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Family embeddedness in immigrants’ entrepreneurial opportunity creation processes (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Evansluong, Q., & Ramirez-Pasillas, M. (2016, November). Family embeddedness in immigrants’ entrepreneurial opportunity creation processes. Paper presented at RENT XXX conference, Antwerp, Belgium

This paper employs an inductive case study to develop theory on the role of family relationships with the immigrant entrepreneur in the opportunity creation process. We rely on the perspective of the process of opportunity creation and family embedde... Read More about Family embeddedness in immigrants’ entrepreneurial opportunity creation processes.

MNC subsidiaries in the Valencian Region: Location mode and features (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Camarena-Gil, E., Cantarero, S., & Urzelai, B. (2016, November). MNC subsidiaries in the Valencian Region: Location mode and features. Paper presented at Econval: I Workshop d’ Economia Valenciana, Valencia, Spain

MNC subsidiaries in the Valencian Region: location mode and features.

Transferring entrepreneurship education knowledge in a conflict environment: Insights from Boko Haram heartland (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Anosike, P. (2016, October). Transferring entrepreneurship education knowledge in a conflict environment: Insights from Boko Haram heartland. Paper presented at ISBE 2016: 39th Annual Conference of the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Paris, France

In this paper we use interview data to demonstrate the efficacy of training as a mechanism of knowledge transfer of entrepreneurship education within a conflict environment. In particular, we found that entrepreneurship education is indeed a vital co... Read More about Transferring entrepreneurship education knowledge in a conflict environment: Insights from Boko Haram heartland.

Bridging the divide: Valuing critical practice in entrepreneurship education (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Jarvis, C., & Chang, J. (2016, September). Bridging the divide: Valuing critical practice in entrepreneurship education. Paper presented at ECIE 2016: 11th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Jyvaskyla University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Much of the literature suggests that entrepreneurship education tends to take one of two paths: the ‘traditional’ classroom based, academic theory led approaches that are perceived as more critical and academically rigorous or practice-led ‘learning... Read More about Bridging the divide: Valuing critical practice in entrepreneurship education.

Acquirer ownership concentration and foreign ownership structure: A study of Brazilian firms (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Cai, Y., Gubbi, S., van Veen, K., & van Ees, H. (2016, September). Acquirer ownership concentration and foreign ownership structure: A study of Brazilian firms. Paper presented at British Academy of Management Conference 2016, Newcastle University, UK

Weak governance conditions prevailing in emerging and developing economies tend to encourage concentrated over diffused ownership structures in firms. In this paper we investigate whether the ownership structures in the home market are also replicate... Read More about Acquirer ownership concentration and foreign ownership structure: A study of Brazilian firms.

Crafting identities in insecure employment: An ethnographic exploration of the experiences of temporary agency workers (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Tarrabain, C. (2016, September). Crafting identities in insecure employment: An ethnographic exploration of the experiences of temporary agency workers. Paper presented at British Academy of Management Conference 2016, Newcastle University, England

This paper explores the experiences of uncertainty and insecurity that migrant agency workers in relation to their work and socio-cultural context taking a specific interest in how these experiences are informed by and inform their self-understanding... Read More about Crafting identities in insecure employment: An ethnographic exploration of the experiences of temporary agency workers.

Resolving the rainbow of chaos: The value of participant-governed networks in implementing new evidence into practice (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Okeke, U., Phillips, W., Roehrich, J., & Conway, S. (2016, September). Resolving the rainbow of chaos: The value of participant-governed networks in implementing new evidence into practice. Paper presented at British Academy of Management Conference, Newcastle, UK

In the face of increasing demand for patient care and service quality combined with increasing levels of underfunding the UK National Health Service (NHS) is under pressure to find innovative ways to improve patient outcomes and provide efficiency. D... Read More about Resolving the rainbow of chaos: The value of participant-governed networks in implementing new evidence into practice.

Acquirer ownership concentration and foreign ownership structure: A study of Brazilian firms (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Cai, Y., Gubbi, S., van Veen, K., & van Ees, H. (2016, August). Acquirer ownership concentration and foreign ownership structure: A study of Brazilian firms. Paper presented at Academy of Management 2016 Annual Conference, Anaheim, USA

This paper examines the effects of ownership structures of the parent on equity ownership choices in foreign acquisitions. Little is known in the context of emerging markets whether heterogeneity in acquiring firm ownership characteristics will affec... Read More about Acquirer ownership concentration and foreign ownership structure: A study of Brazilian firms.

Non-compliance in the hairdressing and childcare sectors: A qualitative study of apprentice pay (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Drew, H. (2016, July). Non-compliance in the hairdressing and childcare sectors: A qualitative study of apprentice pay. Paper presented at Work, Pensions and Labour Economics Study Group (WPEG), University of Sheffield, UK

This paper presents some of the qualitative findings from some wider research undertaken for the Low Pay Commission on non-compliance in apprenticeship pay in the hairdressing and childcare sectors. Interviews with over seventy respondents, including... Read More about Non-compliance in the hairdressing and childcare sectors: A qualitative study of apprentice pay.

Positioning entrepreneurship education as a force for regional development in East Africa – Higher Education and Private Sector Collaboration (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Anosike, P. (2016, July). Positioning entrepreneurship education as a force for regional development in East Africa – Higher Education and Private Sector Collaboration. Presented at The Kampala International Entrepreneurship Action Summit, Ugandan National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UNCCI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Assessing the impact of gamification on students’ engagement and motivation (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., & Nato, J. (2016, July). Assessing the impact of gamification on students’ engagement and motivation. Presented at 8th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN16), Barcelona, Spain

Gamification is gaining momentum in Higher Education (HE) as scholars begin to enquire what they can learn from game experiences to improve students’ engagement and motivation (Niman, 2014). Gamification does not mean using games, instead it refers t... Read More about Assessing the impact of gamification on students’ engagement and motivation.

Developing entrepreneurial intentions through gamification using online business challenges (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., Banoun, A., & Rodriguez-Molina, M. (2016, July). Developing entrepreneurial intentions through gamification using online business challenges. Paper presented at 8th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN16), Barcelona, Spain

Purpose: This paper describes the results of a research project aimed at investigating the moderating role of gamification on the development of entrepreneurial intentions through the use of online business challenges. Following the theory of plann... Read More about Developing entrepreneurial intentions through gamification using online business challenges.

Servitization and co-creation: Customers’ Perspective (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ruizalba, J., Soares, A., Rodriguez-Molina, M., & Frías, D. (2016, June). Servitization and co-creation: Customers’ Perspective. Presented at 2016 Center for Business & Industrial Marketing (CBIM) Academic Workshop: Extending Value Through Product, Service and Platform Innovations, The Faculty of Economics and Business, University of the Basque Country – UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain

This research aims at investigating the moderating role of co-creation in the implementation of servitization strategies (in a B2B context) in the pharmaceutical industry from the perspective of customers (that is the servitized firms). Servitizati... Read More about Servitization and co-creation: Customers’ Perspective.