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Value Chain Management: An Illustration using Variability Mapping and Decision Frontier Analysis. (2012)
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Pearson, M. Value Chain Management: An Illustration using Variability Mapping and Decision Frontier Analysis

A simple value chain is modeled by a contractor (dual operator) making an agreement with a customer (primal operator) to complete a project in a number of stages monitored within a certain agreed time scale. The customer defines the demand (D) for se... Read More about Value Chain Management: An Illustration using Variability Mapping and Decision Frontier Analysis..

The Opportunities and Challenges of the Changing Public Services Landscape for the Third Sector inScotland: A Longitudinal Study Year Three Report(2009-2012). (2012)
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Osborne, S. P., Bond, S., Dutton, M., Honore, E., & Egdell, V. (2012). The Opportunities and Challenges of the Changing Public Services Landscape for the Third Sector inScotland: A Longitudinal Study Year Three Report(2009-2012). Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Government

This report outlines findings from the first three years of a longitudinal research project examining ‘The Changing Public Services Landscape in Scotland: Opportunities and Challenges’. This work was commissioned by the Scottish Government and, us... Read More about The Opportunities and Challenges of the Changing Public Services Landscape for the Third Sector inScotland: A Longitudinal Study Year Three Report(2009-2012)..

Fit for work? Health and wellbeing of employees in employee owned businesses. (2012)
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McQuaid, R. W., Hollywood, E., Bond, S., Canduela, J., Richard, A., & Blackledge, G. (2012). Fit for work? Health and wellbeing of employees in employee owned businesses. Edinburgh, Scotland: John Lewis Partnership

It has been argued by that the employee ownership model offers a viable and competitive part of a sustainable economy. It has been suggested that organisations with employee ownership have: higher levels of employee satisfaction, employee commitment... Read More about Fit for work? Health and wellbeing of employees in employee owned businesses..

Methodological Issues in Operationalising the Capability Approach in Empirical Research: an Example of Cross-Country Research on Youth Unemployment in the EU (2012)
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Hollywood, E., Egdell, V., McQuaid, R. W., & Michel-Schertges, D. (2012). Methodological Issues in Operationalising the Capability Approach in Empirical Research: an Example of Cross-Country Research on Youth Unemployment in the EU. Social work & society, 10,

This paper considers the experiences from nine in-depth case studies (undertaken as part of the “WorkAble” project) examining the transitions of (disadvantaged) young people: from compulsory school to further education; from education/vocational trai... Read More about Methodological Issues in Operationalising the Capability Approach in Empirical Research: an Example of Cross-Country Research on Youth Unemployment in the EU.

Addressing the issue of disadvantaged youth seeking work (2012)
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Hollywood, E., Egdell, V., & McQuaid, R. W. (2012). Addressing the issue of disadvantaged youth seeking work. Social work & society, 10,

UK policy on unemployment and employability in recent decades has been driven by the view that work remains the best route out of poverty for most people. Employment activation policy has taken a ‘work first’ approach, aiming to place individuals in... Read More about Addressing the issue of disadvantaged youth seeking work.

Cohesive subgroups and drug user networks in Dhaka City, Bangladesh (2012)
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Gayen, T. K., Gayen, K., Raeside, R., & Elliott, L. (2012). Cohesive subgroups and drug user networks in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Global Public Health, 7, 219-239. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2011.573800

The purpose of this paper was to explore group drug taking behaviour in a slum area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. We set out to examine the relationships between those who met, at least weekly, to take illegal drugs together, and how these relationships migh... Read More about Cohesive subgroups and drug user networks in Dhaka City, Bangladesh.

The growth of employee owned businesses in Scotland. (2012)
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Dutton, M., Raeside, R., Canduela, J., Egdell, V., & McQuaid, R. W. (2012). The growth of employee owned businesses in Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland: Scottish Enterprise

This report presents the findings of an investigation into the growth performance and growth dynamics of a selection of Scottish EOBs compared to a peer group of companies who have conventional ownership structures. The report was commissioned by Sco... Read More about The growth of employee owned businesses in Scotland..

Ageing, skills and participation in work-related training in Britain: assessing the position of older workers (2012)
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Canduela, J., Dutton, M., Johnson, S., Lindsay, C., Raeside, R., & McQuaid, R. W. (2012). Ageing, skills and participation in work-related training in Britain: assessing the position of older workers. Work, Employment and Society, 26, 42-60. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017011426303

Policy makers have introduced a number of measures to encourage older workers to stay in the labour market, with improving access to training a particular priority. Policy action appeared justified by evidence that older workers are less likely to pa... Read More about Ageing, skills and participation in work-related training in Britain: assessing the position of older workers.

The importance of village and rural pubs to community life and peoples well-being (2012)
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Canduela, J., Cabras, I., & Raeside, R. (2012). The importance of village and rural pubs to community life and peoples well-being. German Journal of Agricultural Economics, 61, 265-274

In Great Britain the make-up of rural communities is changing. Young individuals are moving to cities and the population of rural communities is ageing. In this context, it is important to sustain and enhance people’s well-being and community cohesio... Read More about The importance of village and rural pubs to community life and peoples well-being.

Nuclear economies and local supply chains in peripheral areas: the case of West Cumbria (2012)
Journal Article
Cabras, I., & Mulvey, G. (2012). Nuclear economies and local supply chains in peripheral areas: the case of West Cumbria. European Planning Studies, 20, 707-724. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2012.665031

The aim of this paper is to fill the gap in data relating to local supply chains in the proximity of nuclear sites by investigating the site of Sellafield in West Cumbria, UK. Using information obtained from invoice data provided by Sellafield Ltd, t... Read More about Nuclear economies and local supply chains in peripheral areas: the case of West Cumbria.

Health and Wellbeing of Employees in Employee Owned Businesses (2012)
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McQuaid, R., Hollywood, E., Bond, S., Canduela, J., Richard, A., & Blackledge, G. (2012). Health and Wellbeing of Employees in Employee Owned Businesses. Scotland: Employee Ownership Association

This research examines the relationship between working for an employee owned business and the levels of health and wellbeing among employees. It was carried out by the Employment Research Institute (ERI) and commissioned by the Employee Ownership... Read More about Health and Wellbeing of Employees in Employee Owned Businesses.

Regionally Coherent Access and Employability Provision:Employer Demand for Business and Management Graduates. (2012)
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McMurray, S., Richard, A., Dutton, M., & McQuaid, R. W. (2012). Regionally Coherent Access and Employability Provision:Employer Demand for Business and Management Graduates. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh Napier University

This report presents findings from research with 71 employers of Edinburgh Napier University Business School (ENUBS) graduates across Scotland. Employers were asked to identify the academic, vocational and soft skills they sought when recruiting grad... Read More about Regionally Coherent Access and Employability Provision:Employer Demand for Business and Management Graduates..

Understanding complex interactions using social network analysis (2012)
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Pow, J. S., Gayen, K., Elliott, L., & Raeside, R. (2012). Understanding complex interactions using social network analysis. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21, 2772-2779. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.04036.x

Aims and objectives. The aim of this paper is to raise the awareness of social network analysis as a method to facilitate research in nursing research. Background. The application of social network analysis in assessing network properties has allowe... Read More about Understanding complex interactions using social network analysis.

Knowledge creation and the use of secondary data (2012)
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Alvarez, J., Canduela, J., & Raeside, R. (2012). Knowledge creation and the use of secondary data. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21, 2699-2710. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04296.x

Aims and Objectives: the purpose of this paper is to expose problems of using bespoke questionnaire based surveys to create knowledge and to advance the use of secondary data as an alternative research approach. Background: Many researchers from st... Read More about Knowledge creation and the use of secondary data.

Exploration of innovation capabilities of firms in Liaoning and Henan provinces (2012)
Journal Article
Lewrick, M., Chen, T., Raeside, R., & Omar, M. (2012). Exploration of innovation capabilities of firms in Liaoning and Henan provinces. Journal of science and technology policy in China, 3(3), 242-263. https://doi.org/10.1108/17585521211268691

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the innovation capabilities of Chinese enterprises. It is important to understand these innovation capabilities and to find how they might relate to promoting innovativeness. Design/methodology/... Read More about Exploration of innovation capabilities of firms in Liaoning and Henan provinces.

Wage Scarring – The problem of a bad start. (2012)
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Raeside, R., Egdell, V., & McQuaid, R. W. (2012). Wage Scarring – The problem of a bad start. Edinburgh, Scotland: European Commission

As the economic downturn continues in Europe, unemployment has risen in many countries. Among these, the UK has an unemployment rate which now stands at 8% or 2.56 million people. Of these people the unemployment rate amongst 16 to 24 year olds is... Read More about Wage Scarring – The problem of a bad start..