Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (251)

Challenging the Degeneration Thesis: the Role of Democracy in Worker Cooperatives? (2016)
Journal Article
Langmead, K. (2016). Challenging the Degeneration Thesis: the Role of Democracy in Worker Cooperatives?. The Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity, 5(1), 79-98. https://doi.org/10.5947/jeod.2016.005

This paper uses data collected through written narratives, focus groups and participant observation in three small UK worker cooperatives to investigate the role of democracy in maintaining cooperatives’ dual social-economic characteristic and resist... Read More about Challenging the Degeneration Thesis: the Role of Democracy in Worker Cooperatives?.

The development of law schools in Japan during the Meiji period (2016)
Journal Article
Piegzik, M. (2016). The development of law schools in Japan during the Meiji period. Folia Iuridica Universitatis Wratislaviensis, 5(1), 69-84

The main goal of this paper is to describe the process of creating law schools in Japan during the codification of the Meiji period (1868-1912). After more than 200 years of isolation the Empire of Japan realized the need for modernization of the sta... Read More about The development of law schools in Japan during the Meiji period.

Leadership Style and Behaviour, Employee Knowledge-Sharing and Innovation Probability (2016)
Book Chapter
Sheehan, M. (2016). Leadership Style and Behaviour, Employee Knowledge-Sharing and Innovation Probability. In H. Shipton, P. Budhwar, P. Sparrow, & A. Brown (Eds.), . Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137465191_12

The importance of innovation for sustained national and firm competitiveness is widely acknowledged by scholars, practitioners and policymakers (Cho & Pucik, 2005; OECD, 2012). Firms with higher levels of innovation will be more successful in respond... Read More about Leadership Style and Behaviour, Employee Knowledge-Sharing and Innovation Probability.

Case Study - 2016 Charlie Bigham (2016)
Other
Gallagher, J., & Stevenson, D. (2016). Case Study - 2016 Charlie Bigham. [Online and paper]. Edinburgh Napier University

No abstract available.

Case Study - Phissons : Ethics Dilema (2016)
Other
Gallagher, J., & Stevenson, D. (2016). Case Study - Phissons : Ethics Dilema. [Online & paper]. Edinburgh Napier University

No abstract available.

Wrekin Ruby. (2016)
Other
Gallagher, J., Fordyce, E., & Stevenson, D. (2016). Wrekin Ruby. [Paper and Online]. Edinburgh Napier University

No abstract available.

This case study was written by Dr J.G. Gallagher, E. Fordyce & D. Stevenson. It is intended to be used as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situ... Read More about Wrekin Ruby..

Expert opinion: Trends and future of events. (2016)
Book Chapter
Robertson, M. (2016). Expert opinion: Trends and future of events. In D. Getz, & S. Page (Eds.), Event studies: theory, research and policy for planned events (84-87). (3). Routledge

No abstract available.

Value-based Healthcare: Utopian vision or fit for Purpose. (2016)
Book Chapter
Garavan, T., & Matthews-Smith, G. (2016). Value-based Healthcare: Utopian vision or fit for Purpose. In A. Ortenblad, C. Abrahamson Lofstrom, & R. Sheaff (Eds.), Management Innovations for Healthcare organizations (412-430). (1). Routledge

Creating Social Reciprocity – The Role of Trust Network Reproduction and Social Learning: Evidence from a Medium-Sized Family Firm in Germany (2016)
Thesis
Winsor, J. Creating Social Reciprocity – The Role of Trust Network Reproduction and Social Learning: Evidence from a Medium-Sized Family Firm in Germany. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/977842

This research introduces a framework for explaining why managing family members create a shared understanding of caring and being cared for with their nonfamily employees, called ‘Social Reciprocity’. Applying an embedded case study design, using gro... Read More about Creating Social Reciprocity – The Role of Trust Network Reproduction and Social Learning: Evidence from a Medium-Sized Family Firm in Germany.

Summary and Conclusions. (2016)
Book Chapter
Havrdová, Z., Matthews‑Smith, G., Huotari, P., & Agostinho, M. (2016). Summary and Conclusions. In Z. Havrdová, G. Matthews-Smith, & P. Huotari (Eds.), Developing Cross-Cultural Competencies in Health and Social Care Management (59-70). Lahti University of Applied Sciences

Abstract not available.

Evaluation (2016)
Book Chapter
Matthews-Smith, G., & Afseth, J. (2016). Evaluation. In Z. Havrdová, G. Matthews-Smith, & P. Huotari (Eds.), Developing Cross-Cultural Competencies in Health and Social Care Management (39-58). Lahti University of Applied Sciences

Abstract not available.

Dynamic Capability in New Venture Internationalization: Micro-Processes to Capture Value from Changes in Social Capital (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Warner, K. S. R., & Jones, M. V. (2016, June). Dynamic Capability in New Venture Internationalization: Micro-Processes to Capture Value from Changes in Social Capital. Presented at The Academy of International Business (AIB) Worldwide Annual Meeting

Using a dynamic capability lens, we explore how entrepreneurs modify extant network ties to capture value from changes in their new venture social capital. To study these dynamics, we use international new ventures (INVs) as our theoretical and empir... Read More about Dynamic Capability in New Venture Internationalization: Micro-Processes to Capture Value from Changes in Social Capital.

Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: best interests, welfare and well-being (2016)
Book
Sutherland, E. E., & MacFarlane, L.-A. B. (Eds.). (2016). Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: best interests, welfare and well-being. Cambridge University Press

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is acknowledged as a landmark in the development of children's rights. Article 3 makes the child's best interests a primary consideration in all actions concerning children, and requires States Parties to... Read More about Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: best interests, welfare and well-being.

Serving Best Interests in ‘Known Biological Father Disputes’ in the United Kingdom (2016)
Book Chapter
Macfarlane, L.-A. (2016). Serving Best Interests in ‘Known Biological Father Disputes’ in the United Kingdom. In E. E. Sutherland, & L. A. B. MacFarlane (Eds.), Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child : best interests, welfare and well-being (149-164). (1). Cambridge University Press

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’. However, the paradigms of family life, and child-rearing, are constantly... Read More about Serving Best Interests in ‘Known Biological Father Disputes’ in the United Kingdom.