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Factors influencing students’ choice to enter private education institute undergraduate full-time programmes in Singapore (2022)
Thesis
Dhaliwal, D. S. Factors influencing students’ choice to enter private education institute undergraduate full-time programmes in Singapore. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

This study sought to discover key underlying factors influencing students’ choice to enrol with Private Education Institutes (PEI) in Singapore to develop their Higher Education (HE) needs. Despite the vast literature on factors influencing students’... Read More about Factors influencing students’ choice to enter private education institute undergraduate full-time programmes in Singapore.

Exploring tourist’s socio-cultural aversions, self-congruity bias, attitudes and willingness to participate in indigenous tourism (2022)
Journal Article
Holder, A., Walters, G., Ruhanen, L., & Mkono, M. (2024). Exploring tourist’s socio-cultural aversions, self-congruity bias, attitudes and willingness to participate in indigenous tourism. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 30(2), 207-224. https://doi.org/10.1177/13567667221124343

Empirical studies of tourist socio-cultural aversions and their influence on tourist consumption are limited. A socio-cultural aversion describes the avoidance associated with an ingrained dislike for, and distancing from something representative of... Read More about Exploring tourist’s socio-cultural aversions, self-congruity bias, attitudes and willingness to participate in indigenous tourism.

Project-focused literature on public-private partnership (PPP) in developing countries: a critical review (2022)
Journal Article
Almeile, A. M., Chipulu, M., Ojiako, U., Vahidi, R., & Marshall, A. (2024). Project-focused literature on public-private partnership (PPP) in developing countries: a critical review. Production Planning and Control, 35(7), 683-710. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2022.2123408

Set within the context of developing countries, we conduct a state of the art systematic review of project-focused, public-private partnership literature published between 1997 and 2021. The outcome of this review provides critical insight into trend... Read More about Project-focused literature on public-private partnership (PPP) in developing countries: a critical review.

A Weighted and Normalized Gould–Fernandez brokerage measure (2022)
Journal Article
Zádor, Z., Zhu, Z., Smith, M., & Gorgoni, S. (2022). A Weighted and Normalized Gould–Fernandez brokerage measure. PLOS ONE, 17(9), Article e0274475. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274475

The Gould and Fernandez local brokerage measure defines brokering roles based on the group membership of the nodes from the incoming and outgoing edges. This paper extends on this brokerage measure to account for weighted edges and introduces the Wei... Read More about A Weighted and Normalized Gould–Fernandez brokerage measure.

An Evaluation of Ireland’s Sustainable Freight Transport Policy (2022)
Journal Article
Zhang, X., Plant, E., & Valantasis Kanellos, N. (2022). An Evaluation of Ireland’s Sustainable Freight Transport Policy. Logistics, 6(3), Article 65. https://doi.org/10.3390/logistics6030065

Background: The Irish government has put forth sustainable transport policy measures, yet the emphasis is mainly on the active travel and sustainable mobility for passenger transport. Contrariwise, freight transport has not received equal considerati... Read More about An Evaluation of Ireland’s Sustainable Freight Transport Policy.

An Autoethnography of “Making It” in Academia: Writing an ECR “Journey” of Facebook, Assemblage, Affect, and the Outdoors (2022)
Journal Article
Stanley, P. (2023). An Autoethnography of “Making It” in Academia: Writing an ECR “Journey” of Facebook, Assemblage, Affect, and the Outdoors. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 52(3), 404-431. https://doi.org/10.1177/08912416221120819

While much has been written to guide early career researchers (ECRs) and those charged with socializing them into academic ontologies, much less is known about ECRs’ own experiences of becoming academic. This article presents a narrative, new-materia... Read More about An Autoethnography of “Making It” in Academia: Writing an ECR “Journey” of Facebook, Assemblage, Affect, and the Outdoors.

Grand Challenges and OR: the Cost of Living Crisis (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M. (2022, September). Grand Challenges and OR: the Cost of Living Crisis. Presented at OR64: OR For a Better World Together, University of Warwick

Each year we pose a “grand challenge” to provide an opportunity to identify how OR can be used to help solve real-world issues in our host city region, the UK and beyond. We have not been short of challenges in the past, be it the climate emergency,... Read More about Grand Challenges and OR: the Cost of Living Crisis.

Cash Holding Dynamics and Competition Intensity: Evidence from UK firms (2022)
Journal Article
Adamolekun, G., Jones, E., & Li, H. (2023). Cash Holding Dynamics and Competition Intensity: Evidence from UK firms. Managerial and Decision Economics, 44(1), 641-662. https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.3705

Using a quasi-natural experiment and various measures of competition intensity, we examine whether an increase in product market competition is a key driver of firm cash holdings. We find that firms increase cash holdings when competition is intense.... Read More about Cash Holding Dynamics and Competition Intensity: Evidence from UK firms.

The Build for Purpose Canvas (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., Fonseca, A., & Tan, H. (2022, September). The Build for Purpose Canvas. Paper presented at OR64 The Annual Operational Research Conference, University of Warwick

The paper proposes the “Build for Purpose Canvas” (B4PC) to help organisations to put purpose at the heart of their business, build meaningful relationships with communities and amplify impact by co-creating solutions to common issue(s) of concern wh... Read More about The Build for Purpose Canvas.

Leadership skills with classroom instruction integration in hospitality management higher education (2022)
Journal Article
Sisson, A. D., & Roberts, K. R. (2023). Leadership skills with classroom instruction integration in hospitality management higher education. Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism, 23(2), 208-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/15313220.2022.2123080

To move from the gap between industry and academia, educators must review and change instructional content to meet industry demands. By addressing the industry imperative for leadership skills, this exploratory study evaluates the most prominent lead... Read More about Leadership skills with classroom instruction integration in hospitality management higher education.

Digital Transformation in the Music Industry: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Accelerated New Business Opportunities (2022)
Book Chapter
Oliver, P., & Lalchev, S. (2022). Digital Transformation in the Music Industry: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Accelerated New Business Opportunities. In G. Morrow, D. Nordgård, & P. Tschmuck (Eds.), Rethinking the Music Business: Music Contexts, Rights, Data, and COVID-19 (55-72). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09532-0_4

This chapter focuses on digital transformation—its meaning within, and impact on, the global music industry—and explores its role as facilitator of the development and establishment of creative business innovations. Such innovations are significant b... Read More about Digital Transformation in the Music Industry: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Accelerated New Business Opportunities.

Investigating the effects of service recovery strategies on consumer forgiveness and post-trust in the food delivery sector (2022)
Journal Article
Gannon, M., Taheri, B., Thompson, J., Rahimi, R., & Okumus, B. (2022). Investigating the effects of service recovery strategies on consumer forgiveness and post-trust in the food delivery sector. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 107, Article 103341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2022.103341

Underpinned by coping theory, this study investigates the extent to which service recovery strategies (e.g., firm-level apologies; compensation; feedback loops) stimulate customer forgiveness and post-trust following service failure. Adopting a two-s... Read More about Investigating the effects of service recovery strategies on consumer forgiveness and post-trust in the food delivery sector.

Competition Law Damages Actions in Respect of Forex Rate Fixing Cartels: Where the Passing-on Defence Appears to Reach its Limits (2022)
Journal Article
Stirling, G. (2022). Competition Law Damages Actions in Respect of Forex Rate Fixing Cartels: Where the Passing-on Defence Appears to Reach its Limits. Global Competition Litigation Review, 15(3), 97-104

This article discusses the recent decision of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in Allianz Global Investors GmbH v Barclays Bank Plc. Overturning a decision of the High Court, the Court of Appeal held that losses incurred by investment funds a... Read More about Competition Law Damages Actions in Respect of Forex Rate Fixing Cartels: Where the Passing-on Defence Appears to Reach its Limits.

Anti-Suit Injunctions and Geopolitics in Transnational SEPs Litigation (2022)
Journal Article
Colangelo, G., & Torti, V. (2023). Anti-Suit Injunctions and Geopolitics in Transnational SEPs Litigation. European Journal of Legal Studies, 14(2), 45-84. https://doi.org/10.2924/EJLS.2022.019

Anti-suit injunctions have recently emerged as a phenomenon significantly affecting the dynamics of standard essential patent (SEP) litigation. The role played by these patents in the Internet of Things scenario and the willingness of national courts... Read More about Anti-Suit Injunctions and Geopolitics in Transnational SEPs Litigation.

Social network analysis and festival relationships: personal, organisational and strategic connections (2022)
Thesis
Jarman, D. (2022). Social network analysis and festival relationships: personal, organisational and strategic connections. (Thesis). Tilburg University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2912990

In the world of festivals and creative communities, relationships matter. Festival managers and producers understand the overlapping links, both professional and private, amongst their colleagues. Freelancers and graduates developing their careers ap... Read More about Social network analysis and festival relationships: personal, organisational and strategic connections.

B Corps – do network ties matter? (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, M., Tan, H., & Weaver, M. (2022, August). B Corps – do network ties matter?. Paper presented at British Academy of Management 2022 Conference, University of Manchester

When a director sits on the boards of directors of multiple firms, linkages are established between these firms which are referred to as director interlocks. Resource dependency theory argues that firms benefit from these interlocks as they have acce... Read More about B Corps – do network ties matter?.

Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students (2022)
Thesis
Ratz, S. (2022). Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students. (Thesis). London Metropolitan University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2928619

This thesis investigates reflexivity and decision-making of language students by examining the interplay between what students care about (their multilingual ‘concerns’), and how they understand and act on their structural environments (through multi... Read More about Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) when Working from Home: Opportunities for Leadership and Engagement (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hejjas, K., Bratton, A., & Gilek, M. (2022, August). Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) when Working from Home: Opportunities for Leadership and Engagement. Paper presented at British Academy of Management (BAM) 2022, Manchester, England

Homeworking arrangements are increasing with many office-based employees working either fully or part time from home. Despite benefits associated with homeworking, including increased flexibility, limitations include a direct impact of this work arra... Read More about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) when Working from Home: Opportunities for Leadership and Engagement.