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A Systems Thinking Approach to Connecting and Aligning CSR Responses to Social Need in Scotland (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Crossan, K., Tan, H., Paxton, S., & Weaver, M. (2015, July). A Systems Thinking Approach to Connecting and Aligning CSR Responses to Social Need in Scotland. Presented at 27th European Conference on Operational Research

The session aims to present a conceptual model of the governance issues in connecting and aligning the CSR activities of Scottish Businesses and the real and emerging needs in Scotland and the third sector. This forms part of a KTP funded project to... Read More about A Systems Thinking Approach to Connecting and Aligning CSR Responses to Social Need in Scotland.

Serving best interests in Known Biological Father disputes (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macfarlane, L. (2015, July). Serving best interests in Known Biological Father disputes. Paper presented at Convention on the Rights of the Child Implementation Project Colloquium

Article 3 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child provides that in ‘all actions concerning children’ the ‘best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration’. Increasing diversity in family life raises increasingly diverse issues in... Read More about Serving best interests in Known Biological Father disputes.

To revel in someone else's misfortune? An exploration of the perception of Indonesian smokers towards tobacco marketing - A virtue ethics perspective (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tjandra, N. C., Aroean, L., & Prabandari, Y. S. (2015). To revel in someone else's misfortune? An exploration of the perception of Indonesian smokers towards tobacco marketing - A virtue ethics perspective.

For a number of years tobacco companies have had a significant political and financial influence in Indonesia. The tobacco industry is one of the Indonesian government’s largest sources of tax revenue. In some regions, it is also the largest source o... Read More about To revel in someone else's misfortune? An exploration of the perception of Indonesian smokers towards tobacco marketing - A virtue ethics perspective.

Visioning the future city - a discussion on the narrative of sustainability through events and festivals (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, M. (2015, July). Visioning the future city - a discussion on the narrative of sustainability through events and festivals. Paper presented at LSA 2015 Creating Leisure

This conceptual work discusses a visionary future of the city destination in which festival and events have a purposeful role in narrating sustainable development – a megatrend that infuses global society. It is a component of a larger work. Approac... Read More about Visioning the future city - a discussion on the narrative of sustainability through events and festivals.

Abrandcadabra - successful brands magically transforming our world. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Omar, M. (2015, July). Abrandcadabra - successful brands magically transforming our world. Paper presented at The magic in marketing - Academy of Marketing Annual Conference

It is well documented that marketing can do magical things for brands (Hall, 2014). It surges market share, swells shareholder profit, escalates brand value scores, increases awareness levels and deepens affinity rates. But it is also worth consideri... Read More about Abrandcadabra - successful brands magically transforming our world..

The Selfie Project: Learning/Teaching English in an Innovative Way (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2015, July). The Selfie Project: Learning/Teaching English in an Innovative Way. Paper presented at The Languages of Language Learning: 11th Annual Conference of the BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG, University of Edinburgh

It is a truism to say that in order to motivate language learners, we need to know what they find interesting and then design lessons that capture or reflect those interests. And yet, there are some things that are so obvious that we fail to notice t... Read More about The Selfie Project: Learning/Teaching English in an Innovative Way.

Understanding the policy assumptions made in youth employment activation from a capability approach. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Egdell, V., Raeside, R., & Graham, H. (2015, July). Understanding the policy assumptions made in youth employment activation from a capability approach. Paper presented at Inequality in the 21st Century

Youth unemployment is a major government concern for countries across Europe. In the UK, in the final quarter of 2013, the unemployment rate for those aged 16-24 years stood at 20%; whereas the unemployment rate for those aged 25-64 years was only 5%... Read More about Understanding the policy assumptions made in youth employment activation from a capability approach..

How do International New Ventures Create Social Capital? A Local and Global Networking Activities Perspective. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Warner, K. S. R., & Jones, M. V. (2015). How do International New Ventures Create Social Capital? A Local and Global Networking Activities Perspective. In R. Mudambi, & T. Kiyak (Eds.), Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Internationa

It is widely acknowledged in the international entrepreneurship (IE) literature that social capital is a vital asset for new venture internationalization. Despite a well published body of literature on network based research, it is still unclear as t... Read More about How do International New Ventures Create Social Capital? A Local and Global Networking Activities Perspective..

Status Homophily or Value Homophily? – Predicting tie Formation in the Irish Climate Change Policy Network using Bayesian Exponential Random Graph Models. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wagner, P., & Payne, D. (2015, June). Status Homophily or Value Homophily? – Predicting tie Formation in the Irish Climate Change Policy Network using Bayesian Exponential Random Graph Models. Paper presented at XXXV Sunbelt Conference, Brighton

Stakeholders engage in participative inter-organisational policymaking processes in a variety of different ways, for an array of normative reasons, and for a range of instrumental purposes. Understanding exactly which factors shape the actions of sta... Read More about Status Homophily or Value Homophily? – Predicting tie Formation in the Irish Climate Change Policy Network using Bayesian Exponential Random Graph Models..

Employability Skills in Large Business Modules: Built-in or Bolted-on? (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, S., & Edwards, A. (2015). Employability Skills in Large Business Modules: Built-in or Bolted-on?.

What did you do? We integrated Confident Future’s ‘Making Feedback Work for You’ session into a very large 2nd Year Business School module. Rather than view the session as a bolt-on we built it in and included an exam question on the session content... Read More about Employability Skills in Large Business Modules: Built-in or Bolted-on?.

The Motivation and Effectiveness of Adopting EVA® in China’s Central Government-Owned Enterprises (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gao, S. S., & Zhang, J. (2015). The Motivation and Effectiveness of Adopting EVA® in China’s Central Government-Owned Enterprises. In Proceedings of World Business Research Conference

China’s central government-owned enterprises (CGOEs) were required to implement Economic Value Added (EVA®) in 2010 as a part of introducing innovative performance evaluation and management system required by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Ad... Read More about The Motivation and Effectiveness of Adopting EVA® in China’s Central Government-Owned Enterprises.

The development of an e-Toolkit for direct entry students to aid transition into Higher Education: the dissertation maze. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brodie, J., Penny, K. I., Windram, B., & McCallum, L. (2015). The development of an e-Toolkit for direct entry students to aid transition into Higher Education: the dissertation maze.

Our research project has been focused on understanding the barriers and enablers of direct entry (DE) students to Edinburgh Napier University as they embark on the Undergraduate Dissertation. DE students often find embarking on a dissertation a daunt... Read More about The development of an e-Toolkit for direct entry students to aid transition into Higher Education: the dissertation maze..

The Way Forward for Mapping and Safeguarding ICH: The Scottish Experience (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCleery, A., Leask, A., Bowers, A., & McCleery, A. (2015, June). The Way Forward for Mapping and Safeguarding ICH: The Scottish Experience. Paper presented at ICOMOS-UK Intangible Cultural Heritage Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland

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Conditions of Commensality: exploring the social conditions of online mediated commensality. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urie, G., & Lynch, P. (2015, May). Conditions of Commensality: exploring the social conditions of online mediated commensality. Paper presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, Manchester

Urie, G., & Lynch, P. (2015, May). Conditions of Commensality: exploring the social conditions of online mediated commensality. Paper presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education Annual Research Conference, Manchester Metropolitan Univer... Read More about Conditions of Commensality: exploring the social conditions of online mediated commensality..