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Impact of the shadow banking system on monetary policy in China (2015)
Journal Article
Haisen, H., & Yazdifar, H. (2015). Impact of the shadow banking system on monetary policy in China. ICTACT journal on management studies (Online), 1(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.21917/ijms.2015.0001

The shadow banking system in China has its own characteristics compared to conventional commercial banks and the foreign shadow banking system. Its emergence is important to the economic development and financial system in China. However, it also cha... Read More about Impact of the shadow banking system on monetary policy in China.

Decline and repair and covariate effects (2015)
Journal Article
Wu, S., & Scarf, P. (2015). Decline and repair and covariate effects. European Journal of Operational Research, 244(1), 219-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2015.01.041

The failure processes of repairable systems may be impacted by operational and environmental stress factors. To accommodate such factors, reliability can be modelled using a multiplicative intensity function. In the proportional intensity model, the... Read More about Decline and repair and covariate effects.

Reliability equivalence factors for a series–parallel system of components with exponentiated Weibull lifetimes (2015)
Journal Article
Alghamdi, S., & Percy, D. (2015). Reliability equivalence factors for a series–parallel system of components with exponentiated Weibull lifetimes. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 28(3), 339-358. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpv001

We study reliability equivalence factors of a system of independent and identical components with exponentiated Weibull lifetimes. The system has n subsystems connected in parallel and subsystem i has m_i components connected in series, i=1,...,n. We... Read More about Reliability equivalence factors for a series–parallel system of components with exponentiated Weibull lifetimes.

Long term evolution mobile services and intention to adopt : a Malaysian perspective (2015)
Journal Article
Kitchen, P., Martin, R., & Che-Ha, N. (2015). Long term evolution mobile services and intention to adopt : a Malaysian perspective. Journal of Strategic Marketing, 23(7), 643-654. https://doi.org/10.1080/0965254X.2014.1001869

Given the swift diffusion of mobile internet and smartphones in Malaysia, long term evolution (LTE) mobile services seems to offer a tremendous business opportunity and current and future market potential. This paper examines the critical factors tha... Read More about Long term evolution mobile services and intention to adopt : a Malaysian perspective.

Rating players in test match cricket (2015)
Journal Article
Akhtar, S., Scarf, P., & Rasool, Z. (2015). Rating players in test match cricket. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 66, 684-695. https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.2014.30

In general, the evaluation of player performance in test cricket is based on measures such as batting and bowling averages. These measures have a number of limitations, among which is that they fail to take into account the context in which runs ar... Read More about Rating players in test match cricket.

Strategy selection and outcome prediction in sport using dynamic learning for stochastic processes (2015)
Journal Article
Percy, D. (2015). Strategy selection and outcome prediction in sport using dynamic learning for stochastic processes. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 66(11), 1840-1849. https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.2014.137

We study reliability equivalence factors of a system of independent and identical components with exponentiated Weibull lifetimes. The system has n subsystems connected in parallel and subsystem i has mi components connected in series, i=1,…,n. We co... Read More about Strategy selection and outcome prediction in sport using dynamic learning for stochastic processes.

Analysing deviation-from-target data : Applying the correct force in Sellick’s maneuver (2015)
Journal Article
Baker, R., Taylor, R., Smurthwaite, G., Kitchen, G., & Mehmood, I. (2015). Analysing deviation-from-target data : Applying the correct force in Sellick’s maneuver. Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics, 25(4), 619-634. https://doi.org/10.1080/10543406.2014.920872

The problem of comparing the deviation from a target of two or more treatments or procedures arises now and again in medicine. Practitioners usually carry out a t-test on a loss function such as absolute error. We have adapted and developed statist... Read More about Analysing deviation-from-target data : Applying the correct force in Sellick’s maneuver.

Responding to the needs of students who are carers on an undergraduate occupational therapy programme at one UK university (2015)
Journal Article
Hussain, Z., Higginson, M., Pickering, V., & Percy, D. (2015). Responding to the needs of students who are carers on an undergraduate occupational therapy programme at one UK university. Student engagement and experience journal, 4(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.7190/seej.v4i1.92

The purpose of the study was to explore the experiences of students on an undergraduate occupational therapy degree programme who have caring responsibilities. It was a mixed methods study, including a questionnaire to identify students who are carer... Read More about Responding to the needs of students who are carers on an undergraduate occupational therapy programme at one UK university.

Examining Chinese tourists’ nature-based tourism participation behavior: Incorporating environmental concern into a constraint-negotiation model (2015)
Journal Article
Peng, N., & Chen, A. (2016). Examining Chinese tourists’ nature-based tourism participation behavior: Incorporating environmental concern into a constraint-negotiation model. Tourism Analysis, 21(2-3), 189-202. https://doi.org/10.3727/108354216X14559233984737

Finding the balance between economic development and preservation of the natural environment is a challenging yet important task. This is a particularly pressing issue in the case of China, as it is the largest and fastest-growing market for tourism.... Read More about Examining Chinese tourists’ nature-based tourism participation behavior: Incorporating environmental concern into a constraint-negotiation model.

End of the rainbow? A review of community events in Liverpool (2015)
Book Chapter
Ryan, W. (2015). End of the rainbow? A review of community events in Liverpool. In A. Jepson, & A. Clarke (Eds.), Exploring Community Festivals and Events (224-237). Abingdon: Routledge

This chapter highlights the issues that eminent places often experience in maintaining a ‘community festival’. It is particularly interested in how community festivals are maintained and managed where the identity of a place has changed or become fr... Read More about End of the rainbow? A review of community events in Liverpool.

Entry modes and the impact of mobile microfinance at the base of the pyramid : scenarios of “My village phone” in Egypt (2015)
Book Chapter
Mohamad, M., Wood-Harper, T., & Ramlogan, R. (2015). Entry modes and the impact of mobile microfinance at the base of the pyramid : scenarios of “My village phone” in Egypt. In J. Zhao, P. De Pablos, & R. Tennyson (Eds.), Organizational Innovation and IT Governance in Emerging Economies (46-82). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7332-8.ch013

The expansion of mobile telecoms in the Egyptian market has contributed to different development paradigms. The entry mode followed by the telecoms accessing the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) in Egypt identifies which development para... Read More about Entry modes and the impact of mobile microfinance at the base of the pyramid : scenarios of “My village phone” in Egypt.

Mobile financial services at the base of the pyramid : a systemic view for cross-sector governance and embedded innovation (2015)
Book Chapter
a systemic view for cross-sector governance and embedded innovation. In J. Zhao, P. De Pablos, & R. Tennyson (Eds.), Organizational Innovation and IT Governance in Emerging Economies (46-82). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7332-8.ch003

Mobile financial services is one of the uprising movements to bank the unbanked by integrating philanthropic and business approaches for financial inclusion. In this paper, we address how a systemic view help integrate the Philan... Read More about Mobile financial services at the base of the pyramid : a systemic view for cross-sector governance and embedded innovation.

Multiperspectives of mobile money system development at the base of the pyramid : case of e-Masary in Egypt (2015)
Book Chapter
Mohamad, M., Wood-Harper, T., & Ramlogan, R. (2015). Multiperspectives of mobile money system development at the base of the pyramid : case of e-Masary in Egypt. In J. Zhao, & P. Tennyson (Eds.), Organizational Innovation and IT Governance in Emerging Economies. Canada: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4251.9123

This chapter highlights how the motives, utility and benefits, and challenges of Mobile Money Systems (MMS) shape the financial inclusion in today’s dynamic environment and increase its sustainability. Recently, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have b... Read More about Multiperspectives of mobile money system development at the base of the pyramid : case of e-Masary in Egypt.

The effects of occupational burnout, occupational stress and physical and mental health on cost of a working place of finance employees of Zahedan University Of Medical Sciences (2015)
Journal Article
Nasseri, A., Yazdifar, H., & Mokhtari, F. (2015). The effects of occupational burnout, occupational stress and physical and mental health on cost of a working place of finance employees of Zahedan University Of Medical Sciences. ˜Es œBusqueret, 1(2), 23-34

Stress and job burnout in organizations and government agencies is one of the biggest and main problems for people who are affected by it and it’s costly to organizations. Therefore measuring the economic impact of this phenomenon can have a signific... Read More about The effects of occupational burnout, occupational stress and physical and mental health on cost of a working place of finance employees of Zahedan University Of Medical Sciences.

A conceptual model for IT Governance : a case study research (2015)
Book Chapter
Janahi, L., Griffiths, M., & Al-Ammal, H. (2015). A conceptual model for IT Governance : a case study research. In Computer Vision and Image Analysis Applications (ICCVIA), 2015 International Conference on 23-24 March 2015 (1-11). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCVIA.2015.7351894

The purpose of this paper is to explore the importance of Information Technology (IT) Governance models for public organizations and presenting an IT Governance model that can be adopted by both practitioners and researchers. A review of the liter... Read More about A conceptual model for IT Governance : a case study research.

The mediating role of role stress in the relationship between goal orientation and job satisfaction among salespersons : an empirical study (2015)
Book Chapter
Sahadev, S., Purani, K., & Nair, S. (2015). The mediating role of role stress in the relationship between goal orientation and job satisfaction among salespersons : an empirical study. In Boundary Spanning Elements and the Marketing Function in Organizations (81-97). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13440-6_6

The paper develops a model that explores the relationship between goal orientation, role-stress and job satisfaction among salespersons. Learning orientation is hypothesised to reduce role-stress while performance orientation is linked to high role-s... Read More about The mediating role of role stress in the relationship between goal orientation and job satisfaction among salespersons : an empirical study.

Just like the lottery? Player behaviour and anomalies in the market for football pools (2015)
Journal Article
Forrest, D., & Pérez, L. (2015). Just like the lottery? Player behaviour and anomalies in the market for football pools. Journal of Gambling Studies, 31(2), 471-482. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-013-9423-4

Football pools were an antecedent to lotto in providing a long-odds, high-prize gambling opportunity for a mass market in Europe. Even after lotto has become well established, pools games continue to occupy a significant niche in the gaming market in... Read More about Just like the lottery? Player behaviour and anomalies in the market for football pools.