Outputs (78)

Using equality to challenge austerity: New actors, old problems (2012)
Journal Article

This article critically examines the potential for 'new actors' in industrial relations to use developments in equality law to challenge government economic policy. The author draws on documentary analysis of the Fawcett Society's attempt to gain a j... Read More about Using equality to challenge austerity: New actors, old problems.

The Road to Financialization in Central and Eastern Europe: The Early Policies and Politics of Stabilizing Transition (2012)
Journal Article

Narratives of macroeconomic stabilization played an important part in the financialization of the formerly planned economies. The excess demand narrative, one of the least contested 'problems' of post-socialist transformation, shaped central banks' l... Read More about The Road to Financialization in Central and Eastern Europe: The Early Policies and Politics of Stabilizing Transition.

Key characteristics of SME procurement: An empirical study (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This research is part of the i-Compete project on improving competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the South West of England through best practice procurement. It is jointly funded by the ERDF (through Universities South West... Read More about Key characteristics of SME procurement: An empirical study.

Epilogue: Retrospect and prospects: The significance of the 'lost decades' in Japan (2012)
Journal Article

This is the concluding article to a special issue on Japan's Lost Decade accepted by the journal Asia Pacific Business Review.

Fettered by the past in the march forward: Ideology as an explanation for today's malaise in Japan (2012)
Journal Article

Japan's 'lost decade' of the 1990s is more than 10 years of economic downturn. The fact that a further decade later the malaise continues suggests that this is more than just an extended bad patch. Measures have been implemented to revitalize the eco... Read More about Fettered by the past in the march forward: Ideology as an explanation for today's malaise in Japan.

The influence of inter-firm relationships on Supply Chain Quality Management (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Claims of the association between inter-firm relationships and the successful implementation of Supply Chain Quality Management (SCQM) practices have been long discussed in the literature. Nevertheless, these assumptions lack consistent empirical sup... Read More about The influence of inter-firm relationships on Supply Chain Quality Management.

Understanding the High Rates of Employment among Low-educated Women in Portugal: A Comparatively Oriented Case Study (2012)
Journal Article

This article addresses the question of why Portugal is an exception among southern European countries in having a high rate of female employment. Cross-national data show an even greater gap between Portugal and its southern European neighbours in th... Read More about Understanding the High Rates of Employment among Low-educated Women in Portugal: A Comparatively Oriented Case Study.

A Labour of Love? Academics in Business Schools (2012)
Journal Article

This paper contributes to a growing literature on new public management in relation to academia in general but more specifically UK business schools. Following interviews with a range of staff in universities, we explore the impact that auditing and... Read More about A Labour of Love? Academics in Business Schools.

Discontinuous innovation: A challenge for purchasing (2012)
Journal Article

Purpose of this paper
This paper investigates the question: What are the challenges to the purchasing function when faced with discontinuous innovation? The paper defines discontinuous innovation, differentiating it from other forms of innovation, a... Read More about Discontinuous innovation: A challenge for purchasing.

Understanding the complex organisational processes that help and hinder creativity and innovation (2012)
Thesis

Abstract: Understanding the complex organizational processes that help and hinder creativity and innovation. Robert James Sheffield, February 2012.

This study looks at the topics of creativity and innovation and how they are experienced as ordinar... Read More about Understanding the complex organisational processes that help and hinder creativity and innovation.