Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (83)

Leadership on an industrial journey: An interview with Sir John Parker, Chairman of the National Grid (2008)
Journal Article
O'Regan, N., & Maclean, M. (2008). Leadership on an industrial journey: An interview with Sir John Parker, Chairman of the National Grid. Journal of Strategy and Management, 1(1), 111-117. https://doi.org/10.1108/17554250810909455

© 2008, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to interview Sir John Parker, Chairman of the National Grid. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of an interview. Findings – Sir John Parker shares... Read More about Leadership on an industrial journey: An interview with Sir John Parker, Chairman of the National Grid.

Knowledge exchange and the opportunities for Marketing Intelligence & Planning (2008)
Journal Article
Hughes, T. (2008). Knowledge exchange and the opportunities for Marketing Intelligence & Planning. Marketing Intelligence and Planning, 26(5), 435-440. https://doi.org/10.1108/02634500810894299

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to put forward some ideas on how Marketing Intelligence & Planning (MIP) might further pursue its crossover mission in the future. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a viewpoint contribution based on the aut... Read More about Knowledge exchange and the opportunities for Marketing Intelligence & Planning.

Enhancing post-acquisition organisational performance: The role of the top management team (2008)
Journal Article
Vasilaki, A., & O'Regan, N. (2008). Enhancing post-acquisition organisational performance: The role of the top management team. Team Performance Management, 14(3-4), 134-145. https://doi.org/10.1108/13527590810883415

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to address the link between the effectiveness of the top management team (TMT) and post-acquisition organisational performance. Design/methodology/approach - The paper undertakes a literature review, identifies... Read More about Enhancing post-acquisition organisational performance: The role of the top management team.

Decision-making at the Bank of England: A critical appraisal (2008)
Journal Article
Downward, P. M., & Mearman, A. (2008). Decision-making at the Bank of England: A critical appraisal. Oxford Economic Papers, 60(3), 385-409. https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpn009

This paper investigates the process of decision-making within the Bank of England and the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC): specifically, the extent of triangulation in the process. Triangulation is the mixing of two or more methods, investigators, th... Read More about Decision-making at the Bank of England: A critical appraisal.

Performing tourism: Exploring the productive consumption of tourism in enclavic spaces (2008)
Journal Article
Jordan, F. (2008). Performing tourism: Exploring the productive consumption of tourism in enclavic spaces. International Journal of Tourism Research, 10(4), 293-304. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.662

In this paper the interactive nature of touristic encounters in enclavic spaces is explored. Drawing on concepts of tourism as performative practice, it examines tourist experience as a form of productive consumption in which holidays are shaped by i... Read More about Performing tourism: Exploring the productive consumption of tourism in enclavic spaces.

Backtesting trading risk of commercial banks using expected shortfall (2008)
Journal Article
Wong, W. K. (2008). Backtesting trading risk of commercial banks using expected shortfall. Journal of Banking and Finance, 32(7), 1404-1415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.11.012

This paper uses saddlepoint technique to backtest the trading risk of commercial banks using expected shortfall. It is found that four out of six US commercial banks have excessive trading risks. Monte Carlo simulation studies show that the proposed... Read More about Backtesting trading risk of commercial banks using expected shortfall.

The triple helix strategy for universities in developing countries: The experiences in Malaysia and Algeria (2008)
Journal Article
Saad, M., Zawdie, G., & Malairaja, C. (2008). The triple helix strategy for universities in developing countries: The experiences in Malaysia and Algeria. Science and Public Policy, 35(6), 431-443. https://doi.org/10.3152/030234208X323316

This article addresses issues relating to the policy shift in developing countries aimed at making universities increasingly relevant to the socio-economic milieu by promoting the 'triple helix culture' as a sustainable basis for innovation and techn... Read More about The triple helix strategy for universities in developing countries: The experiences in Malaysia and Algeria.

Identifying high technology small firms: A sectoral analysis (2008)
Journal Article
O'Regan, N., & Sims, M. A. (2008). Identifying high technology small firms: A sectoral analysis. Technovation, 28(7), 408-423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2008.02.010

This study explores the use of existing categorizations in classifying high and low technology firms such as the standard industrial classification (SIC). Such classifications tend to be applied to firms in a blanket fashion rather than on a systemat... Read More about Identifying high technology small firms: A sectoral analysis.

Tourism and the sexualisation of the gaze: Solo female tourists' experiences of gendered power, surveillance and embodiment (2008)
Journal Article
Aitchison, C., & Jordan, F. (2008). Tourism and the sexualisation of the gaze: Solo female tourists' experiences of gendered power, surveillance and embodiment. Leisure Studies, 27(3), 329-349. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614360802125080

This article investigates the exercise of power through the sexualisation of women as both subjects and objects of the gaze(s) of men in tourism. More specifically, the research addresses ways in which this surveillance impacts on the embodied experi... Read More about Tourism and the sexualisation of the gaze: Solo female tourists' experiences of gendered power, surveillance and embodiment.

The conditions of our freedom: Foucault, organization and ethics (2008)
Journal Article
Crane, A., Knights, D., & Starkey, K. (2008). The conditions of our freedom: Foucault, organization and ethics. Business Ethics Quarterly, 18(3), 299-320

The paper examines the contribution of the French philosopher Michel Foucault to the subject of ethics in organizations. The paper combines an analysis of Foucault’s work on discipline and control, with an examination of his later work on the ethical... Read More about The conditions of our freedom: Foucault, organization and ethics.

Why not teach "diversity" to public sector managers? (2008)
Journal Article
Page, M., Oldfield, C., & Urstad, B. (2008). Why not teach "diversity" to public sector managers?. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 21(4), 368-382. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513550810880241

Purpose - Equality and diversity are generally positioned as special interests, marginal to the mainstream of social policy teaching and learning. The purpose of this paper is to make the case for shifting equality and diversity out of the margins an... Read More about Why not teach "diversity" to public sector managers?.

Ketamine: The divisive dissociative. A discourse analysis of the constructions of ketamine by participants of a free party (rave) scene (2008)
Journal Article
Riley, S., Morey, Y., & Griffin, C. (2008). Ketamine: The divisive dissociative. A discourse analysis of the constructions of ketamine by participants of a free party (rave) scene. Addiction Research and Theory, 16(3), 217-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066350801983715

This article examines the multiple and contradictory understandings that participants of a free party (rave) scene in the South West of England drew upon when talking about ketamine, and the role of these understandings in identity and consumption pr... Read More about Ketamine: The divisive dissociative. A discourse analysis of the constructions of ketamine by participants of a free party (rave) scene.

Interactive learning or technology transfer as a way to catch-up? Analysing the wind energy industry in Denmark and India (2008)
Journal Article
Kristinsson, K., & Rao, R. (2008). Interactive learning or technology transfer as a way to catch-up? Analysing the wind energy industry in Denmark and India. Industry and Innovation, 15(3), 297-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/13662710802040903

This paper uses sectoral systems of innovation framework to examine the relationship between technology policy and industrial development by comparing the emergence of the wind energy industry in Denmark and India. Since the late 1970s Denmark has le... Read More about Interactive learning or technology transfer as a way to catch-up? Analysing the wind energy industry in Denmark and India.

Revisiting knowledge warehousing: Theoretical foundations (2008)
Journal Article
Mitra, A., & Garcia-Perez, A. (2008). Revisiting knowledge warehousing: Theoretical foundations. International Journal of Business Information Systems, 3(6), 572-586. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBIS.2008.018991

Ever since the late 1990s, different research communities have used the term 'knowledge warehousing' to refer to several types of IT-based tools. An extensive review of the literature on this topic revealed that existing approaches to knowledge wareh... Read More about Revisiting knowledge warehousing: Theoretical foundations.

Toward a framework to assist servitization strategy implementation (2008)
Journal Article
Mills, J., Neaga, E., Parry, G., & Crute, V. (2008). Toward a framework to assist servitization strategy implementation

Advice for manufacturing companies to increase their attention to opportunities downstream of production had grown loud by the mid 1990s. Accompanying this advice lay warnings of generic, implementation issues to be addressed in the journey downstrea... Read More about Toward a framework to assist servitization strategy implementation.

Infantilized adults or confident consumers? Enterprise discourse in the UK retail banking industry (2008)
Journal Article
Nayak, A., & Beckett, A. (2008). Infantilized adults or confident consumers? Enterprise discourse in the UK retail banking industry. Organization, 15(3), 407-425. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508408088537

In this paper we examine the implications of enterprise discourse within the context of a culture of consumption. Drawing on empirical work on the UK retail banking industry we demonstrate how retail banking in the UK is central to constructing 'conf... Read More about Infantilized adults or confident consumers? Enterprise discourse in the UK retail banking industry.

Innovation and firm growth in high-tech sectors: A quantile regression approach (2008)
Journal Article
Coad, A., & Rao, R. (2008). Innovation and firm growth in high-tech sectors: A quantile regression approach. Research Policy, 37(4), 633-648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2008.01.003

We relate innovation to sales growth for incumbent firms in high-tech sectors. A firm, on average, experiences only modest growth and may grow for a number of reasons that may or may not be related to innovative activity. However, given that the retu... Read More about Innovation and firm growth in high-tech sectors: A quantile regression approach.

Why "soft science" is the key to regaining leadership in marketing knowledge (2008)
Journal Article
Tapp, A., & Hughes, T. (2008). Why "soft science" is the key to regaining leadership in marketing knowledge. European Journal of Marketing, 42(3-4), 265-278. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090560810852913

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to highlight what the authors regard as serious problems with the continuing dominance of a "hard science" view of what constitutes "top quality" research, and to present evidence that a "softer" approach will y... Read More about Why "soft science" is the key to regaining leadership in marketing knowledge.