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Social innovation and social entrepreneurship: A systematic review (2015)
Journal Article
Phillips, W., Lee, H., James, P., Ghobadian, A., & O'Regan, N. (2015). Social innovation and social entrepreneurship: A systematic review. Group and Organization Management, 40(3), 428-461. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601114560063

© The Author(s) 2014. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) literature suggests CSR initiatives extend beyond meeting the immediate interests of stakeholders of for-profit enterprises, offering the potential to also enhance performance. Growing disil... Read More about Social innovation and social entrepreneurship: A systematic review.

Practising social innovation: The role of social enterprises (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Lee, H., Collins, L., Phillips, W., & James, P. (2012, September). Practising social innovation: The role of social enterprises. Paper presented at British Academy of Management Conference

Social innovation has been practiced for decades, however relatively little is known. According to Mulgan (2006), Social innovation refers to the innovative activities motivated by a social need and objective, predominantly diffused through organisat... Read More about Practising social innovation: The role of social enterprises.

Key characteristics of SME procurement: An empirical study (2012)
Presentation / Conference
James, P., Saad, M., Douglas, A., & Phillips, W. (2012, April). Key characteristics of SME procurement: An empirical study. Paper presented at IPSERA Conference 2012

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.

I series of purchasing research practitioner brochures (2012)
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Douglas, A., Saad, M., & James, P. (2012). I series of purchasing research practitioner brochures

The i-Series Research Family The I-Series is the result of over ten year’s worth of cumulative research by the Innovation, Purchasing and Supply Research Team at Bristol Business School. All of this research is aimed at Purchasing Practitioners an... Read More about I series of purchasing research practitioner brochures.

A review of the progress towards the adoption of supply chain management (SCM) relationships in construction (2002)
Journal Article
Saad, M., Jones, M., & James, P. (2002). A review of the progress towards the adoption of supply chain management (SCM) relationships in construction. European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 8(3), 173-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0969-7012%2802%2900007-2

This paper examines the early progress towards the adoption of supply chain management (SCM) relationships in construction. It is based on a literature review and survey of the views of construction practitioners. We contend that SCM has many of the... Read More about A review of the progress towards the adoption of supply chain management (SCM) relationships in construction.