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Design Thinking and Co-creation in the Business Curriculum (2023)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., & Kutar, M. (2023). Design Thinking and Co-creation in the Business Curriculum. International Journal of Management and Applied Research, 10(2), 283-297. https://doi.org/10.18646/2056.102.23-022

Business curriculum development is intrinsically linked to the rapidly changing business landscape. Navigating the complexities of this task demands a design thinking approach that places stakeholders at the centre, focusing on obtaining valuable ins... Read More about Design Thinking and Co-creation in the Business Curriculum.

Digital transformation during a lockdown (2020)
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Fletcher, G., & Griffiths, M. (2020). Digital transformation during a lockdown. International Journal of Information Management, 55, 102185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102185

These are indeed exceptional and historic times, a global pandemic and public health emergency sitting side by side with heightened public awareness of the injustices of decades of institutional racism. This article considers the current pandemic and... Read More about Digital transformation during a lockdown.

Knowledge exchange partnership leads to digital transformation at Hydro-X Water Treatment, Ltd (2018)
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Heinze, A., Griffiths, M., Fenton, A., & Fletcher, G. (2018). Knowledge exchange partnership leads to digital transformation at Hydro-X Water Treatment, Ltd. Global Business and Organizational Excellence, 37(4), 6-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/joe.21859

To attract a generation of workers and consumers who have never known a world without Wi-Fi, smartphones, or social media, organizations increasingly have no choice but to incorporate digital technology into every aspect of their operations and proce... Read More about Knowledge exchange partnership leads to digital transformation at Hydro-X Water Treatment, Ltd.

Human choice and computers : an ever more intimate relationship (2016)
Journal Article
Kreps, D., Fletcher, G., & Griffiths, M. (2016). Human choice and computers : an ever more intimate relationship. The future of identity in the information society : 4th IFIP WG 9.2, 9.6, 11.6, 11.7/Fidis International Summer School, Brno, Czech Republic, September 1-7, 2008, revised selected papers / Vashek Matyáš ... [et al.] (eds.), 474, 9-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44805-3

Since 1974, the Human Choice and Computers (HCC) conference series has firmly remained at the cutting edge of innovative thinking about the interface between the social and technology. This introductory chapter to the proceedings of the 12th Human Ch... Read More about Human choice and computers : an ever more intimate relationship.

Creatively prototyping the future high street (2016)
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Fletcher, G., Greenhill, A., Griffiths, M., Holmes, K., & McLean, R. (2016). Creatively prototyping the future high street. Production Planning and Control, 27(6), 477-489. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2016.1147094

This paper gives a voice to a range of community and individual stakeholders who would not generally be heard in the conventional town planning process. We present a methodological technique, described as creative prototyping, that has at its heart,... Read More about Creatively prototyping the future high street.

The social supply chain and the future high street (2016)
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Fletcher, G., Greenhill, A., Griffiths, M., & McLean, R. (2016). The social supply chain and the future high street. Supply Chain Management, 21(1), 78-91. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-05-2014-0154

Purpose: The paper examines how independent social and commercial activities have developed in response to the perceived decline in the UK High Street and in response to the challenges of increasing digital retailing opportunities. This examination i... Read More about The social supply chain and the future high street.

The social supply chain and the future high street (2016)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., Greenhill, A., Griffiths, M., & McLean, R. (2016). The social supply chain and the future high street. Supply Chain Management, 22(1), 78-91. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-05-2014-0154

Purpose: The paper examines how independent social and commercial activities have developed in response to the perceived decline in the UK High Street and in response to the challenges of increasing digital retailing opportunities. This examination i... Read More about The social supply chain and the future high street.

Laboring online : Are there “new” labor processes in virtual game worlds? (2013)
Journal Article
Greenhill, A., & Fletcher, G. (2013). Laboring online : Are there “new” labor processes in virtual game worlds?. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 14(11),

As unemployment figures rise in the developed world, questions regarding the meaning of “labor” and the intrinsic ”value” of work re-emerge. This paper examines labor practices in virtual game worlds to extend existing theoretical explorations regard... Read More about Laboring online : Are there “new” labor processes in virtual game worlds?.

Making Madlab : a creative space for innovation and creating prototypes (2013)
Journal Article
Bell, F., Fletcher, G., Greenhill, A., Griffiths, M., & McLean, R. (2013). Making Madlab : a creative space for innovation and creating prototypes. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 84, 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2013.09.004

This paper presents Manchester Digital Laboratory (MadLab) as an “organisation as prototype” in terms of its innovation; emphasising its permeability to external collaboration and internal structure. We present the accumulation of experience and insp... Read More about Making Madlab : a creative space for innovation and creating prototypes.

Blog/shop: it is authentic so don't worry^^^ (2009)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., & Greenhill, A. (2009). Blog/shop: it is authentic so don't worry^^^. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 7(1), 39-53. https://doi.org/10.1108/14779960910938089

Purpose – The popularity and persistence of Blogshops raises ethical issues regarding the presentation of the female teenage owners’ “self” to others and the relationship they maintain with buyers and other owners. Design/methodology/approach – Thi... Read More about Blog/shop: it is authentic so don't worry^^^.

Going offline: An exploratory cultural artifact analysis of an internet dating site’s development trajectories (2007)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., & Light, B. (2007). Going offline: An exploratory cultural artifact analysis of an internet dating site’s development trajectories. International Journal of Information Management, 27(6), 422-431

In this study we develop a theorization of an Internet dating site as a cultural artifact. The site, Gaydar, is targeted at gay men. We argue that contemporary received representations of their sexuality figure heavily in the site’s focus by providi... Read More about Going offline: An exploratory cultural artifact analysis of an internet dating site’s development trajectories.

Exploring ‘events’ as an information systems research methodology (2007)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., & Greenhill, A. (2007). Exploring ‘events’ as an information systems research methodology. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, 3(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.4018/jthi.2007010101

This paper builds upon existing research and commentary from a variety of disciplinary sources including Information Systems, Organisational and Management Studies, and the Social Sciences that focus upon the meaning, significance and impact of ‘even... Read More about Exploring ‘events’ as an information systems research methodology.

Fight club: culture, conflict and everyday life amongst an online 'community' (2006)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., Campbell, J., & Greenhill, A. (2006). Fight club: culture, conflict and everyday life amongst an online 'community'. International Journal of Web Based Communities, 2(4), 474-489. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJWBC.2006.011771

This paper examines a specific online community and the degree to which participants' association is constituted and reinforced through conflict. We sample the existing literature regarding online communities in an historical sense and critique the p... Read More about Fight club: culture, conflict and everyday life amongst an online 'community'.

An index of fame: critical identifications of fame in the 'social laboratory' (2004)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G. (2004). An index of fame: critical identifications of fame in the 'social laboratory'

This paper discusses the presentation of fame that can be identified through popular search terms. These terms reveal how the rapidly shifting interest in individual identities of ‘fame’ are cast against a continuous sequence of expected and unexpect... Read More about An index of fame: critical identifications of fame in the 'social laboratory'.

The social construction of electronic space (1996)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., & Greenhill, A. (1996). The social construction of electronic space. Social Semiotics, 6(2), 179-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/10350339609384472

Computer‐mediated communication is a phenomenon of post‐industrial society. As a consequence of the interactivity and persistent textual nature of this form of communication, new spaces of sociality are constructed which can be analysed and interpret... Read More about The social construction of electronic space.

Academic referencing of Internet-based resources (1995)
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Fletcher, G., & Greenhill, A. (1995). Academic referencing of Internet-based resources. Aslib Proceedings, 47(11/12), 245-252. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb051402

Despite the rapid growth of the Internet during 1994 and 1995 no adequate or consistent method of referencing material from this source has been developed. Failure to address this issue will result in Internet resources not being awarded full recogni... Read More about Academic referencing of Internet-based resources.