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Digital servitization and modularity: Responding to requirements in use (2021)
Book Chapter
Hughes, E., Parry, G., & Davies, P. (2021). Digital servitization and modularity: Responding to requirements in use. In M. Kohtamäki, T. Baines, R. Rabetino, A. Z. Bigdeli, C. Kowalkowski, R. Oliva, & V. Parida (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Servitization (457-469). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75771-7_29

When moving towards digitally enabled advanced services firms are faced with the challenge of servicing heterogeneous customer requirements that emerge during product use. Whereas offers may have been designed with fixed functionality and a focus on... Read More about Digital servitization and modularity: Responding to requirements in use.

Co-creation of value: A customer-integration approach (2019)
Book Chapter
Hughes, T., & Brooks, I. (2019). Co-creation of value: A customer-integration approach. In B. Nguyen, T. Melewar, & J. Hemsley-Brown (Eds.), Strategic Brand Management in Higher Education. Routledge

The increasing influence of market competition on higher education has been criticized for a focus on short term gains rather than scholarly development. An alternative view of the market that may be more appropriate is provided by Service-Dominant l... Read More about Co-creation of value: A customer-integration approach.

Le relazioni di lavoro (2018)
Book Chapter
Gasparri, S., & Dorigatti, L. (2018). Le relazioni di lavoro. In R. Semenza (Ed.), Il mondo del lavoro. Le prospettive della sociologia. UTET

Book chapter

Responsible education in a complex context of sustainable development: Co-creating a pedagogic framework for participatory reflection and action (2017)
Book Chapter
Cicmil, S., Ecclestone, R., & Collins, K. (2018). Responsible education in a complex context of sustainable development: Co-creating a pedagogic framework for participatory reflection and action. In P. M. Flynn, T. K. Tan, & M. Gudić (Eds.), Redefining Success: Integrating Sustainability into Management Education. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

The central premise of this chapter is to offer a conceptual framework for making sense of the sustainability agenda in an educational environment from multiple perspectives. The focus is on the complex interface between the global ecological crisis... Read More about Responsible education in a complex context of sustainable development: Co-creating a pedagogic framework for participatory reflection and action.

The "constitutionalisation" of French environmental law under the 2004 Environmental Charter (2017)
Book Chapter
Dadomo, C. (2017). The "constitutionalisation" of French environmental law under the 2004 Environmental Charter. In E. Daly, L. Kotze, J. May, & C. Soyapi (Eds.), New Frontiers in Environmental Constitutionalism (146-159). UNEP

Promised by President Chirac during the 2002 campaign for the Presidential elections, the Environmental Charter has become the third branch of the French 1958 Constitution. It has been incorporated alongside the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man... Read More about The "constitutionalisation" of French environmental law under the 2004 Environmental Charter.

Financial crisis and digital currencies (2017)
Book Chapter
Chambers-Jones, C. (2017). Financial crisis and digital currencies. In N. Ryder, U. Turksen, & J. Tucker (Eds.), The Financial Crisis and White Collar Crime - Legislative and Policy Responses. London: Routledge

Digital currencies are mainly known for their part in illegal activities such as money laundering or terrorist financing. However, the purpose of this chapter is to explore whether digital currencies could have a potential benefit for countries who a... Read More about Financial crisis and digital currencies.

Influences of immigrants from emerging economies and developing countries on immigrant entrepreneurship in Sweden (2017)
Book Chapter
Evansluong, Q. (2017). Influences of immigrants from emerging economies and developing countries on immigrant entrepreneurship in Sweden. In M. Ramirez-Pasillas, E. Brundin, & M. Markowska (Eds.), Contextualizing Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies and Developing Countries (316-328). Edward Elgar

Recently, immigrant entrepreneurship has earned more attention in countries which are not popular destinations for migration such as Norway, Denmark and Sweden. This chapter presents a literature review on influences of immigrants from emerging econo... Read More about Influences of immigrants from emerging economies and developing countries on immigrant entrepreneurship in Sweden.

Conversations in search of audiences: Prospects and challenges of marketing UK’s postgraduate higher education using social media (2016)
Book Chapter
Mitra, A., & Qi, B. (2016). Conversations in search of audiences: Prospects and challenges of marketing UK’s postgraduate higher education using social media. In A. C. Simintiras, S. Al-Sharhan, N. P. Rana, E. L. Slade, M. Clement, M. Janssen, …Y. K. Dwivedi (Eds.), Social Media: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Proceedings of the 15th IFIP WG 6.11 Conference on e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society. Taylor and Francis

It is no surprise that there are serious disparities between the rhetoric of education and the realities of education. Marketing of university curricula is a challenge that is increasingly becoming a difficult proposition as advances in social media... Read More about Conversations in search of audiences: Prospects and challenges of marketing UK’s postgraduate higher education using social media.

Social costs and the psychology of neoclassical economists (2016)
Book Chapter
Berger, S. (2016). Social costs and the psychology of neoclassical economists. In T. Heinrich, H. Schwardt, & C. Gräbner (Eds.), Policy Implications of Recent Advances in Evolutionary and Institutional Economics. London/New York: Routledge

Essays in honor of Wolfram Elsner

Winning a living wage: The legacy of living wage campaigns (2015)
Book Chapter
Lopes, A., & Hall, T. (2015). Winning a living wage: The legacy of living wage campaigns. In H. Lewis, K. Skivankrova, L. Waite, & G. Craig (Eds.), Vulnerability, Exploitation and Migrants: Insecure Work in a Globalised Economy. Palgrave Macmillan

Living wage campaigns, led by community organisations and trade unions, aim to raise wages and working conditions of some of the most vulnerable workers. Are they ultimately successful in doing this? Drawing on the first major impact study of UK livi... Read More about Winning a living wage: The legacy of living wage campaigns.

Team tech-entrepreneur: Cross-disciplinary education for high growth tech start-ups (2015)
Book Chapter
Jarvis, C., & Burnett, J. (2015). Team tech-entrepreneur: Cross-disciplinary education for high growth tech start-ups. In D. Remenyi (Ed.), The Innovation & Entrepreneurship Teaching Excellence Awards 2015: An Anthology of Case Histories (45-58). Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing International Ltd

A cultural case study for social marketing (2015)
Book Chapter
Spotswood, F. (2015). A cultural case study for social marketing. In R. Gordon, & J. French (Eds.), Strategic Social Marketing. SAGE

The starting point for this study was that obesity in the UK, as elsewhere in the West, is socio-economically patterned. This is thought to be due to the low rates of physical activity within lower socio-economic groups and the social-patterning of o... Read More about A cultural case study for social marketing.

Sustainable development versus green economy: The way forward? (2015)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J., & Alam, S. (2015). Sustainable development versus green economy: The way forward?. In S. Alam, S. Atapattu, C. González, & J. Razzaque (Eds.), International Environmental Law and the Global South (609-624). New York: Cambridge University Press

Knowledge management in China’s organisations (2014)
Book Chapter
Mitra, A., & Ruan, X. (2014). Knowledge management in China’s organisations. In A. Örtenblad (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Knowledge Management: Adaptation and Context (294-317). Edward Elgar

The impact of withdrawing a structured initiative aimed at engaging departments in sustainable activities, at a UK university (2014)
Book Chapter
Lampkin, S. R. (2014). The impact of withdrawing a structured initiative aimed at engaging departments in sustainable activities, at a UK university. In W. Leal Filho, L. Brandli, O. Kuznetsova, & A. Paço (Eds.), Integrative Approaches to Sustainable Development at University Level: Making the Links (321-330). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10690-8_22

This paper investigates the impact on departmental engagement in sustainable activities following the withdrawal of a structured campus-wide initiative at a UK university, 20 months after it had been introduced. The research questions included: What... Read More about The impact of withdrawing a structured initiative aimed at engaging departments in sustainable activities, at a UK university.

Mark my words: Discursive central banking in crisis (2014)
Book Chapter
Gabor, D., & Jessop, B. (2014). Mark my words: Discursive central banking in crisis. In C. Scherrer, B. Jessop, & B. Young (Eds.), Financial cultures and crisis dynamics (294-315). UK: Routledge