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Developing critical intercultural competence through understanding the location, product and processes of dialogue (2022)
Book Chapter
Pilcher, N., & Zhou, V. X. (2022). Developing critical intercultural competence through understanding the location, product and processes of dialogue. In M. Sommier, A. Roiha, & M. Lahti (Eds.), Interculturality in Higher Education: Putting Critical Appro

The idea of ‘intercultural competence’ (ICC) has been beset by tension between training models presenting culture as understood through ‘nation’ based constructs, and counterarguments disparaging such models as reductive and othering, dividing nation... Read More about Developing critical intercultural competence through understanding the location, product and processes of dialogue.

The Zhabdrung’s Legacy: Buddhism and Constitutional Transformation in Bhutan (2022)
Book Chapter
Whitecross, R. W. (2022). The Zhabdrung’s Legacy: Buddhism and Constitutional Transformation in Bhutan. In T. Ginsburg, & B. Schonthal (Eds.), Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law (73-98). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10

The charismatic Tibetan religious hierarch, the Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal unified Bhutan in the second quarter of the seventeenth century. The Zhabdrung introduced a “dual system” of secular and religious government that remained in place until the e... Read More about The Zhabdrung’s Legacy: Buddhism and Constitutional Transformation in Bhutan.

Digital entrepreneurship in a rural context: the implications of the rural-urban digital divide (2022)
Book Chapter
Gerli, P., & Whalley, J. (2022). Digital entrepreneurship in a rural context: the implications of the rural-urban digital divide. In M. Keyhani, T. Kollmann, A. Ashjari, A. Sorgner, & C. Hull (Eds.), Handbook of Digital Entrepreneurship (291-305). Edward

Digital technologies are expected to encourage entrepreneurship by making it less spatially bounded, but there is increasing evidence that digital entrepreneurship remains geographically concentrated in a few locations. Drawing on interviews from Ita... Read More about Digital entrepreneurship in a rural context: the implications of the rural-urban digital divide.

Lessons from the Past for the Future (2022)
Book Chapter
Victoria, M. (2022). Lessons from the Past for the Future. In M. Victoria (Ed.), Methodological Issues and Challenges in Researching Transculturally. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Undertaking supply chain management research: philosophy and practice (2022)
Book Chapter
Nunes, B., Bennett, D., & Weaver, M. (2022). Undertaking supply chain management research: philosophy and practice. In S. Childe, & A. Soares (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods for Supply Chain Management (71-85). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. ht

This chapter addresses both philosophical and practical issues when undertaking research in Supply Chain Management (SCM). Key issues in all research phases (design, plan, and execution) prior to publication of a PhD thesis are discussed and illustra... Read More about Undertaking supply chain management research: philosophy and practice.

The impact of Brexit on the digitisation of rural areas in the UK (2022)
Book Chapter
Gerli, P., & Whalley, J. (2022). The impact of Brexit on the digitisation of rural areas in the UK. In A. Attorp, S. Heron, & R. McAreavey (Eds.), Rural Governance in the UK (162-179). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003200208-9

This chapter discusses new policymaking scenarios in rural broadband and digital services that have opened now that the UK is no longer subject to the EU regulatory framework that has thus far driven rural digitisation. One advantage is that there ma... Read More about The impact of Brexit on the digitisation of rural areas in the UK.

When it Comes to Risk, Is Sukuk Better Than Conventional Bonds? A Comparative Study of NASDAQ Securities (2022)
Book Chapter
Farah, A. A., Avdukic, A., & Khaleel, F. (2022). When it Comes to Risk, Is Sukuk Better Than Conventional Bonds? A Comparative Study of NASDAQ Securities. In T. Azid, M. Mukhlisin, & O. Altwijry (Eds.), Wealth management and investment in Islamic settings

This chapter analyses the risk levels of sukuk portfolio compared to conventional bonds, using a sample data that is extracted from daily closing prices of Sukuk and bonds that are traded in Nasdaq Dubai’s security market. The recent data show that g... Read More about When it Comes to Risk, Is Sukuk Better Than Conventional Bonds? A Comparative Study of NASDAQ Securities.

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,

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.

Critical Human Resource Development: Challenges and Prospects (2022)
Book Chapter
McFadden, C., & L. Bierema, L. (2022). Critical Human Resource Development: Challenges and Prospects. In P. Holland, T. Bartram, T. Garavan, & K. Grant (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Work, Workplaces and Disruptive Issues in HRM (243-259). Bingley: Emera

Interpretative Tools (2022)
Book Chapter
Urquhart, E. (2022). Interpretative Tools. In D. Buhalis (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Edward Elgar Publishing

The entry focusses on a central activity, not only for visitor attractions, but for other leisure, tourism and destinations environments. Interpretation involves a variety of tools and techniques used to communicate the significance of assets within... Read More about Interpretative Tools.

Semiotics of Edinburgh’s Festival City Place-Myth: Management and Community Stakeholders’ Visual Representations of Festival Spaces (2022)
Book Chapter
Todd, L. (2022). Semiotics of Edinburgh’s Festival City Place-Myth: Management and Community Stakeholders’ Visual Representations of Festival Spaces. In A. Smith, G. Osborn, & B. Quinn (Eds.), Festivals and the City: The Contested Geographies of Urban

This chapter explores how two distinct strategic management and local community stakeholder groups engage with a festival city through their visual portrayals of spaces. Informed by festival city discourses and a hallmark event tourism stakeholder ty... Read More about Semiotics of Edinburgh’s Festival City Place-Myth: Management and Community Stakeholders’ Visual Representations of Festival Spaces.

Developing an International Workforce (2022)
Book Chapter
Alhejji, H., Heidl, B., & Cross, C. (2022). Developing an International Workforce. In P. Holland, T. Bartram, T. Garavan, & K. Grant (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Work, Workplaces and Disruptive Issues in HRM (317-334). Bingley: Emerald. https://doi.org