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Exploring the prioritisation of biodiversity amongst small- to medium-sized enterprise leaders with strong bigger-than-self value orientation (2023)
Journal Article
Herbert, S., Bradley, P., & Everard, M. (in press). Exploring the prioritisation of biodiversity amongst small- to medium-sized enterprise leaders with strong bigger-than-self value orientation. Business Strategy and the Environment, 32(8), 5633-5649. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3440

This paper reports on a quantitative study of prioritisation of biodiversity amongst small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME) leaders. Existing research indicates that value orientation impacts propensity for pro-environmental behaviours. However, as... Read More about Exploring the prioritisation of biodiversity amongst small- to medium-sized enterprise leaders with strong bigger-than-self value orientation.

Reassessing the multiple values of lowland British floodplains (2022)
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Everard, M., Bradley, P., Ogden, W., Piscopiello, E., Salter, L., Herbert, S., & McInnes, R. (2022). Reassessing the multiple values of lowland British floodplains. Science of the Total Environment, 823, Article 153637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153637

Ecosystem services provided by lowland British floodplains respectively under semi-natural conditions and converted for intensive maize production were assessed. Floodplains across lowland Britain have been extensively disconnected from river channel... Read More about Reassessing the multiple values of lowland British floodplains.

An exploration of institutional approaches in pursuing sustainable development (2021)
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Bradley, P. (2022). An exploration of institutional approaches in pursuing sustainable development. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 30, 623-639. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2021.12.010

The institutional setting within which consumption and production occurs has profound influence on preferences and forms of production, and substantially shapes resource throughput of economies, pollution and land use. Institutional economics is argu... Read More about An exploration of institutional approaches in pursuing sustainable development.

COVID-19: How community businesses in England struggled to respond to their communities’ needs (2021)
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Gardner, M., Webber, D. J., Parry, G., & Bradley, P. (2021). COVID-19: How community businesses in England struggled to respond to their communities’ needs. Local Economy, 36(6), 524-540. https://doi.org/10.1177/02690942211056034

Economic policies tend to downplay social and community considerations in favour of market-led and business-focussed support. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for greater and deeper social cohesion and local social support networks while hi... Read More about COVID-19: How community businesses in England struggled to respond to their communities’ needs.

An institutional economics framework to explore sustainable production and consumption (2021)
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Bradley, P. (2021). An institutional economics framework to explore sustainable production and consumption. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 27, 1317-1339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2021.02.035

Although policy actions are being taken by many governments around the world on sustainable development, the application of institutional economics to sustainable development is still in its infancy. In the literature, there are a wide range of insti... Read More about An institutional economics framework to explore sustainable production and consumption.

Financial resilience, income dependence and organisational survival in UK charities (2021)
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Green, E., Ritchie, F., Bradley, P., & Parry, G. (2021). Financial resilience, income dependence and organisational survival in UK charities. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 32, 992–1008. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-020-00311-9

The financial well-being of the charity sector has important social implications. Numerous studies have analysed whether the concentration of income in a few sources increases financial vulnerability. However, few studies have systematically consider... Read More about Financial resilience, income dependence and organisational survival in UK charities.

A framework to explore the functioning and sustainability of business models (2019)
Journal Article
Bradley, P., Parry, G., & O'Regan, N. (2020). A framework to explore the functioning and sustainability of business models. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 21, 57-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2019.10.007

© 2019 Institution of Chemical Engineers This paper presents a framework to enable case study analysis of sustainable development from business models innovation. Increasing economic development can give rise to trade-offs between economic growth and... Read More about A framework to explore the functioning and sustainability of business models.

Integrating sustainable development into economics curriculum: A case study analysis and sector wide survey of barriers (2018)
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Bradley, P. (2019). Integrating sustainable development into economics curriculum: A case study analysis and sector wide survey of barriers. Journal of Cleaner Production, 209, 333-352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.184

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Economics is a critical subject for the integration of sustainable development into curriculum given the discipline's influence in shaping social metabolism of societies, inequality, environmental impacts and wellbeing. There are... Read More about Integrating sustainable development into economics curriculum: A case study analysis and sector wide survey of barriers.

Explaining productivity in a poor productivity region (2017)
Journal Article
Webber, D. J., Webber, G. A., Berger, S., & Bradley, P. (2018). Explaining productivity in a poor productivity region. Environment and Planning A, 50(1), 157-174. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X17735103

© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. Productivity is the preferred measure of firm-level efficiency and perceived to reflect resource use rates. Semi-structured interviews with restaurant managers in a tourism-dominated low productivity rural area reveal th... Read More about Explaining productivity in a poor productivity region.

Financial incentive approaches for reducing peak electricity demand, experience from pilot trials with a UK energy provider (2016)
Journal Article
Bradley, P., Coke, A., & Leach, M. (2016). Financial incentive approaches for reducing peak electricity demand, experience from pilot trials with a UK energy provider. Energy Policy, 98, 108-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.07.022

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd Whilst tariff-based approaches to load-shifting are common in the residential sector, incentive-based approaches are rare. This is so, even though providing customers incentives to shape their power consumption patterns has substa... Read More about Financial incentive approaches for reducing peak electricity demand, experience from pilot trials with a UK energy provider.

Motivating energy conservation in organisations: smart metering and the emergence and diffusion of social norms (2015)
Journal Article
Bradley, P., Fudge, S., & Leach, M. (2016). Motivating energy conservation in organisations: smart metering and the emergence and diffusion of social norms. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 28(4), 435-461. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2015.1099625

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This study presents results from a smart metering intervention that provided detailed individual desk-based energy feedback to help individuals reduce energy in an organisation. Although the intervention was based on the st... Read More about Motivating energy conservation in organisations: smart metering and the emergence and diffusion of social norms.

Environmental impacts of food retail: A framework method and case application (2015)
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Bradley, P. (2016). Environmental impacts of food retail: A framework method and case application. Journal of Cleaner Production, 113, 153-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.09.085

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The food retail sector is the gatekeeper between consumers and producers and has substantial influence on consumption and production choices via procurement and provision decisions. Food provision and consumption systems embody h... Read More about Environmental impacts of food retail: A framework method and case application.

The development of commercial local area resource and emissions modelling-navigating towards new perspectives and applications (2013)
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Bradley, P., Druckman, A., & Jackson, T. (2013). The development of commercial local area resource and emissions modelling-navigating towards new perspectives and applications. Journal of Cleaner Production, 42, 241-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.11.009

Meeting near future UK greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets will require all parts of the UK economy to contribute, and in particular significant changes in business practices are required at the local level. From review it was found that there is... Read More about The development of commercial local area resource and emissions modelling-navigating towards new perspectives and applications.

A review of the costs and benefits of demand response for electricity in the UK (2013)
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Bradley, P., Leach, M., & Torriti, J. (2013). A review of the costs and benefits of demand response for electricity in the UK. Energy Policy, 52, 312-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.09.039

The recent policy discussion in the UK on the economic case for demand response (DR) calls for a reflection on available evidence regarding its costs and benefits. Existing studies tend to consider the size of investments and returns of certain forms... Read More about A review of the costs and benefits of demand response for electricity in the UK.

An Evaluation of Current Services Available for People Diagnosed with Head and Neck Cancer in the UK (2009-2010) (2012)
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Thomas, S., Persson, M., Ness, A., Hughes, C., Jeffreys, M., Hughes, C., …Thomas, S. (2012). An Evaluation of Current Services Available for People Diagnosed with Head and Neck Cancer in the UK (2009-2010). Clinical Oncology, 24(10), 187-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2012.07.005

Aims: To evaluate current care and service provision for people with head and neck cancer in the UK. Materials and Methods: Self-report questionnaires for cancer networks, clinical leads of oncology units and leads for multidisciplinary teams (MDTs)... Read More about An Evaluation of Current Services Available for People Diagnosed with Head and Neck Cancer in the UK (2009-2010).

Accounting for food waste: Comparative analysis within the UK (2009)
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Bradley, P., Druckman, A., Jackson, T., & Thomas, C. (2009). Accounting for food waste: Comparative analysis within the UK. Proceedings of the ICE - Waste and Resource Management, 162(1), 5-13. https://doi.org/10.1680/warm.2009.162.1.5

Meeting UK targets for waste reduction will require careful planning and informed investment in infrastructure. An essential prerequisite for both is the availability of robust waste data. This paper compares four methods for estimating food waste in... Read More about Accounting for food waste: Comparative analysis within the UK.

Measuring progress towards carbon reduction in the UK (2007)
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Druckman, A., Bradley, P., Papathanasopoulou, E., & Jackson, T. (2008). Measuring progress towards carbon reduction in the UK. Ecological Economics, 66(4), 594-604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.10.020

The UK Climate Change Bill proposes to establish legally binding targets for a 60% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. This paper discusses the challenges posed by measuring progress towards this target. It takes as a premise that the conv... Read More about Measuring progress towards carbon reduction in the UK.