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Creating a sustainable future: Solutions for the construction waste in the Greater Cairo (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Omar, H., & Dulaimi, M. (2014). Creating a sustainable future: Solutions for the construction waste in the Greater Cairo. In Smart, sustainable and healthy cities : the first international conference of the CIB Middle East and North Africa Research Network (CIB-MENA), 2014 (281-305)

The purpose of this paper is to explore the causes, sources of the massive quantum of construction waste generated in the densest habitation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) which is the Greater Cairo (GC). The case study approach that the... Read More about Creating a sustainable future: Solutions for the construction waste in the Greater Cairo.

Boundary work in theory and practice: Past, present and future (2014)
Thesis
Booth, C. Boundary work in theory and practice: Past, present and future. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/806587

This thesis involves the submission of published academic work with a critical commentary, in accordance with the regulations of the University of the West of England on Supervised DPhil degrees. Nine papers are submitted, published from 1998 to 2013... Read More about Boundary work in theory and practice: Past, present and future.

The role of relationships in building capabilities for social innovation: The case of social enterprises (2014)
Thesis
Lee, H. The role of relationships in building capabilities for social innovation: The case of social enterprises. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/806756

Increasing societal problems in social welfare, governmental and state systems, and recent cuts in public spending, have raised interest in the role of social innovation as a means of providing potential solutions. Social innovation is defined as the... Read More about The role of relationships in building capabilities for social innovation: The case of social enterprises.

Overcoming barriers: Qualitative interviews with German elites (2014)
Journal Article
Drew, H. (2014). Overcoming barriers: Qualitative interviews with German elites. Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 12(2), 77-86

Despite the fact that qualitative interviews are reputed to be an effective method of obtaining data from organizational elites, studies are concurrent on a number of obstacles which surround the interviewing of senior management. Problem areas flagg... Read More about Overcoming barriers: Qualitative interviews with German elites.

Road wars? The role of language in perceptions of bikes and cars sharing the road: Possible implications for social marketing interventions (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Tapp, A., Rundle-Thiele, S., Anibaldi, R., Warren, S., & Beardmore, A. (2014, December). Road wars? The role of language in perceptions of bikes and cars sharing the road: Possible implications for social marketing interventions. Paper presented at Australian Association of Social Marketing Conference (ANZMAC), Brisbane, Australia

In ‘(re)emerging cycling regions’ such as Australia and the United Kingdom, cycling has experienced increased interest as a viable form of everyday transport as an alternative to cars and public transport, as well as growing popularity as leisure or... Read More about Road wars? The role of language in perceptions of bikes and cars sharing the road: Possible implications for social marketing interventions.

Institutional logics and interorganizational learning in technological arenas: Evidence from standard-setting organizations in the mobile handset industry (2014)
Journal Article
Vasudeva, G., Alexander, E. A., & Jones, S. L. (2015). Institutional logics and interorganizational learning in technological arenas: Evidence from standard-setting organizations in the mobile handset industry. Organization Science, 26(3), 830-846. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2014.0940

© 2015, INFORMS. Conceptualizing standard-setting organizations (SSOs) as technological arenas within which firms from different countries interact and learn, we offer insights into the interplay between firms' institutional logics and their interorg... Read More about Institutional logics and interorganizational learning in technological arenas: Evidence from standard-setting organizations in the mobile handset industry.

An integrated framework for innovation management in cyber security and privacy (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Kapletia, D., Felici, M., & Wainwright, N. (2014). An integrated framework for innovation management in cyber security and privacy. In M. Felici, & F. Cleary (Eds.), Cyber Security and Privacy. , (135-147). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12574-9_12

This paper is concerned with increasing the impact of publicly funded research and development (R&D) in cyber security and privacy. In the context of a high level of threat, there is a pressing need for firms and institutions to implement innovative... Read More about An integrated framework for innovation management in cyber security and privacy.

A longitudinal study of entrepreneurial activities in the UK higher education sector (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Jones-Evans, D., Zhang, Q., Mackenzie, N., & Huggins, R. (2014, November). A longitudinal study of entrepreneurial activities in the UK higher education sector. Paper presented at ISBE 2014 - The Future of Enterprise: The Innovation Revolution, Manchester, UK

Whilst the roles of institutional and locational characteristics of a university in determining its entrepreneurial performance level has been examined in prior research studies, they are not fully acknowledged in current UK policies facilitating lin... Read More about A longitudinal study of entrepreneurial activities in the UK higher education sector.

Access to finance for SMEs at a regional level: The case for a development bank for Wales? (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Jones-Evans, D. (2014, November). Access to finance for SMEs at a regional level: The case for a development bank for Wales?. Paper presented at ISBE 2014 - The Future of Enterprise: The Innovation Revolution, Manchester, UK

In 2013, the Welsh Government announced an independent review into access to finance in Wales. Its aim was to examine how effectively SMEs in Wales are served by existing sources of funding, identify areas of particular challenge and provide recommen... Read More about Access to finance for SMEs at a regional level: The case for a development bank for Wales?.

Attention, cooperation, purpose: An approach to working in groups using insights from Wilfred Bion (2014)
Book
French, R., & Simpson, P. (2014). Attention, cooperation, purpose: An approach to working in groups using insights from Wilfred Bion. UK: Karnac

This book describes an approach based on attention that can help individuals and groups to cooperate more effectively. It presents the first book-length reassessment of Wilfred Bion’s ideas on groups. Every group has a purpose or purposes - or, as Bi... Read More about Attention, cooperation, purpose: An approach to working in groups using insights from Wilfred Bion.

Special Issue-Applications of reference models for supply-chain integration (2014)
Journal Article
Chan, H. K., & Kumar, V. (2014). Special Issue-Applications of reference models for supply-chain integration. Production Planning and Control, 25(13-14), 1059-1064. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2013.808834

The Special Issue of Production Planning & Control, 2014 reflects the most recent advances on reference models in industrial and supply-chain applications. Liu and co-researchers study the impact of additive manufacturing (AM) in the aircraft spare p... Read More about Special Issue-Applications of reference models for supply-chain integration.

‘The smell of the place’: Managerialist culture in contemporary UK business schools (2014)
Journal Article
De Vita, G., & Case, P. (2016). ‘The smell of the place’: Managerialist culture in contemporary UK business schools. Culture and Organization, 22(4), 348-364. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2014.971122

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. By introducing an intentionally provocative critique of managerialist regimes which typify contemporary UK business school culture, we argue that current business school management practices generate a climate of mistrust a... Read More about ‘The smell of the place’: Managerialist culture in contemporary UK business schools.

From labour market institutions to an alternative model of labour markets (2014)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2017). From labour market institutions to an alternative model of labour markets. Forum for Social Economics, 46(1), 78-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2014.970567

© 2014 The Association for Social Economics. This post-disciplinary article goes beyond orthodox labour economics and combines insights from the ‘socio-economics of labour markets’ (SELM), and critical realism (CR), to develop a SELMCRperspective, wh... Read More about From labour market institutions to an alternative model of labour markets.

Use of recycled products in UK construction industry: An empirical investigation into critical impediments and strategies for improvement (2014)
Journal Article
Oyedele, L., Ajayi, S. O., & Kadiri, K. O. (2014). Use of recycled products in UK construction industry: An empirical investigation into critical impediments and strategies for improvement. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 93, 23-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.09.011

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Construction industry consumes about half of all material resources taken from nature, and generates a large portion of waste to landfill. A way of tackling negative environmental impacts impending from conti... Read More about Use of recycled products in UK construction industry: An empirical investigation into critical impediments and strategies for improvement.

Bhaskar and critical realism (2014)
Book Chapter
Fleetwood, S. (2014). Bhaskar and critical realism. In P. Adler, P. Du Gay, G. Morgan, & M. Reed (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Sociology, Social Theory and Organisation Studies: Contemporary Currents (182-219). Oxford: Oxford University Press

Liminality, space and the importance of ‘transitory dwelling places’ at work (2014)
Journal Article
Shortt, H. (2015). Liminality, space and the importance of ‘transitory dwelling places’ at work. Human Relations, 68(4), 633-658. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726714536938

© The Author(s) 2015. This article draws attention to the spaces in-between and employees’ lived experiences of liminal spaces at work. It illustrates how and why liminal spaces are used and made meaningful by workers, in contrast to the dominant spa... Read More about Liminality, space and the importance of ‘transitory dwelling places’ at work.

Co-creation: moving towards a framework for creating innovation in the Triple Helix (2014)
Journal Article
Hughes, T. (2014). Co-creation: moving towards a framework for creating innovation in the Triple Helix. Prometheus, 32(4), 337-350. https://doi.org/10.1080/08109028.2014.971613

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. The objective of the paper is to demonstrate how the theoretical ideas of service-dominant logic (S-D logic) can usefully be applied to innovation through collaboration among university, industry and government. The debate... Read More about Co-creation: moving towards a framework for creating innovation in the Triple Helix.