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Patient attitudes to intensive care and life-sustaining technology (2014)
Journal Article
Tully, R., Kitchen, G., Tufchi, A., Saha, B., & Baker, R. (2014). Patient attitudes to intensive care and life-sustaining technology. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 15(4), 331-335. https://doi.org/10.1177/175114371401500413

We used a validated questionnaire to explore the views of patients regarding receiving intensive care and life-sustaining technology. Data was obtained from 38 patients. A score was obtained for ‘general attitude towards use of lifesustaining/prolong... Read More about Patient attitudes to intensive care and life-sustaining technology.

The effect of autonomous information on machine learning (2014)
Journal Article
Cheng, K., & Chang, K. (2014). The effect of autonomous information on machine learning. Journal of computers and applied science education, 1(2), 16-30

The wireless electrical engineering approach to DNS is defined not only by the investigation of model checking, but also by the typical need for Lamport clocks (Corbato, Raman, Cheng, & Gupta, 2002). The purpose of the study is an application for the... Read More about The effect of autonomous information on machine learning.

Customer engagement persuasion process in online brand communities: Social influence theory perspective (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Poor Rezaei, S., & Heinze, A. (2014, September). Customer engagement persuasion process in online brand communities: Social influence theory perspective. Presented at BAM2014: The Role of The Business School in Supporting Economic and Social Development, Belfast, Ireland

Customer engagement is becoming a more important area in online brand community management. There are a number of competing theories that underline the importance of different types of community members in order to positively influence them for the b... Read More about Customer engagement persuasion process in online brand communities: Social influence theory perspective.

Thematic analysis to explore strategy implementation barriers (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Amjad, M., & Amjad, M. (2014, September). Thematic analysis to explore strategy implementation barriers. Presented at British Academy of Management 2014 Conference, Belfast, UK

Thematic analysis is frequently used in social sciences, but rarely in strategy research. Arguably, poor demarcation, insufficient methodological clarity, limited explanation of analytical process, and rigour issues have contributed towards this. Thi... Read More about Thematic analysis to explore strategy implementation barriers.

Multiview of virtual currency adoption and systemic risks : an action research on service businesses in the UK (2014)
Report
Mohamad, M., Wood-Harper, T., & Ramlogan, R. (2014). Multiview of virtual currency adoption and systemic risks : an action research on service businesses in the UK

Our research focuses on the impact of Virtual Currency (VC) adoption on the British service businesses. We follow the systemic multiple perspectives theory (Linstone, 2010) to explore the Technical, Organizational, and Personal (TOP) changes that org... Read More about Multiview of virtual currency adoption and systemic risks : an action research on service businesses in the UK.

Estimation of productivity in Korean electric power plants : a semiparametric smooth coefficient model (2014)
Journal Article
Heshmati, A., Kumbhakar, S., & Sun, K. (2014). Estimation of productivity in Korean electric power plants : a semiparametric smooth coefficient model. Energy Economics, 45, 491-500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2014.08.019

This paper analyzes the impact of load factor, facility and generator types on the productivity of Korean electric power plants. In order to capture important differences in the effect of load policy on power output, we use a semiparametric smooth co... Read More about Estimation of productivity in Korean electric power plants : a semiparametric smooth coefficient model.

Online publishing and citation success in the accounting, business and economic history of Spain, 1997–2011 (2014)
Journal Article
Bátiz-Lazo, B., Eskandari, R., & Goddard, J. (2015). Online publishing and citation success in the accounting, business and economic history of Spain, 1997–2011. Investigaciones de Historia Económica, 11(3), 153-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihe.2014.07.010

This paper examines the factors determining the citation success of authors who have published via the Internet on the economic and business history of Spain. It departs from the dominant cross-sectional approach to the quantitative assessment of cit... Read More about Online publishing and citation success in the accounting, business and economic history of Spain, 1997–2011.

Mobile money system development at the base of the pyramid : multiperspectives of networked virtual collaboration (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Mohamad, M., Wood-Harper, T., & Ramlogan, R. (2014, August). Mobile money system development at the base of the pyramid : multiperspectives of networked virtual collaboration. Presented at 73rd Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.USA

This research explores the enablers and challenges of virtual collaboration on Mobile Money Systems (MMS) as a networked society. We capture different technical, organizational, and personal factors that affect the stakeholders’ collaboration to enha... Read More about Mobile money system development at the base of the pyramid : multiperspectives of networked virtual collaboration.

Impacts of inadequate infrastructures provision on real property value: a comparative study of Agbama and Ehimiri housing estate, Umuahia, Nigeria (2014)
Journal Article
Ihuah, P., Ekenta, C., & Nwokorie, B. (2014). Impacts of inadequate infrastructures provision on real property value: a comparative study of Agbama and Ehimiri housing estate, Umuahia, Nigeria. International journal of environment, ecology, family and urban studies, 4(4), 9-20

The purpose of the study is to investigate and analyses the impacts of inadequate infrastructures provision on real property value, utilizing Agbama and Ehimiri Housing Estate located in Umuahia City of Nigeria. Both open and closed ended questionnai... Read More about Impacts of inadequate infrastructures provision on real property value: a comparative study of Agbama and Ehimiri housing estate, Umuahia, Nigeria.

A comparison of international HRM practices by Indian and European MNEs : evidence from Africa (2014)
Journal Article
Gomes, E., Sahadev, S., Glaister, A., & Demirbag, M. (2015). A comparison of international HRM practices by Indian and European MNEs : evidence from Africa. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(21), 2676-2700. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2014.939986

By comparing the HRM practices in Indian and European MNE subsidiaries located in four of the Southern African Development Community countries, this paper tests the relevance of the country-of-origin effect and analyses the strength of institutional... Read More about A comparison of international HRM practices by Indian and European MNEs : evidence from Africa.

Students’ interpretations of the meanings of questionnaire items in the National Student Survey (2014)
Journal Article
Bennett, R., & Kane, S. (2014). Students’ interpretations of the meanings of questionnaire items in the National Student Survey. Quality in Higher Education, 20(2), 129-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/13538322.2014.924786

In many countries the outputs from university student satisfaction surveys are used for a variety of educational management purposes. Within Britain, the main instrument employed by state authorities to measure student satisfaction is the National St... Read More about Students’ interpretations of the meanings of questionnaire items in the National Student Survey.

Externalizing, internalizing and fostering commitment : the case of born-global firms in emerging economies (2014)
Journal Article
Glaister, A., Liu, Y., Sahadev, S., & Gomes, E. (2014). Externalizing, internalizing and fostering commitment : the case of born-global firms in emerging economies. Management International Review, 54(4), 473-496. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-014-0215-6

This paper examines the HR practices of mature born-global firms from 29 emerging economies. Through an examination of large scale survey data the paper questions the extent to which firm size impacts the employment of temporary workers, the employme... Read More about Externalizing, internalizing and fostering commitment : the case of born-global firms in emerging economies.

Exploring the role of stakeholders in place branding - a case analysis of the 'City of Liverpool' (2014)
Journal Article
Maheshwari, V., Lodorfos, G., & Vandewalle, I. (2014). Exploring the role of stakeholders in place branding - a case analysis of the 'City of Liverpool'. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 13(1), 104-121. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbg.2014.063398

To date, there has been no investigation into the roles and interrelationships of various stakeholder groups in developing place branding. Similarly, there is limited previous research that examines the links between stakeholders, place branding and... Read More about Exploring the role of stakeholders in place branding - a case analysis of the 'City of Liverpool'.

Theorising director task performance over time : insights from capture theory (2014)
Journal Article
Farquhar, S., Machold, S., & Ahmed, P. (2014). Theorising director task performance over time : insights from capture theory. International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, 9(2), 155-169. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBGE.2014.063277

We develop a conceptual framework in which we show how a non-executive director's task performance may change over their life cycle on the board. We adopt a three-stage process to examine the task performance of a non-executive director: independence... Read More about Theorising director task performance over time : insights from capture theory.

Exploring the effects of financial and fiscal vulnerabilities on G7 economies : evidence from SVAR analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Magkonis, G., & Tsopanakis, A. (2014). Exploring the effects of financial and fiscal vulnerabilities on G7 economies : evidence from SVAR analysis. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 32, 343-367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2014.06.010

We examine the possible interactions of the financial cycle and fiscal position for G7 economies. We employ the innovative aggregate financial and fiscal stress indexes which are able to depict the perplexed nature of modern economies. A SVAR model i... Read More about Exploring the effects of financial and fiscal vulnerabilities on G7 economies : evidence from SVAR analysis.