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UK release practices for official microdata (2009)
Journal Article
Ritchie, F. (2009). UK release practices for official microdata. Statistical Journal of the IAOS, 26(3-4), 103-111. https://doi.org/10.3233/SJI-2009-0706

This paper describes the principles and practices by which microdata collected by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is made available to researchers. Access to detailed confidential microdata, often from official sources, is acknowledged to be... Read More about UK release practices for official microdata.

'No matter what I did I would still end up in the same position': Age as a factor defining older women's experience of labour market participation (2009)
Journal Article
Moore, S. (2009). 'No matter what I did I would still end up in the same position': Age as a factor defining older women's experience of labour market participation. Work, Employment and Society, 23(4), 655-671. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017009344871

This article explores age as a factor defining the labour market experience of older women. Drawing upon work histories it argues that discrimination on the grounds of age is bound up with gender, race and class. Older women described how all three c... Read More about 'No matter what I did I would still end up in the same position': Age as a factor defining older women's experience of labour market participation.

A good night out: Alcohol-related behaviours in young adults (2009)
Journal Article
Ritchie, C., Ritchie, F., & Ward, R. (2009). A good night out: Alcohol-related behaviours in young adults. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 1(2), 169-193. https://doi.org/10.1108/17554210910962549

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate drinking patterns; attitudes towards alcohol consumption and alcohol-related behaviours amongst differing groups of young adults. A further aim is to investigate whether the drinking behaviours of... Read More about A good night out: Alcohol-related behaviours in young adults.

Sustainable procurement: Emerging issues (2009)
Journal Article
Walker, H., & Phillips, W. (2009). Sustainable procurement: Emerging issues. International Journal of Procurement Management, 2(1), 41-61. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPM.2009.021729

Sustainable procurement is the pursuit of sustainable development objectives (WCED, 1987) through the purchasing and supply process, and involves balancing environmental, social and economic objectives. It is rising on the policy agenda for many coun... Read More about Sustainable procurement: Emerging issues.

A smart move (2009)
Journal Article
Sargeant, A. (2009). A smart move

The relevance of outsourcing and leagile strategies in performance optimization of an integrated process planning and scheduling model (2009)
Journal Article
Chan, F. T., Kumar, V., & Tiwari, M. K. (2009). The relevance of outsourcing and leagile strategies in performance optimization of an integrated process planning and scheduling model. International Journal of Production Research, 47(1), 119-142. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207540600818195

Over the past few years growing global competition has forced the manufacturing industries to upgrade their old production strategies with the modern day approaches. As a result, recent interest has been developed towards finding an appropriate polic... Read More about The relevance of outsourcing and leagile strategies in performance optimization of an integrated process planning and scheduling model.