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Symposium edition: Public sector reform in Central Asia (2011)
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International trends in HRM in the public sector: Reform attempts in the Republic of Georgia (2011)
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Purpose The overall purpose of this paper is to explore the limits of HRM in public sector organisations, within the context of international public management. The cultural basis of HRM, derived chiefly from North America and Western Europe continu... Read More about International trends in HRM in the public sector: Reform attempts in the Republic of Georgia.

Towards corporate professionalization: The case of project management, management consultancy and executive search (2011)
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This article explores patterns of professionalization in a number of 'new' knowledge-based occupations: management consultancy, project management and executive headhunters. Against a general assumption in the literature that such occupations are unw... Read More about Towards corporate professionalization: The case of project management, management consultancy and executive search.

New directions in women’s entrepreneurship research (2011)
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Going paperless at the emergency department: A socio-technical study of an information system for patient tracking (2011)
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine nurses' attitudes and reflection on the transformation of their workpractices after the implementation of an Emergency Department Information System (EDIS). Methods: A qualitative study using intervie... Read More about Going paperless at the emergency department: A socio-technical study of an information system for patient tracking.

Trade facilitation: a conceptual review (2011)
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With falling tariff levels, it is probably not surprising that the non-tariff area and trade facilitation, in particular, are receiving growing attention. Apart from the World Trade Organization (WTO), trade facilitation is a subject of substance wit... Read More about Trade facilitation: a conceptual review.

Participation in export markets and the role of R&D: establishment-level evidence from the UK Community Innovation Survey 2005 (2010)
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There is a strong expectation in the literature that exporting and innovation activities (particularly R&D) are strongly related, and that the need to be innovative is increasing over time due to globalization. In this study, we find that R&D is endo... Read More about Participation in export markets and the role of R&D: establishment-level evidence from the UK Community Innovation Survey 2005.

Gender in campus incubation: evidence from Ireland (2010)
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Purpose Women entrepreneurs face gender‐specific barriers surrounding access to: networks of information, assistance, finance and investment funds, in addition to socio‐cultural barriers. Business incubation literature indicates the supports provide... Read More about Gender in campus incubation: evidence from Ireland.

OPTIMIZING ON-SHELF AVAILABILITY FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROFIT (2009)
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Exploring cultural economies of internationalization: the role of 'iconic individuals' and 'brand leaders' in the globalization of headhunting (2009)
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Understanding the internationalization of professional services like advertising, architecture, accounting, consulting and legal services continues to attract considerable attention in academic and policy circles. Research in geography and management... Read More about Exploring cultural economies of internationalization: the role of 'iconic individuals' and 'brand leaders' in the globalization of headhunting.

Reconfiguring or reproducing intra-professional boundaries? Specialist expertise, generalist knowledge and the ‘modernization’ of the medical workforce (2009)
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Efforts to ‘modernize’ the clinical workforce of the English National Health Service have sought to reconfigure the responsibilities of professional groups in pursuit of more effective, joined-up service provision. Such efforts have met resistance f... Read More about Reconfiguring or reproducing intra-professional boundaries? Specialist expertise, generalist knowledge and the ‘modernization’ of the medical workforce.

The 'war for talent': The gatekeeper role of executive search firms in elite labour markets (2009)
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Recent years have been characterised by the increasing encroachment into policy and academic debates of discourses describing knowledge and weightless economies and an associated 'war for talent'. In this paper we argue that these current discourses... Read More about The 'war for talent': The gatekeeper role of executive search firms in elite labour markets.

Public and user participation in public service delivery: tensions in policy and practice (2009)
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Social-scientific analysis of public-participation initiatives has proliferated in recent years. This review article discusses some key aspects of recent work. Firstly, it analyses some of the justifications put forward for public participation, dr... Read More about Public and user participation in public service delivery: tensions in policy and practice.

Whose health, whose care, whose say? Some comments on public involvement in new NHS commissioning arrangements (2009)
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Recent health policy in England has demanded greater involvement of patients and the public in the commissioning of health and social care services. Public involvement is seen as a means of driving up service quality, reducing health inequalities a... Read More about Whose health, whose care, whose say? Some comments on public involvement in new NHS commissioning arrangements.

Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) revisited. Suggestions for the development of an enhanced general food motivation model (2008)
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Recognising the need for a more statistically robust instrument to investigate general food selection determinants, the research validates and confirms Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ's) factorial design, develops ad hoc a more robust FCQ version and... Read More about Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) revisited. Suggestions for the development of an enhanced general food motivation model.

Administrative change in the Gulf: Modernization in Bahrain and Oman (2008)
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States in the Middle East tend to be overlooked by researchers in comparative public administration. However, these states offer potentially useful insights into the nature of administrative change as they defy standard assumptions about pressures fo... Read More about Administrative change in the Gulf: Modernization in Bahrain and Oman.

New insights into the internationalization of producer services: Organizational strategies and spatial economies for global headhunting firms (2008)
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This paper uses the exemplar of global headhunting firms to provide new insights into the intricacies of internationalization and related 'spatial economies' of producer services in the world economy. In particular, we unpack the complex relationship... Read More about New insights into the internationalization of producer services: Organizational strategies and spatial economies for global headhunting firms.

Representativeness, legitimacy and power in public involvement in health-care management (2008)
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Public participation in health-service management is an increasingly prominent policy internationally. Frequently, though, academic studies have found it marginalized by health professionals who, keen to retain control over decision-making, undermin... Read More about Representativeness, legitimacy and power in public involvement in health-care management.

Public sector capacity reform in ethiopia: A tale of success in two ministries? (2007)
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To enhance the capacity of public institutions in Ethiopia and to create an ideal environment for investment and economic growth, the public sector has gone through a series of reform processes including the civil service. This article attempts to as... Read More about Public sector capacity reform in ethiopia: A tale of success in two ministries?.

Consideration of the relevance of standard quality techniques in Mass Customisation (2007)
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The business philosophy of Mass Customisation (MC) implies rapid response to customer requests, high efficiency and limited cost overheads of customisation. Furthermore, it also implies the quality benefits of the mass production paradigm are guaran... Read More about Consideration of the relevance of standard quality techniques in Mass Customisation.