Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (945)

A comparison of missing value imputation methods for classifying patient outcome following trauma injury. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Penny, K. I., & Chesney, T. (2008, June). A comparison of missing value imputation methods for classifying patient outcome following trauma injury. Presented at Information Technology Interfaces 2008

A study is designed to compare several missing value imputation methods to enable classification of patient outcome following trauma injury. The Glasgow coma score is a measure of head injury severity, and is known to be important in determining pati... Read More about A comparison of missing value imputation methods for classifying patient outcome following trauma injury..

Research! Isn't that something academics do? (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Steven, G. (2008, January). Research! Isn't that something academics do?. Paper presented at Edinburgh Napier University Staff Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland

No abstract available.

Data mining trauma injury data with imputed values. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Penny, K. I., & Chesney, T. (2008, June). Data mining trauma injury data with imputed values. Presented at First Joint Meeting of the Societe Francophone de Classification and the Classification and Data Analysis Group of the Italian Statistical Society (SFC-CLADAG 2008)

No abstract available.

Measuring Internet Retail Service Quality Using E-S-QUAL (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rafiq, M., Fulford, H., Lu, X., & Ellis-Chadwick, H. (2008, May). Measuring Internet Retail Service Quality Using E-S-QUAL. Presented at European Marketing Academy Conference, Brighton, UK

Abstract not available.

An Assessment of the Validity and Dimensionality of E-S-QUAL as a Measure of Internet Retail Service Quality (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rafiq, M., Fulford, H., Lu, X., & Ellis-Chadwick, F. (2008). An Assessment of the Validity and Dimensionality of E-S-QUAL as a Measure of Internet Retail Service Quality

Despite its acknowledged importance, there are few rigorous empirical studies examining internet retail service quality. An exception is the development of the E-S-QUAL scale by PZM (2005). Whilst E-S-QUAL demonstrates excellent psychometric properti... Read More about An Assessment of the Validity and Dimensionality of E-S-QUAL as a Measure of Internet Retail Service Quality.

Paths Towards Sustainability: Social Cultural Evaluation of Festivals in Rural and Non-Urban Areas, an Analysis of Media Interpretations (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, M., & Rogers, P. (2008, June). Paths Towards Sustainability: Social Cultural Evaluation of Festivals in Rural and Non-Urban Areas, an Analysis of Media Interpretations. Presented at International Conference for Sustainable Tourism and Spirit of Hospitality in the Alpine Environment., Sappada, Italy

The economic and social composition of rural society has changed irrevocably. The role of the market town as economic epicentre of rural wealth has all but completely evaporated (Courtney & Errington, 2003). Rural areas, inclusive of mountainous ones... Read More about Paths Towards Sustainability: Social Cultural Evaluation of Festivals in Rural and Non-Urban Areas, an Analysis of Media Interpretations.

Being innovative with the assessment process: using posters in entrepreneurship education. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brodie, J., Anderson, M., & Laing, S. (2008). Being innovative with the assessment process: using posters in entrepreneurship education.

In an undergraduate entrepreneurship course that encourages students to reflect on the role of innovation and creativity in enterprising organisations, we initiated a novel approach to the assessment process by introducing poster presentations. This... Read More about Being innovative with the assessment process: using posters in entrepreneurship education..

Place, values, process and benefits: accounting for the social and cultural future of festivals (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leask, A., Rogers, P., & Robertson, M. (2008). Place, values, process and benefits: accounting for the social and cultural future of festivals. In Proceeding of the EUTO Conference 2008, 437-469

This paper presents outcomes from a project established at the Centre for Festival and Event Management (CFEM) at Napier University Business School. This set out to advance the methodologies and knowledge base of socio-cultural festival evaluation a... Read More about Place, values, process and benefits: accounting for the social and cultural future of festivals.

Theatrical Negotiations of the German-Polish Border (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wilkinson, J. (2008, September). Theatrical Negotiations of the German-Polish Border. Paper presented at Cultural Production and Negotiation of Borders: The 2008 European Conference of the Association for Borderlands Studies, Kirkenes, Norway

Education Law and the Child's place (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Macfarlane, L. (2008, September). Education Law and the Child's place. Paper presented at Central Law Training: Education Law Conference

No abstract available.

Brand risk intelligence - new brand development drivers in a satiated consumer marketplace. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamann, D., Williams, J., & Omar, M. (2008, July). Brand risk intelligence - new brand development drivers in a satiated consumer marketplace. Paper presented at Academy of Marketing, Annual Conference, Reflective Marketing in a Material World

In a globally competitive business environment the value of a strong brand in the consumer high-technology marketplace is well documented, as is a progressively satiated marketplace where consumers may have all they “need”. The difficulty in mainta... Read More about Brand risk intelligence - new brand development drivers in a satiated consumer marketplace..

How Professors and Students in two Universities in the Philippines Do Power and Politeness in the Classroom (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2008, July). How Professors and Students in two Universities in the Philippines Do Power and Politeness in the Classroom. Paper presented at 4th International Symposium on Politeness “East Meets West”, Budapest

This research investigates how professors and students from two universities in the Philippines linguistically enact power and politeness in the classroom. Professors can be seen to have more power than their students by virtue of their status, age,... Read More about How Professors and Students in two Universities in the Philippines Do Power and Politeness in the Classroom.

The Effective Management of Heritage Visitor Attractions (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leask, A. (2008, June). The Effective Management of Heritage Visitor Attractions. Presented at Heritage Tourism Conference, Brigham Young University, Jerusalem

Invited speaker

Supply Chain Improvement Options and their Decision Variables (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., Love, D. & Albores, P. (2008). Supply Chain Improvement Options and their Decision Variables. . In . Tradition and Innovation in Operations Management: Connecting Past and Future. . . ISBN tbc.

No abstract available.

The decline and fall of the Roman empire and its place in contemporary American political discourse, 2003-present (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dodd, L. (2008, May). The decline and fall of the Roman empire and its place in contemporary American political discourse, 2003-present. Paper presented at Classical Empires in Contemporary Culture

This paper examines the ways in which the trope of Roman declinism was used by media and political commentators during the period 2003-2008. It considers how, during the Iraq War, both the political Left and Right in the United States seized on a nar... Read More about The decline and fall of the Roman empire and its place in contemporary American political discourse, 2003-present.

Restraining opportunism in hotel management contracts (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Panvisavas, V., & Taylor, S. (2008, May). Restraining opportunism in hotel management contracts. Paper presented at CHME Annual Research Conference, Glasgow, UK

Management contracts are widely used throughout the world as a mechanism for separating the ownership of hotel properties and their management. The research reported here concerns how Thai hotel owners seek to control the international hotel chains w... Read More about Restraining opportunism in hotel management contracts.