Outputs (44)

Voluntary disclosure practices amongst listed companies in Nigeria (2011)
Journal Article

This study examines voluntary disclosure practices amongst listed companies in Nigeria. Results from univariate and multivariate analyses of 52 listed companies suggest an average voluntary disclosure of 44% based on modified Meek, Roberts and Gray (... Read More about Voluntary disclosure practices amongst listed companies in Nigeria.

Knowledge networks for innovation: From theory into practice, the case for SMEs (2011)
Journal Article

This paper is part of an externally funded three year Network for Innovation (iNET), whose main goal is to
improve the innovative capacities of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Aerospace and Advanced
Engineering (AAE) across the South West of... Read More about Knowledge networks for innovation: From theory into practice, the case for SMEs.

Supply Chain Quality Relationship Management (SCQRM): A step forward (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The main focus of this paper is to highlight the importance of efficient implementation of quality management systems throughout the whole supply network, through Strategic Supplier Relationship Management (SSRM) and the establishment of adequate rel... Read More about Supply Chain Quality Relationship Management (SCQRM): A step forward.

A square peg in a round hole? A case study of whole life costing applications within sustainable procurement practices in the UK social housing sector (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The UK social housing sector is facing challenging times. The reduction in housing grant subsidy, the restructuring of affordable rent levels and the planned reforms of housing benefit under the Comprehensive Spending Review (HM Treasury, 2010) have... Read More about A square peg in a round hole? A case study of whole life costing applications within sustainable procurement practices in the UK social housing sector.

The evaluation of social network analysis applications in the UK construction industry (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

State-of-the-art sustainability analysis methodologies for efficient decision support in green production operations (2011)
Journal Article

Over the last three decades, new concepts, strategies, frameworks and systems have been developed to tackle the sustainable development issue. This paper reviews the challenges, perspectives and recent advances in support of sustainable production op... Read More about State-of-the-art sustainability analysis methodologies for efficient decision support in green production operations.

An analysis of industrial practice on estimating the in-service costs for a product service system (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

An extensive range of companies have moved from providing a tangible product to offering long-term integrated product service solutions. The revenue from such offerings, in particular at the in-service stage of a product service system, has become a... Read More about An analysis of industrial practice on estimating the in-service costs for a product service system.

The English patient experience (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Understanding the interaction between performance measurement, quality of care and patient satisfaction is important in managing healthcare. The family doctor is typically the first point of contact for patients and the gatekeeper for most treatments... Read More about The English patient experience.

An interview with former CSIR Director General Raghunath Anant Mashelkar (2011)
Journal Article

For 11 years, Dr. Mashelkar served as the Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), which is a premier industrial R&D organization in India. He has been bestowed with Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awards by the governme... Read More about An interview with former CSIR Director General Raghunath Anant Mashelkar.

Public procurement of innovations, diffusion and endogenous institutions (2011)
Journal Article

Purpose: Public procurement has been increasingly seen as an important innovation policy tool. One neglected aspect of the public procurement of innovation is, however, diffusion. The purpose of this paper is to counter this neglect by exploring how... Read More about Public procurement of innovations, diffusion and endogenous institutions.

Project deadline: A precondition for survival? (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Towards a core integrative framework for complex engineering service systems (2011)
Book Chapter

Complex Engineering Service provision is a developing area for both practitioners and academics. Delivery requires an integrated offering, drawing upon company, customer and supplier resources to deliver value that is an integration
of complex engin... Read More about Towards a core integrative framework for complex engineering service systems.

Understanding the clients aspirations and fears (2011)
Book Chapter

This chapter focuses on the translation of public sector client aspirations and fears into a specification of the services necessary for a complex, long-term service availability contract. The contract is complex in many senses including that many in... Read More about Understanding the clients aspirations and fears.

How dare you? Introducing critical pedagogy to conceptualise the topic of sustainability in executive business education (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Complex engineering service: Concepts and research (2011)
Book

For manufacturers of complex engineering equipment, the focus on service and achieving outcomes for customers is the key to growth. Yet, the capability to provide service for complex engineered products is less understood.

Taking a trans-disciplin... Read More about Complex engineering service: Concepts and research.

2011 national family business report (2011)
Report

The challenges arising in the evolution of the triple helix institutional system (2011)
Book Chapter

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND OF STUDY

Malaysia’s first formal science and technology policy was introduced in 1986 (National Science and Technology Policy II 2000–2010 [NSTPII] 2000). One of the major programs of this policy was the provision of g... Read More about The challenges arising in the evolution of the triple helix institutional system.

Innovation in global public goods: Issues and challenges in provision of environment-monitoring services in Europe (2011)
Journal Article

Global climate change has necessitated a co-ordinated response from policy-makers across the world. Though the imperative for action has been much discussed in policy circles, actions at the implementation level remain somewhat less well-developed. T... Read More about Innovation in global public goods: Issues and challenges in provision of environment-monitoring services in Europe.

Multi-disciplinarity and multiculturalism in sustainability education: Pedagogy of risk and ethics (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Great expectations and hard times: The paradoxical experience of the engineer as project manager (2011)
Journal Article

While tensions between technical and management functions in organisations have long been recognised, very little research examines this relationship empirically in light of the emergence of project management as an (apparently) attractive career rou... Read More about Great expectations and hard times: The paradoxical experience of the engineer as project manager.