Outputs (39)

Effective researcher management (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Desai, T., & Ritchie, F. (2009, December). Effective researcher management. Paper presented at UNECE Worksession on Statistical Data Confidentiality 2009, Bilbao, Spain

National Statistical Institutes [NSIs] are increasingly investigating new ways of providing access to confidential microdata for research purposes. These innovations are being driven by the requirement for NSIs to ensure the best possible return for... Read More about Effective researcher management.

The Creative Class, Bohemians and Local Labor Market performance: A micro-data panel study for Germany 1975–2004 (2009)
Journal Article
Moeller, J., & Tubadji, A. (2009). The Creative Class, Bohemians and Local Labor Market performance: A micro-data panel study for Germany 1975–2004

The paper aims at testing Florida's concept of the Creative Class using panel data for 323 West German regions for the time period 1975 - 2004. Applying a dynamic system approach based on GMM, we find that the local concentration of the Creative Clas... Read More about The Creative Class, Bohemians and Local Labor Market performance: A micro-data panel study for Germany 1975–2004.

Futures markets and coffee prices (2009)
Thesis
Newman, S. Futures markets and coffee prices. (Thesis). The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/990178

This thesis constitutes an empirical critique of neoclassical economic theory as applied to the study of commodity markets. It is argued that the liberalisation of coffee marketing systems in producing countries, the collapse of the International Cof... Read More about Futures markets and coffee prices.

The impact of global economic crisis on remittances in the commonwealth of independent states (2009)
Journal Article
O'Hara, S., Ivlevs, A., & Gentile, M. (2009). The impact of global economic crisis on remittances in the commonwealth of independent states. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 50(4), 447-463. https://doi.org/10.2747/1539-7216.50.4.447

Two European geographers and an economist analyze the impact of the 2008-2009 global economic recession on remittances in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Drawing on balance-of-payments data as well as information on money transfers to and fro... Read More about The impact of global economic crisis on remittances in the commonwealth of independent states.

An alternative test to check the validity of convergence results (2009)
Journal Article
Webber, D. J., & White, P. (2009). An alternative test to check the validity of convergence results. Applied Economics Letters, 16(18), 1825-1829. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504850701719579

This article presents a simple method for identifying distributional dynamic properties of economies using the ideas of concordance and discordance. It can be employed to examine the strength and validity of the results of other methods. The method h... Read More about An alternative test to check the validity of convergence results.

Financialization and changes in the social relations along commodity chains: The case of coffee (2009)
Journal Article
Newman, S. (2009). Financialization and changes in the social relations along commodity chains: The case of coffee. Review of Radical Political Economics, 41(4), 539-559. https://doi.org/10.1177/0486613409341454

This article examines distributional implications of the restructuring of international coffee markets that has occurred since the collapse of the International Coffee Agreement in 1989 and market liberalization in coffee producing countries under st... Read More about Financialization and changes in the social relations along commodity chains: The case of coffee.

Experiencing change in German controlling: Management accounting in a globalising world (2009)
Report
Luther, R., Jones, C., & Saxl, A. (2009). Experiencing change in German controlling: Management accounting in a globalising world

Job satisfaction and employment equity in South Africa (2009)
Journal Article
Hinks, T. (2009). Job satisfaction and employment equity in South Africa. Journal of African Economies, 19(2), 237-255. https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejp019

This paper is the first to estimate job satisfaction equations in post-Apartheid South Africa. Absolute earnings contribute to greater job satisfaction. Racial group is also an important predictor of job satisfaction, but, when interacted with a prox... Read More about Job satisfaction and employment equity in South Africa.

Evidence-based practice (2009)
Book Chapter
Broom, M., & Sellman, D. (2009). Evidence-based practice. In D. Sellman, & P. Snelling (Eds.), Becoming a Nurse: A Textbook for Professional Practice (167-197). Harlow, UK: Pearson Education

Antecedents to new public management reforms in the UK (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Robson, N. (2009, September). Antecedents to new public management reforms in the UK. Paper presented at Accounting Business and Financial History Conference, Cardiff, UK

This paper examines cost and management accounting reforms in the UK central government. It provides a historical context to the subsequent reform fervour associated with New Public Management (NPM) (Hood, 1995) and offers some explanations for the u... Read More about Antecedents to new public management reforms in the UK.