neural ne... Read More about Neural nets versus conventional techniques in credit scoring in Egyptian banking.

Factors affecting the Strategic Planning Process : case studies from Libyan public manufacturing companies (2008)
Thesis
El-Baruni, K. Factors affecting the Strategic Planning Process : case studies from Libyan public manufacturing companies. (Thesis). University of Salford

Little research has been conducted in the area of Strategic Planning Processes (SPPs) in
western contexts and especially in public organisations. Although such organisations
differ significantly from business companies, their need for improved 'ope... Read More about Factors affecting the Strategic Planning Process : case studies from Libyan public manufacturing companies.

Special issue: Learning and teaching in immersive virtual worlds (Editorial) (2008)
Journal Article
Bell, F., Savin-Baden, M., & Ward, R. (2008). Special issue: Learning and teaching in immersive virtual worlds (Editorial). ALT-J : Association for Learning Technology journal, 16(3), 137-138. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687760802614214

Frances Bell and Rhona Sharpe became co-editors of ALT-J in September 2007, experiencing generous support from the previous team of editors, Grainne Conole, Martin Oliver and Jane Seale, during the handover period. With the support of the Editorial B... Read More about Special issue: Learning and teaching in immersive virtual worlds (Editorial).

Online social lending: Borrower-generated content (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Briceño Ortega, A., & Bell, F. (2008, August). Online social lending: Borrower-generated content. Presented at 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems- AMCIS 2008, Toronto, Canada

This article explores online social lending, an innovative venture that represents a reintermediation in financial services. Borrowers and lenders now have access to online financial information services such as Motley Fool, http://www.fool.com/ , an... Read More about Online social lending: Borrower-generated content.

Virtual public administration: improving public administration procedures through project management (2008)
Journal Article
Kapogiannis, G., Polychronakis, N., & Polychronakis, Y. (2008). Virtual public administration: improving public administration procedures through project management

The best way to contribute electronic and mobile Government is by creating a public administration network in virtual communities. This is essentially the definition of Virtual Public Administration (VPA). A virtual community (a good example of which... Read More about Virtual public administration: improving public administration procedures through project management.

A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Dangerfield, B., Quigley, M., & Kearney, J. (2008, July). A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation. Presented at International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Athens, Greece

Studies have been conducted to measure competitiveness in the construction industry. Such research has focused on all levels from the national picture to individual projects. While useful, the results are limited in that they present a snapshot pictu... Read More about A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation.

Building bridges: Manchester Salford enterprise initiative. Enterprise support and engagement in deprived communities pilots: final evaluation report and recommendations towards a model for developing enterprise culture in deprived communities (2008)
Report
Enterprise support and engagement in deprived communities pilots: final evaluation report and recommendations towards a model for developing enterprise culture in deprived communities

Enterprise is increasingly seen as a key factor in the successful regeneration of areas of deprivation and communities. Partners within the public sector, including regional development agencies, local authorities and educational institutions, are ta... Read More about Building bridges: Manchester Salford enterprise initiative. Enterprise support and engagement in deprived communities pilots: final evaluation report and recommendations towards a model for developing enterprise culture in deprived communities.

Community as commodity (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D., & Pearson, E. (2008, July). Community as commodity. Presented at IFIP WG 9.5 International Working Conference on Virtuality and Society: Massive Virtual Communities, Leuphana University, Luneburg, Germany

Despite utopian claims that the internet generally and Social Networking Sites (SNS) (including multi-user virtual environments, or MUVE) in particular herald a challenge to the dominance of capitalist ideologies in technological societies, there is... Read More about Community as commodity.

Critical success factors in the chartering phase : a case study of an ERP implementation (2008)
Journal Article
a case study of an ERP implementation. International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems, 4(3), 9-24. https://doi.org/10.4018/jeis.2008070102

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are pervasive information systems that have been fundamental in organizations for the past two decades. ERP systems may well count as the most important development in technology in the 1990s. There are many... Read More about Critical success factors in the chartering phase : a case study of an ERP implementation.

My Facebook profile: Copy, resemblance, or simulacrum? (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D. (2008, June). My Facebook profile: Copy, resemblance, or simulacrum?. Presented at 16th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

This paper offers a theoretical reading of the phenomenon and experience of the social networking site, Facebook, through an exploration of how loyally a Facebook profile can represent the essence of an individual, and whether such Platonic notions o... Read More about My Facebook profile: Copy, resemblance, or simulacrum?.

Antisocial behaviour orders: Unanticipated directions in social network site development (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, M., Light, B., & Mcgarrie, R. (2008, June). Antisocial behaviour orders: Unanticipated directions in social network site development. Presented at 16th European Conference in Information Systems,, University of Galway, Ireland,

Social network technologies, as we know them today have become a popular feature of everyday life
for many people. As their name suggests, their underlying premise is to enable people to connect with
each other for a variety of purposes. These purp... Read More about Antisocial behaviour orders: Unanticipated directions in social network site development.

Social networking and digital gaming media convergence : classification and its consequences for appropriation (2008)
Journal Article
classification and its consequences for appropriation. Information Systems Frontiers, 10(4), 447-459. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-008-9105-4

Within the field of Information Systems, a good proportion of research is concerned with the work organisation and this has, to some extent, restricted the kind of application areas given consideration. Yet, it is clear that information and communica... Read More about Social networking and digital gaming media convergence : classification and its consequences for appropriation.

Technological frame incongruence, diffusion and noncompliance (2008)
Book Chapter
Sobreperez, P. (2008). Technological frame incongruence, diffusion and noncompliance. In Open IT-based innovation : moving towards cooperative IT transfer and knowledge diffusion (179-196). Boston: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-87503-3

The Technological Frames of Reference strand of Social Shaping of Technology theory is used to overlay the issues arising from a case study looking at non-compliance with information systems. A recent review of the theory suggests that the process of... Read More about Technological frame incongruence, diffusion and noncompliance.

Forecasting and operational research : a review (2008)
Journal Article
Fildes, R., Nikolopoulos, K., Crone, S., & Syntetos, A. (2008). Forecasting and operational research : a review. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 59(9), 1150-1172. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602597

From its foundation, operational research (OR) has made many substantial contributions to practical forecasting in organizations. Equally, researchers in other disciplines have influenced forecasting practice. Since the last survey articles in JORS,... Read More about Forecasting and operational research : a review.