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The changing nature of international business relationships and foreign language competence (2004)
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Swift, J., & Huang, Y. (2004). The changing nature of international business relationships and foreign language competence. International Journal of Management Practice, 1(1), 21-40. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMP.2004.004868

This paper examines the role of Foreign Language Competence (FLC) in international business, at a time when business activity, in general, is becoming increasingly international, and when the focus of business relationships is changing from that of a... Read More about The changing nature of international business relationships and foreign language competence.

Business culture in Latin America: interactive learning for UK SMEs (2003)
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Swift, J., & Lawrence, K. (2003). Business culture in Latin America: interactive learning for UK SMEs. Journal of European Industrial Training, 27(8), 389-397. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590310498522

In 2000, Academic Enterprise in the University of Salford, UK began working with TradePartnersUK to investigate how higher education could support the development of international trade, particularly in the small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME) sec... Read More about Business culture in Latin America: interactive learning for UK SMEs.

Discussion across borders: benefits for collaborative learning (2003)
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Whatley, J., & Bell, F. (2003). Discussion across borders: benefits for collaborative learning. Educational Media International, 40(1-2), 139-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/0952398032000092189

Online learning is facilitated by various forms of computer-mediated communication (CMC). In higher education, CMC presents an opportunity to expand the learning community, even across national borders. This paper reports on two cycles of action rese... Read More about Discussion across borders: benefits for collaborative learning.

A fully subjective approach to capital equipment replacement. (2003)
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Scarf, P., & Apeland, S. (2003). A fully subjective approach to capital equipment replacement. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 54(4), 371-378. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601505

The timing of replacement of equipment is dependent on factors like replacement costs, discount factors and differences in productivity, reliability and safety of existing and new equipment. Predictions related to these factors are, however, normally... Read More about A fully subjective approach to capital equipment replacement..

Philosophical and theoretical perspectives of organisational structures as information processing systems (2003)
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Burke, M. (2003). Philosophical and theoretical perspectives of organisational structures as information processing systems. Journal of Documentation, 59(2), 131-142. https://doi.org/10.1108/00220410310463482

Discusses some of the philosophical ideas about knowledge and applies them to organizational design and information processing in order to create new ideas and new ways of thinking. Explains how this can be achieved by a discussion of the issues surr... Read More about Philosophical and theoretical perspectives of organisational structures as information processing systems.

"Just trying to keep the customer satisfied": a comparison of models used in the measurement of tourist satisfaction (2003)
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Fallon, P., & Schofield, P. (2003). "Just trying to keep the customer satisfied": a comparison of models used in the measurement of tourist satisfaction. Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism, 4(3/4), 77-96. https://doi.org/10.1300/J162v04n03_06

The paper compares the predictive validity of six models used in the measurement of satisfaction; it is concerned with their application at destination level, with particular reference to Orlando, Florida. Using factor analysis and multiple regressio... Read More about "Just trying to keep the customer satisfied": a comparison of models used in the measurement of tourist satisfaction.

Modelling condition monitoring intervals: A hybrid of simulation and analytical approaches. (2003)
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Wang, W. (2003). Modelling condition monitoring intervals: A hybrid of simulation and analytical approaches. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 54(3), 273-282. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601508

This paper reports on a study of modelling condition monitoring intervals. The model is formulated based upon two important concepts. One is the failure delay time concept, which is used to divide the failure process of the item into two periods, nam... Read More about Modelling condition monitoring intervals: A hybrid of simulation and analytical approaches..

Block Replacement Policies for a Two-Component System with Failure Dependence. (2003)
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Scarf, P., & Deara, M. (2003). Block Replacement Policies for a Two-Component System with Failure Dependence. Naval Research Logistics, 50(1), 70-87. https://doi.org/10.1002/nav.10051

Block replacement and modified block replacement policies for two-component systems with failure dependence and economic dependence are considered in this paper. Opportunistic maintenance policies are also considered. Where tractable, long-run costs... Read More about Block Replacement Policies for a Two-Component System with Failure Dependence..

Capital investment appraisal: a new risk premium model (2003)
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Fox, R., & Baker, R. (2003). Capital investment appraisal: a new risk premium model. International Transactions in Operational Research, 10(2), 115-126. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-3995.00398

Net Present Value (NPV) is the principal valuation model of the financial literature. Firms are accordingly directed, as a matter of good practice, to adopt the model for selecting investment projects, yet questionnaire surveys show that the adoption... Read More about Capital investment appraisal: a new risk premium model.

E-democracy: potential for political revolution? (2003)
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Mccullagh, K. (2003). E-democracy: potential for political revolution?. International Journal of Law and Information Technology, 11(2), 149-161. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlit/11.2.149

This article focuses on the traditional notions of democracy and governance in the context of the recent shock first-round election results in France. The results prima facie suggest voter apathy and disengagement from the democratic process. However... Read More about E-democracy: potential for political revolution?.

Solution algorithms for a nonhomogeneous multi-component inspection model. (2003)
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Wang, W., & Christer, A. (2003). Solution algorithms for a nonhomogeneous multi-component inspection model. Computers and Operations Research, 30(1), 19-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-0548%2801%2900074-0

In this paper, we present three solution algorithms for an established multi-component inspection system model based upon the delay time concept. First, Algorithm 1 is developed for obtaining the system replacement time if the defect arrival process... Read More about Solution algorithms for a nonhomogeneous multi-component inspection model..

Knowledge issues raised in modelling trust in a public key infrastructure (2002)
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Basden, A., Ball, E., & Chadwick, D. (2002). Knowledge issues raised in modelling trust in a public key infrastructure. Expert Systems, 18(5), 233-249. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0394.00178

The paper describes a knowledge-based system for modelling trust in the certification authority (CA) of a public key infrastructure. It was built using a graphical knowledge-based system toolkit, Istar, that allows the knowledge builder to easily mod... Read More about Knowledge issues raised in modelling trust in a public key infrastructure.

The critical theory of Herman Dooyeweerd? (2002)
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Basden, A. (2002). The critical theory of Herman Dooyeweerd?. Journal of Information Technology, 17(4), 257-269. https://doi.org/10.1080/0268396022000017770

Jürgen Habermas is a wide-ranging thinker whose ideas have formed the philosophic foundation of critical systems thinking (CST). But can the Critical approach incorporate ideas from other thinkers without abandoning its Habermasian roots? The danger... Read More about The critical theory of Herman Dooyeweerd?.

A spatial cross-sectional analysis of the elasticity of demand for soccer (2002)
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Forrest, D., Simmons, R., & Feehan, P. (2002). A spatial cross-sectional analysis of the elasticity of demand for soccer. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 49(3), 336-355. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9485.00235

Several studies estimate the demand for watching English professional football (soccer) as highly inelastic, a puzzling result given that clubs appear to possess a degree of monopoly power. We discuss weaknesses in earlier studies and offer an altern... Read More about A spatial cross-sectional analysis of the elasticity of demand for soccer.

Enabling the emergent entrepreneurial organisation to develop new products (2002)
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Bamber, D., Owens, J., Davies, J., & Suleman, A. (2002). Enabling the emergent entrepreneurial organisation to develop new products. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 8(4), 203-221. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552550210436530

The research literature concerning the new product development process (NPD) is reviewed and this is placed within the concepts required for effective intrapreneurial learning (IL). A model of IL for emergent entrepreneurial organisations (EO) is pre... Read More about Enabling the emergent entrepreneurial organisation to develop new products.

Buying a dream: alternative models for demand for lotto (2002)
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Forrest, D., Simmons, R., & Chesters, N. (2002). Buying a dream: alternative models for demand for lotto. Economic Inquiry, 40(3), 485-496. https://doi.org/10.1093/ei/40.3.485

Existing lotto demand models utilize effective price, computed as the face value of a ticket minus the expected value of prize money per ticket, as their primary explanatory variable. By contrast, this article proposes a key role for consumption bene... Read More about Buying a dream: alternative models for demand for lotto.

Bayesian enhanced strategic decision making for reliability. (2002)
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Percy, D. (2002). Bayesian enhanced strategic decision making for reliability. European Journal of Operational Research, 139(1), 133-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-2217%2801%2900177-1

Successful strategies for maintenance and replacement require good decisions. We might wish to determine how often to perform preventive maintenance, or the optimal time to replace a system. Alternatively, our interest might be in selecting a thresho... Read More about Bayesian enhanced strategic decision making for reliability..