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Environmentally Sustainable Event Design (2019)
Book Chapter
Mackay, C., & Julien, A. (2019). Environmentally Sustainable Event Design. In V. Antchak, & O. Ramsbottom (Eds.), The Fundamentals of Event Design, (177 - 195). Oxon: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Events are varied in terms of their type, scale, duration, location, time of year and theme, and this leads to equally varied impacts. However, all events involve impacts on or of ecology, transport, water, energy, lighting, noise and waste. Sustain... Read More about Environmentally Sustainable Event Design.

'Hope-full purpose': Time, oblivion, and the strange attractors of Pandora's box (2019)
Book Chapter
Longman, R. (2019). 'Hope-full purpose': Time, oblivion, and the strange attractors of Pandora's box. In D. Ericsson, & M. Kostera (Eds.), Organizing Hope: Narratives for a Better Future (85-95). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788979443.00016

Hope lacks an obvious conceptual clarity. Yet, as a defining feature of utopian thought, it suggests a potential for new social relations (Levitas, 2010). To explore such potentiality, this chapter conceptualises “hope-full purpose”—a construction th... Read More about 'Hope-full purpose': Time, oblivion, and the strange attractors of Pandora's box.

Agglomerations, clusters and industrial districts: Evolution and opportunities for future research (2019)
Book Chapter
Miguel, G., Puig, F., & Urzelai, B. (2019). Agglomerations, clusters and industrial districts: Evolution and opportunities for future research. In F. Puig, & B. Urzelai (Eds.), Economic clusters and globalization: Diversity and Resilience. Routledge

After decades of changes driven by globalization, the time has come to revisit the clustering literature. Clustering is one of the most studied business phenomena because enabling firms to compete globally while cooperating locally. The analysis of t... Read More about Agglomerations, clusters and industrial districts: Evolution and opportunities for future research.

Leadership (2019)
Book Chapter
Simpson, P. (2019). Leadership. In S. Schwarzkopf (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Economic Theology. Routledge

Sorensen et al (2012) argue for the importance of theology in the study of organisations on the basis that 'the way we think about and act in organizations is profoundly structured by theological concepts.' (p.267). In relation to leadership studies... Read More about Leadership.

The value of local externalities in country-of-origin clusters: Evidence from China (2019)
Book Chapter
Urzelai, B., & Puig, F. (2019). The value of local externalities in country-of-origin clusters: Evidence from China. In E. Pickering (Ed.), The Changing Strategies of International Business (117-133). Palgrave Macmillan

Business cooperation and the exchange of information and knowledge are actions and decisions that firms can build in order to compete more effectively in globalized markets. These options are even more relevant for SMEs to access and expand in new in... Read More about The value of local externalities in country-of-origin clusters: Evidence from China.