Modelling regional lottery sales : methodological issues and a case study from Spain (2014)
Journal Article
and a case study from Spain. Papers in Regional Science, 95(S1), S127-S142. https://doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12118

Sales are modelled for 50 Spanish provinces over 522 draws of a high prize lotto
game.Acrossed random effects model allows for random shocks specific to particular draws and
to particular provinces. The paper explores how demographic and socio-econ... Read More about Modelling regional lottery sales : methodological issues and a case study from Spain.

Including pets when undertaking tourism activities : incorporating pet attachment into the TPB model (2014)
Journal Article
Peng, N., Chen, A., & Hung, K. (2014). Including pets when undertaking tourism activities : incorporating pet attachment into the TPB model. Tourism Analysis, 19(1), 69-84. https://doi.org/10.3727/108354214X13927625340235

As modern individuals place increasing value on tourism and have an increasing attachment to their pets, it is important for scholars, practitioners, and other relevant parties to determine whether pet owners will plan to have their pets accompany th... Read More about Including pets when undertaking tourism activities : incorporating pet attachment into the TPB model.

Vine copulas and applications to the European Union sovereign debt analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Zhang, D. (2014). Vine copulas and applications to the European Union sovereign debt analysis. International Review of Financial Analysis, 36, 46-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2014.02.011

European sovereign debt crisis has become a very popular topic since late 2009. In this paper, sovereign debt crisis is investigated by calculating the probabilities of the potential future crisis of 11 countries in the European Union. We use soverei... Read More about Vine copulas and applications to the European Union sovereign debt analysis.

Examining Chinese consumers’ luxury hotel staying behavior (2014)
Journal Article
Chen, A., & Peng, N. (2014). Examining Chinese consumers’ luxury hotel staying behavior. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 39, 53-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2014.01.002

The value of the luxury goods market is about to exceed US$302 billion worldwide in 2012. In addition, the top 3% of travelers in the world represent 20% of the total tourism expenditure. Although the growth has been significant, few studies have exa... Read More about Examining Chinese consumers’ luxury hotel staying behavior.

Clarifying the law for breach of commercial trusts : AIB Group (UK) plc v Mark Redler & Co Solicitors (2014)
Journal Article
Carn, M. (2014). Clarifying the law for breach of commercial trusts : AIB Group (UK) plc v Mark Redler & Co Solicitors. Trust law international, 28(4), 226-236

Discusses the Supreme Court ruling in AIB Group (UK) Plc v Mark Redler & Co Solicitors on the compensation payable to a bank by solicitors who had acted in breach of trust in relation to the payment of a mortgage advance to discharge an existing mort... Read More about Clarifying the law for breach of commercial trusts : AIB Group (UK) plc v Mark Redler & Co Solicitors.

An alterfactual methodological approach to labour history : the case of the British miners' strike 1984-5 (2014)
Journal Article
Darlington, R. (2014). An alterfactual methodological approach to labour history : the case of the British miners' strike 1984-5. Labor History, 55(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656X.2014.884862

In recent years, a small number of the so-called ‘counterfactual’ or ‘what-if’ historical books, which ask us to imagine what would have happened if events in the past had turned out differently than they did, have been published. They have stimulate... Read More about An alterfactual methodological approach to labour history : the case of the British miners' strike 1984-5.

The influence of bait presentation on bait uptake by mice (Mus domesticus) in infested urban domestic dwellings (2014)
Journal Article
Murphy, G., Baker, R., Felix-Thomas, A., & Fowler, M. (2014). The influence of bait presentation on bait uptake by mice (Mus domesticus) in infested urban domestic dwellings. International Journal of Pest Management, 60(1), 22-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2014.885613

Several researchers have established a link between the presence of house mouse (Mus domesticus) infestations and detrimental effects on human health. Controlling mouse infestations therefore requires methods that are quick, safe and effective. A tam... Read More about The influence of bait presentation on bait uptake by mice (Mus domesticus) in infested urban domestic dwellings.

Statistical application of barycentric rational interpolants : an alternative to splines (2014)
Journal Article
interpolants : an alternative to splines. Computational Statistics, 29(5), 1065-1081. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-014-0480-7

Spline curves, originally developed by numerical analysts for interpolation,
are widely used in statistical work, mainly as regression splines and smoothing
splines. Barycentric rational interpolants have recently been developed by numerical
analy... Read More about Statistical application of barycentric rational interpolants : an alternative to splines.

Endoscopic balloon dilatation of Crohnʼs Disease strictures (2014)
Journal Article
Bhalme, M., Sarkar, S., Lal, S., Bodger, K., Baker, R., & Willert, R. (2014). Endoscopic balloon dilatation of Crohnʼs Disease strictures. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 20(2), 265-270. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.MIB.0000439067.76964.53

Introduction: Stricturing is a common complication of Crohn's disease. Endoscopic balloon dilatation (EBD) offers a valuable alternative to surgical intervention, but there are limited data on factors influencing its safety and efficacy.

Methods:... Read More about Endoscopic balloon dilatation of Crohnʼs Disease strictures.

Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria : constructive trusts and the law of limitation (2014)
Journal Article
Carn, M. (2014). Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria : constructive trusts and the law of limitation. Trust law international, 28(1), 3-17

Discusses the Supreme Court ruling in Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria on the classification of constructive trusts and the applicability of the Limitation Act 1980 s.21 to claims brought by beneficiaries against third parties who held trust funds... Read More about Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria : constructive trusts and the law of limitation.

Remittances, growth and poverty : new evidence from Asian countries (2014)
Journal Article
Imai, K., Gaiha, R., Ali, A., & Kaicker, N. (2014). Remittances, growth and poverty : new evidence from Asian countries. Journal of Policy Modeling, 36(3), 524-538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2014.01.009

The present study re-examines the effects of remittances on growth of GDP per capita using annual panel data for 24 Asia and Pacific countries. The results generally confirm that remittance flows have been beneficial to economic growth. However, our... Read More about Remittances, growth and poverty : new evidence from Asian countries.

Estimation and inference under economic restrictions (2014)
Journal Article
Parmeter, C., Sun, K., Henderson, D., & Kumbhakar, S. (2014). Estimation and inference under economic restrictions. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 41(1), 111-129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-013-0339-x

Estimation of economic relationships often requires imposition of constraints such as positivity or monotonicity on each observation. Methods to impose such constraints, however, vary depending upon the estimation technique employed. We describe a ge... Read More about Estimation and inference under economic restrictions.

Florence Duomo project (1420–1436): Learning best project management practice from history (2014)
Journal Article
Kozak-Holland, M., & Procter, C. (2014). Florence Duomo project (1420–1436): Learning best project management practice from history. International Journal of Project Management, 32(2), 242-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.05.003

This paper narrates the project management of the construction of the Florence Duomo by Filippo Brunelleschi in the fifteenth century. This was the most significant dome project in Europe in 1300 years, and possibly the most significant, innovative a... Read More about Florence Duomo project (1420–1436): Learning best project management practice from history.

Understanding student satisfaction and dissatisfaction : an interpretive study in the UK higher education context (2014)
Journal Article
Douglas, J., Douglas, A., McClelland, R., & Davies, J. (2015). Understanding student satisfaction and dissatisfaction : an interpretive study in the UK higher education context. Studies in Higher Education, 40(2), 329-349. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2013.842217

This article represents a cross-sectional study of undergraduate students across two north-west university business schools in the UK. A purposefully designed questionnaire was collected from 350 students. The student experience was described in the... Read More about Understanding student satisfaction and dissatisfaction : an interpretive study in the UK higher education context.

A dynamic paired comparisons model : who is the greatest tennis player? (2014)
Journal Article
Baker, R., & McHale, I. (2014). A dynamic paired comparisons model : who is the greatest tennis player?. European Journal of Operational Research, 236(2), 677-684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.12.028

We present a methodology for fitting time-varying paired comparisons models in which the parameters are allowed to vary deterministically, as opposed to stochastically, with time. Our dynamic paired comparisons model is based on a new closed-form for... Read More about A dynamic paired comparisons model : who is the greatest tennis player?.

Promoting good design (2014)
Journal Article
Burke, M., Collier, E., Haworth-Lomax, R., & Yates-Bolton, N. (2014). Promoting good design. Journal of dementia care, 22(1), 18

Strategies for developing effective cross-cultural decision makers : investigating developments in international relationship management for learners in higher education (2014)
Journal Article
Bell, R., Ireland, S., & Swift, J. (2014). Strategies for developing effective cross-cultural decision makers : investigating developments in international relationship management for learners in higher education. International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 13(3), 354-368. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBG.2014.064680

Future business leaders will increasingly need an appreciation of the impact of culture on international working relationships and higher education institutions have a responsibility to provide this learning environment. By adopting a systematic appr... Read More about Strategies for developing effective cross-cultural decision makers : investigating developments in international relationship management for learners in higher education.

Diabetes management : the association of wealth, spending and performance in Latin American and Caribbean countries (2014)
Journal Article
Dzolkarnaini, N., & Atkins, K. (2014). Diabetes management : the association of wealth, spending and performance in Latin American and Caribbean countries. International Journal of Management Accounting Research, 4(1), 69-91

The aim of this paper is to assess the performance and outcome of health systems in managing diabetes in Latin American and Caribbean countries, with a specific focus on the influence of wealth and expenditure on outcome indicators and cost-efficienc... Read More about Diabetes management : the association of wealth, spending and performance in Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Reliability equivalence factors for a series-parallel system assuming an exponentiated weibull distribution (2014)
Book Chapter
Alghamdi, S., & Percy, D. (2014). Reliability equivalence factors for a series-parallel system assuming an exponentiated weibull distribution. In S. Wu (Ed.), Proceedings of 8th IMA International Conference on Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability. Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

In this study, we discuss the reliability equivalence factors of a series-parallel system with n series
subsystems connected in parallel where subsystem i has m(i) independent and identically distributed components. We assume that each component has... Read More about Reliability equivalence factors for a series-parallel system assuming an exponentiated weibull distribution.

Determinants of voluntary environmental management practices by MNE subsidiaries (2013)
Journal Article
Tatoglu, E., Bayraktar, E., Sahadev, S., Demirbag, M., & Glaister, K. (2014). Determinants of voluntary environmental management practices by MNE subsidiaries. Journal of World Business, 49(4), 536-548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2013.12.007

There have been few empirical studies of the determinants of voluntary environmental management practices (VEMPs) of MNE subsidiaries operating in emerging countries. To provide insight on this issue, this study explores the antecedent factors that d... Read More about Determinants of voluntary environmental management practices by MNE subsidiaries.