Outputs (21)

Proof of concept - Community Land Trusts (2011)
Report

This ‘proof of concept’ report seeks to examine and quantify the progress made by Community Land Trusts (CLTs) now that there are a significant number of homes on the ground. Through the evidence of the case studies it will also look at the lessons l... Read More about Proof of concept - Community Land Trusts.

Enterprise cultural heritage management: in search of inspiration for innovation and sustainability (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Objectives: Identifying a truly unique source for innovation and differentiation in order to sustain competitive advantage is a major challenge for managers of enterprise when designing and developing their product/service range. The objectives of th... Read More about Enterprise cultural heritage management: in search of inspiration for innovation and sustainability.

Hubble bubble toil and trouble : the special case of emergency services (2011)
Book Chapter

The author outlines the technological frames strand of social shaping of technology theory and posits that the dimensions used by the major proponents of the theory to not necessarily apply to all situations. The proposal is to use an analogy of a te... Read More about Hubble bubble toil and trouble : the special case of emergency services.

The role of behaviour change in eating and physical activity in the battle against childhood obesity (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Obesity results from many influences including genetic and environmental. But eating and physical activity are the two fundamental factors which influence obesity development. This work investigates how food consumption choices and the extent of phys... Read More about The role of behaviour change in eating and physical activity in the battle against childhood obesity.

Can we make higher education relevant to the needs of the search & social media marketing industry? (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Higher education institutions are often criticised for their lack of relevant educational courses that will equip students with the skills to meet specific industry needs. The issue of relevant education has been of particular significance to highly... Read More about Can we make higher education relevant to the needs of the search & social media marketing industry?.

Credit scoring, statistical techniques and evaluation criteria: A review of the literature (2011)
Journal Article

Credit scoring has been regarded as a core appraisal tool of different institutions during the last few decades and has been widely investigated in different areas, such as finance and accounting. Different scoring techniques are being used in areas... Read More about Credit scoring, statistical techniques and evaluation criteria: A review of the literature.

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.

Virtual, phenomenal, real, and mobile (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The debate between ‘realism’ and ‘social constructivism’, rehearsed and overviewed in Ian Hacking’s book, “The Social Construction of What,” (Hacking 1999) has nonetheless seen a number of attempts to find common ground, or unifying principles / theo... Read More about Virtual, phenomenal, real, and mobile.

London 2012 and the impact of the UK’s Olympic and Paralympic legislation: protecting commerce or preserving culture? (2011)
Journal Article

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?.

The quest for sustainable buildings: Getting it right at the planning stage (2011)
Book Chapter

Exploring the effects of interventions to combat childhood obesity: inducing behavioural change in eating habits (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The prevalence of English child obesity has increased especially in the 1990’s. Due to the many negative impacts of obesity, such as the cost and health consequences, an urgent solution is needed to reverse current trends. This study focuses on behav... Read More about Exploring the effects of interventions to combat childhood obesity: inducing behavioural change in eating habits.

Nation in transformation : tourism and national identity in the Kyrgyz Republic (2011)
Book Chapter

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

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.

Knowledge Sharing in Emerging Economies (2011)
Journal Article

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.

Connectivism: Its place in theory-informed research and innovation in technology-enabled learning (2011)
Journal Article

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.

Reframing online shopping through innovative and organic user-oriented design (2011)
Book Chapter

The structure and form of the Web is defined by specific design elements; its protocols, the scope of acceptable file formats and the capability of clients. These elements are intentionally minimal constraints but nonetheless structure what can be ac... Read More about Reframing online shopping through innovative and organic user-oriented design.

Group role-play as a method of facilitating student to student interaction and making theory relevant (2011)
Journal Article

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.

Exploring the rationale of enlightened shareholder value in the realm of UK company law – the path dependence perspective (2011)
Journal Article

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.

Complex systems in finance and econometrics (2011)
Book

International patent protection: Time for a fully EU functioning supra-national patent mechanism (2011)
Journal Article

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.