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How do knowledge brokers work? Implications for policy and practice in the case of WERS. (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Drew, H., Ritchie, F., & King, A. (2013, December). How do knowledge brokers work? Implications for policy and practice in the case of WERS. Paper presented at 3rd International COSINUS ‘Innovation Systems and the new role of Universities’, Oran, Algeria

The paper highlights the successful role played by knowledge brokers in bridging the gap between research and policy development. Drawing on the work of Oldham and McLean (1997) on the role of knowledge brokers, the paper identifies that intermediari... Read More about How do knowledge brokers work? Implications for policy and practice in the case of WERS..

Whither our future global managers? The moderating effect of organization context on ethical intent in international business (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Alexander, E. A. (2013, September). Whither our future global managers? The moderating effect of organization context on ethical intent in international business. Paper presented at The 33rd Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, September 28 - October 1, 2013, Atlanta, Georgia

This paper examines how proximal versus distal effects in an organization setting prevail as moderating influences on ethical judgments and intentions. The paper proposes three dimensions of ethical decision-making in international business (moral eq... Read More about Whither our future global managers? The moderating effect of organization context on ethical intent in international business.

Social innovation in practice: The role of relationships in developing, acquiring and utilising dynamic capabilities in social enterprises (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Phillips, W., & Lee, H. (2013, September). Social innovation in practice: The role of relationships in developing, acquiring and utilising dynamic capabilities in social enterprises. Paper presented at Briitish Academy of Management Conference 2013, Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool

In a constantly changing environment social enterprises (SEs) need to utilise dynamic capabilities in their pursuit of social innovation. Addressing the ‘double bottom line’ of both social and financial goals, alongside managing the challenge of fluc... Read More about Social innovation in practice: The role of relationships in developing, acquiring and utilising dynamic capabilities in social enterprises.

Evaluating the benefits of outsourcing: The case of UK higher education institutions (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Phillips, W., & Kapletia, D. (2013, September). Evaluating the benefits of outsourcing: The case of UK higher education institutions. Paper presented at British Academy of Management Conference, Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool

Outsourcing has been commonly practised within the private sector for decades and the outsourcing of publically provided services is becoming evermore prevalent as the pulic sector responds to the need to bring about ‘more for less’. Despite this pre... Read More about Evaluating the benefits of outsourcing: The case of UK higher education institutions.

Founder’s multiple identities of Swedish business owners with athlete background in entrepreneurial opportunity recognition process (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Evansluong, Q. (2013, August). Founder’s multiple identities of Swedish business owners with athlete background in entrepreneurial opportunity recognition process. Paper presented at McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference 2013, Montreal, Canada

The phenomenon of people having the same background, education, professional experience and prior knowledge recognizing the same entrepreneurial opportunities and establishing same types of businesses in the same industry seem to be quite popular. Fo... Read More about Founder’s multiple identities of Swedish business owners with athlete background in entrepreneurial opportunity recognition process.

Decision comprehensiveness and team performance: The moderating role of perceived similarity (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Salvador, R. O., Alexander, E. A., & Bhappu, A. (2013, July). Decision comprehensiveness and team performance: The moderating role of perceived similarity. Paper presented at Annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii

Decision comprehensiveness is the extent to which members of a team systematically gather quantities of information and consider these in the process of making decisions (Frederickson & Mitchell, 1984). Empirical research indicates that under certain... Read More about Decision comprehensiveness and team performance: The moderating role of perceived similarity.

The shifting boundaries of organisation theory across time: A demarcation perspective (2013)
Presentation / Conference
A demarcation perspective. Paper presented at 29th EGOS Colloquium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

What happen to organization theory when it travels from one context to another? This paper takes a science-demarcation perspective to analyse over time contests over the legitimate realm of organization theory. By looking at the rhetorical commonplac... Read More about The shifting boundaries of organisation theory across time: A demarcation perspective.

Innovation performance of manufacturing SMEs within a non-competitive regional economy: The case of Wales (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Gkikas, A., Jones-Evans, D., & MacKenzie, N. (2013, June). Innovation performance of manufacturing SMEs within a non-competitive regional economy: The case of Wales. Paper presented at 58th International Council for Small Business World Conference, Puerto Rico

This paper discusses innovation performance of manufacturing SMEs within a non-competitive regional economy.

Indian business leaders’ perceptions of trade competition from China (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Prabhakar, G. P., & Hancock, C. (2013, June). Indian business leaders’ perceptions of trade competition from China. Presented at Academic Council of the United Nations System (ACUNS) 2013 Annual Meeting: Leadership in Global Governance, Lund University, Sweden

Emerging as forces that could potentially re-set the global economic compass, China and India represent an important bilateral force against a climate of recession. This paper considers the perceptions of this growing economic relationship from an un... Read More about Indian business leaders’ perceptions of trade competition from China.