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Servitization and co-opetition in the pharmaceutical distribution: Back to basics? (2016)
Journal Article
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., & Morales, J. (2016). Servitization and co-opetition in the pharmaceutical distribution: Back to basics?

This paper discusses how the pharmaceutical distribution sector as evolved in the past decades and the role of servitization in an ever changing market led by big players. An empirical analysis was conducted on Portuguese and Spanish distributors whi... Read More about Servitization and co-opetition in the pharmaceutical distribution: Back to basics?.

Reducing waste to landfill: A need for cultural change in the UK construction industry (2016)
Journal Article
Kadiri, K. O., Alaka, H. A., Ajayi, S. O., Oyedele, L., Akinade, O., Bilal, M., & Owolabi, H. (2016). Reducing waste to landfill: A need for cultural change in the UK construction industry. Journal of Building Engineering, 5, 185-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2015.12.007

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Owing to its contribution of largest portion of landfill wastes and consumption of about half of mineral resources excavated from nature, construction industry has been pressed to improve its sustainability.... Read More about Reducing waste to landfill: A need for cultural change in the UK construction industry.

Managing reverse exchanges in service supply chains (2016)
Journal Article
Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., Amorim, M., Bhattacharya, A., & Garza, J. (2016). Managing reverse exchanges in service supply chains. Supply Chain Management, 21(2), 157-165. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-12-2015-0467

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – This study aims to address the management of reverse flows in the context of service supply chains. The study builds on the characteristics of services production reported in literature to: identi... Read More about Managing reverse exchanges in service supply chains.

Not so 'innocent' after all?: Exploring corporate identity construction online (2016)
Journal Article
Schnurr, S., Wharton, S., Alansari, S., Angouri, J., Chimbwete, R., Chiriatti, T., …Reissner-Roubicek, S. (2016). Not so 'innocent' after all?: Exploring corporate identity construction online. Discourse and Communication, 10(3), 291-313. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750481315623902

While a lot of attention has been paid to online branding and the construction and communication of a company’s identity via its website, there is only very little research that looks at the processes involved in these activities from a discourse ana... Read More about Not so 'innocent' after all?: Exploring corporate identity construction online.

Made in India: An interview with Mr Vimal Mahendru, CEO, Indo-Asian Fusegear Ltd. (2016)
Journal Article
Prabhakar, G. P., & Saran, P. (2016). Made in India: An interview with Mr Vimal Mahendru, CEO, Indo-Asian Fusegear Ltd. Strategic Direction, 32(2), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1108/SD-09-2015-0137

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This br... Read More about Made in India: An interview with Mr Vimal Mahendru, CEO, Indo-Asian Fusegear Ltd..

Making great minds think alike: Emerging market multinational firms’ leadership effects on targets’ employee psychological safety after cross-border mergers and acquisitions (2016)
Journal Article
Rao-Nicholson, R., Khan, Z., & Stokes, P. (2016). Making great minds think alike: Emerging market multinational firms’ leadership effects on targets’ employee psychological safety after cross-border mergers and acquisitions. International Business Review, 25(1), 103-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2015.09.007

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd This paper examines the impact of leadership on targets’ employee psychological safety (EPS), characterized by employees’ expectation of job and remuneration stability, during the cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) by em... Read More about Making great minds think alike: Emerging market multinational firms’ leadership effects on targets’ employee psychological safety after cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

“Bagels and doughnuts … round food for every mood” food advertising discourses (2016)
Journal Article
Maddock, S., & Hill, B. (2016). “Bagels and doughnuts … round food for every mood” food advertising discourses. British Food Journal, 118(2), 327-342. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-04-2015-0136

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The relationship between food and mood has been discussed for many years. The purpose of this paper is to extend that debate by exploring how food advertising, a key source of consumer information... Read More about “Bagels and doughnuts … round food for every mood” food advertising discourses.

'Vinyl never say die': The re-incarnation, adoption and diffusion of retro-technologies (2016)
Journal Article
Sarpong, D., Dong, S., & Appiah, G. (2016). 'Vinyl never say die': The re-incarnation, adoption and diffusion of retro-technologies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 103, 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2015.10.012

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. New technologies continue to shape the way music is produced, distributed and consumed. The new turn to digital streaming services like iTunes, Spotify and Pandora, in particular, means that very recent music format technologies... Read More about 'Vinyl never say die': The re-incarnation, adoption and diffusion of retro-technologies.

From the Black Square to the Red Square: Rebel leadership constructed as process through a narrative on art (2016)
Journal Article
Edwards, G. (2017). From the Black Square to the Red Square: Rebel leadership constructed as process through a narrative on art. Leadership, 13(1), 100-119. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715015626242

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. The contribution this paper makes to leadership studies is to advance leadership theory towards a process based perspective based on an appreciation of art. The article does this by using a narrative on art in Russia. Th... Read More about From the Black Square to the Red Square: Rebel leadership constructed as process through a narrative on art.

Role of experience and luck in management success: An interview with R.V. Kanoria, Managing Director of Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd. (2016)
Journal Article
Prabhakar, G. P., & Saran, P. (2016). Role of experience and luck in management success: An interview with R.V. Kanoria, Managing Director of Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd. Strategic Direction, 32(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1108/SD-07-2015-0104

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This br... Read More about Role of experience and luck in management success: An interview with R.V. Kanoria, Managing Director of Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Ltd..

Evaluation criteria for construction waste management tools: Towards a holistic BIM framework (2016)
Journal Article
Ajayi, S. O., Akinade, O., Oyedele, L., Munir, K., Bilal, M., Owolabi, H. A., …Bello, S. A. (2016). Evaluation criteria for construction waste management tools: Towards a holistic BIM framework. International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development, 7(1), 3-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/2093761X.2016.1152203

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This study identifies evaluation criteria with the goal of appraising the performance of existing construction waste management tools and employing the results in the development of a ho... Read More about Evaluation criteria for construction waste management tools: Towards a holistic BIM framework.

How do we educate future innovation managers? Insights on innovation education in MBA syllabi (2016)
Journal Article
Kars-Unluoglu, S. (2016). How do we educate future innovation managers? Insights on innovation education in MBA syllabi. Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice, 18(1), 74-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/14479338.2016.1187077

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Innovation education is regarded as a critical area in most business schools. This growing importance is partly a strategic response to managing in a knowledge-driven competitive environ... Read More about How do we educate future innovation managers? Insights on innovation education in MBA syllabi.

The impact of foresight on entrepreneurship: The Wales 2010 case study (2016)
Journal Article
Rhisiart, M., & Jones-Evans, D. (2016). The impact of foresight on entrepreneurship: The Wales 2010 case study. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 102, 112-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2015.03.010

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. This paper addresses the link between foresight and entrepreneurship over the long term. As such, it addresses two distinct gaps in foresight knowledge and literature namely the link between foresight and entrepreneurship; and lo... Read More about The impact of foresight on entrepreneurship: The Wales 2010 case study.

Climate change, the Great Barrier Reef and the response of Australians (2016)
Journal Article
Pert, P., Goldberg, J., Marshall, N., Birtles, A., Case, P., Bohensky, E., …Visperas, B. (2016). Climate change, the Great Barrier Reef and the response of Australians. Palgrave Communications, 2, 15046. https://doi.org/10.1057/palcomms.2015.46

© 2016, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. All rights reserved. Inspiration, aspirations, attitudes, and perception of threats play a pivotal role in the way that individuals associate themselves with natural environments. These sentiments affect how people con... Read More about Climate change, the Great Barrier Reef and the response of Australians.

Storytelling in organisations: supporting or subverting corporate strategy? (2016)
Journal Article
Spear, S., & Roper, S. (2016). Storytelling in organisations: supporting or subverting corporate strategy?. Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 21(4), 516-532. https://doi.org/10.1108/CCIJ-02-2016-0020

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: Storytelling is claimed to be an effective way of communicating corporate strategy within organisations. However, previous studies have tended to focus holistically on storytelling in organisations... Read More about Storytelling in organisations: supporting or subverting corporate strategy?.

A family business perspective on emergence and potential of mass retail industry in India (2016)
Journal Article
Prabhakar, G. P., & Saran, P. (2016). A family business perspective on emergence and potential of mass retail industry in India. Strategic Direction, 32(4), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1108/SD-10-2015-0152

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach: This brie... Read More about A family business perspective on emergence and potential of mass retail industry in India.

A multiple case study analysis of Six Sigma practices in Indian manufacturing companies (2016)
Journal Article
Antony, J., Gijo, E. V., Kumar, V., & Ghadge, A. (2016). A multiple case study analysis of Six Sigma practices in Indian manufacturing companies. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 33(8), 1138-1149. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-10-2014-0157

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the fundamental barriers/challenges, benefits, commonly used tools and techniques, organisational infrastructure and impact on organisational performance in... Read More about A multiple case study analysis of Six Sigma practices in Indian manufacturing companies.

Knowledge Acquisition in Information System Development: A Case Study of System Developers in an International Bank (2016)
Journal Article
White, G. R., Parry, G. C., & Puckering, A. (2016). Knowledge Acquisition in Information System Development: A Case Study of System Developers in an International Bank. Strategic Change, 25(1), 81-95. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2048

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. System developers quickly acquire knowledge of the benefits and limitations of system development approaches and this knowledge enables them to adopt or adapt methodologies according to the scope and scale of projects... Read More about Knowledge Acquisition in Information System Development: A Case Study of System Developers in an International Bank.

Public sector supply chain management: A Triple Helix approach to aligning innovative environmental initiatives (2016)
Journal Article
Razak, A. A., Rowling, M., White, G., & Mason-Jones, R. (2016). Public sector supply chain management: A Triple Helix approach to aligning innovative environmental initiatives. Foresight and STI Governance, 10(1), 43-52. https://doi.org/10.17323/1995-459x.2016.1.43.52

© 2015 National Research University Higher School of Economics. This paper argues that in order to deliver greater levels of sustainable performance, environmental strategy should be addressed at the supply chain level and not just at the level of th... Read More about Public sector supply chain management: A Triple Helix approach to aligning innovative environmental initiatives.