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Corporate carbon emissions and market valuation of organic and inorganic investments (2022)
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Adamolekun, G., Kwansa, N. A., & Kwabi, F. (2022). Corporate carbon emissions and market valuation of organic and inorganic investments. Economics Letters, 221, Article 110887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110887

We empirically examine the impact of a firm’s carbon emissions level on the market valuation of organic and inorganic investments. We document that the market reacts negatively to corporate investment announcements by companies with high carbon emiss... Read More about Corporate carbon emissions and market valuation of organic and inorganic investments.

A professional money laundering scandal; a narrative-based exploration of undocumented foreign workers in a large construction project (2022)
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Mohd Latif, H., Mohamed, N., Handley-Schachler, M., & Jalaludin, A. (2023). A professional money laundering scandal; a narrative-based exploration of undocumented foreign workers in a large construction project. Journal of Money Laundering Control, 26(5),

Purpose Money laundering weakens the role of the construction industry in stimulating economic growth. The purpose of this paper is to explore the connection between money laundering on the construction sites and undocumented foreign workers, based... Read More about A professional money laundering scandal; a narrative-based exploration of undocumented foreign workers in a large construction project.

“Be the change” — how Cheltenham Science Festival used a central theme to centre social change within the festival (2022)
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Kerr, G., Whittle, E., & Navin, M. (2022). “Be the change” — how Cheltenham Science Festival used a central theme to centre social change within the festival. Journal of Science Communication, 21(06), Article R07

‘Be the change’ (BTC) was the theme for Cheltenham Science Festival. BTC set out to empower audiences as individuals and as a collective to enact positive change across a wide range of global issues linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We... Read More about “Be the change” — how Cheltenham Science Festival used a central theme to centre social change within the festival.

Sub-supplier's sustainability management in multi-tier supply chains: A systematic literature review on the contingency variables, and a conceptual framework (2022)
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Jamalnia, A., Gong, Y., & Govindan, K. (2023). Sub-supplier's sustainability management in multi-tier supply chains: A systematic literature review on the contingency variables, and a conceptual framework. International Journal of Production Economics, 25

Sub-suppliers may violate sustainability standards for a variety of motivations, and focal firms' neglecting of sub-suppliers’ sustainability violation despite stakeholder pressures to establish sustainability compliance at sub-supplier level can bri... Read More about Sub-supplier's sustainability management in multi-tier supply chains: A systematic literature review on the contingency variables, and a conceptual framework.

Worldwide FRAND Licences in Global Patent Litigation (2022)
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Torti, V. (2022). Worldwide FRAND Licences in Global Patent Litigation. European Intellectual Property Review, 44(10), 575-585

A new front has recently emerged in SEP global battles, concerning the legitimacy of judicially determining FRAND worldwide royalties despite the absence of consent of all parties involved. The Unwired Planet decision in the UK, as well as other disp... Read More about Worldwide FRAND Licences in Global Patent Litigation.

Exploring tourist’s socio-cultural aversions, self-congruity bias, attitudes and willingness to participate in indigenous tourism (2022)
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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/1

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)
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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

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.

An Evaluation of Ireland’s Sustainable Freight Transport Policy (2022)
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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.

A Weighted and Normalized Gould–Fernandez brokerage measure (2022)
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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 Autoethnography of “Making It” in Academia: Writing an ECR “Journey” of Facebook, Assemblage, Affect, and the Outdoors (2022)
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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.

Cash Holding Dynamics and Competition Intensity: Evidence from UK firms (2022)
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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.

Leadership skills with classroom instruction integration in hospitality management higher education (2022)
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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.

Investigating the effects of service recovery strategies on consumer forgiveness and post-trust in the food delivery sector (2022)
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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, Artic

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)
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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)
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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.

Informalization in gig food delivery in the UK: the case of hyper flexible and precarious work (2022)
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Mendonça Cardoso, P., Kougiannou, N. K., & Clark, I. (2023). Informalization in gig food delivery in the UK: the case of hyper flexible and precarious work. Industrial Relations, 62(1), 60-77. https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12320

This article examines the process of informalization of work in platform food delivery work in the UK. Drawing on qualitative data, this article provides new analytical insight into what drives individual formal couriers to both supply and demand inf... Read More about Informalization in gig food delivery in the UK: the case of hyper flexible and precarious work.

Mind the Gap: Public Equity as a Financing Solution for Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Influence of National Culture (2022)
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Koch, L., Crossan, K., & Jaworski, P. (2022). Mind the Gap: Public Equity as a Financing Solution for Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Influence of National Culture. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 28(7), 1800-1827. https:

Purpose This research focuses on the demand from medium-sized firms to access public equity as a source of finance. The acceptance of public equity differs strongly between countries, particularly between the United Kingdom and Germany. Therefore, t... Read More about Mind the Gap: Public Equity as a Financing Solution for Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Influence of National Culture.

Digital Meets Smart: Towards a Technology-Enhanced Approach to Smart Specialisation Strategy Development (2022)
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Mora, L., Panori, A., Deakin, M., & Ortega-Argiles, R. (2022). Digital Meets Smart: Towards a Technology-Enhanced Approach to Smart Specialisation Strategy Development. Regional Studies, 56(9), 1421-1428. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2091775

Conceived in the framework of regional studies on Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) development, this special issue strengthens research efforts oriented towards assembling a technology-enhanced approach to S3 policymaking. First, it sheds light on... Read More about Digital Meets Smart: Towards a Technology-Enhanced Approach to Smart Specialisation Strategy Development.

COVID-19 Challenges to Teaching Global Mindset: A Developing Countries’ Perspective (2022)
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Arora, P., Mahajan, S., & Yattoo, T. A. (2022). COVID-19 Challenges to Teaching Global Mindset: A Developing Countries’ Perspective. Journal of Teaching in International Business, 33(1), 55-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/08975930.2022.2101042

COVID-19 pandemic has affected one and all in unison. Different sectors, including the educational sector, have been disproportionately affected in developing and the least developed nations. Against this backdrop, this paper, while considering the i... Read More about COVID-19 Challenges to Teaching Global Mindset: A Developing Countries’ Perspective.