All Outputs (164)

Riding the wave: Leadership learning and innovation outcomes (2017)
Book Chapter

This book chapter is a case study of the Leadership for Improving Frontline Talent leadership development programme, its learning approach and impact on innovation outcomes.

Cloud resource adaptation: A resource based perspective on value creation for corporate growth (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. Instantaneous access to firms' resources, any-time, any-where dominates contemporary discourse on business systems transformations. The advent of utility computing through cloud based resource development has therefore altered bo... Read More about Cloud resource adaptation: A resource based perspective on value creation for corporate growth.

Editorial: Beyond behaviour change (2017)
Journal Article

Editorial to the special Social Business issue.

A comparative study of appropriateness and mechanisms of hard and soft technologies transfer (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. Technology transfer continues to play a significant role in fostering economic growth, enterprise and human capability development in many emerging and developing economies. In this paper, we examine the appropriateness and mecha... Read More about A comparative study of appropriateness and mechanisms of hard and soft technologies transfer.

Creating change through feminist solidarities: Critical actors building critical mass (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Europe has an increasingly ageing workforce and will experience an on-going reduction in its working age population (ILO, 2016). In parallel, we are witnessing a shortage of skills in some economically critical industries, especially engineering, whi... Read More about Creating change through feminist solidarities: Critical actors building critical mass.

Developing national entrepreneurship education strategies for human capital development and youth employability: prospects and challenges (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In-between-ness: Filming Wanders and negotiating spaces in a ‘green’ city (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Abstract of an empirical study of 3 urban walks in Bristol. Our investigation uses participant films to document their conversations"on the move"

Gender equality and political change in Northern Ireland (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Most examples of political change in recent times have had negative connotations for equality. By comparison equality has been at the centre of positive political change in Northern Ireland (NI). Stemming from the Belfast Agreement in 1998, non-dis... Read More about Gender equality and political change in Northern Ireland.

The role of the state in feminisation and quality of employment: A comparison of teaching profession in the UK & Pakistan (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Teaching is considered one of the ‘female’ occupations in most countries around the world (Anker, 1998; Gaskell & Mullen, 2006). Feminization does pave the way to increase the presence of women in work but it does not imply women’s access to power i... Read More about The role of the state in feminisation and quality of employment: A comparison of teaching profession in the UK & Pakistan.

Feminist democracy in a Brexit environment - a political dynamic more than hegemony When you do things together with others, you hold that inside you - a glimpse of the world you are trying to create (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The co-authors of this paper have come together as feminist activists who are also researchers. Between us we represent several organisations with a mission to promote and defend women’s equality, working with local, regional and national and interna... Read More about Feminist democracy in a Brexit environment - a political dynamic more than hegemony When you do things together with others, you hold that inside you - a glimpse of the world you are trying to create.

Responsible forms of project management education: Theoretical plurality and reflective pedagogies (2017)
Journal Article

The paper aims to revive an interest in the notion of responsible project management education (RPME) in the context of related contemporary debates about the integration of reflexivity, ethics and sustainability in the business schools’ curricula; t... Read More about Responsible forms of project management education: Theoretical plurality and reflective pedagogies.

Will the Head of Engineering please stand Up? The under-representation of women in engineering (2017)
Book Chapter

This chapter examines a highly gender segregated area of employment for women – engineering – a profession where this segregation begins at school, continues through to the workplace and is underpinned by gender stereotypical views of what constitute... Read More about Will the Head of Engineering please stand Up? The under-representation of women in engineering.

Entrepreneurship education knowledge transfer in a conflict Sub-Saharan African context (2017)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how entrepreneurship education (EE) interacts with knowledge transfer and entrepreneurial behaviour in a conflict Sub-Saharan African context. Design/methodology/approach: In-depth telephone interviews... Read More about Entrepreneurship education knowledge transfer in a conflict Sub-Saharan African context.

BIM-based software for construction waste analytics using artificial intelligence hybrid models (2017)
Thesis

The Construction industry generates about 30% of the total waste in the UK. Current high landfill cost and severe environmental impact of waste reveals the need to reduce waste generated from construction activities. Although literature reveals that... Read More about BIM-based software for construction waste analytics using artificial intelligence hybrid models.

Managing Innovation and Operations in the 21st Century (2017)
Book

The globalized and current competitive business environment of the twenty-first century has brought ever more hallenging pressures to the operations of organizations. In this century, operations are not only expected to contribute to the profitabilit... Read More about Managing Innovation and Operations in the 21st Century.

Backshoring: Towards international business and economic geography research agenda (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 by Emerald Publishing Limited. Backshoring keeps gaining popularity with consultancies, politicians and businesses alike, yet academic research lags behind this seemingly increasing practice. Through a narrative, critical overview of literatur... Read More about Backshoring: Towards international business and economic geography research agenda.

The voice of introversion at work: Experiences, misconceptions, and implications for practice (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper is a qualitative exploration of the lived experiences of introversion in management and working spaces. We critically interrogate the representation of introversion in management literature, in particular its juxtaposition to extraversion... Read More about The voice of introversion at work: Experiences, misconceptions, and implications for practice.

The Chinese bittersweet cake in Orbea’s internationalization (2017)
Book Chapter

Book chapter. Available through: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-58883-4_8

Studying work in theory and practice: Insights for a globalising academia from the IR trajectory in Italy (2017)
Journal Article

This article investigates the relevance of context to the study of industrial relations by analysing the trajectory of an under-researched case outside the Anglo-Saxon hotspots, Italy. Three phases are put under the spotlight revealing a trajectory a... Read More about Studying work in theory and practice: Insights for a globalising academia from the IR trajectory in Italy.

QPQ: A simulation game for operations management students (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Interactive learning where students play an active role is seen as key to gaining and retaining knowledge, differently to traditional lecture-based teaching where they are just passive recipients of knowledge. This study presents the QPQ Simulation G... Read More about QPQ: A simulation game for operations management students.