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The link between digital skills and financial inclusion – evidence from consumers survey data from low-income areas (2024)
Journal Article
Vik, P., Kamerade, D., & Dayson, K. (in press). The link between digital skills and financial inclusion – evidence from consumers survey data from low-income areas. Journal of Consumer Policy,

Financial and digital inclusion are key consumer policy agendas for governments globally. Yet, despite the importance of online interfaces to manage finances and make payments, the link between financial and digital inclusion remains under-researched... Read More about The link between digital skills and financial inclusion – evidence from consumers survey data from low-income areas.

Enhancing Academic Support for Students in Higher Education Quality Assurance in Education (2024)
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Gomis, K., Saini, M., Pathirage, C., & Arif, M. (in press). Enhancing Academic Support for Students in Higher Education Quality Assurance in Education. Quality Assurance in Education,

Purpose: The need to enhance student support is evident in higher education (HE) curricula.In addition to the complications created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the current strategies used in academia are criticised for their lack of appropriate student... Read More about Enhancing Academic Support for Students in Higher Education Quality Assurance in Education.

The link between digital skills and financial inclusion -Evidence from consumers survey data from low-income areas (2024)
Journal Article
Vik, P., Kamerāde, D., & Dayson, K. (in press). The link between digital skills and financial inclusion -Evidence from consumers survey data from low-income areas. Journal of Consumer Policy,

Financial and digital inclusion are key consumer policy agendas for governments globally. Yet, despite the importance of online interfaces to manage finances and make payments, the link between financial and digital inclusion remains under-researched... Read More about The link between digital skills and financial inclusion -Evidence from consumers survey data from low-income areas.

Does Board Diversity Mitigate Risk? The Effect of Homophily and Social Ties on Risk-Taking in Financial Institutions (2024)
Journal Article
Alzayed, N., Batiz-Lazo, B., & Eskandari, R. (2024). Does Board Diversity Mitigate Risk? The Effect of Homophily and Social Ties on Risk-Taking in Financial Institutions. Research in International Business and Finance, 70(A), 102306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102306

Research Question/Issue This study investigates whether greater board diversity and looser social network ties have an impact on board independence and risk-taking in US financial institutions from 2010 to 2022.The... Read More about Does Board Diversity Mitigate Risk? The Effect of Homophily and Social Ties on Risk-Taking in Financial Institutions.

A critical exploration of bargaining in Purchasing and Supply Management: a systematic literature review (2024)
Journal Article
Kelly, S., & Chicksand, D. (2024). A critical exploration of bargaining in Purchasing and Supply Management: a systematic literature review. Group Decision and Negotiation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-024-09879-9

Bargaining with suppliers is a key Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM) activity but there is considerable ambiguity over what bargaining entails and the concept currently lacks a systematic treatment, despite its significant interest to PSM profes... Read More about A critical exploration of bargaining in Purchasing and Supply Management: a systematic literature review.

Author’s response to “Labor History Symposium: Ralph Darlington, Labour Revolt in Britain, 1910-1914” (2024)
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Darlington, R. (in press). Author’s response to “Labor History Symposium: Ralph Darlington, Labour Revolt in Britain, 1910-1914”. Labor History, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656x.2024.2313365

I’m very grateful to each of the three commentators for providing some insightful comments, as well as critical observations, on my Labour Revolt in Britain 1910–14. My response considers each in turn, hopefully further contributing to our understand... Read More about Author’s response to “Labor History Symposium: Ralph Darlington, Labour Revolt in Britain, 1910-1914”.

Reimagining Assessment in the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence: A reflection on legal education (2024)
Journal Article
Smith, C. (2024). Reimagining Assessment in the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence: A reflection on legal education. Innovative practice in higher education,

The legal profession and legal education are undergoing a transformation (Pierce and Goutos, 2023) due to the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI (GenAI), marked by the advent of ChatGPT (Henrik, 2023). This has sign... Read More about Reimagining Assessment in the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence: A reflection on legal education.

Climate change and geopolitical conflicts: The role of ESG readiness. (2024)
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Alam, A., Banna, H., Alam, A. W., Bhuiyan, B. U., & Mokhtar, N. B. (2024). Climate change and geopolitical conflicts: The role of ESG readiness. Journal of Environmental Management, 353, 120284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120284

This study examines the relationship between climate change vulnerability and geopolitical risk using data on 42 countries from 1995 to 2021. Utilising two distinct indices, the climate vulnerability index (CVI) and the country-specific geopolitical... Read More about Climate change and geopolitical conflicts: The role of ESG readiness..

Nomenclature in Higher Education: “non-academic” as a construct (2024)
Journal Article
Caldwell, J. (2024). Nomenclature in Higher Education: “non-academic” as a construct. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2024.2306569

This study explores the nomenclature surrounding professional services staff within higher education in the UK. Taking a case study method, it uses a qualitative approach to understand the term 'non-academic' to describe the diverse range of professi... Read More about Nomenclature in Higher Education: “non-academic” as a construct.

The GM AI Foundry: A Model for Upskilling SME's in Responsible AI (2024)
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Lawton, R., Boswell, S., & Smiee, K. C. (2024). The GM AI Foundry: A Model for Upskilling SME's in Responsible AI. https://doi.org/10.1109/ssci52147.2023.10371988

Building responsible and trustworthy AI solutions is now the norm, yet the challenge of bridging the ethical AI principles to practice gap especially for small to medium businesses is significant with the forthcoming European Union AI ACT (2023) beco... Read More about The GM AI Foundry: A Model for Upskilling SME's in Responsible AI.

The Manchester and Salford Strike Wave of Summer 1911 (2023)
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Darlington, R. (2023). The Manchester and Salford Strike Wave of Summer 1911. #Journal not on list, 44-52

If the ‘Labour Revolt’ that swept Britain in the years leading up to the outbreak of the First World War between 1910 and 1914 was one of the most dramatic and violent explosions of industrial militancy and social conflict the country has ever experi... Read More about The Manchester and Salford Strike Wave of Summer 1911.

Further evidence on non-audit fees: Using the context of female directors on audit committees (2023)
Journal Article
K., A., Alam, M. A., N. A., B., & S., N. (2023). Further evidence on non-audit fees: Using the context of female directors on audit committees. Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, https://doi.org/10.1108/JFRA-05-2022-0199

This study aims to examine the association between non-audit fees and audit quality by utilizing the context of gender-diverse audit committees. Further, we assess whether this link is moderated by industry-specialist auditors. This study utilized no... Read More about Further evidence on non-audit fees: Using the context of female directors on audit committees.

Enhancing the Assessment and the Feedback in Higher Education (2023)
Journal Article
Gomis, K., Saini, M., Arif, M., & Pathirage, C. (2023). Enhancing the Assessment and the Feedback in Higher Education. Quality Assurance in Education, https://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-01-2023-0004

Purpose: Lack of appropriate student support and drawbacks in academic progression signify the importance of enhancing assessment and feedback in higher education (HE). Although assessment and feedback are significant in HE, minimal empirical researc... Read More about Enhancing the Assessment and the Feedback in Higher Education.

Implementing Industry 4.0 technologies: Future roles in purchasing and supply management (2023)
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Delke, V., Schiele, H., Buchholz, W., & Kelly, S. (2023). Implementing Industry 4.0 technologies: Future roles in purchasing and supply management. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 196, 122847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122847

Technological advancements associated with Industry 4.0 drive a paradigm shift with economic and social consequences where digitalization, robotization, and other emerging technologies reshape the interconnection between organizations. Critical areas... Read More about Implementing Industry 4.0 technologies: Future roles in purchasing and supply management.

Resilience of cooperatives during global pandemics – Short-term effects of Covid-19 on lending behaviour of British credit unions (2023)
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Vik, P., Curtis, J., & Karl, D. (in press). Resilience of cooperatives during global pandemics – Short-term effects of Covid-19 on lending behaviour of British credit unions. Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management, 11(2), 100220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100220

Cooperative financial institutions are believed to be less vulnerable to business and economic fluctuations linked to recessions and crises. This paper examines the short-term effects of Covid-19 on the British credit union sector d... Read More about Resilience of cooperatives during global pandemics – Short-term effects of Covid-19 on lending behaviour of British credit unions.

Reporting Controversial Issues in Controversial Industries (2023)
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Marshall, D., Jakob, R., Aideen, O., Kelly, S., Roshan, B., & Daniel, C. (2023). Reporting Controversial Issues in Controversial Industries. Accounting, auditing, & accountability, 36(9), https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-07-2020-4684

Purpose: This article explores how companies in multiple controversial industries report their controversial issues. For the first time, we use a new conceptualization of controversial industries, focused on harm and solutions, to investigate the rep... Read More about Reporting Controversial Issues in Controversial Industries.

Working Class Women’s Active Participation in the 1910-14 British Labour Revolt (2023)
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Darlington, R. (2023). Working Class Women’s Active Participation in the 1910-14 British Labour Revolt. Labour History Review, 1(11), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8384482

The ‘Labour Revolt’ that swept Britain in the years leading up to the outbreak of the First World War between 1910 and 1914 was one of the most sustained, dramatic and violent explosions of industrial militancy and associated social conflict the coun... Read More about Working Class Women’s Active Participation in the 1910-14 British Labour Revolt.

Revisiting Corporate Governance And Financial Risk-Taking (2023)
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Alzayed, N., Eskandari, R., Eshraghi, A., & Yazdifar, H. (2023). Revisiting Corporate Governance And Financial Risk-Taking. International Journal of Finance and Economics, https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2896

Corporate governance attributes have varying effects on risk taking when variables are examined separately. We study the effects of a large range of corporate governance attributes on risk taking using a comprehensive US sample. Our findings confirm... Read More about Revisiting Corporate Governance And Financial Risk-Taking.

Problem Directors and Corporate Risk‐Taking (2023)
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Bhuiyan, B., Liu, J., & Alam, A. (in press). Problem Directors and Corporate Risk‐Taking. British Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12770

This study investigates the impact of a ‘problem director’ on the risk‐taking propensity of a firm and its consequences for firm value. Analysing a sample of US companies, we find that corporate risk‐taking propensity increases when a firm appoints a... Read More about Problem Directors and Corporate Risk‐Taking.