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Culture and context impact on mobile tech application in organisational learning : case study of UK Higher Education Institution and Chinese state-owned enterprise (2019)
Book Chapter
Chen, Y., & Zhang, Y. (2019). Culture and context impact on mobile tech application in organisational learning : case study of UK Higher Education Institution and Chinese state-owned enterprise. In A. Baruch, & H. Tal (Eds.), Mobile Technologies in Educational Organizations. IGI Global Publication. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8106-2.ch008

While the significance of nowadays mobile technologies to support deep learning has been recognised, the impact factors of applying these technologies into various organisational learning environment still remain poorly understood. This research has... Read More about Culture and context impact on mobile tech application in organisational learning : case study of UK Higher Education Institution and Chinese state-owned enterprise.

Video killed the radio star : a review of social commerce music platforms in facilitating product dissemination. From record and rewind, to upload and distribute (2019)
Book Chapter
Robinson, N., Fenton, A., & Dale, C. (2019). Video killed the radio star : a review of social commerce music platforms in facilitating product dissemination. From record and rewind, to upload and distribute. In R. Boardman, M. Blazquez, C. Henninger, & D. Ryding (Eds.), Social Commerce: Consumer Behaviour in Online Environments. London: Palgrave Pivot (Palgrave Macmillan). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03617-1

The distribution and dissemination of music has evolved considerably in recent years. Traditional channels primarily comprised the artist and the record company, with the artist producing the music and the record company facilitating its distribution... Read More about Video killed the radio star : a review of social commerce music platforms in facilitating product dissemination. From record and rewind, to upload and distribute.

Unlocking legal validity. Some remarks on the artificial ontology of law (2018)
Book Chapter
Sandro, P. (2018). Unlocking legal validity. Some remarks on the artificial ontology of law. In J. Hage, P. Westerman, & S. Kirste (Eds.), Legal Validity and Soft Law (99-123). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77522-7_5

Following Kelsen’s influential theory of law, the concept of validity has been used in the literature to refer to different properties of law (such as existence, membership, bindingness, and more) and so it is inherently ambiguous. More importantly,... Read More about Unlocking legal validity. Some remarks on the artificial ontology of law.

Human resource management in football (2018)
Book Chapter
Lord, J. (2018). Human resource management in football. In S. Chadwick, D. Parnell, P. Widdop, & C. Anagnostopoulos (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Football Business and Management (220-232). London: Routledge

From recruitment to dismissal, football has generally managed to avoid investigation into its HRM practices with only a handful of high profile incidents being highlighted by researchers and the media. However, HRM has always played a vita... Read More about Human resource management in football.

Realising the threshold of employability in higher education (2018)
Book Chapter
Procter, C., & Harvey, V. (2018). Realising the threshold of employability in higher education. In J. Carter, M. O'Grady, & C. Rosen (Eds.), Higher Education Computer Science : A Manual of Practical Approaches (203-220). Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98590-9

A substantial body of work has tested and developed ‘Threshold Concepts’. A Threshold Concept may be considered “akin to a portal, opening up a new and previously inaccessible way of thinking about something . . . it represents a transformed way of u... Read More about Realising the threshold of employability in higher education.

A case study on the use of meditation techniques to develop mindfulness in MBA supply chain management students (2018)
Book Chapter
Kelly, S., Marshall, D., McCarthy, L., & Pugh, J. (2018). A case study on the use of meditation techniques to develop mindfulness in MBA supply chain management students. In The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment (1095-1113). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62163-0_42

An increased focus on spirituality and mindfulness in the management education literature has resulted in calls for greater empirical work of a nontraditional nature. Therefore, this research looks to contribute to this growing body of literature by... Read More about A case study on the use of meditation techniques to develop mindfulness in MBA supply chain management students.

Bank soundness : a PLS-SEM approach (2018)
Book Chapter
Ayadurai, C., & Eskandari, R. (2018). Bank soundness : a PLS-SEM approach. In N. Avkiran, & C. Ringle (Eds.), Partial least squares structural equation modeling (31-52). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71691-6_2

During the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007–2009, even banks in industrial economies with long established markets suffered significantly. This highlights, weaknesses in the banking system and the importance of a sound banking sector. This paper... Read More about Bank soundness : a PLS-SEM approach.

A conceptual analysis on the different approaches to new product development and the variables associated with modelling the process (2018)
Book Chapter
Owens, J., & Atherton, A. (2018). A conceptual analysis on the different approaches to new product development and the variables associated with modelling the process. In K. Kumar, & J. Paulo Davim (Eds.), Design and Optimization of Mechanical Engineering Products (1-23). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3401-3

Globally, new products are launched almost every day. They are developed to provide solutions to common or specialised problems; to enrich our lifestyle; to release us from mundane and monotonous jobs; to give reliable alternatives to old solutions;... Read More about A conceptual analysis on the different approaches to new product development and the variables associated with modelling the process.

Multi-aspectual Interview Technique (MAIT); an alternative approach towards interviewing students in further and higher education (2018)
Book Chapter
Kane, S., & Basden, A. (2018). Multi-aspectual Interview Technique (MAIT); an alternative approach towards interviewing students in further and higher education. In C. Boshuijzen-van Burken, & D. Haftor (Eds.), Reason, Faith and Practice In Our Common Home : Festschrift for Dr. Sytse Strijbos (108-126). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Rozenberg Publishers

Digital marketing and the young consumer (2017)
Book Chapter
Maheshwari, V., Sinnott, K., & Morris, B. (2017). Digital marketing and the young consumer. In A. Gbadamosi (Ed.), Young Consumer Behaviour. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315213590-11

This chapter analyzes the influences of the young consumer on the digital or online decision-making process for a variety of relevant brand categories. The digitalisation of media fuelled by remarkable technological advancement has changed the landsc... Read More about Digital marketing and the young consumer.

The effects of supply chain management (SCM) activities and their impact upon festival management and the customer experience (2017)
Book Chapter
Kelly, S., & Ryan, W. (2017). The effects of supply chain management (SCM) activities and their impact upon festival management and the customer experience. In A. Jepson, & A. Clarke (Eds.), Power, Construction and Meaning in Festivals (109-128). Abingdon: Routledge

As the number of festivals and the need to provide more satisfying customer experiences continue to grow, the challenges faced by festival managers have become more complicated than ever. The demand to reduce costs and deal with the increasingly comp... Read More about The effects of supply chain management (SCM) activities and their impact upon festival management and the customer experience.

The effects of Supply Chain Management (SCM) activities and their impact on festival management and the customer experience (2017)
Book Chapter
Ryan, W., & Kelly, S. (2017). The effects of Supply Chain Management (SCM) activities and their impact on festival management and the customer experience. In A. Jepson, & A. Clarke (Eds.), Power, Construction and Meaning in Festivals (109-128). Routledge

As the number of festivals and the need to provide more satisfying customer experiences continue to grow, the challenges faced by festival managers have become more complicated than ever. This means that festival organisers are becoming progressively... Read More about The effects of Supply Chain Management (SCM) activities and their impact on festival management and the customer experience.

Matter and memory and deep learning (2017)
Book Chapter
Kreps, D. (2017). Matter and memory and deep learning. In Diagnoses of Bergson’s Matter and Memory : Developments Towards the Philosophy of Temporal Experience, Sciences of Consciousness, Aesthetics, and Ethics (196-225). Tokyo, Japan: Shoshi Shinsui

Defamation of religion and freedom of speech (2017)
Book Chapter
Chowdhury, A., & Raj, R. (2017). Defamation of religion and freedom of speech. In R. Raj, & K. Griffin (Eds.), Conflicts, Religion and Culture in Tourism (23-30). Oxfordshire/Boston, MA: CABI

Moving away from common sense : the impact of the juridification of human rights (2017)
Book Chapter
Kang-Riou, N. (2017). Moving away from common sense : the impact of the juridification of human rights. In F. Cowell (Ed.), Critically Examining the Case Against the 1998 Human Rights Act (169-184). Routledge

This chapter insists on taking seriously the criticism that there has been a loss of ‘common sense’ in the application of the law due to the application of the HRA. It can appear that the criticisms made by the press against the court(s) are valid be... Read More about Moving away from common sense : the impact of the juridification of human rights.

Pro-industry policies, sustainability, and industrial growth (2017)
Book Chapter
Ali, A., & Alpaslan, B. (2017). Pro-industry policies, sustainability, and industrial growth. In M. Yülek (Ed.), Industrial Policy and Sustainable Growth (1-23). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3964-5_8-2

This study examines how pro-industry policies and environmental sustainability relate to industrial growth in countries with varying environmental records using a large panel dataset on 104 developing and developed countries over the period 2002–2012... Read More about Pro-industry policies, sustainability, and industrial growth.

The knowledge transfer openness matrix facilitating accessibility in UK management education teaching (2017)
Book Chapter
Owens, J., & Talat, U. (2017). The knowledge transfer openness matrix facilitating accessibility in UK management education teaching. In The Future of Accessibility in International Higher Education (230-252). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2560-8.ch014

This is an empirical investigation considering how the Knowledge Transfer Openness Matrix (KTOM) could facilitate accessibility and Knowledge Transfer (KT) for the UK Higher Education (HE) Management Education Teaching when utilising learning technol... Read More about The knowledge transfer openness matrix facilitating accessibility in UK management education teaching.

Suggestions for future sustainability (2017)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2017). Suggestions for future sustainability. In P. Brandon, P. Lombardi, & G. Shen (Eds.), Future Challenges in Evaluating and Managing Sustainable Development in the Built Environment (319-343). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119190691.ch19

This chapter discusses how the other chapters in this work may be woven into a single fabric of resilience or sustainability and then suggests a way ahead towards their achievement. It makes two main proposals, one philosophical with several suggesti... Read More about Suggestions for future sustainability.

Exploring MEH (Manager-Employee-Heterophily) in US-owned and managed plants in Taiwan (2017)
Book Chapter
in US-owned and managed plants in Taiwan. In C. Rowley, & E. Paulet (Eds.), The China business model. London: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100750-1.00007-3

In this chapter, we explores MEH (manager-employee-heterophily) and its organizational influence. MEH refers to a phenomenon in the workplace where managers and employees are from different ethnic backgrounds: the managers are typically expatriates f... Read More about Exploring MEH (Manager-Employee-Heterophily) in US-owned and managed plants in Taiwan.