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

Putting leadership in its place: Introduction to the special issue (2022)
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This special issue emerges from a call for papers issued following the 18th International Studying Leadership Conference, hosted at the University of the West of England in December 2019, which addressed the theme of ‘Putting leadership in its place’... Read More about Putting leadership in its place: Introduction to the special issue.

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)
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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Multiple life-cycle products: A review of antecedents, outcomes, challenges, and benefits in a circular economy (2021)
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The importance of design and its contribution to society is heavily emphasised in the literature. Multiple life-cycle products are based on the ideology value retention of components, products, and materials after its use phase, and utilised for the... Read More about Multiple life-cycle products: A review of antecedents, outcomes, challenges, and benefits in a circular economy.

Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Sustainable Food Supply Chains (2021)
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Recently, it has become an important issue to ensure sustainability, especially in food supply chains, against the rapidly growing population, increasing demand, and sudden disruptions caused by uncertain times such as that caused by COVID-19. Since... Read More about Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Sustainable Food Supply Chains.

Adopting industry 4.0 by leveraging organisational factors (2021)
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The manufacturing sector needs to focus on social, environmental and technological factors to integrate Industry 4.0 in production planning, logistics and supply chains. Technical Education Institutes (TEIs) can play a key role in achieving this ambi... Read More about Adopting industry 4.0 by leveraging organisational factors.

Monologue and organization studies (2021)
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In this essay, we propose that recent work in management and organization studies is typically inclined to understand organization and organizing as dialogic in form. Dialogicity is characterized by dynamic interlocution on the part of active human s... Read More about Monologue and organization studies.

Impact of different conflict levels on culturally diversified Japanese organisations’ performance under a collaborative conflict management style (2021)
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With the increasing globalization, cultural diversity management has emerged as an important issue and it is regarded as a process that helps to maintain a positive workplace environment where the similarities and differences of individuals from diff... Read More about Impact of different conflict levels on culturally diversified Japanese organisations’ performance under a collaborative conflict management style.

A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about management theory (2021)
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Sitting down to read a management theory textbook can be an uninspiring activity. They cover issues relevant to anybody who interacts with organisations (virtually everybody!). But the lengthy coverage of theories after theories makes the topic seem... Read More about A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about management theory.