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Propagating a digital divide : diffusion of mobile telecommunication services in Pakistan (2013)
Journal Article
Mir, M., & Dangerfield, B. (2013). Propagating a digital divide : diffusion of mobile telecommunication services in Pakistan. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 80(5), 992-1001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2012.08.006

The mobile telecommunication sector in developing countries has attracted significant attention and investments in recent years. Two primary reasons, however, necessitate the adoption of new methods to manage mobile diffusion in these countries. Firs... Read More about Propagating a digital divide : diffusion of mobile telecommunication services in Pakistan.

A mixed effects model for identifying goal scoring ability of footballers (2013)
Journal Article
ability of footballers. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 177(2), 397-417. https://doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12015

The paper presents a model that can be used to identify the goal scoring ability of footballers. By decomposing the scoring process into the generation of shots and the conversion of shots to goals, abilities can be estimated from two mixed effects m... Read More about A mixed effects model for identifying goal scoring ability of footballers.

Local political marketing in the context of the conservative party (2013)
Journal Article
Reeves, P. (2013). Local political marketing in the context of the conservative party. Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing, 25(2), 127-163. https://doi.org/10.1080/10495142.2013.760990

Local political marketing can be defined as marketing related strategy, activities, and tactics implemented by a political party in a local geographic constituency, in order to attempt to maximise aggregate potential voter satisfaction, and therefo... Read More about Local political marketing in the context of the conservative party.

Some results from a system dynamics model of construction sector competitiveness (2013)
Journal Article
Gilkinson, N., & Dangerfield, B. (2013). Some results from a system dynamics model of construction sector competitiveness. Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 57(9-10), 2032-2043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcm.2011.09.011

Despite government-led good practice initiatives aimed to improve competitiveness in the U.K. construction sector, fluctuations in growth-driven demand, investment and constant regulatory revisions make it very difficult for an enterprise to plan str... Read More about Some results from a system dynamics model of construction sector competitiveness.

Social media in Europe: Lessons from an online survey (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Aaltonen, S., Kakderi, C., Hausmann, V., & Heinze, A. (2013, March). Social media in Europe: Lessons from an online survey. Presented at 18th UKAIS Annual Conference: Social Information Systems, Worcester College, Oxford, UK

The popularity and use of social media is increasing in Europe. It facilitates a new emerging international business communication culture, which can help in developing new business relations utilizing the wide range of online applications. However,... Read More about Social media in Europe: Lessons from an online survey.

Social Media Monitoring visualisation: What do we have to look for? (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Hackett, C., Fletcher, G., & Heinze, A. (2013, March). Social Media Monitoring visualisation: What do we have to look for?. Presented at 18th UKAIS Annual Conference, Worcester College, Oxford, UK

The need for accurate and readily understandable social media monitoring is an issue faced by any organisation irrespective of their size or current levels of engagement with social media. It is increasingly a truism of social media that if an organi... Read More about Social Media Monitoring visualisation: What do we have to look for?.

The use of social media to attract generation Y in organisations (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Faour, H., & Heinze, A. (2013, March). The use of social media to attract generation Y in organisations. Presented at 18th UKAIS Annual Conference: Social Information Systems, Worcester College, Oxford, UK

Generation Y are increasingly entering the workforce, making around 50% of the global workforce by 2020. They come to the workplace with distinct characteristics and expectations causing organisations to rethink their traditional working practices. T... Read More about The use of social media to attract generation Y in organisations.

Sustainable tourism management in an internationlised learning environment (2013)
Book Chapter
Bell, R., & Ireland, S. (2013). Sustainable tourism management in an internationlised learning environment. In R. Atfield, & P. Kemp (Eds.), Enhancing Education for Sustainable Development in Business and Management, Hospitality, Leisure, Marketing, Tourism. Higher Education Academy

This chapter describes how European Union (EU) funding through Erasmus Intensive Programmes can be used to enhance the education of sustainable tourism management. It will describe how the mobility afforded to staff and students through the EU grant... Read More about Sustainable tourism management in an internationlised learning environment.

Modelling imperfect inspection over a finite horizon (2013)
Journal Article
Berrade, M., Cavalcante, C., & Scarf, P. (2013). Modelling imperfect inspection over a finite horizon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2012.10.003

This paper models imperfect inspection policies for a system with a finite operational time requirement. Two types of maintenance policy are considered: that in which an alarm (a positive inspection) is followed by a check of the validity of the alar... Read More about Modelling imperfect inspection over a finite horizon.

Partisan, scholarly and active: for an organic public sociology of work and the case of critical labour studies (2013)
Journal Article
Brook, P., & Darlington, R. (2013). Partisan, scholarly and active: for an organic public sociology of work and the case of critical labour studies. Work, Employment and Society, 27(2), 232-243

Despite a thriving tradition of critical scholarship in UK-based sociology of work, Burawoy’s call for a partisan organic public sociology that is part of ‘a social movement beyond the academy’ and Bourdieu’s plea for committed scholarship in the ser... Read More about Partisan, scholarly and active: for an organic public sociology of work and the case of critical labour studies.

Partisan, scholarly and active : arguments for an organic public sociology of work (2013)
Journal Article
Brook, P., & Darlington, R. (2013). Partisan, scholarly and active : arguments for an organic public sociology of work. Work, Employment and Society, 27(2), 232-243. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017012461838

Despite a thriving tradition of critical scholarship in UK-based sociology of work, Burawoy’s call for a partisan organic public sociology that is part of ‘a social movement beyond the academy’ and Bourdieu’s plea for committed scholarship in the ser... Read More about Partisan, scholarly and active : arguments for an organic public sociology of work.

Designing mobile learning activities in the Malaysian HE context : a social constructivist approach (2013)
Thesis
Baharom, S. Designing mobile learning activities in the Malaysian HE context : a social constructivist approach. (Thesis). University of Salford

The introduction of mobile learning in higher education institutions (HEIs) in Malaysia is an instinctive course of action in response to the high increase in rates of mobile phone ownership amongst higher education (HE) students. Mobile learning enc... Read More about Designing mobile learning activities in the Malaysian HE context : a social constructivist approach.

Reducing hospital associated infection : a role for social marketing (2013)
Journal Article
Conway, A., & Langley, S. (2013). Reducing hospital associated infection : a role for social marketing. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 26(2), 118-134. https://doi.org/10.1108/09526861311297334

Purpose: Although hand hygiene is seen as the most important method to prevent the transmission of hospital associated infection in the UK, hand hygiene compliance rates appear to remain poor. This research aims to assess the degree to which social... Read More about Reducing hospital associated infection : a role for social marketing.

Explaining contextual factors affecting e-commerce adoption progression in selected SMEs: Evidence from Botswana (2013)
Journal Article
Shemi, A., & Procter, C. (2013). Explaining contextual factors affecting e-commerce adoption progression in selected SMEs: Evidence from Botswana. International Journal of Management Practice, 6(1), 94-109. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMP.2013.052319

This paper provides an interpretive account of contextual factors that affect the progression of e-commerce in six Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs) in a developing country context of Botswana. The methodology followed multiple in-depth case studies... Read More about Explaining contextual factors affecting e-commerce adoption progression in selected SMEs: Evidence from Botswana.

A thematic review and a policy-analysis agenda of electronic health records in the greek national health system (2013)
Journal Article
Emmanouilidou, M., & Burke, M. (2013). A thematic review and a policy-analysis agenda of electronic health records in the greek national health system. Health Policy, 109(1), 31-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.09.010

The increasing pressure to improve healthcare outcomes and reduce costs is driving the current agenda of governments at worldwide level and calls for a fundamental reform of the status quo of health systems. This is especially the case with the Greek... Read More about A thematic review and a policy-analysis agenda of electronic health records in the greek national health system.

The real SAP® Business one cost : a case study of ERP adoption in an SME (2013)
Journal Article
Griffiths, M., Heinze, A., & Ofoegbu, A. (2013). The real SAP® Business one cost : a case study of ERP adoption in an SME. International Journal of Management Practice, 6(2), 199-215. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMP.2013.055831

This paper reports on a UK based service management Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) that invested into SAP® Business One. The action research case study highlights the real cost and difficulties faced in moving to the one single SAP system an... Read More about The real SAP® Business one cost : a case study of ERP adoption in an SME.

Imperfect inspection and replacement of a system with a defective state: A cost and reliability analysis (2013)
Journal Article
Berrade, M., Scarf, P., Cavalcante, C., & Dwight, R. (2013). Imperfect inspection and replacement of a system with a defective state: A cost and reliability analysis. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 120, 80-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2013.02.024

We consider a system with three possible states, good, defective and failed. Failures are detected as soon as they occur; the defective state, which is only revealed by inspection, does not prevent the system from fulfilling the function for which it... Read More about Imperfect inspection and replacement of a system with a defective state: A cost and reliability analysis.

Life, death and everyday experience of social media (2013)
Book Chapter
Greenhill, A., & Fletcher, G. (2013). Life, death and everyday experience of social media. In M. Gillespie, D. John Herbert, & A. Greenhill (Eds.), Social Media and Religious Change (201-217). Berlin: De Gruyter

This chapter explores the online remembrances of people made famous through media-generated activity post-mortem. We explore the observed ritualised practices found on memorial websites (specifically gonetoosoon.org) and present them as examples of c... Read More about Life, death and everyday experience of social media.