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Rentiers and distributive conflict in Brazil (2000–2019) (2023)
Journal Article

The paper examines the determinants of rentier income in contemporary financialised capitalist economies by analysing the case of Brazil. It argues that different drivers of rentier income may have comparable potential to channel a substantial share... Read More about Rentiers and distributive conflict in Brazil (2000–2019).

Machine learning models in trusted research environments - Understanding operational risks (2023)
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IntroductionTrusted research environments (TREs) provide secure access to very sensitive data for research. All TREs operate manual checks on outputs to ensure there is no residual disclosure risk. Machine learning (ML) models require very large amou... Read More about Machine learning models in trusted research environments - Understanding operational risks.

Forced displacement and subsequent generations’ migration intentions: Intergenerational transmission of family migration capital (2023)
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A growing body of evidence for the ‘family migration capital’ hypothesis–whereby migration experience in a family leads to a greater propensity to move among migrants’ descendants–has so far relied on accounts of any migration experience, including v... Read More about Forced displacement and subsequent generations’ migration intentions: Intergenerational transmission of family migration capital.

The present and future of the Five Safes framework (2023)
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The Five Safes has become the default framework for confidential data governance across multiple sectors and countries. Since its inception in 2003, the approach has influenced data management in many ways, particularly in the public sector. As it ha... Read More about The present and future of the Five Safes framework.

Redistributed manufacturing ecosystem for healthcare: An in-depth case study of on-body manufacturing using a micro-factory (2023)
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The shift from centralised to redistributed manufacturing (RDM) enables lower volume production closer to the site of use. The potential benefits of RDM are highlighted in the literature, but in this emerging field, understanding of how its adoption... Read More about Redistributed manufacturing ecosystem for healthcare: An in-depth case study of on-body manufacturing using a micro-factory.

How social capital affects innovation, marketing and entrepreneurial orientation: The case of SMEs in Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) (2023)
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Social capital, embedded in the networking relationship, is critical for firm performance. SMEs, especially in emerging economies, should effectively use their limited resource and network relationships to deal with increased uncertainties in the bus... Read More about How social capital affects innovation, marketing and entrepreneurial orientation: The case of SMEs in Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam).

Barriers to blockchain adoption in the seaport industry: A fuzzy DEMATEL analysis (2023)
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Blockchain technology, marked as a disruptive force across various sectors, including seaport logistics, faces challenges and obstacles that impede its effective adoption. We aim to empirically identify the significant barriers impeding blockchain ad... Read More about Barriers to blockchain adoption in the seaport industry: A fuzzy DEMATEL analysis.

Towards a blockchain and machine learning-based framework for decentralised energy management (2023)
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In most domestic buildings, gas and electricity are supplied by energy and utility companies through centralised energy systems. This often results in a high burden on central management systems and has adverse effects on energy prices. Blockchain-ba... Read More about Towards a blockchain and machine learning-based framework for decentralised energy management.

Public firm presence, growth opportunity and investment in fixed intangible assets of private UK firms (2023)
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Purpose: Prior studies suggest that, in an industry in which several public firms operate (i.e. greater public firm presence), uncertainty about business operations within the industry is reduced due to greater analyst coverage and quality of informa... Read More about Public firm presence, growth opportunity and investment in fixed intangible assets of private UK firms.

Digitalization and employment relations in the retail sector. Examining the role of trade unions in Italy and Spain (2023)
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This article investigates trade union responses to in-store digitalization in retail in Italy and Spain. It considers critical issues often associated with the digital transformation of work including excessive work flexibility, high levels of monito... Read More about Digitalization and employment relations in the retail sector. Examining the role of trade unions in Italy and Spain.

Accounting for the “harms” of social media firms: Dialogic accountability and discursive contestation in public hearings (2023)
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Purpose: Existing literature has begun to identify the agonistic and contested aspects of the ongoing development of accountability systems. These “contests” are particularly important during periods of change when an accountability “deficit” has bee... Read More about Accounting for the “harms” of social media firms: Dialogic accountability and discursive contestation in public hearings.

Employees’ reviews and stock price informativeness (2023)
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We investigate the relationship between employee reviews and stock price informativeness. Using a sample of US firms, we find that firms with higher employee satisfaction are associated with greater stock price informativeness in terms of idiosyncrat... Read More about Employees’ reviews and stock price informativeness.

Campaigning against workplace ‘sexual harassment’ in the UK: Law, discourse and the news press c. 1975–2005 (2023)
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This article examines how and in what ways workplace ‘sexual harassment’ achieved social and legal recognition in the UK news press following its importation from North America in the mid-1970s. It assesses the role of feminist campaigners working wi... Read More about Campaigning against workplace ‘sexual harassment’ in the UK: Law, discourse and the news press c. 1975–2005.

Applying artificial intelligence in healthcare: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
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The COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in global healthcare systems and highlighted the need for innovative, technology-driven solutions like Artificial Intelligence (AI). However, previous research on the topic has been limited and fragmented... Read More about Applying artificial intelligence in healthcare: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Revisiting WTI–Brent spread and its drivers (2023)
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We made two key contributions to energy economics and finance by revealing new insights on the WTI–Brent spread (WBS). Our first exercise engages with the stylized facts of the WBS and its role as an indicator, identifying the time around the shale o... Read More about Revisiting WTI–Brent spread and its drivers.

Accounting students’ online engagement, choice of course delivery format and their effects on academic performance (2023)
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This study examines the effects of synchronous and non-synchronous online engagement on the academic performance of accounting students at a New Zealand university based on their choice of course delivery format–either distance learning or face-to-fa... Read More about Accounting students’ online engagement, choice of course delivery format and their effects on academic performance.

Spillover of energy commodities and inflation in G7 plus Chinese economies (2023)
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We investigate the spillover trends of energy commodities and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the G-7 plus China by using the Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT) methodology. Our analysis spans from January 2016 to October 2022, with a division into... Read More about Spillover of energy commodities and inflation in G7 plus Chinese economies.

Determinants of microenterprise performance among microcredit clients in urban areas of Malaysia (2023)
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As one of the anti-poverty instruments, the potential of microenterprise in improving livelihoods through the promotion of self-employment activities and micro-entrepreneurship appears to have been increasing over time including in Malaysia. Therefor... Read More about Determinants of microenterprise performance among microcredit clients in urban areas of Malaysia.

The impact of fundamental factors and sentiments on the valuation of cryptocurrencies (2023)
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The valuation of cryptocurrencies is important given the increasing significance of this potential asset class. However, most state-of-the-art cryptocurrency valuation methods only focus on one of the fundamental factors or sentiments and use out-of-... Read More about The impact of fundamental factors and sentiments on the valuation of cryptocurrencies.

Derisking developmentalism: A tale of green hydrogen (2023)
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In the global race to scale up green hydrogen, a renewed appetite for the visible hand of the state once again promises to expand developmental space for low- and middle-income countries. On the African continent, several countries have announced gre... Read More about Derisking developmentalism: A tale of green hydrogen.