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Compliance (2024)
Book Chapter
Torres, L. D. (2024). Compliance. In L. Matthews, L. Bianchi, & C. Ingram (Eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility (18-22). Edward Elgar Publishing

Compliance has become prevalent worldwide and especially following the passage of various national regulations such as the United States’ Sarbanes–Oxley Act, Australia’s Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act, and the UK Bribery Act. The cost of b... Read More about Compliance.

Shaping the social and work-related well-being of migrant live-in carers: the ambiguous role of labour market intermediaries in England (2024)
Book Chapter
Hussein, S., Turnpenny, A., & Emberson, C. (2024). Shaping the social and work-related well-being of migrant live-in carers: the ambiguous role of labour market intermediaries in England. In B. Aulenbacher, H. Lutz, E. Palenga-Möllenbeck, & K. Schwiter (Eds.), Home Care for Sale: The Transnational Brokering of Senior Care in Europe. SAGE Publications

Live-in care is an increasingly common form of care in England. It relies, to a significant extent, on the labour of migrant women who are increasingly recruited through market intermediaries either in the UK or their home countries. The literature i... Read More about Shaping the social and work-related well-being of migrant live-in carers: the ambiguous role of labour market intermediaries in England.

Regulation as a management challenge for small businesses (2024)
Book Chapter
Wapshott, R., & Mallett, O. (2024). Regulation as a management challenge for small businesses. In C. Nolan, & B. Harney (Eds.), Reframing HRM in SMEs: Challenges and Dynamics. Palgrave Macmillan

In this chapter we seek to take up the challenge posed by the book’s editors, to reframe HRM in SMEs. We do this by considering employment regulation as a management challenge for small firms. We take this ‘management challenge’ approach to explore h... Read More about Regulation as a management challenge for small businesses.

Strategic trade policy in a vertical structure with cross ownership (2023)
Book Chapter
Mukherjee, A., & Sinha, U. B. (in press). Strategic trade policy in a vertical structure with cross ownership. In S. Marjit, & B. Mandal (Eds.), International Trade, Resource Mobility and Adjustments in a Changing World : Essays in Memory of Ronald W. Jones. Springer

We consider an economy where the final goods producers use a key input supplied by a foreign monopolist. We show how different types of passive cross ownership affects export tax/subsidy policies in the final goods industry. In this respect, we show... Read More about Strategic trade policy in a vertical structure with cross ownership.

The impactful potential of critical realist methodologies in entrepreneurship studies (2023)
Book Chapter
Wapshott, R., & Mallett, O. (2023). The impactful potential of critical realist methodologies in entrepreneurship studies. In D. Higgins, P. Jones, C. Brentnall, & P. McGowan (Eds.), Nurturing Modalities of Inquiry in Entrepreneurship Research: Seeing the world through the eyes of those who research (57-72). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-724620230000017005

This chapter argues for the unrealised potential value of methodologies derived from a critical realist research philosophy in the field of entrepreneurship studies. Critical realism offers methodological alternatives that, through the generation of... Read More about The impactful potential of critical realist methodologies in entrepreneurship studies.

Virtual work challenges and opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region: the role of organizational virtual work climate (2023)
Book Chapter
Blaique, L., & Pinnington, A. (2023). Virtual work challenges and opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region: the role of organizational virtual work climate. In E. S. Ng, J. E. Ramsay, K. Thirumaran, & J. Wood (Eds.), Elgar Companion to People across the Asia-Pacific: An Organizational Psychology Approach (269-288). Edward Elgar Publishing

The COVID-19 pandemic caused sudden and unexpected changes where over half of the countries in the world were in various forms of lockdown by April 2020. Consequently, working for many employers and employees changed more towards virtual work practic... Read More about Virtual work challenges and opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region: the role of organizational virtual work climate.

Using Sustainable Development Goals for making CSR a part of the firm’s DNA (2023)
Book Chapter
Gugenishvili, I., Francu, R. E., & Koporcic, N. (2023). Using Sustainable Development Goals for making CSR a part of the firm’s DNA. In S. Markovic, A. Lindgreen, N. Koporcic, & M. Micevski (Eds.), Approaches to Corporate Social Responsibility: Knowledge, Values, and Actions (67-81). Routledge

Businesses wishing to make a positive impact face challenges related to the creation and dissemination of knowledge on their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts. The challenges are twofold: First, they need to make responsibility part of th... Read More about Using Sustainable Development Goals for making CSR a part of the firm’s DNA.

A cautionary tale: Lessons from the strategic use of financial reporting (2023)
Book Chapter
Lucas, G. J. M., & Klangboonkrong, T. (2023). A cautionary tale: Lessons from the strategic use of financial reporting. In Measuring sustainability and CSR: From reporting to decision-making (133-140). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26959-2_13

Sustainability and CSR reporting has been undergoing a rapid development due to the increasing relevance of sustainability and CSR considerations for investors and other stakeholders. As sustainability and CSR reporting develops a similar level of so... Read More about A cautionary tale: Lessons from the strategic use of financial reporting.

Self-employment (2023)
Book Chapter
Wapshott, R., & Mallett, O. (2023). Self-employment. In S. Johnstone, J. K. Rodriguez, & A. Wilkinson (Eds.), Encyclopaedia of Human Resource Management (353-354). (Second Edition). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800378841.S.7

Timeism (2023)
Book Chapter
Georgiadou, A., & Damianidou, E. (in press). Timeism. In Encyclopedia of Gender and Management. Edward Elgar Publishing

NSGA-II and TOPSIS for a Multi-Objective Vehicle Routing Problem with Ecological Considerations (2022)
Book Chapter
Petrovic, S., Jubaer Islam, K., & Trautrims, A. (in press). NSGA-II and TOPSIS for a Multi-Objective Vehicle Routing Problem with Ecological Considerations. In Optimization Techniques - Theory and Practice. Springer

Reducing CO2 emissions in transport and logistics is currently a goal of uttermost importance in vehicle routing. Environmental awareness has grown in recent years and organisations are more willing to consider sustainability in their decision-making... Read More about NSGA-II and TOPSIS for a Multi-Objective Vehicle Routing Problem with Ecological Considerations.

Action research for supply chain management: reflections and practical guide (2022)
Book Chapter
Touboulic, A., McCarthy, L., Sannö, A., & Reuter, C. (2022). Action research for supply chain management: reflections and practical guide. In Handbook of Research Methods for Supply Chain Management (149-168). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975865.00014

This chapter offers a guide to conducting Action Research (AR) in the field of supply chain management (SCM). We propose several strategies for researchers, building on past experiences. Reflections are offered on the importance of methodological cho... Read More about Action research for supply chain management: reflections and practical guide.

Persisting and Reoccurring Liability of Newness: Entrepreneurship and Change in Small Enterprises (2022)
Book Chapter
Wapshott, R., & Mallett, O. (2022). Persisting and Reoccurring Liability of Newness: Entrepreneurship and Change in Small Enterprises. In D. Hyams-Ssekasi, & F. Agboma (Eds.), Entrepreneurship and Change: Understanding Entrepreneurialism as a Driver of Transformation (3-21). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07139-3_1

This chapter focuses on the challenges of entrepreneurship and change facing small enterprises. Developing Stinchcombe’s liability of newness concept to recognise the persisting and reoccurring liability of newness for small enterprises, Wapshott and... Read More about Persisting and Reoccurring Liability of Newness: Entrepreneurship and Change in Small Enterprises.

Political branding: a research agenda for political marketing (2022)
Book Chapter
Pich, C. (2022). Political branding: a research agenda for political marketing. In B. I. Newman, & T. P. Newman (Eds.), A Research Agenda for Political Marketing (107-128). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800377202.00014

This chapter adheres to four objectives. First, the chapter presents the different typologies of political brands and reflect on their strategic orientations [see STP catalogue]. Second, the chapter considers strategic political segmentation and diff... Read More about Political branding: a research agenda for political marketing.

Far from Clean: Labour Exploitation in the UK’s Hand Car Wash Sector (2021)
Book Chapter
Jardine, A., Trautrims, A., & Gardner, A. (2021). Far from Clean: Labour Exploitation in the UK’s Hand Car Wash Sector. In S. Gold, M. G. Arnold, J. N. Muthuri, & X. Rueda (Eds.), Base of the Pyramid Markets in Affluent Countries: Innovation and challenges to sustainability. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Hand car washing, the process of washing a vehicle by hand, is a relatively new business activity in the United Kingdom (UK). Prior to 2004, hand car washes (HCWs) were virtually non-existent (Clark & Colling, 2018). However, it is estimated that bet... Read More about Far from Clean: Labour Exploitation in the UK’s Hand Car Wash Sector.

Feeding A Rich Nation. Modern Slavery Reporting In UK Agriculture (2021)
Book Chapter
Trautrims, A., & Phillips, A. (2021). Feeding A Rich Nation. Modern Slavery Reporting In UK Agriculture. In S. Gold, M. Gabriele Arnold, J. N. Muthuri, & X. Rueda (Eds.), Base of the Pyramid Markets in Affluent Countries Innovation and challenges to sustainability. Routledge

Working Lives (2020)
Book Chapter
Beck, V., Fuertes, V., Kamerade, D., Lyonette, C., & Warren, T. (2020). Working Lives. In Life after Covid-19: The Other Side of Crisis. Bristol University Press

The Covid-19 crisis will have fundamental impacts on the future of working lives. Daily forecasts predict a depressing picture for the working-age population, both in the UK and abroad. This makes it difficult to identify positive outcomes from the c... Read More about Working Lives.