All Outputs (2017)

Is the HMRC Charter Fit for Purpose? Experiences of Tax Practitioners and Vulnerable Citizens (2024)
Journal Article
Closs-Davies, S., Burkinshaw, L., & Frecknall-Hughes, J. (2024). Is the HMRC Charter Fit for Purpose? Experiences of Tax Practitioners and Vulnerable Citizens. British Tax Review, 2024(2), 271-293

Interactions with His Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) should accord with the principles outlined in HMRC's 2023 Charter, 1 e.g. "Getting things right"; "Making things easy"; "Being responsive"; "Treating you fairly"; "Being aware of your personal... Read More about Is the HMRC Charter Fit for Purpose? Experiences of Tax Practitioners and Vulnerable Citizens.

Welfare reducing vertical integration in a bilateral monopoly under Nash bargaining (2024)
Journal Article
Mukherjee, A., & Sinha, U. B. (2024). Welfare reducing vertical integration in a bilateral monopoly under Nash bargaining. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 26(3), Article e12701. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12701

We consider a bilateral monopoly where a linear input price is determined by Nash bargaining. We show with an increasing marginal cost of input production that vertical integration reduces consumer surplus and welfare compared to bilateral monopoly i... Read More about Welfare reducing vertical integration in a bilateral monopoly under Nash bargaining.

Executive compensation, sustainable business practices and firm performance: a systematic literature review and future research agenda (2024)
Journal Article
Morrison, E. A., Adu, D. A., & Guo, Y. (2024). Executive compensation, sustainable business practices and firm performance: a systematic literature review and future research agenda. Journal of Accounting Literature, https://doi.org/10.1108/jal-03-2023-0040

Purpose
This paper provides the latest systematic literature review (SLR) of prevailing studies on the interrelationship among executive compensation, financial performance and sustainable business practices. This SLR is done in three parts: (1) exa... Read More about Executive compensation, sustainable business practices and firm performance: a systematic literature review and future research agenda.

African Continental Free Trade Area and Regional Trade in ICT and Digital Technologies (2024)
Journal Article
Adams, K., Attah-Boakye, R., Yu, H., Chu, I., & Dafydd, D. (2024). African Continental Free Trade Area and Regional Trade in ICT and Digital Technologies. Journal of International Management, 30(4), Article 101156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2024.101156

This study examines the impact of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on regional trade in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Digital Technologies (DT) sector across 43 African countries from 2014 to 2021. Employing t... Read More about African Continental Free Trade Area and Regional Trade in ICT and Digital Technologies.

Optimising printing fidelity of the single-nozzle based multimaterial direct ink writing for 3D food printing (2024)
Journal Article
Tian, Z., Zhong, Q., Zhang, H., Yin, T., Zhao, J., Liu, G., …He, Y. (2024). Optimising printing fidelity of the single-nozzle based multimaterial direct ink writing for 3D food printing. Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 19(1), Article e2352075. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452759.2024.2352075

Single-nozzle based multimaterial direct ink writing enables voxel-based fabrication with superior printing efficiency than multi-nozzle protocol. This is attractive for food 3D printing process where efficiency matters for its application. However,... Read More about Optimising printing fidelity of the single-nozzle based multimaterial direct ink writing for 3D food printing.

Reconfiguring health organisations for environmental sustainability: implications for professions, work and management in healthcare (2024)
Book Chapter
Bishop, S. (2024). Reconfiguring health organisations for environmental sustainability: implications for professions, work and management in healthcare. In J. Braithwaite, Y. Zurynski, & C. K-lynn Smith (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Health System Sustainability (321-330). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032701196-38

This chapter discusses the implications of the environmental sustainability agenda for organisations, management, and professionals in healthcare. It first considers the way in which sustainability is being promoted within public policy, supported by... Read More about Reconfiguring health organisations for environmental sustainability: implications for professions, work and management in healthcare.

Complementary inputs, outsourcing and vertical integration: Price versus quantity competition (2024)
Journal Article
Mukherjee, A., & Senalp, B. (2024). Complementary inputs, outsourcing and vertical integration: Price versus quantity competition. Manchester School, 92(5), 578-611. https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12480

We compare the effects of price and quantity competition in an industry with complementary inputs, outsourcing and a vertically integrated firm where vertical integration occurs between a final goods producer and a subset of input suppliers. The prof... Read More about Complementary inputs, outsourcing and vertical integration: Price versus quantity competition.

Networks perceptions and job satisfaction: the mediating role of perceived organizational support for women’s work contribution (2024)
Journal Article
Pinnington, A. H., Aldabbas, H., Mirshahi, F., & Brown, M. L. (2024). Networks perceptions and job satisfaction: the mediating role of perceived organizational support for women’s work contribution. Baltic Journal of Management, 19(3), 289-307. https://doi.org/10.1108/BJM-04-2023-0169

Purpose: This study investigates the relationship between women’s networks perceptions and job satisfaction. It also examines the mediating effects of perceived organizational support (POS) for women’s work contributions on the relationship between n... Read More about Networks perceptions and job satisfaction: the mediating role of perceived organizational support for women’s work contribution.

Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recovery colleges: multi-site qualitative study (2024)
Journal Article
McPhilbin, M., Stepanian, K., Yeo, C., Elton, D., Dunnett, D., Jennings, H., Hunter-Brown, H., Grant-Rowles, J., Cooper, J., Barrett, K., Hamie, M., Bates, P., McNaughton, R., Trickett, S., Bishop, S., Takhi, S., Lawrence, S., Kotera, Y., Hayes, D., Davidson, L., …Lawrence, V. (2024). Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recovery colleges: multi-site qualitative study. BJPsych Open, 10(3), Article e113. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.70

Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health problems increased as access to mental health services reduced. Recovery colleges are recovery-focused adult education initiatives delivered by people with professional and lived mental health ex... Read More about Investigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on recovery colleges: multi-site qualitative study.

In Defence of the Indefensible: Exploring Justification Narratives of Corporate Elites Accused of Corruption (2024)
Journal Article
Torbor, M., Sarpong, D., Ofosu, G., & Boakye, D. (2024). In Defence of the Indefensible: Exploring Justification Narratives of Corporate Elites Accused of Corruption. Journal of Business Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-024-05703-1

Drawing on the pragmatic turn in contemporary social theory, we explore how corporate elites accused of corruption in the context of weak institutions engage in their justification works. Empirically, we focus on three high-profile corruption scandal... Read More about In Defence of the Indefensible: Exploring Justification Narratives of Corporate Elites Accused of Corruption.

Mitigating the bullwhip effect through supply chain ESG transparency: roles of digitalization and signal strength (2024)
Journal Article
Wu, L., Wang, M., Kumar, A., & Choi, T.-M. (2024). Mitigating the bullwhip effect through supply chain ESG transparency: roles of digitalization and signal strength. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 44(9), 1707-1731. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijopm-08-2023-0667

Purpose-The call for supply chain transparency (SCT), especially the Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspect, is getting increasingly louder. Based on the signaling theory, our study investigates the operational benefit of supply chain tra... Read More about Mitigating the bullwhip effect through supply chain ESG transparency: roles of digitalization and signal strength.

Pro-competitive merger under R&D revisited (2024)
Journal Article
Mukherjee, A., & Ray, A. (2024). Pro-competitive merger under R&D revisited. Economics Letters, 239, Article 111727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111727

Mergers may increase process innovation and become pro-competitive compared to non-cooperation if firms cannot observe rivals' R&D investments. Hence, the antitrust authorities may not need to be overly concerned about mergers when R&D investments ar... Read More about Pro-competitive merger under R&D revisited.

Key audit matters: a systematic review (2024)
Journal Article
Elmarzouky, M., Hussainey, K., & Abdelfattah, T. (2024). Key audit matters: a systematic review. International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, 20(3/4), 319-341. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijaape.2024.138473

Key audit matters (KAMs) play a substantial role in financial reporting and have garnered increasing attention in recent years. This systematic review of 117 papers and reports published between 2013 and 2023 contributes to the audit and financial re... Read More about Key audit matters: a systematic review.

Impact of business strategy on carbon emissions: Empirical evidence from U.S. firms (2024)
Journal Article
Abdelfattah, T., Ullah, S., Houqe, M. N., & Zahir-ul-Hassan, M. K. (2024). Impact of business strategy on carbon emissions: Empirical evidence from U.S. firms. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(6), 5939-5954. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3789

This study examines the nexus between business strategy and carbon emissions by utilising a dataset of U.S. firms from 2007 to 2020. It focuses on two broad types of firms, that is, prospectors and defenders. Regarding carbon emissions, we consider t... Read More about Impact of business strategy on carbon emissions: Empirical evidence from U.S. firms.

‘Take Back Control’: The implications of Brexit uncertainty on investor perception of ESG reputational events (2024)
Journal Article
Akyildirim, E., Conlon, T., Corbet, S., & Oxley, L. (2024). ‘Take Back Control’: The implications of Brexit uncertainty on investor perception of ESG reputational events. European Financial Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/eufm.12490

This study examines the impact of Brexit on investor reactions to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) events in UK companies. Post-Brexit, investors show reduced sensitivity to ESG incidents, suggesting relaxed corporate accountability for ES... Read More about ‘Take Back Control’: The implications of Brexit uncertainty on investor perception of ESG reputational events.

Beyond the Walls: Patterns of Child Labour, Forced Labour, and Exploitation in a New Domestic Workers Dataset (2024)
Journal Article
Trodd, Z., Waite, C., Goulding, J., & Boyd, D. S. (2024). Beyond the Walls: Patterns of Child Labour, Forced Labour, and Exploitation in a New Domestic Workers Dataset. Societies, 14(5), Article 62. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc14050062

The new Domestic Workers Dataset is the largest single set of surveys (n = 11,759) of domestic workers to date. Our analysis of this dataset reveals features about the lives and work of this “hard-to-find” population in India—a country estimated to h... Read More about Beyond the Walls: Patterns of Child Labour, Forced Labour, and Exploitation in a New Domestic Workers Dataset.

Bisphosphonate alternative regimens for the prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures: BLAST-OFF, a mixed-methods study (2024)
Journal Article
Sahota, O., Narayanasamy, M., Bastounis, A., Paskins, Z., Bishop, S., Langley, T., …Leonardi-Bee, J. (2024). Bisphosphonate alternative regimens for the prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures: BLAST-OFF, a mixed-methods study. Health Technology Assessment, 28(21), https://doi.org/10.3310/WYPF0472

Background: Bisphosphonates are a class of medication commonly used to treat osteoporosis. Alendronate is recommended as the first-line treatment; however, long-term adherence (both treatment compliance and persistence) is poor. Alternative bisphosph... Read More about Bisphosphonate alternative regimens for the prevention of osteoporotic fragility fractures: BLAST-OFF, a mixed-methods study.

Leading Quality and Safety on the Frontline – A Case Study of Department Leaders in Nursing Homes (2024)
Journal Article
Magerøy, M. R., Sverre Braut, G., Macrae, C., Clay-Williams, R., Braithwaite, J., & Wiig, S. (2024). Leading Quality and Safety on the Frontline – A Case Study of Department Leaders in Nursing Homes. Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 16, 193-208. https://doi.org/10.2147/jhl.s454109

Purpose: The role of healthcare leaders is becoming increasingly complex, and carries great responsibility for patients, employees, and the quality of service delivery. This study explored the barriers and enablers that department leaders in nursing... Read More about Leading Quality and Safety on the Frontline – A Case Study of Department Leaders in Nursing Homes.

Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives (2024)
Journal Article
Tucker, R., Vickers, R., Adams, E. J., Burgon, C., Lock, J., Goldberg, S. E., …Harwood, R. H. (2024). Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives. Archives of Public Health, 82(1), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01283-8

Background
Despite several interventions demonstrating benefit to people living with dementia and their caregivers, few have been translated and implemented in routine clinical practice. There is limited evidence of the barriers and facilitators for... Read More about Factors influencing the commissioning and implementation of health and social care interventions for people with dementia: commissioner and stakeholder perspectives.

An examination of how executive remuneration and firm performance are influenced by Chair-CEO diversity attributes (2024)
Journal Article
Grey, C., Flynn, A., & Adu, D. A. (2024). An examination of how executive remuneration and firm performance are influenced by Chair-CEO diversity attributes. International Review of Financial Analysis, 94, Article 103290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103290

Advancing prior research, this study investigates the effect of Chair-CEO diversity on the relationship between executive remuneration and firm performance. Employing a unique sample of 262 UK listed firms from 2009 to 2020, our findings are five-fol... Read More about An examination of how executive remuneration and firm performance are influenced by Chair-CEO diversity attributes.