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Editorial: The evolving field of family business (2011)
Journal Article
Collins, L., & O'Regan, N. (2011). Editorial: The evolving field of family business. Journal of Family Business Management, 1(1), 5-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/20436231111122245

This editorial seeks to provide an outline and reasoning for the launch of the new Journal of Family Business Management (JFBM). The paper explains how the family business subject area has developed in previous years and highlights the authors' views... Read More about Editorial: The evolving field of family business.

Scholarship that matters: Academic-practitioner engagement in business and management (2011)
Journal Article
Hughes, T., Bence, D., Grisoni, L., O'Regan, N., & Wornham, D. (2011). Scholarship that matters: Academic-practitioner engagement in business and management. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 10(1), 40-57. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMLE.2011.59513272

Our research explores academic-practitioner engagement by undertaking interviews with academics, practitioners, and other experts with relevant engagement experience. The findings highlight the problem of thinking narrowly about the different ways in... Read More about Scholarship that matters: Academic-practitioner engagement in business and management.

Generic strategies and performance - evidence from manufacturing firms (2011)
Journal Article
Nandakumar, M. K., O'Regan, N., & Ghobadian, A. (2011). Generic strategies and performance - evidence from manufacturing firms. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 60(3), 222-251. https://doi.org/10.1108/17410401111111970

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between business-level strategy and organisational performance and to test the applicability of Porter's generic strategies in explaining differences in the performance of organisation... Read More about Generic strategies and performance - evidence from manufacturing firms.

Technology outsourcing in manufacturing small- and medium-sized firms: Another competitive resource? (2011)
Journal Article
O'Regan, N., & Kling, G. (2011). Technology outsourcing in manufacturing small- and medium-sized firms: Another competitive resource?. R&D Management, 41(1), 92-105. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9310.2010.00626.x

Based on a sample of UK manufacturing small- and medium-sized firms in the engineering and electronics industry, the study identifies firm- and industry-specific factors that stimulate R&D outsourcing and assesses the impact of R&D investment and out... Read More about Technology outsourcing in manufacturing small- and medium-sized firms: Another competitive resource?.

The strategic defence review 1998: Politics, power and influence in government decisions (2011)
Working Paper
Grattan, R., Parry, G., & O'Regan, N. The strategic defence review 1998: Politics, power and influence in government decisions. Bristol

This study explores the UK Strategic Defence Review [SDR] 1997/98 from a strategy process perspective. The review in contrast to previous reviews was intended to be transparent and policy rather than resource led. The paper adopts a case study approa... Read More about The strategic defence review 1998: Politics, power and influence in government decisions.