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Rights-based, worker-driven accountability in the fields: Contesting the uncontested contestable (2023)
Journal Article
Dillard, J., Shivji, A., & Bianchi, L. (2023). Rights-based, worker-driven accountability in the fields: Contesting the uncontested contestable. Critical Perspectives On Accounting, Article 102646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2023.102646

We investigate the politicizing of migrant farmworkers’ rights regarding a fair and humane work environment using an agonistic-based critical dialogic accounting and accountability (CDAA) lens. The aim of CDAA is to employ accounting and accountabili... Read More about Rights-based, worker-driven accountability in the fields: Contesting the uncontested contestable.

“It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Gibson, R., Babbage, C. M., Wagner, H. G., Price, D. J., Martindale, S., Chadborn, N. H., …Perez Vallejos, E. (2023). “It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories. In DIS '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (987-1001). https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3595962

We present the design of the Memory Machine (MeMa), a technology probe that can store, contextualise, and document media to represent memories. We accumulate vast physical and digital possessions throughout our lives, making it difficult to distingui... Read More about “It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories.

Gifting the Past in the Present: An Exploration of Evoking Nostalgia through Hybrid Gifts (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Gibson, R., Koleva, B., Flintham, M., & Winklhofer, H. (2023). Gifting the Past in the Present: An Exploration of Evoking Nostalgia through Hybrid Gifts. In DIS '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (1047-1059). https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596103

This study focuses on the hybrid gifting model, where both physical and digital objects combine to create a single gift. For this in-the-world study, we turn to nostalgic emotions. We aimed to uncover if hybrid gifting can facilitate nostalgic experi... Read More about Gifting the Past in the Present: An Exploration of Evoking Nostalgia through Hybrid Gifts.

Dialogue and the micro-processes of founder meaning-making during growth (2023)
Journal Article
Greenman, A., & Holstein, J. (2024). Dialogue and the micro-processes of founder meaning-making during growth. International Small Business Journal, 42(2), 185-211. https://doi.org/10.1177/02662426231181551

This article draws upon dialogic theory to explore how meaning is co-constructed in dialogue as founding entrepreneurs devise strategies for venture growth. Drawing from a longitudinal study of the impact of a UK University business growth programme... Read More about Dialogue and the micro-processes of founder meaning-making during growth.

Nigerian professional investors' sense-making of the impact of shareholder activism on corporate accountability (2023)
Journal Article
Ashiru, F., Adegbite, E., & Nakpodia, F. (2023). Nigerian professional investors' sense-making of the impact of shareholder activism on corporate accountability. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 42(4), Article 107114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2023.107114

This study investigates the perceptions of professional investors (PIs) on the impact of three groups of shareholder activists (i.e., reputable, sophisticated, or institutional) on corporate accountability in a weak institutional context and how this... Read More about Nigerian professional investors' sense-making of the impact of shareholder activism on corporate accountability.

Exploring active and passive interactions in social networking services: a psychological needs perspective (2023)
Journal Article
Yang, Y., Xu, J., Land, L. P. W., Yang, S., & Chesney, T. (2023). Exploring active and passive interactions in social networking services: a psychological needs perspective. Information Technology and People, https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-07-2022-0563

Purpose-People's socializing behavior in social networking services (SNS) presents dramatically different features, forming differentiated online social interaction patterns (DOSIP) in SNS. This study aims to explore the relationships between users'... Read More about Exploring active and passive interactions in social networking services: a psychological needs perspective.

Institutional investor networks and firm innovation: Evidence from China (2023)
Journal Article
Fan, Y., Ly, K. C., & Jiang, Y. (2023). Institutional investor networks and firm innovation: Evidence from China. International Review of Financial Analysis, 89, Article 102751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102751

We examine the impact of institutional investor networks on firm innovation in China. Employing the unexpected departure of mutual fund managers and the inclusion of the Shanghai-Shenzhen 300 index as identifications, we find that institutional inves... Read More about Institutional investor networks and firm innovation: Evidence from China.

Price and Quantity Competition under Vertical Pricing (2023)
Journal Article
Basak, D. (2023). Price and Quantity Competition under Vertical Pricing. Games, 14(4), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/g14040053

We consider a vertically related market where one quantity setting and another price setting downstream firm negotiate the terms of a two-part tariff contract with an upstream input supplier. In contrast to the traditional belief, we show that the pr... Read More about Price and Quantity Competition under Vertical Pricing.

Covid-19 Vaccines As a Condition of Employment: Impact on Uptake, Staffing, and Mortality in Elderly Care Homes (2023)
Journal Article
Girma, S., & Paton, D. (in press). Covid-19 Vaccines As a Condition of Employment: Impact on Uptake, Staffing, and Mortality in Elderly Care Homes. Management Science, https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4832

Laws mandating vaccination against Covid-19 as a condition of employment in health and care sectors were commonplace during the pandemic. Using weekly data at the local authority level, we examine the impact of the vaccine mandate for elderly care ho... Read More about Covid-19 Vaccines As a Condition of Employment: Impact on Uptake, Staffing, and Mortality in Elderly Care Homes.

Online optimisation for ambulance routing in disaster response with partial or no information on victim conditions (2023)
Journal Article
Shiri, D., Akbari, V., & Tozan, H. (2023). Online optimisation for ambulance routing in disaster response with partial or no information on victim conditions. Computers and Operations Research, 159, Article 106314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2023.106314

In response to mass casualty incidents, medical aid must be provided to numerous victims synchronously under challenging circumstances including uncertainty about the condition of victims. Therefore, it is essential to have decision support tools whi... Read More about Online optimisation for ambulance routing in disaster response with partial or no information on victim conditions.

“We want your soul”: re-imagining marketing education through the arts (2023)
Journal Article
Heath, T., & Tynan, C. (2023). “We want your soul”: re-imagining marketing education through the arts. European Journal of Marketing, 57(10), 2808-2837. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-04-2022-0293

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the potential of integrating material from the arts into postgraduate curricula to deepen students’ engagement with marketing phenomena. The authors assess the use of arts-based activities, within a br... Read More about “We want your soul”: re-imagining marketing education through the arts.

The Shape of You, or in Other Words, why Teach Entrepreneurial Awareness as a Clinical Attribute? (2023)
Journal Article
Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2023). The Shape of You, or in Other Words, why Teach Entrepreneurial Awareness as a Clinical Attribute?. International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, Special edition: Entrepreneurial Law Clinics in Clinical Legal Education, 109-140. https://doi.org/10.19164/ijcle.2023.1312

Commercial law clinics are not a new phenomenon, and indeed in this very journal reports and academic commentary have been presented which identify and explore the nature, formation and operation of such clinics. However, these contributions focus on... Read More about The Shape of You, or in Other Words, why Teach Entrepreneurial Awareness as a Clinical Attribute?.

Is Chief Executive Officer optimistic belief bad for workers? Evidence from corporate employment decisions (2023)
Journal Article
Le, H., Kibria, I., & Jiang, K. (2023). Is Chief Executive Officer optimistic belief bad for workers? Evidence from corporate employment decisions. Human Resource Management Journal, 33(3), 748-762. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12521

Using a behavioural approach, we investigate how Chief Executive Officer optimism, defined as a personality trait where a person has optimistic beliefs about the outcome of future events, influences corporate employment decisions. Using data of publi... Read More about Is Chief Executive Officer optimistic belief bad for workers? Evidence from corporate employment decisions.

Is Chief Executive Officer optimistic belief bad for workers? Evidence from corporate employment decisions (2023)
Journal Article
Le, H., Kibria, I., & Jiang, K. (2023). Is Chief Executive Officer optimistic belief bad for workers? Evidence from corporate employment decisions. Human Resource Management Journal, 33(3), 748-762. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12521

Using a behavioural approach, we investigate how Chief Executive Officer optimism, defined as a personality trait where a person has optimistic beliefs about the outcome of future events, influences corporate employment decisions. Using data of publi... Read More about Is Chief Executive Officer optimistic belief bad for workers? Evidence from corporate employment decisions.

"Crack on": a qualitative study of care home managers experiences and responses to system-led setbacks during the crisis of the COVID- 19 Pandemic in England (2023)
Journal Article
Marshall, F., Gordon, A. L., Gladman, J. R., & Bishop, S. (2023). "Crack on": a qualitative study of care home managers experiences and responses to system-led setbacks during the crisis of the COVID- 19 Pandemic in England. European Geriatric Medicine, 14(4), 811-821. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-023-00804-y

Objectives: To explore care home managers’ experiences of systems working with various organisations, including statutory, third sector and private, during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic from Sept 2020 to April 2021 Design: An exploratory q... Read More about "Crack on": a qualitative study of care home managers experiences and responses to system-led setbacks during the crisis of the COVID- 19 Pandemic in England.

A decision support system based on an artificial multiple intelligence system for vegetable crop land allocation problem (2023)
Journal Article
Pitakaso, R., Sethanan, K., Tan, K. H., & Kumar, A. (2023). A decision support system based on an artificial multiple intelligence system for vegetable crop land allocation problem. Annals of Operations Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-023-05398-z

This research focuses on the development of a novel artificial multiple intelligence system (AMIS), which is more flexible and effective than existing techniques for determining vegetable crop land allocation. Eight intelligence boxes (IBs) have been... Read More about A decision support system based on an artificial multiple intelligence system for vegetable crop land allocation problem.

Entrepreneurial founder's social ties, institutions, and firm's productivity: Evidences from China's newly listed firms (2023)
Journal Article
Teng, D., Hao, B., Sun, X., Cai, Z., & Chen, J. (2023). Entrepreneurial founder's social ties, institutions, and firm's productivity: Evidences from China's newly listed firms. Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship, 2(3), Article 100042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stae.2023.100042

Social ties, as informal institutions, contribute to firms' performance in emerging economies. Formal market-supporting institutions in emerging economies are in general less developed, social ties cultivated by entrepreneurs thus serve as substitute... Read More about Entrepreneurial founder's social ties, institutions, and firm's productivity: Evidences from China's newly listed firms.

National Innovative City and Green Technology Progress: Empirical Evidence from China (2023)
Journal Article
Liu, B., Li, Z., Yang, X., Wang, J., & Qiu, Z. (2023). National Innovative City and Green Technology Progress: Empirical Evidence from China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-27912-3

In this paper, a quasi-natural experiment of national innovative city pilot policy (NICPP) is carried out to investigate the impact of the NICPP on green technology innovation (GTI) and its intrinsic mechanism with the method of difference-indifferen... Read More about National Innovative City and Green Technology Progress: Empirical Evidence from China.