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Exploring cultural economies of internationalization: the role of 'iconic individuals' and 'brand leaders' in the globalization of headhunting (2009)
Journal Article
Hall, S., Beaverstock, J. V., Faulconbridge, J. R., & Hewitson, A. (2009). Exploring cultural economies of internationalization: the role of 'iconic individuals' and 'brand leaders' in the globalization of headhunting. Global Networks, 9(3), 399-419. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0374.2009.00260.x

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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Martin, G. P., Currie, G., & Finn, R. (2009). Reconfiguring or reproducing intra-professional boundaries? Specialist expertise, generalist knowledge and the ‘modernization’ of the medical workforce. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.01.006

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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Faulconbridge, J. R., Beaverstock, J. V., Hall, S., & Hewitson, A. (2009). The 'war for talent': The gatekeeper role of executive search firms in elite labour markets. Geoforum, 40(5), 800-808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.02.001

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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Martin, G. P. (2009). Public and user participation in public service delivery: tensions in policy and practice. Sociology Compass, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9020.2009.00200.x

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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Martin, G. P. (2009). Whose health, whose care, whose say? Some comments on public involvement in new NHS commissioning arrangements. Critical Public Health, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/09581590802385672

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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Fotopoulos, C., Krystallis, A., Vassallo, M., & Pagiaslis, A. (2009). Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) revisited. Suggestions for the development of an enhanced general food motivation model. Appetite, 52(1), 199-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2008.09.014

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.

New insights into the internationalization of producer services: Organizational strategies and spatial economies for global headhunting firms (2008)
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Faulconbridge, J. R., Hall, S. J., & Beaverstock, J. V. (2008). New insights into the internationalization of producer services: Organizational strategies and spatial economies for global headhunting firms. Environment and Planning A, 40(1), 210-234. https://doi.org/10.1068/a3924

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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Martin, G. P. (2008). Representativeness, legitimacy and power in public involvement in health-care management. Social Science and Medicine, 67(11),

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.

Consideration of the relevance of standard quality techniques in Mass Customisation (2007)
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Brabazon, P. G., & MacCarthy, B. L. (2007). Consideration of the relevance of standard quality techniques in Mass Customisation. International Journal of Mass Customisation, 2(1/2),

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.

Fundamental behaviour of Virtual-Build-to-Order systems (2006)
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Brabazon, P. G., & MacCarthy, B. L. (2006). Fundamental behaviour of Virtual-Build-to-Order systems. International Journal of Production Economics, 104(2),

Virtual-Build-to-Order (VBTO) is an emerging order fulfilment system within the automotive sector that is intended to improve fulfilment performance by taking advantage of integrated information systems. The primary innovation in VBTO systems is the... Read More about Fundamental behaviour of Virtual-Build-to-Order systems.

Managing product variety in quotation processes (2005)
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Bramham, J., MacCarthy, B. L., & Guinery, J. (2005). Managing product variety in quotation processes. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 16(4), https://doi.org/10.1108/17410380510594507

Purpose – Manufacturers across many sectors increasingly operate in high variety environments. Research evidence suggests that variety has a negative impact on performance. However, the research literature is limited on the enablers that allow variet... Read More about Managing product variety in quotation processes.

Virtual-Build-to-Order as a Mass Customization Order Fulfilment Model (2004)
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Brabazon, P. G., & MacCarthy, B. L. (2004). Virtual-Build-to-Order as a Mass Customization Order Fulfilment Model

Virtual-build-to-order (VBTO) is a form of order fulfilment system in which the producer has the ability to search across the entire pipeline of finished stock, products in production and those in the production plan, in order to find the best produc... Read More about Virtual-Build-to-Order as a Mass Customization Order Fulfilment Model.

Fundamental Modes of Operation for Mass Customization (2003)
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MacCarthy, B. L., Brabazon, P. G., & Bramham, J. (2003). Fundamental Modes of Operation for Mass Customization. International Journal of Production Economics, 85(3),

The concept of Mass Customization (MC) - producing customised goods for a mass market - has received considerable attention in the research literature in recent years. However the literature is limited in providing an understanding of the content of... Read More about Fundamental Modes of Operation for Mass Customization.

Responsiveness of the order fulfilment process (1999)
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Kritchanchai, D., & MacCarthy, B. (1999). Responsiveness of the order fulfilment process. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 19(8), https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579910274419

This paper discusses evidence from field studies undertaken to investigate the responsiveness of the order fulfilment process in a number of companies. The evidence is analysed in the context of the literature on responsiveness and related areas such... Read More about Responsiveness of the order fulfilment process.

A parametric approach to logistic control within manufacturing simulation
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Farr, R., Tannock, J., & Almgren, T. A parametric approach to logistic control within manufacturing simulation. International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 5(3), https://doi.org/10.1504/IJISE.2010.031963

Simulation offers a powerful way to investigate the boundaries of what can be achieved by a manufacturing system, demonstrating the impact of schedules and policy decisions such as the placement of buffers and the size of safety stocks. Unfortunately... Read More about A parametric approach to logistic control within manufacturing simulation.

Order fulfillment in high variety production environments
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MacCarthy, B. L., & Brabazon, P. Order fulfillment in high variety production environments. Manuscript submitted for publication

Providing high levels of product variety and product customization is challenging for many companies. This paper presents a new classification of production and order fulfillment approaches available to manufacturing companies that offer high variety... Read More about Order fulfillment in high variety production environments.