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Judgement and supply chain dynamics (2011)
Journal Article

Forecasting demand at the individual stock-keeping-unit (SKU) level often necessitates the use of statistical methods, such as exponential smoothing. In some organizations, however, statistical forecasts will be subject to judgemental adjustments by... Read More about Judgement and supply chain dynamics.

London 2012 and the impact of the UK’s Olympic and Paralympic legislation: protecting commerce or preserving culture? (2011)
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The general commercial rights associated with the Olympic Movement are protected in the UK by the Olympic Symbols etc (Protection) Act 1995. In addition, the UK Government, in response to a requirement of the Host City Contract with the Internationa... Read More about London 2012 and the impact of the UK’s Olympic and Paralympic legislation: protecting commerce or preserving culture?.

Connectivism: Its place in theory-informed research and innovation in technology-enabled learning (2011)
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The sociotechnical context for learning and education is dynamic and makes great demands on those trying to seize the opportunities presented by emerging technologies. The goal of this paper is to explore certain theories for our plans and actions in... Read More about Connectivism: Its place in theory-informed research and innovation in technology-enabled learning.

Knowledge Sharing in Emerging Economies (2011)
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One of the new factors in Eastern European countries (and there is an acknowledgement that this aspect is inherent in other countries too) is this concept of freely sharing information i.e. the concept of what is known in KM literature of “Knowledge... Read More about Knowledge Sharing in Emerging Economies.

Employability and entrepreneurship embedded in professional placements in the business curriculum (2011)
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Purpose

This paper explains the practice of professional placements in a large UK Business School, grounded in literature and research concerning the relationship between professional experience and employability. It explores possible further deve... Read More about Employability and entrepreneurship embedded in professional placements in the business curriculum.

Group role-play as a method of facilitating student to student interaction and making theory relevant (2011)
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Large group settings, which often mean less peer to peer interaction among students, are increasingly common in many UK universities. This paper proposes group role-play as one possible teaching method in a large group of students, and aims to evalu... Read More about Group role-play as a method of facilitating student to student interaction and making theory relevant.

International patent protection: Time for a fully EU functioning supra-national patent mechanism (2011)
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Larger industrial companies have become increasingly global in their functions
and aspirations. With regard to patents, it is increasingly common for a multinational company to
face alleged infringing acts committed by the same competitor in severa... Read More about International patent protection: Time for a fully EU functioning supra-national patent mechanism.

Exploring the rationale of enlightened shareholder value in the realm of UK company law – the path dependence perspective (2011)
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Despite conventional beliefs in the predominance of shareholder value, a broader agenda of stakeholder consideration has been advocated in the UK by the recently-introduced ESV principle – the overriding corporate objective in the new company law reg... Read More about Exploring the rationale of enlightened shareholder value in the realm of UK company law – the path dependence perspective.

Editorial: Syndicalsm and radical unionism (2010)
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Introducing Digital Literacy Skills Through IBL: A Comparative Study of UG and PG Business Information Systems Students (2010)
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This paper reports a comparative study of Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) at Undergraduate (UG) and
Postgraduate (PG) levels at a university in the north west of England. Both student cohorts undertook a
professional, legal and ethical module centre... Read More about Introducing Digital Literacy Skills Through IBL: A Comparative Study of UG and PG Business Information Systems Students.

Mechanical law enforcement: speeding and camera technology (2010)
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Excessive and inappropriate speeding is--according to the ACPO2 Road Policing Strategy--one of the four key behaviours which contribute to avoidable deaths and injury by making collisions more likely, and by making the resultant injuries worse.3 Alth... Read More about Mechanical law enforcement: speeding and camera technology.

A system dynamics-based simulation study for managing clinical governance and pathways in a hospital (2010)
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This paper examines the development of clinical pathways in a hospital in Australia based on empirical clinical data of patient episodes. A system dynamics (SD)-based decision support system (DSS) is developed and analyzed for this purpose.
System d... Read More about A system dynamics-based simulation study for managing clinical governance and pathways in a hospital.

ABC classification : service levels and inventory costs (2010)
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ABC inventory classifications are widely used in practice, with demand value and demand volume as the most common
ranking criteria. The standard approach in ABC applications is to set the same service level for all stock keeping units
(SKUs) in a c... Read More about ABC classification : service levels and inventory costs.

Tagging is connecting: shared object memories as channels for sociocultural cohesion (2010)
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Corporate governance and the financial crisis: did the theories stand the test? (2010)
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Three key theories - the agency theory, stewardship theory and path dependence theory have served to explain the relationship between directors and shareholders in the field of cor-porate governance. However, none of the theories alone have stood the... Read More about Corporate governance and the financial crisis: did the theories stand the test?.

Understanding construction competitiveness : the contribution of system dynamics (2010)
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Construction sector competitiveness has been a subject of interest for many years. Research too often focuses on the means of overcoming the ‘barriers to change’ as if such barriers were static entities. There has been little attempt to understand th... Read More about Understanding construction competitiveness : the contribution of system dynamics.

The state of workplace union reps organisation in Britain today (2010)
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This article provides a brief evaluation of the state of workplace union reps’ organization in Britain as we approach the second decade of the 2000s. It documents the severe weakening of workplace union organization over the last 25 years, which is r... Read More about The state of workplace union reps organisation in Britain today.

Connectivism: a network theory for teaching and learning in a connected world (2009)
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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.

Knowledge sharing implementation and job searching in Malaysia (2009)
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The aim of this research is to integrate analysis through case studies on how knowledge sharing could be implemented successfully. Furthermore, this study also will clarify a conceptualisation that provides a new understanding of the relationship b... Read More about Knowledge sharing implementation and job searching in Malaysia.

An integrated approach to water protection and management: the European Union model (2009)
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive. It seeks first to determine whether its provisions align with modern thinking on integrated river basin management and second to assess the degree to... Read More about An integrated approach to water protection and management: the European Union model.