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Green new product development and supplier involvement: strategic partnership for green innovation (2012)
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Lee, K. H., & Kim, J. W. (2012). Green new product development and supplier involvement: strategic partnership for green innovation. International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 6(3), 290. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijisd.2012.047841

Integrating environmental concerns into New Product Development (NPD) have become a strategic issue for corporate competitiveness. Despite increasing attention of green products in supply chain management, there is a gap between emerging green NPD a... Read More about Green new product development and supplier involvement: strategic partnership for green innovation.

Posting of temporary workers in Germany, will the end of transitional period really help? (2012)
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Kunertova, T., & Štefko, M. (2012). Posting of temporary workers in Germany, will the end of transitional period really help?. The Lawyer Quarterly, 2(1), 108-116

As of May 1, 2011 the last two member states of the European Union, Austria and Germany, have opened their job markets to the new member states joining the European Union in 2004 (incl. Czech Republic). From now on workers coming from the new member... Read More about Posting of temporary workers in Germany, will the end of transitional period really help?.

Factors that influence the level of problem gambling: A Macao case (2012)
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Cheung, M. (2012). Factors that influence the level of problem gambling: A Macao case. Journal of Gambling Business and Economics, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.5750/jgbe.v6i1.576

This study has two purposes. First, we aim to identify the demography factors, namely gender, marital status, educational level, age, monthly income, and cognitive factor, namely casino-related job and emotional intelligence are predictive of problem... Read More about Factors that influence the level of problem gambling: A Macao case.

Strategic HRM Outside of Corporate HQ: Lost in Translation? (2012)
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Sheehan, M. (2012). Strategic HRM Outside of Corporate HQ: Lost in Translation?. Organization and Management, 4, 121-140

The paper evaluates the importance of successfully transferring knowledge about Human Resources role to subsidiaries within Multi-National Corporations. The author presents result of the research conducted on a group of MNC's Head Quarter HR director... Read More about Strategic HRM Outside of Corporate HQ: Lost in Translation?.

Evaluating a tacit knowledge sharing initiative: a case study (2012)
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Gubbins, C., Corrigan, S., Garavan, T. N., O' Connor, C., Leahy, D., Long, D., & Murphy, E. (2012). Evaluating a tacit knowledge sharing initiative: a case study. European Journal of Training and Development, 36(8), 827-847. https://doi.org/10.1108/030905

Purpose – This paper aims to present a case study illustrating the issues involved in the tacit knowledge conversion process and to determine whether such conversion delivers value to the organisation in terms of business value and return on investm... Read More about Evaluating a tacit knowledge sharing initiative: a case study.

Attributes of innovative companies in diverse innovation typologies (2012)
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Lewrick, M., & Raeside, R. (2012). Attributes of innovative companies in diverse innovation typologies. International journal of entrepreneurship and innovation management, 15(3), 159. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijeim.2012.046598

The subject of the study reported in this paper is the exploration of companies' attributes, which discuss the impact of core companies' characteristics towards innovation in diverse innovation typologies, for both incremental and radical innovations... Read More about Attributes of innovative companies in diverse innovation typologies.

Events and festivals in Asia and the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region: Opportunities and challenges (2012)
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Weber, K., & Ali‐Knight, J. (2012). Events and festivals in Asia and the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region: Opportunities and challenges. International Journal of Event and Festival Management, 3(1), 4-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/17582951211210898

Purpose – This editorial aims to provide a brief overview of recent developments in the events industry in general, and in Asia and the MENA region in particular. The discussion forms a prelude for the individual contributions of this special issue.... Read More about Events and festivals in Asia and the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region: Opportunities and challenges.

The use of data mining to identify indicators of health-related quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (2012)
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Penny, K. I., & Smith, G. D. (2012). The use of data mining to identify indicators of health-related quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21, 2761-2771. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03897.x

Aim.  To examine the health-related quality of life in a cohort of individuals with irritable bowel syndrome and to explore the use of several data-mining methods to identify which socio-demographic and irritable bowel syndrome symptoms are most high... Read More about The use of data mining to identify indicators of health-related quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.

E-learning participation in Higher Education: a study of Scottish and Croatian students (2012)
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Penny, K. I., & Dukic, D. (2012). E-learning participation in Higher Education: a study of Scottish and Croatian students. Information Technology Interfaces, 231-236. https://doi.org/10.2498/iti.2012.0357

E-learning is becoming increasingly important in higher education. Information was gathered on students’ usage of e-learning activities in Scotland and in Croatia. An exploratory factor analysis reveals four underlying factors which may be used to cl... Read More about E-learning participation in Higher Education: a study of Scottish and Croatian students.

Dividend tunneling and joint expropriation: empirical evidence from China's capital market (2012)
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Lv, H., Li, W., & Gao, S. S. (2012). Dividend tunneling and joint expropriation: empirical evidence from China's capital market. European Journal of Finance, 18, 369-394. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2011.579741

This paper examines the association between cash dividends and the shareholders balancing mechanism (SBM) using the exogeneity and endogeneity assumptions of corporate ownership structure. This paper identifies, in the case of China, whether paying c... Read More about Dividend tunneling and joint expropriation: empirical evidence from China's capital market.

Using qualitative methodologies to understand behaviour change (2012)
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Logie-MacIver, L., Piacentini, M. G., & Eadie, D. (2012). Using qualitative methodologies to understand behaviour change. Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, 15, 70-86. https://doi.org/10.1108/13522751211192008

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of qualitative approaches to add depth and insight to understanding concerning the issues involved when consumers try to make changes in their behaviour. The context of this study is people tr... Read More about Using qualitative methodologies to understand behaviour change.

Managing revenue in Scottish visitor attractions. (2012)
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Leask, A., Fyall, A., & Garrod, B. (2012). Managing revenue in Scottish visitor attractions. Current Issues in Tourism, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2012.667070

Revenue management is often identified as a potentially valuable tool for addressing some of the challenges currently facing visitor attractions. This article sets out to investigate the adoption of revenue-management practices by Scottish paid-entry... Read More about Managing revenue in Scottish visitor attractions..

A two-pass model study of the CAPM: evidence from the UK stock market. (2012)
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Hwang, T., Gao, S. S., & Owen, H. (2012). A two-pass model study of the CAPM: evidence from the UK stock market. Studies in economics and finance, 29, 89-104. https://doi.org/10.1108/10867371211229118

Purpose – There has been considerable debate on the linear relationship between systematic risk and return. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether security return can be explained by systematic risk. Design/methodology/approach – Thi... Read More about A two-pass model study of the CAPM: evidence from the UK stock market..

Training and development roles and structures in European call centers: the Influence of strategic choice, Institutional and coevolutionary processes (2012)
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Garavan, T. N., Cross, C., Wilson, J., & Carbery, R. (2012). Training and development roles and structures in European call centers: the Influence of strategic choice, Institutional and coevolutionary processes. Thunderbird International Business Review, 54, 875-890. https://doi.org/10.1002/tie.21509

The global call center sector has emerged as a vibrant and economically successful industry in recent decades. Training and development of employees is acknowledged as a key component of call center strategy in facilitating the utilization of new tec... Read More about Training and development roles and structures in European call centers: the Influence of strategic choice, Institutional and coevolutionary processes.

Global talent management in science-based firms: an exploratory investigation of the pharmaceutical industry during the global downturn (2012)
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Garavan, T. N. (2012). Global talent management in science-based firms: an exploratory investigation of the pharmaceutical industry during the global downturn. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 23, 2428-2449. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2012.668385

This paper investigates global talent management (GTM) in science-based firms during the global downturn. Literature on the resource-based view, the best-fit perspective and resource dependency theory is used to frame a qualitative study of nine glob... Read More about Global talent management in science-based firms: an exploratory investigation of the pharmaceutical industry during the global downturn.