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Exploring "Events" as an Information Systems Research Methodology (2009)
Book Chapter
Greenhill, A., & Fletcher, G. (2009). Exploring "Events" as an Information Systems Research Methodology. In Human Computer Interaction: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/9781878289919.ch123

In this article we build 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... Read More about Exploring "Events" as an Information Systems Research Methodology.

Exploring "Events" as an Information Systems Research Methodology (2009)
Book Chapter
Greenhill, A., & Fletcher, G. (2009). Exploring "Events" as an Information Systems Research Methodology. In Cross-Disciplinary Advances in Human Computer Interaction: User Modeling, Social Computing, and Adaptive Interfaces (108-121). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-142-1.ch007

In this article we build 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... Read More about Exploring "Events" as an Information Systems Research Methodology.

An analysis of culture as a tourism commodity (2009)
Journal Article
Maccarrone-Eaglen, A. (2009). An analysis of culture as a tourism commodity. Tourism, Culture and Communication, 9(3), 151-163. https://doi.org/10.3727/109830409X12596186103879

The notion of culture has been the object of multidisciplinary studies attempting, with difficulty, to define this polyhedral social concept expressed in symbolic representations. Culture has a significant role in tourism functioning as an internat... Read More about An analysis of culture as a tourism commodity.

My social networking profile: copy, resemblance, or simulacrum? A poststructuralist interpretation of social information systems (2009)
Journal Article
Kreps, D. (2010). My social networking profile: copy, resemblance, or simulacrum? A poststructuralist interpretation of social information systems. European Journal of Information Systems, 19(1), 104-115. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejis.2009.46

This paper offers an introduction to poststructuralist interpretivist research in information systems, through a poststructuralist theoretical reading of the phenomenon and experience of social networking websites, such as Facebook. This is undertake... Read More about My social networking profile: copy, resemblance, or simulacrum? A poststructuralist interpretation of social information systems.

Genetic programming for credit scoring : the case of Egyptian public sector banks (2009)
Journal Article
Abdou, H. (2009). Genetic programming for credit scoring : the case of Egyptian public sector banks. Expert systems with applications, 36(9), 11402-11417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2009.01.076

Credit scoring has been widely investigated in the area of finance, in general, and banking sectors, in particular. Recently, genetic programming (GP) has attracted attention in both academic and empirical fields, especially for credit problems. Th... Read More about Genetic programming for credit scoring : the case of Egyptian public sector banks.

A smart house is not a home: the domestication of ICTs (2009)
Journal Article
Richardson, H. (2009). A smart house is not a home: the domestication of ICTs. Information Systems Frontiers, 11(5), 599-608. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-008-9137-9

This paper discusses the domestication of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), particularly their use, in UK households reporting on research undertaken between 1998 and 2004. Issues raised are linked to the dominant discourse of the `d... Read More about A smart house is not a home: the domestication of ICTs.

Out of control? An ethnographic analysis of the disposal of collectable objects through auction (2009)
Journal Article
Cheetham, F. (2009). Out of control? An ethnographic analysis of the disposal of collectable objects through auction. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 8(6), 316-326. https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.296

This research contributes to our understanding of disposal by attempting to foreground the journey of the disposed object rather than examining disposal from the perspective of the seller as previous consumer researchers have done. Drawing on ideas t... Read More about Out of control? An ethnographic analysis of the disposal of collectable objects through auction.

Part-time work and activity in voluntary associations in Great Britain (2009)
Journal Article
Kamerade, D. (2009). Part-time work and activity in voluntary associations in Great Britain. Sociological Research Online, 14(5), 2. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.2049

This paper evaluates both the economic, or rational choice, and sociological theories to examine the effects of part-time working on employees' activity in voluntary associations. Using longitudinal data analysis of the British Household Panel Survey... Read More about Part-time work and activity in voluntary associations in Great Britain.

The underlying test : human, organisational and technical considerations adjoined with critical success factors when implementing ERP : a cases study of a UK SME (2009)
Book Chapter
Owens, J. D., & Dawson, J. (2009). The underlying test : human, organisational and technical considerations adjoined with critical success factors when implementing ERP : a cases study of a UK SME. In A. Gunasekaran, & T. Shea (Eds.), Organizational Advancements through Enterprise Information Systems: Emerging Applications and Developments (134-155). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-968-7.ch009

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are pervasive information systems that have been fundamental in organisations for the past two decades. ERP systems may well count as the most important development in technology in the 1990s’. There are m... Read More about The underlying test : human, organisational and technical considerations adjoined with critical success factors when implementing ERP : a cases study of a UK SME.

Segmentation challenges posed by ‘transnationals’ in mobile marketing (2009)
Book Chapter
Sirkeci, I., & Mannix, R. (2009). Segmentation challenges posed by ‘transnationals’ in mobile marketing. In Handbook of Research on Mobile Marketing Management (94-114). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1598-4.ch064

Mobile technologies have posed new challenges for marketers as well as opportunities in an increasingly global market with high human mobility within and across borders. To understand and address customer needs more effectively, this chapter proposes... Read More about Segmentation challenges posed by ‘transnationals’ in mobile marketing.

Credit scoring and decision making in Egyptian public sector banks (2009)
Journal Article
banks. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 5(4), 391-406. https://doi.org/10.1108/17439130910987549

Purpose – The main aims of this paper are: first, to investigate how decisions are currently made within the Egyptian public sector environment; and, second, to determine whether the decision making can be significantly improved through the use of cr... Read More about Credit scoring and decision making in Egyptian public sector banks.

An integrative framework for strategy process based on its theoretical roots (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Nandakumar, M., Ghobadian, A., & O'Regan, N. (2009, September). An integrative framework for strategy process based on its theoretical roots. Presented at British Academy of Management Conference 2009 : The End of the Pier? Competing Perspectives on the Challenges Facing Business and Management, Brighton, UK

Connectivism: a network theory for teaching and learning in a connected world (2009)
Journal Article
Bell, F. (2009). Connectivism: a network theory for teaching and learning in a connected world. Educational Developments, 10(3),

Connecting to people and resources online is no longer something that takes place mainly in our place of study or work: we are also ‘connected’ in our homes and even on our journey on the way to and from university. In 1998, 9% of UK homes had acces... Read More about Connectivism: a network theory for teaching and learning in a connected world.

Open enrolment programmes at Salford Business School: challenges and opportunities (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Heinze, A., & Wells, S. (2009, September). Open enrolment programmes at Salford Business School: challenges and opportunities. Presented at Fifth Education in a Changing Environment Conference Critical Voices, Critical Times, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester

The vision of the recently established Salford Business School (SBS) includes the improvement of open enrolment programmes to provide executive education. Open enrolment programmes differ from traditional credit bearing programmes in that they do not... Read More about Open enrolment programmes at Salford Business School: challenges and opportunities.

Can teamwork skills be assessed fairly in higher education? (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Heinze, A., & Whatley, J. (2009, September). Can teamwork skills be assessed fairly in higher education?. Presented at The aims of the workshop were to: share what is commonly meant by “teamwork” skills; share common issues and challenges in assessment facing educators who utilise team work; propose possible multiple action to resolve the potential challenges., University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester

Teamwork is widely acknowledged as an essential skill for students in higher education to prepare them to the real-life team working environments (Lynch, Heinze 2007). But, it is not easy to assess team working skills (Cooper and Heinze 2007). Moreov... Read More about Can teamwork skills be assessed fairly in higher education?.

The effect of correlation between demands on hierarchical forecasting (2009)
Book Chapter
Chen, H., & Boylan, J. (2009). The effect of correlation between demands on hierarchical forecasting. In K. Lawrence, & R. Klimberg (Eds.), Advances in Business and Management Forecasting (173-188). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1477-4070%282009%290000006011

The forecasting needs for inventory control purposes are hierarchical. For SKUs in a product family or a SKU stored across different depot locations, forecasts can be made from the individual series’ history or derived top-down. Many discussions ha... Read More about The effect of correlation between demands on hierarchical forecasting.

Safety and productivity in the construction industry (2009)
Journal Article
Enshassi, A., Choudhry, R., & Abualqumboz, M. (2009). Safety and productivity in the construction industry. Arab Gulf journal of scientific research (1989), 27(3), 139-155

Safety in construction industry of Palestine still suffers from ignorance and lack of supervision. This low consideration of safety importance caused escalation of accident rate in construction projects. Also, construction productivity is not encoura... Read More about Safety and productivity in the construction industry.

An age-based inspection and replacement policy for heterogeneous components (2009)
Journal Article
Scarf, P., Cavalcante, C., Dwight, R., & Gordon, P. (2009). An age-based inspection and replacement policy for heterogeneous components. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 58(4), 641-648. https://doi.org/10.1109/TR.2009.2026796

This paper considers a hybrid maintenance policy for a simple system comprising a single component that arises from a heterogeneous population. This population of components consists of two sub-populations that possess different failure characteristi... Read More about An age-based inspection and replacement policy for heterogeneous components.