All Outputs (164)

Going it alone won’t work! The relational imperative for social innovation in social enterprises (2017)
Journal Article

Shifts in the philosophy of the “state” and a growing emphasis on the “Big Society” have placed an increasing onus on a newly emerging organizational form, social enterprises, to deliver innovative solutions to ease societal issues. However, the ques... Read More about Going it alone won’t work! The relational imperative for social innovation in social enterprises.

Family matters: family social capital in immigrants’ entrepreneurial opportunity creation processes (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper conducts an inductive case study to develop theory on the role of family in the host and home country in the process of immigrant entrepreneurs’ creation of entrepreneurial opportunities. We employ the perspectives of the opportunity creat... Read More about Family matters: family social capital in immigrants’ entrepreneurial opportunity creation processes.

Servitization of manufacturing: Exploring financial performance (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

(1) Research question
This research aims at investigating the impact of servitization on firm financial performance of listed manufacturing companies.
(2) Theoretical background
Most of the existing research on industrial services and servitizatio... Read More about Servitization of manufacturing: Exploring financial performance.

Disentangling the place of MNEs through international social capital: The role of communities of practice and clustering (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Disentangling the Place of MNEs through International Social Capital: the role of communities of practice and clustering

The effect of supply chain management practices on supply chain and manufacturing firms' performance (2017)
Journal Article

© Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to theorise and develop seven dimensions (strategic supplier partnership, level of information sharing, quality of information sharing, customer service management, internal lean pr... Read More about The effect of supply chain management practices on supply chain and manufacturing firms' performance.

University-industry relationships in developing countries: Opportunities and challenges in Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia and India (2017)
Journal Article

This article is aimed at investigating the various opportunities as well as the challenges faced by National Systems of Higher Education in aligning themselves with the requirement of National and Regional Innovation Systems in developing countries.... Read More about University-industry relationships in developing countries: Opportunities and challenges in Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia and India.

Causal recipes for product innovation: Quality management practices as ingredients (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This study uses complexity theory to explore the apparent tension between quality management practices and product innovation. A survey of 112 manufacturing firms was conducted and the resulting data were analyzed using fuzzy set qualitative comparat... Read More about Causal recipes for product innovation: Quality management practices as ingredients.

Geographical clustering in Mondragon: The power of history that inspires future (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Geographical clustering in Mondragon: the power of history that inspires future.

Religious heterogeneity of food consumers: The impact of global markets upon methods of production (2017)
Journal Article

The production and distribution of food is a topic of perennial interest. Specific concern arises over the provision of foods that have been prepared in accordance with religious requirements because they place additional demands and constraints upon... Read More about Religious heterogeneity of food consumers: The impact of global markets upon methods of production.

Servitization and firm performance (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper explores the implementation of servitization from the viewpoint of servitized firms in the Spanish pharmaceutical industry. A quantitative research strategy was used to investigate the: (1) servitization motives (quest for profitability, c... Read More about Servitization and firm performance.

Click and Collect (C&C): : measuring the effects of an online multi-channel sales strategy (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Click and collect (C&C) has become a staple of a successful multi-channel retail strategy in recent years. Consequently, this paper aims to explore and assess the impacts of C&C within a large chain store retailer. We compare how firms have had to ad... Read More about Click and Collect (C&C): : measuring the effects of an online multi-channel sales strategy.

Tackling youth unemployment through entrepreneurship education (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Energy security and responses to climate change in Nigeria (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This study examined energy security and the impact of climate change in Nigeria including the diverse policy and institutional strategies so far adopted by Nigerian government to mitigate its impact on the populace and environs. Using a content-drive... Read More about Energy security and responses to climate change in Nigeria.

A review of action plans developed by public authorities in relation to their statutory equality and good relations duties (2017)
Report

This review, commissioned by the Equality Commission for NI (Commission), examines the development of Equality Action Plans (EAPs) by public authorities in Northern Ireland. The statutory equality and good relations duties set out in s.75 of the Nort... Read More about A review of action plans developed by public authorities in relation to their statutory equality and good relations duties.

Sustainable entrepreneurship undergraduate education: A community of practice perspective (2017)
Book Chapter

This chapter explores how an undergraduate elective course employs a community of practice to change students’ perceptions on sustainable entrepreneurship. For this purpose, we conducted a case study of an undergraduate elective course in a Swedish B... Read More about Sustainable entrepreneurship undergraduate education: A community of practice perspective.

Transnationalization through country-of-origin clusters: Drivers and challenges in China (2017)
Thesis

The objective of this research is to analyse the role that country-of-origin (COO) clusters have on the transnationalization of firms.

We adopt the view of the COO cluster as location mode in distant markets like China. To this end, the empirical... Read More about Transnationalization through country-of-origin clusters: Drivers and challenges in China.

Building connections: Golden key local evaluation phase 2 report (2017)
Report

This report summarises findings from Phase 2 of the UWE Local Evaluation of Golden Key (GK) in Bristol (March 2016 to Feb 2017). GK is one of 12 Big Lottery funded Fulfilling Lives partnerships across the UK, where local organisations are working to... Read More about Building connections: Golden key local evaluation phase 2 report.

Why the theory of MNE is in need of co-location: A literature review for further inquiry (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Why the theory of MNE is in need of co-location: a literature review for further inquiry

Impression Management Activity in Vision, Mission, and Values Statements: A Comparison of Commercial and Charitable Organizations (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Abstract: This article investigates the extent to which vision, mission, and values (VM&V) statements play a role in corporate identity management by commercial and charitable organizations. Impressi... Read More about Impression Management Activity in Vision, Mission, and Values Statements: A Comparison of Commercial and Charitable Organizations.

Changing littering practices at Glastonbury Festival (2017)
Journal Article

Abstract

Findings:
This conceptual paper introduces practice theory as a potential alternative to the traditional ways that littering is conceptualised and tackled, and considers the strengths and pitfalls of the theoretical approach for the expe... Read More about Changing littering practices at Glastonbury Festival.