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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?.

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'.

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.

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.

Critical realism and systematic dialectics: A reply to Andrew Brown (2014)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

How do knowledge brokers work? Implications for policy and practice in the case of WERS (2014)
Journal Article
Drew, H., Ritchie, F., & King, A. (2014). How do knowledge brokers work? Implications for policy and practice in the case of WERS. International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, 13(3), 205-218. https://doi.org/10.1386/tmsd.13.3.205_1

© 2014 Intellect Ltd Article. English language. A resource-based view of organizations suggests that internal knowledge is amongst the most important sources of competitive advantage (Hendry and Pettigrew 1990; Leonard-Barton 1995). Regardless of whe... Read More about How do knowledge brokers work? Implications for policy and practice in the case of WERS.

Entrepreneurship: Cause and Consequence of Financial Optimism (2014)
Journal Article
Dawson, C., de Meza, D., Henley, A., & Arabsheibani, G. R. (2014). Entrepreneurship: Cause and Consequence of Financial Optimism. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 23(4), 717-742. https://doi.org/10.1111/jems.12076

© 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Extant evidence that the self-employed overestimate their returns by a greater margin than employees is consistent with two mutually inclusive possibilities. Self-employment may foster optimism or intrinsic optimists ma... Read More about Entrepreneurship: Cause and Consequence of Financial Optimism.

Future for offshore wind energy in the United Kingdom: The way forward (2014)
Journal Article
Melaine, Y., Ochieng, E. G., Melaine, T., Potts, S. J., Zuofa, T., Egbu, C. O., …Ruan, X. (2014). Future for offshore wind energy in the United Kingdom: The way forward. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 39, 655-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.105

The majority of our energy demand is satisfied by the combustion of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and gas. This has resulted in our fossil fuel resources being vastly reduced and has increased the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere which is c... Read More about Future for offshore wind energy in the United Kingdom: The way forward.

Female part-time managers: Careers, mentors and role models (2014)
Journal Article
Durbin, S., & Tomlinson, J. (2014). Female part-time managers: Careers, mentors and role models. Gender, Work and Organization, 21(4), 308-320. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12038

This paper explores the careers of 27 women employed as part-time managers in a range of UK public, private and not-for-profit sector organizations. Drawing upon semi-structured interviews, the article briefly summarizes the career trajectories of th... Read More about Female part-time managers: Careers, mentors and role models.

Economic insecurity in transition: A primary commodities perspective (2014)
Journal Article
Ivlevs, A. (2014). Economic insecurity in transition: A primary commodities perspective. Review of Income and Wealth, 60(S1), S117-S140. https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12038

This paper studies the individual and household-level determinants of economic insecurity in post-socialist countries. Exploring subjective, backward- and forward-looking measures of economic insecurity, the paper focuses on: (1) the perceptions of p... Read More about Economic insecurity in transition: A primary commodities perspective.

Visions of a Pole Position: Developing Inimitable Resource Capacity through Enterprise Systems Implementation in Nestlé (2014)
Journal Article
Mitra, A., & Neale, P. (2014). Visions of a Pole Position: Developing Inimitable Resource Capacity through Enterprise Systems Implementation in Nestlé. Strategic Change, 23(3-4), 225-235. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1972

Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Multinational organizations can achieve a non-replicable capacity and may use the key nature of foresight to support the development and deployment of the enterprise system across several locations around the... Read More about Visions of a Pole Position: Developing Inimitable Resource Capacity through Enterprise Systems Implementation in Nestlé.

The implementation of an environmental management system in the not-for-profit sector (2014)
Journal Article
White, G., Lomax, M., & Parry, G. (2014). The implementation of an environmental
management system in the not-for-profit sector. Benchmarking, 21(4),

Purpose This paper examines the implementation of the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) in a non-profit, small to medium sized enterprise (SME) in the UK. Methodology A four year Participatory Action Research study is made upon Knowledge Tran... Read More about The implementation of an environmental management system in the not-for-profit sector.