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Lean and mean in the civil service: the case of processing in HMRC (2011)
Journal Article
Carter, B., Danford, A., Howcroft, D., Richardson, H., Smith, A., & Taylor, P. (2011). Lean and mean in the civil service: the case of processing in HMRC. Public Money and Management, 31(2), 115-122. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2011.560708

The desire to modernise the public sector has led to the import of private sector management methods and practices aimed at generating efficiencies and cost savings; yet, the consequences of these changes on the working lives of civil servants are un... Read More about Lean and mean in the civil service: the case of processing in HMRC.

A Bradley-Terry type model for forecasting tennis match results (2011)
Journal Article
Mchale, I., & Morton, A. (2011). A Bradley-Terry type model for forecasting tennis match results. International Journal of Forecasting, 27(2), 619-630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2010.04.004

The paper introduces a model for forecasting match results for the top tier of men’s professional tennis, the ATP tour.
Employing a Bradley-Terry type model, and utilising the data available on players’ past results and the surface of the contest,... Read More about A Bradley-Terry type model for forecasting tennis match results.

Modelling the sustainability of mass tourism in island tourist economies (2011)
Journal Article
Xing, Y., & Dangerfield, B. (2011). Modelling the sustainability of mass tourism in island tourist economies. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 62, 1742-1752. https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.2010.77

Tourism is one of the world’s largest industries and is a source of jobs across national and regional economies. Assessing the economic, environmental and social impacts of tourism development has become a major activity within the tourism and sustai... Read More about Modelling the sustainability of mass tourism in island tourist economies.

Factors influencing the propensity to export : a study of UK and Portuguese textile firms (2011)
Journal Article
Serra, F., Pointon, J., & Abdou, H. (2011). Factors influencing the propensity to export : a study of UK and Portuguese textile firms. International Business Review, 21(2), 210-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2011.02.006

The purpose of this paper is to determine which particular organizational and managerial factors contribute to the propensity to export in a declining sector. For this purpose the textile and clothing sector in Portugal and the United Kingdom is chos... Read More about Factors influencing the propensity to export : a study of UK and Portuguese textile firms.

The appeal of a town’s separately-branded environments to market segments and the segmented appeal of digital signage (2010)
Journal Article
Dennis, C., Michon, R., & Newman, A. (2010). The appeal of a town’s separately-branded environments to market segments and the segmented appeal of digital signage. Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, 6(2), 156-175. https://doi.org/10.1057/pb.2010.14

The purpose of this article is to evaluate (i) the segmented appeal of a town centre's separately branded environments; (ii) the role of digital signage in contributing to the atmospherics of a town, building on environmental psychology theory, drawi... Read More about The appeal of a town’s separately-branded environments to market segments and the segmented appeal of digital signage.

Spare parts management : a review of forecasting research and extensions (2010)
Journal Article
Boylan, J., & Syntetos, A. (2010). Spare parts management : a review of forecasting research and extensions. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 21(3), 227-237. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpp016

Spare parts are very common in many industries and forecasting their requirements is an important operational
issue. In recent years, there have been advances in forecasting methods for spare parts, demand information sharing strategies and the desi... Read More about Spare parts management : a review of forecasting research and extensions.

Forecasting and stock control : a study in a wholesaling context (2010)
Journal Article
Syntetos, A., Babai, M., Davies, J., & Stephenson, D. (2010). Forecasting and stock control : a study in a wholesaling context. International Journal of Production Economics, 127(1), 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.05.001

Wholesalers add value to the products they deal with by essentially bringing them closer to the end consumers. In that respect, the effective control of stock levels becomes an important measure of operational performance especially in the context of... Read More about Forecasting and stock control : a study in a wholesaling context.

ABC inventory classification : service levels and inventory costs (2010)
Journal Article
Teunter, R., Babai, M., & Syntetos, A. (2010). ABC inventory classification : service levels and inventory costs. Production and Operations Management, 19(3), 343-352. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1937-5956.2009.01098.x

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 inventory classification : service levels and inventory costs.

On the empirical performance of (T, s, S) heuristics (2010)
Journal Article
Babai, M., Syntetos, A., & Teunter, R. (2010). On the empirical performance of (T, s, S) heuristics. European Journal of Operational Research, 202(2), 466-472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2009.05.030

The periodic ðT; s; SÞ policies have received considerable attention from the academic literature. Determination
of the optimal parameters is computationally prohibitive, and a number of heuristic procedures have been put forward. However, these heu... Read More about On the empirical performance of (T, s, S) heuristics.

On using spheres of meaning to define and dignify the IS discipline (2010)
Journal Article
Basden, A. (2010). On using spheres of meaning to define and dignify the IS discipline. International Journal of Information Management, 30(1), 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2009.11.006

The question, “Is information systems a real discipline?” has taxed IS scholars for over 20 years, and they
debate its identity at length. Many other disciplines are facing similar crises. This article suggests a new
approach, which views disciplin... Read More about On using spheres of meaning to define and dignify the IS discipline.

The significance of the reflective practitioner in blended learning (2010)
Journal Article
Heinze, A., & Procter, C. (2010). The significance of the reflective practitioner in blended learning. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2(2), 18-29. https://doi.org/10.4018/jmbl.2010040102

This is a case study paper concerned with the introduction of blended learning on a part-time higher education programme for mature students. The interpretive work draws on four action research cycles conducted over two years with two student cohorts... Read More about The significance of the reflective practitioner in blended learning.

A neurocognitive approach to brand memory (2010)
Journal Article
Ratnayake, N., Broderick, A., & Mitchell, R. (2010). A neurocognitive approach to brand memory. Journal of Marketing Management, 26(13-14), 1295-1318. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2010.522531

Consumer decisions are largely influenced by prior experiences via
memory, and the episodic (autobiographical)/semantic dichotomy has particular
relevance to the cognitive versus emotional decision-making models. Yet,
consumer research is limited... Read More about A neurocognitive approach to brand memory.

The relationship between betting and lottery play (2010)
Journal Article
Forrest, D., Gulley, O., & Simmons, R. (2010). The relationship between betting and lottery play. Economic Inquiry, 48(1), 26-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7295.2008.00123.x

We apply a novel daily time series data set of daily turnover from one of Britain’s
leading bookmakers to analyze potential substitution between lottery play and
bookmaker betting. We find some evidence that bettors do substitute away from horse
r... Read More about The relationship between betting and lottery play.

Risk aversion in maintenance: a utility-based approach (2010)
Journal Article
Baker, R. (2010). Risk aversion in maintenance: a utility-based approach. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 21(4), 319-332. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpn013

In the author's concept of risk-averse maintenance, introduced in a previous paper, we seek to minimize the disutility of cost per unit time rather than to minimize cost per unit time itself. This gives a maintenance policy that is optimal under risk... Read More about Risk aversion in maintenance: a utility-based approach.

A framework for accessible m-government implementation (2010)
Journal Article
Emmanouilidou, M., & Kreps, D. (2010). A framework for accessible m-government implementation. Electronic Government, 7(3), 252-269. https://doi.org/10.1504/EG.2010.033591

The great popularity and rapid diffusion of mobile technologies at worldwide level has also been recognised by the public sector, leading to the creation of m-government. A major challenge for m-government is accessibility – the provision of an equal... Read More about A framework for accessible m-government implementation.

An analysis of the experiences of radiography and radiotherapy students who are carers at one UK university (2010)
Journal Article
Hussain, Z., Pickering, V., Percy, D., Crane, J., & Bogg, J. (2010). An analysis of the experiences of radiography and radiotherapy students who are carers at one UK university. Radiography, 17(1), 49-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2010.08.006

Purpose: this is a mixed methods study of the experiences and attendance of radiography and radiotherapy students who are carers at one UK university, Undergraduate radiography and radiotherapy programmes are attracting increasing numbers of mature s... Read More about An analysis of the experiences of radiography and radiotherapy students who are carers at one UK university.