All Outputs (7)

OPTIMIZING ON-SHELF AVAILABILITY FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROFIT (2009)
Journal Article

Governance, networks and policy change: The case of Cannabis in the United Kingdom (2009)
Book Chapter

The two coterminous concepts of governance and policy networks have been reasserted in public management studies in the wake of the recent decline in the popularity of the so-called New Public Management (NPM) movement. The concepts appear to be inte... Read More about Governance, networks and policy change: The case of Cannabis in the United Kingdom.

Exploring cultural economies of internationalization: the role of 'iconic individuals' and 'brand leaders' in the globalization of headhunting (2009)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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.