All Outputs (162)

Delivering job search services for unemployed people in rural areas: the role of ICT. (2003)
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W., & Lindsay, C. (2003). Delivering job search services for unemployed people in rural areas: the role of ICT.

The geographical remoteness of many rural communities from major centres of economic activity clearly affects the availability of public services, which tend to be concentrated in highly populated areas of industrial development. The potential benefi... Read More about Delivering job search services for unemployed people in rural areas: the role of ICT..

Transport issues in rural health access (2003)
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W. (2003). Transport issues in rural health access.

Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets (2003)
Journal Article
Lindsay, C., McCracken, M. G., & McQuaid, R. W. (2003). Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets. Journal of Rural Studies, 19(2), 187-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0743-0167%2802%2900067-0

This paper analyses the barriers to work faced by long- and short-term unemployed people in remote rural labour markets. Applying a broad concept of 'employability' as an analytical framework, it considers the attributes and experiences of 190 job se... Read More about Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets.

Alternative job search strategies in remote rural labour markets: the role if ICT. (2003)
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W., Lindsay, C., & McCracken, M. G. (2003). Alternative job search strategies in remote rural labour markets: the role if ICT.

Social entrepreneurship and local economic development (2002)
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W. (2002). Social entrepreneurship and local economic development.

Social entrepreneurs can have an important role in the development of local communities. They effectively lead innovative and entrepreneurial changes in social organisations or arenas, with not-for-profit motives. Social entrepreneurs: focus upon soc... Read More about Social entrepreneurship and local economic development.

Regional and local policies to support entrepreneurship in the new economy. (2002)
Book Chapter
McQuaid, R. W. (2002). Regional and local policies to support entrepreneurship in the new economy. In Y. Higano, P. Nijkamp, J. Poot, & J. J. V. Wijk (Eds.), The Region in the New Economy. Ashgate Publishing

The ‘employability gap’: long-term unemployment and barriers to work in buoyant labour markets. (2002)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., & Lindsay, C. (2002). The ‘employability gap’: long-term unemployment and barriers to work in buoyant labour markets. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 20(4), 613-628. https://doi.org/10.1068/c22m

We analyse the main barriers limiting the employability of long-term unemployed job seekers within a local labour market characterised by generally high levels of demand. We use four key elements of employability (employability assets, the deployment... Read More about The ‘employability gap’: long-term unemployment and barriers to work in buoyant labour markets..

Changing perceptions: an analysis of long-term unemployment in five areas of Edinburgh. (2002)
Working Paper
Hollywood, E., Lindsay, C., McQuaid, R. W., & Winterton, J. Changing perceptions: an analysis of long-term unemployment in five areas of Edinburgh

This project involved research into the barriers to work faced by very long-term unemployed people in five disadvantaged areas of Edinburgh. Interviews were carried out with 115 job seekers who had been out of work for more than one year and resided... Read More about Changing perceptions: an analysis of long-term unemployment in five areas of Edinburgh..

Public investment and regional economic development. (2001)
Book
Felsenstein, D., McQuaid, R. W., McCann, P., & Shefer, D. (2001). Public investment and regional economic development. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

This text provides an analysis of the complex relationship between public investment and regional economic development. It offers insights into issues of regional growth, and presents a variety of perspectives, from transport and housing infrastructu... Read More about Public investment and regional economic development..

Book Review-Entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized enterprises and the macroeconomy (2001)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W. (2001). Book Review-Entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized enterprises and the macroeconomy. Journal of Management Studies, 38, 142-145

Towards an employability policy agenda for remote rural labour markets (2001)
Conference Proceeding
Lindsay, C., McCracken, M. G., & McQuaid, R. W. (2001). Towards an employability policy agenda for remote rural labour markets.

This paper presents an analysis of the barriers to work faced by unemployed people in remote rural labour markets, and compares the experiences of the ‘long-term unemployed’ and more recent job seekers in two such areas in Northern Scotland (namely t... Read More about Towards an employability policy agenda for remote rural labour markets.

Developing models of partnership in economic regeneration. (2001)
Conference Proceeding
Mitchell, I., & McQuaid, R. W. (2001). Developing models of partnership in economic regeneration. In L. Montanheiro, & M. Spiering (Eds.), Public and private sector partnerships : the enterprise governance

This paper tests some theoretical models of partnership by examining a specific partnership between a local authority and other private partners in the regeneration of a former naval base and industrial site at Rosyth in Fife. It suggests developmen... Read More about Developing models of partnership in economic regeneration..

Entrepreneurial economics. (2000)
Book
Glancey, K. D., & McQuaid, R. W. (2000). Entrepreneurial economics. Palgrave MacMillan

Entrepreneurial Economics is concerned with the role of entrepreneurs and the nature and scope of entrepreneurship in the economy. It broadly covers a range of economic and non-economic theories of the characteristics and behavior of entrepreneurs. A... Read More about Entrepreneurial economics..

Social Entrepreneurship. (2000)
Book Chapter
Glancey, K. D., & McQuaid, R. W. (2000). Social Entrepreneurship. In J. Campling (Ed.), Entrepreneurial Economics. Macmillan

As with profit orientated entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs apply new perspectives or innovations and change what things or services are produced, how they are produced and/or how their organisations operate. There have been many such social entrep... Read More about Social Entrepreneurship..

The 'Employability Gap': towards an understanding of the relationship between long-term unemployment, employability and barriers to work (2000)
Conference Proceeding
McQuaid, R. W., & Lindsay, C. (2000). The 'Employability Gap': towards an understanding of the relationship between long-term unemployment, employability and barriers to work.

This paper seeks to identify the main barriers limiting the employability of long-term unemployed job seekers. Employability (according to Hillage and Pollard’s, 1999, definition) is affected by the interaction of four key elements: employability ass... Read More about The 'Employability Gap': towards an understanding of the relationship between long-term unemployment, employability and barriers to work.

Theory of partnerships - why have partnerships? (2000)
Book Chapter
McQuaid, R. W. (2000). Theory of partnerships - why have partnerships?. In S. P. Osborne (Ed.), Public-private Partnerships for Public Services: An International Perspective (9-35). Routledge

Implications of EU enlargement for the regions in the existing European Union (2000)
Book Chapter
McQuaid, R. W. (2000). Implications of EU enlargement for the regions in the existing European Union. In H. Kohno, P. Nijkamp, & J. Poot (Eds.), Regional Cohesion and Competition in the Age of Globalization (286-308). Edward Elgar

Implications of European Union expansion for peripheral regions. (2000)
Book Chapter
McQuaid, R. W. (2000). Implications of European Union expansion for peripheral regions. In H. Kohno, P. Nijkamp, & J. Poot (Eds.), Regional cohesion and competition in the age of globalization, 284-308. Edward Elgar Publishing

Defining entrepreneurship - implications for ICT, social enterprise and regional and local development policies. (2000)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W. (2000). Defining entrepreneurship - implications for ICT, social enterprise and regional and local development policies

Many national, regional or local agencies have created policies to directly support entrepreneurs so as to increase the number of businesses or aid the competitiveness and expansion of existing small firms. This Working paper considers what is meant... Read More about Defining entrepreneurship - implications for ICT, social enterprise and regional and local development policies..

The influence of transport on industrial location choice: a stated preference experiment (2000)
Journal Article
D. Nelson, J., Leitham, S., McQuaid, R. W., & Nelson, J. D. (2000). The influence of transport on industrial location choice: a stated preference experiment. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 34(7), 515-535. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0965-8564%2899%2900030-0

Stated preference experiments are introduced and applied to an investigation of the influence of road transport and other factors on industrial location in terms of the ex ante decision making process. The experiments, based upon repeated hypothetica... Read More about The influence of transport on industrial location choice: a stated preference experiment.