Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Outputs (178)

Sustainable Leadership: The NHS at the Crossroads (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gerard, L. (2012, December). Sustainable Leadership: The NHS at the Crossroads. Presented at The International Studying Leadership Conference 2012, Perth, Western Australia

Google attention and target price run ups (2012)
Journal Article
Siganos, A. (2013). Google attention and target price run ups. International Review of Financial Analysis, 29, 219-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2012.11.002

We explore the increase in the share prices of target firms before their merger announcements. We use a novelty Google search volume to proxy the market expectation hypothesis according to which firms with an abnormal upward change in Google searches... Read More about Google attention and target price run ups.

Health and Wellbeing of Employees in Employee Owned Businesses (2012)
Report
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.

Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions by emerging market firms: A review and future direction (2012)
Journal Article
Du, M., & Boateng, A. (2012). Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions by emerging market firms: A review and future direction. ACRN Journal of Entrepreneurship Perspectives, 1(2), 24-54

The purpose of this paper is to examine how academic research on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBM&As) from emerging economy firms (EEFs) have evolved over the past decade (2000-2012). Focusing on articles published in major scholarly journa... Read More about Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions by emerging market firms: A review and future direction.

UK Short Selling Activity and Firm Performance (2012)
Journal Article
Andrikopoulos, P., Clunie, J., & Siganos, A. (2012). UK Short Selling Activity and Firm Performance. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 39(9-10), 1403-1417. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbfa.12003

We use short selling data from Data Explorers from 2004 to 2012 to investigate the extent to which UK short sellers are informed investors, in accordance with Diamond and Verrecchia's (1987) hypothesis. Our results suggest that heavily-shorted stocks... Read More about UK Short Selling Activity and Firm Performance.

An investigation of knowledge transfer practices within the Muslim business community in Edinburgh (2012)
Thesis
Fascia, M. An investigation of knowledge transfer practices within the Muslim business community in Edinburgh. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6046

This study seeks to understand knowledge transfer practices within the Muslim business community in Edinburgh. It investigates how knowledge transfer practices are managed on a day to day basis, examines the route of development and justification for... Read More about An investigation of knowledge transfer practices within the Muslim business community in Edinburgh.