Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (21)

Do business start-ups create high-quality jobs for young people? (2018)
Book Chapter
Ortlieb, R., Sheehan, M., & Masso, J. (2018). Do business start-ups create high-quality jobs for young people?. In J. O'Reilly, J. Leschke, R. Ortlieb, M. Seleib-Kaiser, & P. Villa (Eds.), Youth Labor in Transition: Inequalities, Mobility, and Policies in

Since the onset of the recent economic crisis, there has been a renewed interest among policymakers across Europe in measures to stimulate self-employment and entrepreneurship as an alternative to unemployment. However, fundamental questions about po... Read More about Do business start-ups create high-quality jobs for young people?.

The Paradox of Risk Management: A Supply Management Practice Perspective (2018)
Book Chapter
Sarker, S. (2019). The Paradox of Risk Management: A Supply Management Practice Perspective. In G. A. Zsidisin, & M. Henke (Eds.), Revisiting Supply Chain Risk (421-437). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03813-7_24

How are risks managed in organizations? A conformist answer to this question is that all the plausible risks are first identified, then assessed and finally mitigated or treated. Grounded on a single in-depth case study of a leading global manufactur... Read More about The Paradox of Risk Management: A Supply Management Practice Perspective.

Craft beer, Cicerones and changing identities in beer serving (2018)
Book Chapter
Clarke, D., Weir, D., & Patrick, H. (2018). Craft beer, Cicerones and changing identities in beer serving. In Work, Working and Work Relationships in a Changing World. Routledge

There has been a revival of traditional beer in the UK and the craft beer market is becoming increasingly competitive, resulting in producers bringing a little more theatre to the category. Beer drinking is primarily about taste and, since consumers... Read More about Craft beer, Cicerones and changing identities in beer serving.

Global Issues: The Technological Framework (2018)
Book Chapter
Bratton, J., & Grant, K. (2018). Global Issues: The Technological Framework. In The International Business Environment (251-288). (Fourth edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press

No abstract available.

Family Travel in the US: Attitudes and Barriers to Family Wellbeing (2018)
Book Chapter
Minnaert, L. (2018). Family Travel in the US: Attitudes and Barriers to Family Wellbeing. In A. M. Munar, J. G. Alsop, S. Benjamin, K. Boluk, A. Carr, L. Cooke, & P. Wright (Eds.), Tourism and Wellness: Travel for the Good of All?. Rowman & Littlefield

Critical Turns in Tourism Studies (2018)
Book Chapter
Ateljević, I., Pritchard, A., Morgan, N., Čaušević, S., & Minnaert, L. (2018). Critical Turns in Tourism Studies. In C. Cooper, S. Volo, W. C. Gartner, & N. Scott (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Management: Applications of Theories And Concepts t

Job quality, flexibility and obstacles to collective agency (2018)
Book Chapter
Mendonca, P. (2018). Job quality, flexibility and obstacles to collective agency. In J. Kubisa, & T. Isidorsson (Eds.), Job Quality in an Era of Flexibility: Experiences in a European Context. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203710678

This chapter empirically examines the way job quality is dynamically shaped by the employers and trade unions in a large bottling hall in Scotland. In particular, this chapter analyses how trade unions are able or unable to influence and regulate fle... Read More about Job quality, flexibility and obstacles to collective agency.

Job quality in an era of flexibility (2018)
Book Chapter
Kubisa, J., & Mendonca, P. (2018). Job quality in an era of flexibility. In T. Isidorsson, & J. Kubisa (Eds.), Job Quality in an Era of Flexibility: Experiences in a European Context. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203710678

This chapter introduces the discussions on the relation between job quality and flexibility that spread in European labour markets despite differences in countries’ institutional arrangements. The authors state that organisations currently are under... Read More about Job quality in an era of flexibility.

English: its role as the language of comity in an employment programme for Canadian immigrants (2018)
Book Chapter
Victoria, M. (2018). English: its role as the language of comity in an employment programme for Canadian immigrants. In Skilled Migration and Global EnglishTaylor & Francis

This study explores the experiences of a culturally and linguistically diverse group of immigrant adult students as they attended a 12-week employment preparation course for newcomers to Canada. The main aim of the course was to equip the immigrants... Read More about English: its role as the language of comity in an employment programme for Canadian immigrants.

Regenerative Medicine Venturing at the University-Industry Boundary: Implications for Institutions, Entrepreneurs, and Industry (2018)
Book Chapter
Bock, A. J., & Johnson, D. (2018). Regenerative Medicine Venturing at the University-Industry Boundary: Implications for Institutions, Entrepreneurs, and Industry. In A. Raval, P. Hematti, & E. Schmuck (Eds.), Cardiac Extracellular Matrix (213-236). Cham:

Regenerative medicine research at university laboratories has outpaced commercial activity. Legal, regulatory, funding, technological, and operational uncertainty have slowed market entry of regenerative medicine treatments. As a result, commercial d... Read More about Regenerative Medicine Venturing at the University-Industry Boundary: Implications for Institutions, Entrepreneurs, and Industry.

Workplace Cultures (2018)
Book Chapter
Perchard, A. (2018). Workplace Cultures. In D. J. Walkowitz (Ed.), A Cultural History of Work in the Modern Age (77-92). London: Bloomsbury Publishing

Digital Revolution or Plastic Gimmick? Authenticity in 3D Souvenirs (2018)
Book Chapter
Anastasiadou, C., & Vettese, S. (2018). Digital Revolution or Plastic Gimmick? Authenticity in 3D Souvenirs. In J. M. Rickly, & E. S. Vidon (Eds.), Authenticity & Tourism Materialities, Perceptions, Experiences (165-179). Emerald

Mass-market production of souvenirs, their disposability and their mixed up, interpretive styling may detach the tourist from the actual experience. Conversely, it is the personal relationship that is formed between the tourist and the souvenir tha... Read More about Digital Revolution or Plastic Gimmick? Authenticity in 3D Souvenirs.

Realizing the objectives of public international environmental law through private contracts: the need for a dialogue with private international law scholars (2018)
Book Chapter
Morgera, E., & Gillies, L. (2018). Realizing the objectives of public international environmental law through private contracts: the need for a dialogue with private international law scholars. In V. Ruiz Abou-Nigm, K. McCall-Smith, & D. French (Eds.), Li

This chapter maps little-studied interactions between public and private international law by comparing experiences in using private contracts to specify the meaning of international environmental treaty objectives that relate to equity (namely, fair... Read More about Realizing the objectives of public international environmental law through private contracts: the need for a dialogue with private international law scholars.

Contemporary Financial Risk Management Perceptions and Practices of Small-Sized Chinese Businesses (2018)
Book Chapter
Gao, S., Oreal, S., & Zhang, J. (2018). Contemporary Financial Risk Management Perceptions and Practices of Small-Sized Chinese Businesses. In Global Business Expansion: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, (917-931). USA: IGI Global. https:

This study investigated the current perceptions and practices of financial risk management at small businesses in China. The researchers took an interpretative approach, using interviews within a case study, to collect qualitative data from Chinese b... Read More about Contemporary Financial Risk Management Perceptions and Practices of Small-Sized Chinese Businesses.

Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable 3D - Printed Souvenirs (2018)
Book Chapter
Anastasiadou, C., Vettese, S., & Calder, L. (2018). Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable 3D - Printed Souvenirs. In L. Egberts, & M. D. Alvarez (Eds.), Heritage and Tourism : Places, Imageries and the Digital Age (151-17

This research set out to investigate whether technological innovations in design and the personalisation of tourist souvenirs through 3D printing, could offer opportunities to break away from stereotypically throwaway, low quality, mass manufactured... Read More about Enhancing the Tourist Heritage Experience through In-Situ, Customisable 3D - Printed Souvenirs.

Socially Responsible Investment (2018)
Book Chapter
Paterson, A., Elshinawy, M., Adamolekun, G., Rae, S., & Sherif, M. (2018). Socially Responsible Investment. In A. Paterson, A. Yonekura, W. Jackson, & D. Jubb (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Social Accounting (92-111). Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers