All Outputs (186)

An evaluation of the impact of a policy-level intervention to address psychosocial risks on organisational action in Italy (2017)
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Di Tecco, C., Jain, A., Valenti, A., Iavicoli, S., & Leka, S. (2017). An evaluation of the impact of a policy-level intervention to address psychosocial risks on organisational action in Italy. Safety Science, 100(A), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2017.05.015

Psychosocial hazards have the potential to cause harm to employee health and negatively affect organisational outcomes. Work-related stress is an outcome of exposure to psychosocial risks that has received broad attention at research and policy level... Read More about An evaluation of the impact of a policy-level intervention to address psychosocial risks on organisational action in Italy.

Agency and strategic contracts: Theory and evidence from R&D agreements in the pharmaceutical industry (2017)
Journal Article
Guo, D., Hua, X., & Jiang, K. (2017). Agency and strategic contracts: Theory and evidence from R&D agreements in the pharmaceutical industry. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 54, 37-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2017.06.007

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. We examine the use of strategic rights in research and development (R&D) agreements between a client and an agent, when an entrant may compete with the client for the license of non-contracted discoveries developed by the agent.... Read More about Agency and strategic contracts: Theory and evidence from R&D agreements in the pharmaceutical industry.

Managing social responsibility in Chinese agriculture supply chains through the “a company + farmers” model (2017)
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Fu, S., Zhan, Y., & Tan, K. H. (in press). Managing social responsibility in Chinese agriculture supply chains through the “a company + farmers” model. European Business Review, 29(3), https://doi.org/10.1108/EBR-01-2016-0012

Purpose:Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has received a large amount of attention in research and in practice. As a response to the growing awareness of and concern about social and environmental issues, an increasing number of companies are int... Read More about Managing social responsibility in Chinese agriculture supply chains through the “a company + farmers” model.

Subsidies, financial constraints and firm innovative activities in emerging economies (2017)
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Mateut, S. (in press). Subsidies, financial constraints and firm innovative activities in emerging economies. Small Business Economics, 50(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-017-9877-3

This paper investigates the relationship between public subsidies and firm innovation in emerging economies, which are likely to have less developed financial markets. Innovation includes the introduction of new products or services and the upgrade o... Read More about Subsidies, financial constraints and firm innovative activities in emerging economies.

Political systems and the financial soundness of Islamic banks (2017)
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Bitar, M., Hassan, M. K., & Walker, T. (2017). Political systems and the financial soundness of Islamic banks. Journal of Financial Stability, 31, 18-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2017.06.002

We investigate whether and how political systems affect the financial soundness of conventional and Islamic banks. Using factors extracted from principal component analysis, we find that Islamic banks underperform their conventional counterparts in m... Read More about Political systems and the financial soundness of Islamic banks.

Theorizing with managers to bridge the theory-praxis gap: foundations for a research tradition (2017)
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Brodie, R. J., Brodie, R. J., Nenonen, S., Peters, L. D., & Storbacka, K. (2017). Theorizing with managers to bridge the theory-praxis gap: foundations for a research tradition. European Journal of Marketing, 51(7/8), 1173-1177. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-03-2017-0175

Purpose –To refine an agenda concerning the theory-praxis gap in order to develop a foundation for a research tradition. Approach – We synthesize and build on the suggestions the suggestions in commentary articles by Kohli (2017), Leeflang (2017)... Read More about Theorizing with managers to bridge the theory-praxis gap: foundations for a research tradition.

Residual state ownership and stock market integration: evidence from Chinese partly privatised firms (2017)
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Li, H. (2018). Residual state ownership and stock market integration: evidence from Chinese partly privatised firms. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 67, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2017.05.004

This paper assesses China’s integration with the global stock market over its privatisation process, by examining the asset pricing mechanisms of Chinese firms under different levels of state ownership within a two-beta CAPM framework. We derive time... Read More about Residual state ownership and stock market integration: evidence from Chinese partly privatised firms.

Exploring The Relationship Between Energy Cost and People’s Consumption Behaviour (2017)
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Al-Marri, W., Al-Habaibeh, A., & Abdo, H. (2017). Exploring The Relationship Between Energy Cost and People’s Consumption Behaviour. Energy Procedia, 105, 3464-3470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.793

The international drive to reduce carbon emission and improve energy security is focusing the attention on consumer behaviour, where significant energy savings are expected by a simple modification in attitude at minimal costs. Energy consumption in... Read More about Exploring The Relationship Between Energy Cost and People’s Consumption Behaviour.

Social tourism and self-efficacy: exploring links between tourism participation, job-seeking and unemployment (2017)
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Kakoudakis, K. I., McCabe, S., & Story, V. (2017). Social tourism and self-efficacy: exploring links between tourism participation, job-seeking and unemployment. Annals of Tourism Research, 65, 108-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2017.05.005

Social tourism is assumed to provide important psychological benefits for economically and socially disadvantaged populations. This study examines empirically whether these individual benefits are associated with socioeconomic benefits to society by... Read More about Social tourism and self-efficacy: exploring links between tourism participation, job-seeking and unemployment.

How should we estimate value-relevance models? Insights from European data (2017)
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Onali, E., Ginesti, G., & Vasilakis, C. (2017). How should we estimate value-relevance models? Insights from European data. British Accounting Review, 49(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2017.05.006

We study the consequences of unobserved heterogeneity when employing different econometric methods in the estimation of two major value-relevance models: the Price Regression Model (PRM) and the Return Regression Model (RRM). Leveraging a large panel... Read More about How should we estimate value-relevance models? Insights from European data.

Market-driven production of biospecimens and the role of NHS hospital-led biobanks (2017)
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Timmons, S., & Vezyridis, P. (2017). Market-driven production of biospecimens and the role of NHS hospital-led biobanks. Sociology of Health and Illness, 39(7), 1242-1257. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12584

Biobanks are vital for biospecimen production in research, despite the regulatory, recruitment and commercial difficulties they face. We conducted interviews with clinicians, researchers, volunteers who recruit biobank participants, regulators and NH... Read More about Market-driven production of biospecimens and the role of NHS hospital-led biobanks.

Supplier quality improvement: the value of information under uncertainty (2017)
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Quigley, J., Walls, L., Demirel, G., MacCarthy, B. L., & Parsa, M. (2018). Supplier quality improvement: the value of information under uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research, 264(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.05.044

We consider supplier development decisions for prime manufacturers with extensive supply bases producing complex, highly engineered products. We propose a novel modelling approach to support supply chain managers decide the optimal level of investmen... Read More about Supplier quality improvement: the value of information under uncertainty.

Using big data to make better decisions in the digital economy (2017)
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Tan, K. H., Ji, G., Lim, C. P., & Tseng, M.-L. (in press). Using big data to make better decisions in the digital economy. International Journal of Production Research, 55(17), https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2017.1331051

The question this special issue would like to address is how to harvest big data to help decision-makers to deliver better fact-based decisions aimed at improving performance or to create better strategy? This special issue focuses on the big data ap... Read More about Using big data to make better decisions in the digital economy.

The effect of spending cuts on teen pregnancy (2017)
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Paton, D., & Wright, L. (2017). The effect of spending cuts on teen pregnancy. Journal of Health Economics, 54, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2017.05.002

In recent years, English local authorities have been forced to make significant cuts to devolved expenditure. In this paper, we examine the impact of reductions in local expenditure on one particular public health target: reducing rates of teen pregn... Read More about The effect of spending cuts on teen pregnancy.

Impact of customer loyalty and service operations on customer behaviour and firm performance: empirical evidence from UK retail sector (2017)
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Ramanathan, U., Subramanian, N., Yu, W., & Vijaygopal, R. (in press). Impact of customer loyalty and service operations on customer behaviour and firm performance: empirical evidence from UK retail sector. Production Planning and Control, 28(6-8), https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2017.1309707

Retail networks are striving to achieve competitive advantage by increasing value through loyalty and efficiency with a focus on service operations. As sales promotions have become an integral part of the retail supply chain planning, customer behavi... Read More about Impact of customer loyalty and service operations on customer behaviour and firm performance: empirical evidence from UK retail sector.

Antagonism, accommodation and agonism in critical management studies: alternative organizations as allies (2017)
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Parker, S., & Parker, M. (2017). Antagonism, accommodation and agonism in critical management studies: alternative organizations as allies. Human Relations, 70(11), https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726717696135

Critical Management Studies has long been engaged in discussions about the purpose of critique and the possibilities of engagement. A recent expression calls for Critical Management Studies to moderate its ‘negative’ critique of management and instea... Read More about Antagonism, accommodation and agonism in critical management studies: alternative organizations as allies.

Hearing music in service interactions: a theoretical and empirical analysis (2017)
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Payne, J., Korczynski, M., & Cluley, R. (2017). Hearing music in service interactions: a theoretical and empirical analysis. Human Relations, 70(12), https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726717701552

There is an extensive literature concerned with the impact of music on customers. However, no study has examined its effects on service workers and their interactions with customers. Drawing together literatures on service work and music in everyday... Read More about Hearing music in service interactions: a theoretical and empirical analysis.

School meals and educational outcomes in rural Ethiopia (2017)
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Poppe, R., Frölich, M., & Haile, G. (2019). School meals and educational outcomes in rural Ethiopia. Journal of Development Studies, 55(8), 1741-1756. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2017.1311405

We investigate the relationship between providing school meals programme and educational outcomes in Ethiopia. Using data from school catchment areas across rural Ethiopia, the paper examines the role played by programme modalities and their implemen... Read More about School meals and educational outcomes in rural Ethiopia.

Building an innovation-based supplier portfolio: The use of patent analysis in strategic supplier selection in the automotive sector (2017)
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Trautrims, A., MacCarthy, B. L., & Okade, C. (2017). Building an innovation-based supplier portfolio: The use of patent analysis in strategic supplier selection in the automotive sector. International Journal of Production Economics, 194, 228-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.05.008

With an increasing proportion of external spend allocated to a smaller number of suppliers in their supply base, car manufacturers rely more and more on the performance of key supply chain partners outside their own organisational boundaries, particu... Read More about Building an innovation-based supplier portfolio: The use of patent analysis in strategic supplier selection in the automotive sector.

Proposal, project, practice, pause: developing a framework for evaluating smart domestic product engagement (2017)
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Woodall, T., Rosborough, J., & Harvey, J. (in press). Proposal, project, practice, pause: developing a framework for evaluating smart domestic product engagement. AMS Review, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13162-017-0089-4

Smart homes are fast becoming a reality, with smart TVs, smart meters and other such “smart” devices/systems already representing a substantial household presence. These, which we collectively term “smart domestic products” (SDPs), will need to be pr... Read More about Proposal, project, practice, pause: developing a framework for evaluating smart domestic product engagement.