Outputs (136)

‘You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.’ Public sector reform and its impact upon climatology scientists in the UK. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

No abstract: Paper prepared for the
27th International Labour Process Conference
Edinburgh, 6-8 April 2009

Dr. R. K. Pachauri and his experiments with the energy and resources institute: An interview on Indian research entrepreneurship (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Global warming, climate change, sustainable and renewable sources of energy, bio fuels, bio technology and similar terms have gained unparallel importance across the globe these days. There is an increasing need to engage in undertaking the basic res... Read More about Dr. R. K. Pachauri and his experiments with the energy and resources institute: An interview on Indian research entrepreneurship.

Chinese cultural influences on knowledge management practice (2009)
Journal Article

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to explore national cultural influences on knowledge management (KM) practices within Chinese manufacturing enterprises. Design/methodology/approach - A qualitative case study in four steps was conducted within... Read More about Chinese cultural influences on knowledge management practice.

Communicating the "realities" of charity costs: An institute of fundraising initiative (2009)
Journal Article

This article reports the background to a new initiative by the Institute of Fundraising in the United Kingdom to supply the public with information with respect to charity costs and in particular the costs of fundraising. The initiative is described,... Read More about Communicating the "realities" of charity costs: An institute of fundraising initiative.

Women and home-based entrepreneurship: Evidence from the United Kingdom (2009)
Journal Article

For women, owning and managing a home-based business can provide the flexibility to meet family responsibilities and undertake employment, although potentially at the cost of business performance and growth. Using data from the Global Entrepreneurshi... Read More about Women and home-based entrepreneurship: Evidence from the United Kingdom.

Towards the strategic outsourcing of core competencies in the automotive industry: Threat or opportunity? (2009)
Journal Article

Faced with shorter product life cycles and increased cost of capital, companies can no longer afford the capital outlay for new facilities, which may become underutilised as processes improve over the first few years of operation. Outsourcing the pro... Read More about Towards the strategic outsourcing of core competencies in the automotive industry: Threat or opportunity?.

Analyzing advergames: Active diversions or actually deception. An exploratory study of online advergames content (2009)
Journal Article

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the nature of advergames and the rhetoric versus reality of their claimed effects and effectiveness, focusing specifically on their use by children. Design/methodology/approach A content analysis of majo... Read More about Analyzing advergames: Active diversions or actually deception. An exploratory study of online advergames content.

Making and mending your nets: Managing relevance, participation and uncertainty in academic-practitioner knowledge networks (2009)
Journal Article

Making and mending your nets is concerned to examine, from an actor-network theory perspective, how the relevance debate concerning research and teaching is a significant non-human actor in the development and management of industry-academic networks... Read More about Making and mending your nets: Managing relevance, participation and uncertainty in academic-practitioner knowledge networks.

The limits of individual employment rights: The reality of neoliberalism (2009)
Book Chapter

Can price limits help when the price is falling? Evidence from transactions data on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (2009)
Journal Article

We use transactions data to explore the magnet effects of price limit rules on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SHSE). When limit hits are imminent, stock prices are found to approach the price limits at faster rates, with higher trading intensity and la... Read More about Can price limits help when the price is falling? Evidence from transactions data on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.