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The Promise and Perils of Sensitive Consumer Data: A Relational Exchange Perspective (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haji, I., Dose, D., & Backhaus, C. (2018, December). The Promise and Perils of Sensitive Consumer Data: A Relational Exchange Perspective. Paper presented at Thought Leaders’ Conference on Privacy in Marketing

To cope with growing market demands, retailers increasingly collect and utilize consumer data in order to provide personalized shopping experiences to their consumers and to increase marketing returns (e.g., Schumann et al., 2014). Personalizing reta... Read More about The Promise and Perils of Sensitive Consumer Data: A Relational Exchange Perspective.

Institutional Perspectives Shaping Trust Relationships among Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Omeihe, K., Saud Khan, M., Ahmed Dakhan, S., & Amoako, I. (2018, June). Institutional Perspectives Shaping Trust Relationships among Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries. Presented at BABSON BCERC 2018 Conference, Waterford, Ireland

Principal Topics: There is a growing concern that entrepreneurial behaviour has to be understood in the context in which it occurs. This includes the institutional context in which the entrepreneur operates (Welter and Smallbone, 2011; Martinelli, 2... Read More about Institutional Perspectives Shaping Trust Relationships among Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries.

All We Need Is Trust: Trust In West African Cross Border Networks (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Omeihe, K. O., Gustafsson, V., Amoako, I. O., & Saud Khan, M. (2018, September). All We Need Is Trust: Trust In West African Cross Border Networks. Presented at 2018 British Academy of Management Conference, Bristol, UK

This paper aims to develop an understanding of trust in cross border trade networks dominating West African markets. To date most of the literature on trust and network relationships reveal a paucity of studies about West African traders. This paper... Read More about All We Need Is Trust: Trust In West African Cross Border Networks.

Graduating from the Classroom to the Boardroom: Supporting HE Students’ Employability. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brodie, J., Miles, W., & Hutchinson, J. (2018). Graduating from the Classroom to the Boardroom: Supporting HE Students’ Employability. In Online Proceedings of CABS LTSE Conference

The Get on Board (GOB) extra-curriculum programme started at Edinburgh Napier University’s Business School in 2013. Its goal is to prepare students to take up board level opportunities in local charities, voluntary sector organisations or public bodi... Read More about Graduating from the Classroom to the Boardroom: Supporting HE Students’ Employability..

The shifting terrain of commercial aviation: Implications for HRM (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, K., & Maxwell, G. (2018). The shifting terrain of commercial aviation: Implications for HRM. In Conference Proceedings

Safety is of paramount importance in commercial aviation. Human factors account for up to 80% of aviation accidents and incidents. Commercial aviation is experiencing rapid growth and change while facing intense competition from a large number of new... Read More about The shifting terrain of commercial aviation: Implications for HRM.

“Researching” real-life gendered normativities and performances of expertise: Natural ethnography, friendship as method, and a campervan conversion project (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stanley, P. (2018, November). “Researching” real-life gendered normativities and performances of expertise: Natural ethnography, friendship as method, and a campervan conversion project. Paper presented at Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines, Chile

Last year, I bought a former plumber’s van and built myself a campervan. Then I reflected on the experience —including writing about it in scholarly spaces— as a learning ‘journey’ and as a series of identity negotiations. There was the everyday sexi... Read More about “Researching” real-life gendered normativities and performances of expertise: Natural ethnography, friendship as method, and a campervan conversion project.

Decluttering the conversation: moving undergraduate students away from social media tools to develop meaningful relationships through bespoke team engagement (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, S. (2018, November). Decluttering the conversation: moving undergraduate students away from social media tools to develop meaningful relationships through bespoke team engagement. Presented at 11th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI) 2018, Seville, Spain

Background The introduction of social media into Higher Education has changed the dynamic of learning and teaching for students and staff through increased cooperation and interaction outside the traditional classroom setting despite the perceived di... Read More about Decluttering the conversation: moving undergraduate students away from social media tools to develop meaningful relationships through bespoke team engagement.

Young People on Boards: Creating a Diverse Talent Pipeline of Young Board Members (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M. (2018, October). Young People on Boards: Creating a Diverse Talent Pipeline of Young Board Members. Presented at Business in the Parliament Conference 2018, Holyrood, Scottish Parliament

Weaver, M. (2018, October). Young People on Boards: Creating a Diverse Talent Pipeline of Young Board Members. Presented at Business in the Parliament Conference 2018, Holyrood, Scottish Parliament.

Understanding Domestic Abuse in Civil and Criminal Cases: Preliminary Review (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Whitecross, R., Mair, J., & Burman, M. (2018, October). Understanding Domestic Abuse in Civil and Criminal Cases: Preliminary Review. Paper presented at Improving the experience of Family Justice in Scotland, Edinburgh

Whitecross, R., Mair, J., & Burman, M. (2018, October). Understanding Domestic Abuse in Civil and Criminal Cases: Preliminary Review. Paper presented at Improving the experience of Family Justice in Scotland, Edinburgh.

'Edinburgh the ‘festival city’ and hallmark event tourism': invited research lecture and seminar (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Todd, L. (2018, October). 'Edinburgh the ‘festival city’ and hallmark event tourism': invited research lecture and seminar. Presented at Leisure Talks' series, Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester

The ‘festival city’ has become a topic of theoretical debate within tourism and events research. In strategic destination management practice a festival city presents a significant and sustained portfolio of planned festivals and events as a means of... Read More about 'Edinburgh the ‘festival city’ and hallmark event tourism': invited research lecture and seminar.

The Short Business Case Study: A reactive solution to changing educational circumstances or the proactive and pragmatic fusion of technology and pedagogy? (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gallagher, J., Stevenson, D., & Fordyce, E. (2018, June). The Short Business Case Study: A reactive solution to changing educational circumstances or the proactive and pragmatic fusion of technology and pedagogy?. Presented at WACRA 2018, Rotterdam, Netherlands

The object of this paper is to examine the role short case studies might play in an educational landscape which is under increasing pressure to reform itself. Here, the use of traditional business case studies is examined in terms of whether they are... Read More about The Short Business Case Study: A reactive solution to changing educational circumstances or the proactive and pragmatic fusion of technology and pedagogy?.

Academies, Managerialism and School Teachers' Working Lives: a Labour Process Perspective (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Morrell, S. (2018). Academies, Managerialism and School Teachers' Working Lives: a Labour Process Perspective. In Putting Sociology to Work: Interdisciplinarity, intersectionality and imagination (Work, Employment and Society Conference 2018)

The English school sector has been transformed over recent decades through wide-ranging education policies. One far-reaching change has been the dramatic rise in academy schools driven by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition (2010-2015) (Steve... Read More about Academies, Managerialism and School Teachers' Working Lives: a Labour Process Perspective.

Developing Your ‘North Star’ to Clarify Purpose (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., Crossan, K., & Tan, H. (2018, September). Developing Your ‘North Star’ to Clarify Purpose. Presented at OR60: Annual Conference of the Operational Research Society, Lancaster University

There is widespread acceptance that business “can do well, by doing good” leading to the rise in organisations defining themselves as ‘purpose-driven’. In the context of Scotland, there appears to be a fertile environment for growth in this area, wit... Read More about Developing Your ‘North Star’ to Clarify Purpose.

Cultural Distance and Cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions: The moderating role of Acquirer characteristics (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Boateng, A., Du, M., Bi, X., & Lodorfos, G. (2018, September). Cultural Distance and Cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions: The moderating role of Acquirer characteristics. Paper presented at The 26th Annual Conference on Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, Accounting, and Management, Rutgers University, USA

This paper examines the effects of culture and the interaction between cultural distance and salient acquirer characteristics on value creation of acquiring firms based on a sample of 397 firms over the period of 1998-2012. The findings indicate that... Read More about Cultural Distance and Cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions: The moderating role of Acquirer characteristics.

Because the EU said so? Rethinking the Concept of Harmonisation (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ghio, E. (2018, September). Because the EU said so? Rethinking the Concept of Harmonisation. Paper presented at Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, London

This article debunks the claim that European harmonisation initiatives are made in Brussels behind closed doors and are detached from national realities and domestic practices. This article demonstrates that there is an underlying misunderstanding su... Read More about Because the EU said so? Rethinking the Concept of Harmonisation.

OR and Grand Challenges: Land, Lakes & Beyond (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M. (2018, September). OR and Grand Challenges: Land, Lakes & Beyond. Paper presented at The 60th Operational Society Annual Conference, Lancaster University

In this session we shall seek to discuss: What “Grand Challenges” face us today and into the future in the areas of Land, Lakes and beyond? What contribution can the OR community make to address these challenges?