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DRM and modchips: Time for the Court of Justice to do the "right" thing (2014)
Journal Article
Gillen, M. C. (2014). DRM and modchips: Time for the Court of Justice to do the "right" thing. SCRIPTed: A Journal of Law, Technology and Society, 11(3), 229-244. https://doi.org/10.2966/scrip.110314.229

This paper looks at three key cases; UsedSoft (C-458/13), PC Box (C-355/12) and Grund (C-458/13), on the topic of the extent and nature of a copyright holders abilityto constrain future uses of their copyrighted works in the field of software and cri... Read More about DRM and modchips: Time for the Court of Justice to do the "right" thing.

Temporary employment, job satisfaction and subjective well-being (2014)
Journal Article
Dawson, C., Veliziotis, M., & Hopkins, B. (2017). Temporary employment, job satisfaction and subjective well-being. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 38(1), 69-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X14559781

© 2014, © The Author(s) 2014. This article is concerned with whether employees on temporary contracts in Britain report lower well-being than those on permanent contracts, and whether this relationship is mediated by differences in dimensions of job... Read More about Temporary employment, job satisfaction and subjective well-being.

Environmental law-making public opinion in Victorian Britain: The cross-currents of Bentham's and Coleridge's ideas (2014)
Journal Article
Pontin, B. (2014). Environmental law-making public opinion in Victorian Britain: The cross-currents of Bentham's and Coleridge's ideas. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 34(4), 759-790. https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqu015

It is increasingly clear that law and its enforcement in Victorian Britain were quite effective in tackling formative industrial problems concerning pollution and broader threats to nature. What is unclear is the political philosophy, if any, underly... Read More about Environmental law-making public opinion in Victorian Britain: The cross-currents of Bentham's and Coleridge's ideas.

Toward a View of Complementarity: Trust and Policy Influence Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Political Activity (2014)
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Liedong, T. A., Ghobadian, A., Rajwani, T., & O’Regan, N. (2015). Toward a View of Complementarity: Trust and Policy Influence Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Political Activity. Group and Organization Management, 40(3), 405-427. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601114560064

© The Author(s) 2014. The extant literature argues that nonmarket strategies can establish, sustain, or enhance a firm’s competitive advantage. Less clear is how and why effective nonmarket strategies influence a firm’s competitiveness. Moreover, the... Read More about Toward a View of Complementarity: Trust and Policy Influence Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Political Activity.

Corporate ownership and control in Victorian Britain (2014)
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Acheson, G. G., Campbell, G., Turner, J. D., & Vanteeva, N. (2015). Corporate ownership and control in Victorian Britain. Economic History Review, 68(3), 911-936. https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.12086

© Economic History Society 2014. Using ownership and control data for 890 firm-years, this article examines the concentration of capital and voting rights in British companies in the second half of the nineteenth century. We find that both capital an... Read More about Corporate ownership and control in Victorian Britain.

In-depth study of decoupling point as a reference model: An application for health service supply chain (2014)
Journal Article
Guven-Uslu, P., Chan, H. K., Ijaz, S., Bak, O., Whitlow, B., & Kumar, V. (2014). In-depth study of decoupling point as a reference model: An application for health service supply chain. Production Planning and Control, 25(13-14), 1107-1117. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2013.808841

© 2013 © 2013 Taylor & Francis. This paper reports the findings from a case study research about in-depth analysis of decoupling point as a reference model to address a particular management dilemma. Managers from a health service organisation cont... Read More about In-depth study of decoupling point as a reference model: An application for health service supply chain.

Integration of energy efficient technologies in UK supermarkets (2014)
Journal Article
Egbu, C. O., Ochieng, E. G., Jones, N., Price, A. D., Ruan, X., & Zuofa, T. (2014). Integration of energy efficient technologies in UK supermarkets. Energy Policy, 67, 388-393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.12.002

The purpose of this paper is twofold: to determine if the integration of energy efficient technologies in UK supermarkets can determine consumer behaviour, and to establish if such activities can help satisfying the environmental elements of the clie... Read More about Integration of energy efficient technologies in UK supermarkets.

Empirical evaluation of the uncanny valley hypothesis fails to confirm the predicted effect of motion (2014)
Journal Article
Piwek, L., McKay, L. S., & Pollick, F. E. (2014). Empirical evaluation of the uncanny valley hypothesis fails to confirm the predicted effect of motion. Cognition, 130(3), 271-277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2013.11.001

The uncanny valley hypothesis states that the acceptability of an artificial character will not increase linearly in relation to its likeness to human form. Instead, after an initial rise in acceptability there will be a pronounced decrease when the... Read More about Empirical evaluation of the uncanny valley hypothesis fails to confirm the predicted effect of motion.

A through-life costing methodology for use in product-service-systems (2014)
Journal Article
Settanni, E., Newnes, L. B., Thenent, N. E., Parry, G., & Goh, Y. M. (2014). A through-life costing methodology for use in product-service-systems. International Journal of Production Economics, 153, 161-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.02.016

Availability-based contracts which provide customers with the use of assets such as machines, ships, aircraft platforms or subsystems like engines and avionics are increasingly offered as an alternative to the purchase of an asset and separate suppor... Read More about A through-life costing methodology for use in product-service-systems.

Unpacking strategic foresight: A practice approach (2014)
Journal Article
Sarpong, D., & Maclean, M. (2014). Unpacking strategic foresight: A practice approach. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 30(1), 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scaman.2013.04.002

This paper unpacks strategic foresight by exploring the creative evaluation and reconfiguration of sources of potentialities into resources and productive outcomes. Placing emphasis on the everyday practices of organizational members' positioned lowe... Read More about Unpacking strategic foresight: A practice approach.

Integrated Water Resource Management, Public Participation and the 'Rainbow Nation' (2014)
Journal Article
Kleingeld, E. S., Razzaque, J., & Kleingeld, E. (2014). Integrated Water Resource Management, Public Participation and the 'Rainbow Nation'. African Journal of Legal Studies, 6(2-3), 213-247. https://doi.org/10.1163/17087384-12342026

© 2013 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. This article provides varied examples of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) and public participation interaction in South Africa. It critically examines the inadequate application of IW... Read More about Integrated Water Resource Management, Public Participation and the 'Rainbow Nation'.

Corporate responsibility in tackling environmental harm: Lost in the regulatory maze? (2014)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J. (2014). Corporate responsibility in tackling environmental harm: Lost in the regulatory maze?. Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law and Policy, 16(2), 197-231

Environmental harm and corporate responsibility are increasingly being linked. While a number of approaches and techniques such as market instruments and enforcement are explored in the environmental, criminal and human rights law at the internationa... Read More about Corporate responsibility in tackling environmental harm: Lost in the regulatory maze?.

Critical realism and systematic dialectics: A reply to Andrew Brown (2014)
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Fleetwood, S. (2014). Critical realism and systematic dialectics: A reply to Andrew Brown. Work, Employment and Society, 28(1), 124-138. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017013501955

In 'Approach with caution: critical realism in social research', Andrew Brown sets out a series of criticisms of critical realism from the perspective of systematic dialectics. This current article is one critical realist's reply to Brown. © The Auth... Read More about Critical realism and systematic dialectics: A reply to Andrew Brown.

Supplier replenishment policy using e-Kanban: A framework for successful implementation (2014)
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Mackerron, G., Kumar, M., Kumar, V., & Esain, A. (2014). Supplier replenishment policy using e-Kanban: A framework for successful implementation. Production Planning and Control, 25(2), 161-175. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2013.782950

This paper provides generic implementation guidelines for an electronic supplier Kanban in the form of an eight-step implementation Framework. This has been tested, proven and realised, providing a clear process to follow. The steps provide a clear p... Read More about Supplier replenishment policy using e-Kanban: A framework for successful implementation.

Negociación colectiva: Construyendo la solidaridad mediante la lucha contra las desigualdades y la discriminación (Collective bargaining: Building solidarity through the fight against inequalities and discrimination) (2014)
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Tailby, S., & Moore, S. (2014). Negociación colectiva: Construyendo la solidaridad mediante la lucha contra las desigualdades y la discriminación (Collective bargaining: Building solidarity through the fight against inequalities and discrimination). Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales, 32(2), 361-384. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CRLA.2014.v32.n2.46769

Equality bargaining in essence is turning the resource of collective bargaining to the objectives of equality and diversity in work and employment. This article traces the progress of equality bargaining, with a focus on the UK. It explores the decli... Read More about Negociación colectiva: Construyendo la solidaridad mediante la lucha contra las desigualdades y la discriminación (Collective bargaining: Building solidarity through the fight against inequalities and discrimination).

Copyright and creation: Repositioning the argument (2014)
Journal Article
Parry, G., Bustinza, O. F., & Vendrell-Herrero, F. (2014). Copyright and creation: Repositioning the argument. Strategic Direction, 30(3), 32-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/SD-11-2013-0092

Purpose: This paper highlights the challenges and key arguments for digital copyright protection legislation for creative industries. Design/methodology/approach: This briefing is prepared by independent academics who place the arguments in context b... Read More about Copyright and creation: Repositioning the argument.

Using Data in Decision-Making: Analysis from the Music Industry (2014)
Journal Article
Bustinza, O. F., Parry, G., Vendrell-Herrero, F., & Bustinza, O. (2014). Using Data in Decision-Making: Analysis from the Music Industry. Strategic Change, 23(3-4), 265-277. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1975

Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Internet use provides an increasing amount of data that has potential value for managers and policy makers but, without a precise understanding of the meaning of data, erroneous conclusions may be drawn which... Read More about Using Data in Decision-Making: Analysis from the Music Industry.

Look at those two!: The precuneus role in unattended third-person perspective of social interactions (2014)
Journal Article
Petrini, K., Piwek, L., Crabbe, F., Pollick, F. E., & Garrod, S. (2014). Look at those two!: The precuneus role in unattended third-person perspective of social interactions. Human Brain Mapping, 35(10), 5190-5203. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22543

© 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.. Human beings often observe other people's social interactions without being a part of them. Whereas the implications of some brain regions (e.g. amygdala) have been extensively examined, the implication of the precuneu... Read More about Look at those two!: The precuneus role in unattended third-person perspective of social interactions.