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The ‘other half’ of the public debt-economic growth relationship: A note on reinhart and rogoff (2015)
Journal Article
Dafermos, Y. (2015). The ‘other half’ of the public debt-economic growth relationship: A note on reinhart and rogoff. European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, 12(1), 20-28. https://doi.org/10.4337/ejeep.2015.01.03

© 2015 Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. Reinhart/Rogoff (2010) and Reinhart et al. (2012) document a negative relationship between public debt and economic growth. However, by classifying the observations of their data set into public debt categories and... Read More about The ‘other half’ of the public debt-economic growth relationship: A note on reinhart and rogoff.

Human resource management practices and performance link: Applying critical realist meta-theory (2015)
Thesis
Dirpal, G. Human resource management practices and performance link: Applying critical realist meta-theory. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/837002

Abstract Many of those who conduct empirical research in the field of human resource management (HRM) believe that a quantifiable and statistical, relation, association or link exists between HRM practices and organizational performance, and can b... Read More about Human resource management practices and performance link: Applying critical realist meta-theory.

Historical pathways to a green economy: The evolution and scaling-up of solar PV in Ghana, 1980-2010 (2015)
Journal Article
Amankwah-Amoah, J., & Sarpong, D. (2016). Historical pathways to a green economy: The evolution and scaling-up of solar PV in Ghana, 1980-2010. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 102, 90-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2015.02.017

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. Although scaling up of renewable technologies is essential in creating opportunities for sustainable economic development to flourish, our understanding of the historical trajectory of government policies in facilitating this pro... Read More about Historical pathways to a green economy: The evolution and scaling-up of solar PV in Ghana, 1980-2010.

The measurement of apprentice pay: Report commissioned by the Low Pay Commission (2015)
Report
Drew, H., Ritchie, F., & Veliziotis, M. (2015). The measurement of apprentice pay: Report commissioned by the Low Pay Commission

This report considers the measurement of apprentice pay, both the accuracy of that measurement and what can be said about compliance with the National Minimum Wage. In summary, there are substantial problems with accurately identifying apprentice pay... Read More about The measurement of apprentice pay: Report commissioned by the Low Pay Commission.

Wales, the land that banks forgot (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ryder, N. (2015, February). Wales, the land that banks forgot. Paper presented at Cross Party Group on Monetary Reform, National Assembly for Wales, Wales

The aim of the presentation was to provide a contemporary update and commentary on access to credit in Wales in light of the 2008 financial crisis. Particular attention was made to the evolution of the consumer credit market, levels of debt, irrespon... Read More about Wales, the land that banks forgot.

The financial war on terrorism: A review of counter-terrorist financing strategies since 2001 (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ryder, N. (2015, February). The financial war on terrorism: A review of counter-terrorist financing strategies since 2001. Presented at Gues Lecture, Liverpool John Moores, Law School

The aim of this presentation is to critically review the impact of the financial war on terrorism in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.

The Intervention Initiative: Student feedback February 2015 (2015)
Report
Fenton, R. A., & Mott, H. L. (2015). The Intervention Initiative: Student feedback February 2015

The Intervention Initiative is Bystander Education Programme that was taught to 1st year Law students in 2014/2015. This document outlines the students' feedback on the programme.

Analysing cycling as a social practice: An empirical grounding for behaviour change (2015)
Journal Article
Spotswood, F., Chatterton, T., Tapp, A., & Williams, D. (2015). Analysing cycling as a social practice: An empirical grounding for behaviour change. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 29, 22-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2014.12.001

© 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Despite significant national and local efforts over the last decade to stimulate uptake of cycling in the UK, levels of cycling (particularly utility cycling) remain at around 2% of journeys. Understandi... Read More about Analysing cycling as a social practice: An empirical grounding for behaviour change.

Rethinking environmental leadership: The social construction of leaders and leadership in discourses of ecological crisis, development, and conservation (2015)
Journal Article
Case, P., Evans, L., Fabinyi, M., Cohen, P., Hicks, C., Prideaux, M., & Mills, D. (2015). Rethinking environmental leadership: The social construction of leaders and leadership in discourses of ecological crisis, development, and conservation. Leadership, 11(4), 396-423. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715015577887

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Leadership is heralded as being critical to addressing the “crisis of governance” facing the Earth's natural systems. While political, economic, and corporate discourses of leadership have been widely and critically inte... Read More about Rethinking environmental leadership: The social construction of leaders and leadership in discourses of ecological crisis, development, and conservation.

Linking functional with personal income distribution: a stock-flow consistent approach (2015)
Journal Article
Dafermos, Y., & Papatheodorou, C. (2015). Linking functional with personal income distribution: a stock-flow consistent approach. International Review of Applied Economics, 29(6), 787-815. https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2015.1054365

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This paper develops a benchmark stock-flow consistent model that links functional with personal income distribution. The model consists of various household groups that receive income from different sources or from the same... Read More about Linking functional with personal income distribution: a stock-flow consistent approach.

Foreword (2015)
Journal Article
Guia, M. J., & Elliott, J. (2015). Foreword. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09441-0

Following the drafting of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, 2005, it would seem that a more victim focussed, victim-centric approach is being taken toward the individuals who fall foul of this transnation... Read More about Foreword.

Is there a role for marketing in community development? (2015)
Journal Article
Collins, K. (2015). Is there a role for marketing in community development?. Community Development Journal, 50(1), 153-167. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsu028

© Oxford University Press and Community Development Journal. 2014. All rights reserved. Social marketing is the application of marketing theory to social issues. A significant drawback, though, is that practitioners are encouraged to assume high leve... Read More about Is there a role for marketing in community development?.

Towards a model of the intervention process (2015)
Journal Article
Lewis, M., Piercy, N., Phillips, W., & Palmer, J. (2015). Towards a model of the intervention process. Policy and Politics, 43(2), 255-271. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557312X655927

© Policy Press 2015. This paper explores the challenging circumstances when one part of government decides that the performance of a subsidiary part is unacceptable and arranges some kind of remedial intervention. Following the detailed analysis of a... Read More about Towards a model of the intervention process.

Your Criminal Law (2015)
Digital Artefact
Johnston, E., & Jasinski, D. (2015). Your Criminal Law

This is an iOS app and it is designed to be a study companion to first year undergraduates reading law. This is a comprehensive app that easily explains the core tenets of criminal law in an easy accessible manner. The app has extensive case analysis... Read More about Your Criminal Law.

Managerial engagement with scenario planning: A conceptual consumption approach (2015)
Journal Article
Adegbile, A., & Sarpong, D. (2015). Managerial engagement with scenario planning: A conceptual consumption approach. Foresight and STI Governance, 9(4), 73-80. https://doi.org/10.17323/1995-459x.2015.4.73.80

Scenario development is widely used to reduce uncertainty while making decisions in high velocity environments. Despite this fact, managerial fixation on short term performance objectives, their penchant fear of the unpredictable future and their she... Read More about Managerial engagement with scenario planning: A conceptual consumption approach.

The impact of analyst sentiment on UK stock recommendations and target prices (2015)
Journal Article
Yukselturk, O., & Tucker, J. (2015). The impact of analyst sentiment on UK stock recommendations and target prices. Accounting and Business Research, 45(6-7), 869-904. https://doi.org/10.1080/00014788.2015.1044496

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between narrative sentiment in analysts' company reports and their recommendation and target price outputs. We study an industry-balanced sample of 275 UK quoted comp... Read More about The impact of analyst sentiment on UK stock recommendations and target prices.

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

Coevolutionary and genetic algorithm based building spatial and structural design (2015)
Journal Article
Hofmeyer, H., & Davila Delgado, J. M. (2015). Coevolutionary and genetic algorithm based building spatial and structural design. AI EDAM, 29(04), 351-370. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0890060415000384

© Cambridge University Press 2015. In this article, two methods to develop and optimize accompanying building spatial and structural designs are compared. The first, a coevolutionary method, applies deterministic procedures, inspired by realistic des... Read More about Coevolutionary and genetic algorithm based building spatial and structural design.

National innovation and knowledge performance: the role of higher education teaching and training (2015)
Journal Article
Saad, M., Guermat, C., & Brodie, L. (2015). National innovation and knowledge performance: the role of higher education teaching and training. Studies in Higher Education, 40(7), 1194-1209. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2014.881344

© 2014 Society for Research into Higher Education. This paper investigates the role of the higher education system (HES) in the production of national innovation. We focus on the issue of institutional diversity of HESs and its impact on national inn... Read More about National innovation and knowledge performance: the role of higher education teaching and training.