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A mixed effects model for identifying goal scoring ability of footballers (2013)
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ability of footballers. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 177(2), 397-417. https://doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12015

The paper presents a model that can be used to identify the goal scoring ability of footballers. By decomposing the scoring process into the generation of shots and the conversion of shots to goals, abilities can be estimated from two mixed effects m... Read More about A mixed effects model for identifying goal scoring ability of footballers.

Local political marketing in the context of the conservative party (2013)
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Reeves, P. (2013). Local political marketing in the context of the conservative party. Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing, 25(2), 127-163. https://doi.org/10.1080/10495142.2013.760990

Local political marketing can be defined as marketing related strategy, activities, and tactics implemented by a political party in a local geographic constituency, in order to attempt to maximise aggregate potential voter satisfaction, and therefo... Read More about Local political marketing in the context of the conservative party.

Some results from a system dynamics model of construction sector competitiveness (2013)
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Gilkinson, N., & Dangerfield, B. (2013). Some results from a system dynamics model of construction sector competitiveness. Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 57(9-10), 2032-2043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcm.2011.09.011

Despite government-led good practice initiatives aimed to improve competitiveness in the U.K. construction sector, fluctuations in growth-driven demand, investment and constant regulatory revisions make it very difficult for an enterprise to plan str... Read More about Some results from a system dynamics model of construction sector competitiveness.

Consumer multiculturation : consequences of multi-cultural identification for brand knowledge (2013)
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Kipnis, E., Broderick, A., & Demangeot, C. (2014). Consumer multiculturation : consequences of multi-cultural identification for brand knowledge. Consumption, Markets and Culture, 17(3), 231-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253866.2013.778199

Whilst there has been a sustained interest in ethnic migrants developing composite cultural identities in emerged multi-cultural contexts, considerations of identity transitions among mainstream consumers (i.e. the non-migrant, locally born majority... Read More about Consumer multiculturation : consequences of multi-cultural identification for brand knowledge.

Modelling imperfect inspection over a finite horizon (2013)
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Berrade, M., Cavalcante, C., & Scarf, P. (2013). Modelling imperfect inspection over a finite horizon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2012.10.003

This paper models imperfect inspection policies for a system with a finite operational time requirement. Two types of maintenance policy are considered: that in which an alarm (a positive inspection) is followed by a check of the validity of the alar... Read More about Modelling imperfect inspection over a finite horizon.

Partisan, scholarly and active: for an organic public sociology of work and the case of critical labour studies (2013)
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Brook, P., & Darlington, R. (2013). Partisan, scholarly and active: for an organic public sociology of work and the case of critical labour studies. Work, Employment and Society, 27(2), 232-243

Despite a thriving tradition of critical scholarship in UK-based sociology of work, Burawoy’s call for a partisan organic public sociology that is part of ‘a social movement beyond the academy’ and Bourdieu’s plea for committed scholarship in the ser... Read More about Partisan, scholarly and active: for an organic public sociology of work and the case of critical labour studies.

A sensitivity analysis framework for the treatment effect measure used in the meta-analysis of comparative binary data from randomised controlled trials (2013)
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data from randomised controlled trials. Statistics in Medicine, 32(6), 931-940. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.5591

The process of undertaking a meta-analysis involves a sequence of decisions, one of which is deciding which measure of treatment effect to use. In particular, for comparative binary data from randomised controlled trials, a wide variety of measures... Read More about A sensitivity analysis framework for the treatment effect measure used in the meta-analysis of comparative binary data from randomised controlled trials.

Partisan, scholarly and active : arguments for an organic public sociology of work (2013)
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Brook, P., & Darlington, R. (2013). Partisan, scholarly and active : arguments for an organic public sociology of work. Work, Employment and Society, 27(2), 232-243. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017012461838

Despite a thriving tradition of critical scholarship in UK-based sociology of work, Burawoy’s call for a partisan organic public sociology that is part of ‘a social movement beyond the academy’ and Bourdieu’s plea for committed scholarship in the ser... Read More about Partisan, scholarly and active : arguments for an organic public sociology of work.

Reducing hospital associated infection : a role for social marketing (2013)
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Conway, A., & Langley, S. (2013). Reducing hospital associated infection : a role for social marketing. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 26(2), 118-134. https://doi.org/10.1108/09526861311297334

Purpose: Although hand hygiene is seen as the most important method to prevent the transmission of hospital associated infection in the UK, hand hygiene compliance rates appear to remain poor. This research aims to assess the degree to which social... Read More about Reducing hospital associated infection : a role for social marketing.

Explaining contextual factors affecting e-commerce adoption progression in selected SMEs: Evidence from Botswana (2013)
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Shemi, A., & Procter, C. (2013). Explaining contextual factors affecting e-commerce adoption progression in selected SMEs: Evidence from Botswana. International Journal of Management Practice, 6(1), 94-109. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMP.2013.052319

This paper provides an interpretive account of contextual factors that affect the progression of e-commerce in six Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs) in a developing country context of Botswana. The methodology followed multiple in-depth case studies... Read More about Explaining contextual factors affecting e-commerce adoption progression in selected SMEs: Evidence from Botswana.

A thematic review and a policy-analysis agenda of electronic health records in the greek national health system (2013)
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Emmanouilidou, M., & Burke, M. (2013). A thematic review and a policy-analysis agenda of electronic health records in the greek national health system. Health Policy, 109(1), 31-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.09.010

The increasing pressure to improve healthcare outcomes and reduce costs is driving the current agenda of governments at worldwide level and calls for a fundamental reform of the status quo of health systems. This is especially the case with the Greek... Read More about A thematic review and a policy-analysis agenda of electronic health records in the greek national health system.

The real SAP® Business one cost : a case study of ERP adoption in an SME (2013)
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Griffiths, M., Heinze, A., & Ofoegbu, A. (2013). The real SAP® Business one cost : a case study of ERP adoption in an SME. International Journal of Management Practice, 6(2), 199-215. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMP.2013.055831

This paper reports on a UK based service management Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) that invested into SAP® Business One. The action research case study highlights the real cost and difficulties faced in moving to the one single SAP system an... Read More about The real SAP® Business one cost : a case study of ERP adoption in an SME.

Imperfect inspection and replacement of a system with a defective state: A cost and reliability analysis (2013)
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Berrade, M., Scarf, P., Cavalcante, C., & Dwight, R. (2013). Imperfect inspection and replacement of a system with a defective state: A cost and reliability analysis. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 120, 80-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2013.02.024

We consider a system with three possible states, good, defective and failed. Failures are detected as soon as they occur; the defective state, which is only revealed by inspection, does not prevent the system from fulfilling the function for which it... Read More about Imperfect inspection and replacement of a system with a defective state: A cost and reliability analysis.

Syndicalism and strikes, leadership and influence: Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain and the United States (2013)
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Darlington, R. (2013). Syndicalism and strikes, leadership and influence: Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain and the United States. International Labor and Working-Class History, 83(Spring), 37-53. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0147547913000136

The explosion of industrial and political militancy that swept the world during the early years of the twentieth century gave the revolutionary syndicalist movement a prominence and notoriety it would not otherwise have possessed, while at the same t... Read More about Syndicalism and strikes, leadership and influence: Britain, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain and the United States.

Objective but not detached: Partisanship in industrial relations research’ (2013)
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Darlington, R., & Dobson, J. (2013). Objective but not detached: Partisanship in industrial relations research’. Capital and Class, 37(2), 285-297. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816813489936

This article considers whether industrial relations (IR) research is objective, impartial or value-free, and argues that many IR academics in Britain have tended to start from a social-democratic premise which makes them relatively more sympathetic t... Read More about Objective but not detached: Partisanship in industrial relations research’.

Involve users or fail: An IT project case study from east Africa (2013)
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Procter, C., & Businge, M. (2013). Involve users or fail: An IT project case study from east Africa. International Journal of Information Technology Project Management, 4(4), 51-65. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijitpm.2013100103

Repeated surveys, and most notably those by the Standish Group, suggest that a substantial proportion of Information Technology (IT) projects fail. The literature suggests that this is in part due to a lack of user involvement in the project. The aut... Read More about Involve users or fail: An IT project case study from east Africa.

The effect of maintenance quality on spare parts inventory for a fleet of assets (2013)
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Van Horenbeek, A., Scarf, P., Cavalcante, C., & Pintelon, L. (2013). The effect of maintenance quality on spare parts inventory for a fleet of assets. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 62(3), 596-607. https://doi.org/10.1109/TR.2013.2270409

This paper considers the effect of fleet size on a joint policy of maintenance and spare parts inventory when spare parts are of varying quality. We consider N identical one-component systems subject to age-based replacement, and with a single echelo... Read More about The effect of maintenance quality on spare parts inventory for a fleet of assets.

Real interest rate parity in OECD countries: new evidence from time series and panel cointegration techniques (2013)
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Magkonis, G., & Tsopanakis, A. (2013). Real interest rate parity in OECD countries: new evidence from time series and panel cointegration techniques. Applied Economics Letters, 20(5), 476-479. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2012.667540

We examine the existence of Real Interest Rate Parity (RIRP) for a number of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Using time series techniques, we manage to identify cointegrating relationships. For a subset of cou... Read More about Real interest rate parity in OECD countries: new evidence from time series and panel cointegration techniques.

A comparative study of perceptions of internationalisation strategies in UK universities (2013)
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Warwick, P., & Moogan, Y. (2013). A comparative study of perceptions of internationalisation strategies in UK universities. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 43(1), 102-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2013.746573

Using an exploratory methodology, this paper compares the internationalisation strategies of two groups of UK universities and the views of staff groups at those institutions. It moves beyond an examination of teaching and learning initiatives develo... Read More about A comparative study of perceptions of internationalisation strategies in UK universities.