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Voluntary disclosure of accounting ratios in the UK (2002)
Journal Article
Watson, A., Shrives, P., & Marston, C. (2002). Voluntary disclosure of accounting ratios in the UK. British Accounting Review, 34(4), 289-313. https://doi.org/10.1006/bare.2002.0213

This paper investigates whether the voluntary disclosure of ratios in corporate annual reports can be explained by agency and signalling theory. The two theories are discussed and the applicability to explaining ratio disclosures considered. Drawing... Read More about Voluntary disclosure of accounting ratios in the UK.

Franchising, retailing and the development of e-commerce (2002)
Journal Article
Watson, A., Kirby, D., & Egan, J. (2002). Franchising, retailing and the development of e-commerce. International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, 30(5), 228-237. https://doi.org/10.1108/09590550210426390

Franchising has shown considerable growth in recent years and in advanced economies, such as the USA and the UK, and currently accounts for approximately one‐third of all retail sales. It would seem, therefore, that franchising and retailing represen... Read More about Franchising, retailing and the development of e-commerce.

Labour ‘flexibility’ – Securing management’s right to manage badly? (2002)
Book Chapter
Sheehan, M., & Michie, J. (2002). Labour ‘flexibility’ – Securing management’s right to manage badly?. In B. Burchell, S. Deakin, J. Michie, & J. Rubery (Eds.), Systems of Production: Markets, Organisations and Performance. Routledge

Frank Wilkinson’s classic piece on ‘Productive Systems’ opens with a warning against the ‘increasingly dogmatic reassertion by a growing proportion of economists of the beneficial effects of the invisible hand of market forces’. These reassertions, W... Read More about Labour ‘flexibility’ – Securing management’s right to manage badly?.

Civil Service Reform: from Thatcher to Blair (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMillan, J. (2002, December). Civil Service Reform: from Thatcher to Blair. Paper presented at Yemeni Civil Service Reform Programme, Northumbria University

An assessment of the economic impact of the Skye Bridge tolls: research report. (2002)
Report
McQuaid, R. W., & Greig, M. (2002). An assessment of the economic impact of the Skye Bridge tolls: research report

Outlines the background leading to the commissioning of this report from Napier University,
reviews the findings which point to the present Bridge tolls regime as suppressing the economy of
Skye, and presents the case for early reduction in the lev... Read More about An assessment of the economic impact of the Skye Bridge tolls: research report..

Human Rights and Scots Law. (2002)
Book
Ashton, C., & Finch, V. (2002). Human Rights and Scots Law. W Green

Human Rights and Scots Law is a straightforward account of the legal protection of human rights in Scotland. The book concentrates on those areas where substantive or procedural rules are different from the rest of the UK. With explanation of the rel... Read More about Human Rights and Scots Law..

The congruence of quality values in higher education. (2002)
Thesis
Telford, A. R. The congruence of quality values in higher education. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4279

Higher education and more specifically University education is being called to account
more and more. It follows therefore that the Universities must present information on the
quality of service which they provide as perceived by their customers a... Read More about The congruence of quality values in higher education..

COnjoined Twins: the cutting edge (2002)
Journal Article
Clucas, R., & O'Donnell, K. (2002). COnjoined Twins: the cutting edge. Web Journal of Current Legal Issues, 2002(5),

Does medical possibility entail legal and ethical necessity? Continuing advances in medicine prompt this question, which has been brought sharply into focus in the last few years by the issue of the separation of conjoined twins. Is separation morall... Read More about COnjoined Twins: the cutting edge.

Strategic planning in SME's - some empirical findings. (2002)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, G., & Pemberton, J. (2002). Strategic planning in SME's - some empirical findings. Management Decision, 40(9), 853-861. https://doi.org/10.1108/00251740210441072

Strategic frameworks and tools of analysis have been the subject of much academic debate over the last 20 years. This paper reviews the main approaches to strategic management and, by presenting the results of a survey of 159 small and medium sized e... Read More about Strategic planning in SME's - some empirical findings..

An examination of the organisational and cross-cultural challenges facing international hotel managers in Russia. (2002)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N. (2002). An examination of the organisational and cross-cultural challenges facing international hotel managers in Russia. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 14(6), 266-273. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110210436805

With the ever increasing globalization of the hospitality industry, an exploration of the issues facing international hotel managers in Russia is both timely and important. The ability to manage people in an international context is one of the greate... Read More about An examination of the organisational and cross-cultural challenges facing international hotel managers in Russia..

Job change and workplace learning in the public sector: the significance of new technology for unskilled work (2002)
Journal Article
Munro, A., & Rainbird, H. (2002). Job change and workplace learning in the public sector: the significance of new technology for unskilled work. New Technology, Work and Employment, 17(3), 224-235. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-005X.00106

Focussing here on local authorities and health services, this paper examines the significance of new technology to unskilled work in the public sector as it is developing and the implications for workplace learning. An argument is developed that new... Read More about Job change and workplace learning in the public sector: the significance of new technology for unskilled work.