All Outputs (1310)

Overcoming barriers to the implementation of cleaner production in small enterprises in the mechanics industry: Exploring economic gains and contributions for sustainable development goals (2022)
Journal Article

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the economic and environmental gains that result from the implementation of cleaner production in a small enterprise (SE) from the metal and mechanics industry, allowing for overcoming barriers and contributin... Read More about Overcoming barriers to the implementation of cleaner production in small enterprises in the mechanics industry: Exploring economic gains and contributions for sustainable development goals.

Collecting badges: Understanding the gold rush for business excellence awards (2022)
Journal Article

Business excellence awards (BEAs) have become all too commonplace. Entering and winning one has now become part of contemporary organising. However, scholarly work examining these awards remains scattered, with the dominant narrative focusing on what... Read More about Collecting badges: Understanding the gold rush for business excellence awards.

Concluding remarks (2022)
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The authors of the exchange now reunite to offer some concluding remarks. Although there are many facets of ethical theory and practice that emanate from our commentaries, clearly a principal contribution is how a Western-originated concept, namely l... Read More about Concluding remarks.

Practical solutions for improving the suboptimal performance of construction projects using Dubai construction projects as an example (2022)
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Purpose: Poor performance remains a challenge for the construction industry worldwide. One of the key performance indicators of the construction industry is the timely delivery of projects. Despite the recent methodological and technological advances... Read More about Practical solutions for improving the suboptimal performance of construction projects using Dubai construction projects as an example.

A new modified social engineering optimizer algorithm for engineering applications (2022)
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Nowadays, a great deal of attention is paid to metaheuristic algorithms to reach the approximate solution in an acceptable computational time. As one of the recent-developed successful metaheuristics, Social Engineering Optimizer (SEO) algorithm is a... Read More about A new modified social engineering optimizer algorithm for engineering applications.

Learning to inhabit the liquid liminal world of work: An auto-ethnographic visual study of work-life boundary transitions (2022)
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This article explores a conceptually modified notion of liminality in order to make better sense of contemporary ‘flexible’ working life. Previous conceptualizations of liminality rely on the assumed existence of socially sustained boundaries and the... Read More about Learning to inhabit the liquid liminal world of work: An auto-ethnographic visual study of work-life boundary transitions.

Redesigning traditional linear supply chains into circular supply chains–A study into its challenges (2022)
Journal Article

Transitioning to a Circular Economy (CE) is considered the most promising way to achieve economic and environmental sustainability. However, companies and governments are faced with challenges in redesigning existing linear supply chains (SCs) into c... Read More about Redesigning traditional linear supply chains into circular supply chains–A study into its challenges.

Supply chain sustainability risk decision support model using integrated Preference Selection Index (PSI) method and prospect theory (2022)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce the integrated model of the Preference Selection Index (PSI) and the prospect theory as new means to appraise the impact of supply chain sustainability risks based on five pillars of sustainability.... Read More about Supply chain sustainability risk decision support model using integrated Preference Selection Index (PSI) method and prospect theory.

Life cycle optimisation of building retrofitting considering climate change effects (2022)
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Novelty: Climate change has significant impacts on building energy performance. A novel life cycle optimisation strategy is developed for determining optimal retrofitting solutions for office buildings with climate change effects taken into considera... Read More about Life cycle optimisation of building retrofitting considering climate change effects.

A self-adaptive deep learning model for building electricity load prediction with moving horizon (2022)
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A self-adaptive deep learning model powered by ranking selection-based particle swarm optimisation (RSPSO) is developed to predict electricity load in buildings with moving horizons. The main features of the load prediction model include its self-ada... Read More about A self-adaptive deep learning model for building electricity load prediction with moving horizon.

Effective management of district-level malaria control and elimination: Implementing quality and participative process improvements (2022)
Journal Article

Although it is widely recognized that strong program management is essential to achieving better health outcomes, this priority is not recognized in malaria programmatic practices. Increased management precision offers the opportunity to improve the... Read More about Effective management of district-level malaria control and elimination: Implementing quality and participative process improvements.

Supply chain sustainability risk assessment model using integration of the preference selection index (PSI) and the Shannon entropy (2022)
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Purpose: This study proposes a new model for assessing supply chain sustainability risk integrating subjectivity and objectivity of decision-maker. Research has shown the vacancy of study in dealing with the above issue. To fill this research gap, a... Read More about Supply chain sustainability risk assessment model using integration of the preference selection index (PSI) and the Shannon entropy.

Unleading during a pandemic: Scrutinising leadership and its impact in a state of exception (2022)
Journal Article

Characterising COVID-19 pandemic as a ‘state of exception’, we might expect great hero models of leadership to come to the fore. Instead, drawing on a thematic analysis of 246 news articles, this paper illustrates something different: communities, co... Read More about Unleading during a pandemic: Scrutinising leadership and its impact in a state of exception.

Global value chain reconfiguration and COVID-19: Investigating the case for more resilient redistributed models of production (2022)
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The COVID-19 pandemic shocked the global economy, laying bare the coordination challenges and vulnerabilities of global value chains (GVCs) across sectors. Governments, consumers, and firms alike have called for greater GVC resilience to ensure criti... Read More about Global value chain reconfiguration and COVID-19: Investigating the case for more resilient redistributed models of production.

Adaption-Innovation theory: A tribute to Dr Michael J. Kirton (2022)
Journal Article

When Dr. Michael J. Kirton died, on August 18th 2020, he left behind a major contribution to the field of problem solving. In 2019, one of our authors visited Dr. Kirton to understand more about the early influences that shaped the development of Ada... Read More about Adaption-Innovation theory: A tribute to Dr Michael J. Kirton.

Co-destruction of value – A stakeholder conceptual review (2022)
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Co-destruction of value has been highlighted as a possible outcome of every interaction between firms and consumers. Despite the likelihood of its occurrence, the concept is not adequately defined or understood, while little is known about how and wh... Read More about Co-destruction of value – A stakeholder conceptual review.

An analysis of operational behavioural factors and circular economy practices in SMEs: An emerging economy perspective (2021)
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Circular Economy (CE) principles are relatively unexplored, especially in emerging economies. None of the studies so far have also explored operational behavioural factors and CE practices in the context of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).... Read More about An analysis of operational behavioural factors and circular economy practices in SMEs: An emerging economy perspective.

Book Review - Parker, M. (Ed.), Life After COVID-19: The Other Side of Crisis (2021)
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Since the start of the pandemic Bristol University Press have commissioned a series of books on the topic of COVID-19 and its impact on business and society around the world . The first of these – Life After COVID-19: The other side of crisis – is an... Read More about Book Review - Parker, M. (Ed.), Life After COVID-19: The Other Side of Crisis.

Perception and practice of physical activity and exercise counselling in renal care team in Nigeria (2021)
Journal Article

Introduction. Physical activity (PA) in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) requires positive attitude and practice among the renal care team (RCT). The study examined the perceptions and practices of PA and exercise counselling among the RCT in Nigeria. Me... Read More about Perception and practice of physical activity and exercise counselling in renal care team in Nigeria.

The influences of social media on Chinese start-up stage entrepreneurship (2021)
Journal Article

In today’s digital era, information is increasingly shared and distributed through online social networks. Social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube in the west and Weibo, WeChat in China have not only greatly extended the reach of tradi... Read More about The influences of social media on Chinese start-up stage entrepreneurship.