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Strategic principles for smart city development: A multiple case study analysis of European best practices (2018)
Journal Article
Mora, L., Deakin, M., & Reid, A. (2019). Strategic principles for smart city development: A multiple case study analysis of European best practices. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 142, 70-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2018.07.035

Recent studies reveal a deep-rooted division in research on smart cities, which surfaces as a set of dichotomies that question whether smart city development should be based on a: (1) technology-led or holistic strategy; (2) double or quadruple-helix... Read More about Strategic principles for smart city development: A multiple case study analysis of European best practices.

Governing EU Cohesion Policy in central and eastern Europe: the interplay between administrative capacity and political factors. The case of Structural Funds absorption in Bulgaria and Romania (2007–2013) (2018)
Thesis
Surubaru, N.-C. Governing EU Cohesion Policy in central and eastern Europe: the interplay between administrative capacity and political factors. The case of Structural Funds absorption in Bulgaria and Romania (2007–2013). (Thesis). Loughborough University

This dissertation examines how new European Union (EU) member states manage and implement European Cohesion Policy (CP). It assess the administrative and political factors that might explain the variation in the financial absorption of Structural Fun... Read More about Governing EU Cohesion Policy in central and eastern Europe: the interplay between administrative capacity and political factors. The case of Structural Funds absorption in Bulgaria and Romania (2007–2013).

Strategies can be expensive too! The value spread and asset allocation in global equity markets (2018)
Journal Article
Zaremba, A., & Umutlu, M. (2018). Strategies can be expensive too! The value spread and asset allocation in global equity markets. Applied Economics, 50(60), 6529-6546. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2018.1489523

Is the value spread useful for forecasting returns on quantitative equity strategies for country selection? To test this, we examine a sample of 120 country-level equity strategies replicated within 72 stock markets for the years 1996–2017. The value... Read More about Strategies can be expensive too! The value spread and asset allocation in global equity markets.

Panel and Book Launch: Questions of Culture in Autoethnography (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stanley, P. (2018, July). Panel and Book Launch: Questions of Culture in Autoethnography. Presented at Critical Autoethnography Conference 2018: Critical Autoethnography as Wayfaring/Wayfinding, Auckland, New Zealand

Transculturing in the Third Space Using English as a Lingua Franca (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M. (2018, July). Transculturing in the Third Space Using English as a Lingua Franca. Paper presented at ELF 11 – the 11th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca, King's College, London

This ethnographically informed investigation, conducted over 28 weeks at a Thai university, explores the discursive construction of a transcultural ‘third’ space by analysing the language practices of a culturally diverse group of English conversati... Read More about Transculturing in the Third Space Using English as a Lingua Franca.

Festival leaders and resilient futures: Coastal Arts and Local Education (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, M. (2018, July). Festival leaders and resilient futures: Coastal Arts and Local Education. Paper presented at Association of Event Management Educators (AEME) 2018 Event Education & Research: Coming of Age

Visioning is a process which focusses on a preferred future condition (Bazzanella et al., 2012). In the context of a small to medium sized town, economic and social pressures can unduly determine the vision of the place (or lack thereof) in a way tha... Read More about Festival leaders and resilient futures: Coastal Arts and Local Education.

Managing knowledge through social media: Modelling an entrepreneurial approach for Scottish SMEs and beyond. (2018)
Journal Article
Crammond, R., Omeihe, K. O., Murray, A., & Ledger, K. (2018). Managing knowledge through social media: Modelling an entrepreneurial approach for Scottish SMEs and beyond. Baltic Journal of Management, 13(3), 303-328. https://doi.org/10.1108/BJM-05-2017-0133

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to conceptualise social media usage (SMU) as a contributory, knowledge management (KM) tool towards entrepreneurial behaviour amongst small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Although an underdeveloped concept... Read More about Managing knowledge through social media: Modelling an entrepreneurial approach for Scottish SMEs and beyond..

Contemporary Financial Risk Management Perceptions and Practices of Small-Sized Chinese Businesses (2018)
Book Chapter
Gao, S., Oreal, S., & Zhang, J. (2018). Contemporary Financial Risk Management Perceptions and Practices of Small-Sized Chinese Businesses. In Global Business Expansion: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (917-931). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5481-3.ch041

This study investigated the current perceptions and practices of financial risk management at small businesses in China. The researchers took an interpretative approach, using interviews within a case study, to collect qualitative data from Chinese b... Read More about Contemporary Financial Risk Management Perceptions and Practices of Small-Sized Chinese Businesses.

Reproducing the Fashion System: The Myth of the Influencer (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Logan-McFarlane, A., & Samsioe, E. (2018, June). Reproducing the Fashion System: The Myth of the Influencer. Presented at Consumer Culture Theory, Odense, University of Southern Denmark

Previous work in marketing has shown that the social media influencer plays an important role in attracting consumers to brands (Kapitan and Silvera 2016). The fashion ‘influencer’ appears in a number of consumer research studies that seek to underst... Read More about Reproducing the Fashion System: The Myth of the Influencer.

Low-Cost Body Area Network for Monitoring of Diabetic Patient (2018)
Book Chapter
Huzooree, G., Khedo, K. K., & Joonas, N. (2018). Low-Cost Body Area Network for Monitoring of Diabetic Patient. In Design and Development of Affordable Healthcare Technologies (135-164). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4969-7.ch006

The confluence of wireless body area network (WBAN) advancement has led to a great shift in the healthcare sector and has enormous potential to reduce long-term costs, social problems, workforce issues, and improve quality of healthcare service. Base... Read More about Low-Cost Body Area Network for Monitoring of Diabetic Patient.

Developing the independent learner journey through dedicated study sessions (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Snell, S., & Osmond, A. (2018, June). Developing the independent learner journey through dedicated study sessions. Paper presented at HBS Learning and Teaching Conference - Try One Thing: Technology, Transformation and Teaching Excellence, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield

Description
The project aims to explore the value of introducing a semi-structured, study series designed to enhance the first-year student experience (SE). The focus is on the independent learner journey (ILJ) and developing professional and academ... Read More about Developing the independent learner journey through dedicated study sessions.

Rethinking Childhood Contributory Negligence: 'Blame', 'Fault' - but what about Children's Rights? (2018)
Journal Article
Macfarlane, L.-A. (2018). Rethinking Childhood Contributory Negligence: 'Blame', 'Fault' - but what about Children's Rights?. Juridical Review, 75-97

Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child provides that the child’s ‘best interests… shall be a primary consideration’ in all actions concerning the child. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has indic... Read More about Rethinking Childhood Contributory Negligence: 'Blame', 'Fault' - but what about Children's Rights?.

Fraud prevention in the B2C e-Commerce mail order business: a framework for an economic perspective on data mining (2018)
Thesis
Knuth, T. Fraud prevention in the B2C e-Commerce mail order business: a framework for an economic perspective on data mining. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1256175

A remarkable gap exists between the financial impact of fraud in the B2C e-commerce mail order business and the amount of research conducted in this area — whether it be qualitative or quantitative research about fraud prevention. Projecting publishe... Read More about Fraud prevention in the B2C e-Commerce mail order business: a framework for an economic perspective on data mining.

An exploration of the dynamics of culture and personal acculturation in a culturally complex situation: Learning from university students' experiences of group work (2018)
Thesis
Xu, F. H. An exploration of the dynamics of culture and personal acculturation in a culturally complex situation: Learning from university students' experiences of group work. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1255585

In this thesis, I adopt the anti-essentialist cultural paradigm to explore the complexity within the processes of both cultural-making and personal acculturation that may occur in an interweaving way within a local cultural arena (Holliday, 2011; 20... Read More about An exploration of the dynamics of culture and personal acculturation in a culturally complex situation: Learning from university students' experiences of group work.

Applying Standards, Guidelines and Methods in Construction Project Management (2018)
Thesis
Schrapers, M. Applying Standards, Guidelines and Methods in Construction Project Management. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1253601

This dissertation scrutinizes the application of various standards, guidelines and methods in construction project management, and examines the use of such methods, tools and applications. Even though the availability of literature in the context of... Read More about Applying Standards, Guidelines and Methods in Construction Project Management.