All Outputs (17)

Measuring progress towards carbon reduction in the UK (2007)
Journal Article

The UK Climate Change Bill proposes to establish legally binding targets for a 60% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. This paper discusses the challenges posed by measuring progress towards this target. It takes as a premise that the conv... Read More about Measuring progress towards carbon reduction in the UK.

Why inside money matters (2007)
Journal Article

This note observes that in a simple infinite horizon economy with heterogeneous endowments and a cash-in-advance constraint fiat money can be used to implement a Pareto optimum only with type-specific taxation. By contrast, if credit contracts are en... Read More about Why inside money matters.

Adapting not adopting: 1958 - 74. Accounting and managerial 'Reform' in the early NHS (2007)
Journal Article

This paper examines accounting and managerial reform in the public sector National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in the UK from 1958-74. This period is often regarded as one of 'consolidation' (Klein, 1995; Webster, 1998) after the 'turmoil' of the... Read More about Adapting not adopting: 1958 - 74. Accounting and managerial 'Reform' in the early NHS.

South west labour market review (2007)
Journal Article

Developing a reflective capacity within undergraduate education: The role of work-based placement learning (2007)
Report

The aim of the project was to investigate the development of reflective capacity during work-based placement learning and its relationship to student final-year academic performance. Its objectives were to enquire into: 1. the nature of the re... Read More about Developing a reflective capacity within undergraduate education: The role of work-based placement learning.

Which SMEs use external business advice? A multivariate subregional study (2007)
Journal Article

The authors examine factors that influence the propensity of a firm to take up external business support across four large English towns, using random effects nominal probit regression analysis to capture sector heterogeneity. The results suggest a s... Read More about Which SMEs use external business advice? A multivariate subregional study.

Fermi acceleration in the randomized driven Lorentz gas and the Fermi-Ulam model (2007)
Journal Article

Fermi acceleration of an ensemble of noninteracting particles evolving in a stochastic two-moving wall variant of the Fermi-Ulam model (FUM) and the phase randomized harmonically driven periodic Lorentz gas is investigated. As shown in, the static wa... Read More about Fermi acceleration in the randomized driven Lorentz gas and the Fermi-Ulam model.

Analysis of financial reporting in Lithuania (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is supported in many countries inside and outside the European Union because it may improve the quality and comparability of financial reporting. In addition to the use of IFRS by... Read More about Analysis of financial reporting in Lithuania.

Determining the defence industrial base (2007)
Journal Article

This paper models the determination of the defence industrial base - the number of different military systems a country decides to maintain. High R&D costs means that few countries can afford to produce major weapons systems and the producers also im... Read More about Determining the defence industrial base.

The competitiveness of the UK aerospace industry (2007)
Journal Article

Porter's five competitive forces model provides an analytical framework for assessing the UK aerospace industry's competitiveness in this article. Various statistical indicators are used to measure competitiveness, based on published data at the indu... Read More about The competitiveness of the UK aerospace industry.

Convergence towards a steady-state distribution (2007)
Journal Article

The convergence literature frequently presupposes some unidentified steady-state distribution. This paper presents a new method to identify the presence and rate of convergence to a steady-state distribution. The method is illustrated with applicatio... Read More about Convergence towards a steady-state distribution.

The Uzbek puzzle revisited: An analysis of economic performance in Uzbekistan since 1991 (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The potential of threshold concepts: An emerging framework for educational theory and practice (2007)
Journal Article

This paper explores the notion of a “threshold concept” and discusses its possible implications for higher education research and practice. Using the case of introductory accounting as an illustration, it is argued that the idea of a threshold concep... Read More about The potential of threshold concepts: An emerging framework for educational theory and practice.

The determinants of cluster activities in the Australian wine and tourism industries (2007)
Journal Article

This paper discusses wine and tourism clusters and the recent innovation of wine tourism in which businesses operate within both industries. The concept of micro-clusters is examined in terms of trust, networking, collaboration and other activities,... Read More about The determinants of cluster activities in the Australian wine and tourism industries.

Export performance of South West businesses: Measuring and improving the impact of public intervention on regional exports (2007)
Report

Report prepared for the South West of England Regional Development Agency.

Der Europaeische Institutionalismus (2007)
Book

European Institutionalism

South West: The economy (2007)
Book Chapter

The State of the South West is a comprehensive review of the South West of England's economic, social, environmental and cultural life. It describes the current position and trends and, without making policy recommendations, helps set an informed c... Read More about South West: The economy.