All Outputs (39)

Explanations of the decision to franchise in a non-traditional franchise sector: the case of the UK construction industry (2000)
Journal Article
Watson, A., & Kirby, D. (2000). Explanations of the decision to franchise in a non-traditional franchise sector: the case of the UK construction industry. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 7(4), 343-351. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000

This paper is part of on‐going research examining the growth of small and medium‐sized enterprises through franchising. It reports the findings of an exploratory investigation that examines why franchising is selected less frequently as a growth stra... Read More about Explanations of the decision to franchise in a non-traditional franchise sector: the case of the UK construction industry.

A Regional Future for the UK Civil Service? A Case Study of the Government Offices for the English Regions and the Civil Service in Scotland (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMillan, J., & Massey, A. (2000, December). A Regional Future for the UK Civil Service? A Case Study of the Government Offices for the English Regions and the Civil Service in Scotland. Paper presented at After Westminster: Comparative Lessons from Sub-N

Good Governance (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMillan, J. (2000, December). Good Governance

Regionalisation in Great Britain (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMillan, J. (2000). Regionalisation in Great Britain. In Europa und die Kommunen

Market orientation applied to police service strategies (2000)
Journal Article
Drummond, G., Ensor, J., Laing, A., & Richardson, N. (2000). Market orientation applied to police service strategies. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 13(7), 571-587. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513550010362640

The complexity of modern policing requires an accountable police service to operate in a diverse society, where support/trust must be earned by action and deed. The article examines the potential of market orientated strategies in facilitating polici... Read More about Market orientation applied to police service strategies.

Questioning the impact of the ‘graduatization’ of the managerial labour force upon the management of human resources in the Scottish hotel industry (2000)
Journal Article
Ingram, A., Jamieson, R., Lynch, P., & Bent, R. (2000). Questioning the impact of the ‘graduatization’ of the managerial labour force upon the management of human resources in the Scottish hotel industry. International journal of consumer studies, 24(4), 212-222. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1470-6431.2000.00128.x

This paper outlines the findings of a questionnaire survey returned by 125 Scottish hotels from a sample of 500 small and middle-sized enterprises. We asked questions on the level of impact that hospitality graduates have had upon human resource mana... Read More about Questioning the impact of the ‘graduatization’ of the managerial labour force upon the management of human resources in the Scottish hotel industry.

Wine Tourism — A Thirst for Knowledge? (2000)
Journal Article
Charters, S., & Ali‐Knight, J. (2000). Wine Tourism — A Thirst for Knowledge?. International Journal of Wine Marketing, 12(3), 70-80. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb008715

Wine tourism is a growing segment of the tourism industry. Wine tourists are not a homogeneous group, but seek differing components of the overall wine tourism experience. This research evaluates their demand for an educational element in the overal... Read More about Wine Tourism — A Thirst for Knowledge?.

Chartered Institute of Management Accounting Beyond 2000 Syllabus: Management Accounting Stream - Management Accounting Fundamentals, Management Accounting Performance Management, Management Accounting Decision-Making. (2000)
Book Chapter
Steven, G. (1999). Chartered Institute of Management Accounting Beyond 2000 Syllabus: Management Accounting Stream - Management Accounting Fundamentals, Management Accounting Performance Management, Management Accounting Decision-Making. In CIMA Beyond 2

Mass media and international law. (2000)
Book
Niu, Z. (1999). J. Liu (Ed.), Mass media and international law. Beijing Broadcasting Institute Press

Social Entrepreneurship. (2000)
Book Chapter
Glancey, K. D., & McQuaid, R. W. (2000). Social Entrepreneurship. In J. Campling (Ed.), Entrepreneurial Economics. Macmillan

As with profit orientated entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs apply new perspectives or innovations and change what things or services are produced, how they are produced and/or how their organisations operate. There have been many such social entrep... Read More about Social Entrepreneurship..

Entrepreneurial economics. (2000)
Book
Glancey, K. D., & McQuaid, R. W. (2000). Entrepreneurial economics. Palgrave MacMillan

Entrepreneurial Economics is concerned with the role of entrepreneurs and the nature and scope of entrepreneurship in the economy. It broadly covers a range of economic and non-economic theories of the characteristics and behavior of entrepreneurs. A... Read More about Entrepreneurial economics..

Strategic management in the global container shipping industry. (2000)
Thesis
Baird, A. Strategic management in the global container shipping industry. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3802

Container shipping is of immense importance to global industry, and one of the critical enablers of globalisation. Analysis of the global container shipping industry suggests the potential for significant economies of scope and scale, and hence lo... Read More about Strategic management in the global container shipping industry..

Self-assessment using the EFQM's excellence 2000 model: which method is best? (2000)
Journal Article
MacKerron, G., & McGlynn, K. (2000). Self-assessment using the EFQM's excellence 2000 model: which method is best?. Engineering Science and Education Journal, 9, 273-277. https://doi.org/10.1049/esej%3A20000608

The authors describe how many organisations, of all sizes, are adopting the European Foundation for Quality Management's (EFQM's) Excellence 2000 model as a means of assessing themselves to gain the multiple benefits of improved performance. Various... Read More about Self-assessment using the EFQM's excellence 2000 model: which method is best?.

Evaluation of dental radiographic identification: an experimental study (2000)
Journal Article
Sholl, S. A. & Moody, G. H. (2001). Evaluation of dental radiographic identification: an experimental study. Forensic Science International. 115. (3). 165-169. doi:10.1016/s0379-0738(00)00305-4. ISSN 0379-0738.

The object of this study was to assess the value of dental radiographs for the purposes of personal identification in the absence of tooth restorations. 198 periapical and bitewing radio graphs were taken of teeth contained in 22 dry skulls obtained... Read More about Evaluation of dental radiographic identification: an experimental study.

Urban Land Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Quantitative Study of Accra Ghana (2000)
Thesis
Antwi, A. Y. Urban Land Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Quantitative Study of Accra Ghana. (Thesis). Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2504

The existing body of knowledge attributes to informal land transactions in sub-Saharan African cities observed problems in city neighbourhoods. However, the dearth of empirically insightful studies of how this eventuates continues to leave a vacuum i... Read More about Urban Land Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Quantitative Study of Accra Ghana.

Internal Technology Transfer in the Sudan: The Dichotomy Between Agricultural Research and Agricultural Practice (2000)
Thesis
Ahmed, A. E. N. O. Internal Technology Transfer in the Sudan: The Dichotomy Between Agricultural Research and Agricultural Practice. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1051806

Sudan is the largest country in Africa' and boasts the largest farm in the world. Sudan is a predominately agricultural economy, agriculture employs more than eighty percent of the country's labour force and its industry. The national agricultural re... Read More about Internal Technology Transfer in the Sudan: The Dichotomy Between Agricultural Research and Agricultural Practice.

Scottish Visitor Attractions - Projections for the Millennium (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fyall, A., Leask, A., & Garrod, B. (2000, September). Scottish Visitor Attractions - Projections for the Millennium. Paper presented at Tourism 2000 Conference, Sheffield, UK

No abstract available.

World Heritage Site Designation and Implications (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leask, A., & Fyall, A. (2000, September). World Heritage Site Designation and Implications. Paper presented at Tourism 2000 Conference, Sheffield, UK

No abstract available.

Sell analysis (Advanced sales variances analysis). (2000)
Journal Article
Steven, G. (2000). Sell analysis (Advanced sales variances analysis). CIMA insider, (23-24). ISSN 1471-9193

Educating an Environmental Elite: The Training of the Indian Forest Service (2000)
Journal Article
Hannam, K. (2000). Educating an Environmental Elite: The Training of the Indian Forest Service. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 9(4), 285-295. https://doi.org/10.1080/10382040008667661

The Indian Forest Service is an elite environmental civil service and in this paper I analyse the current education and training which a member of the Indian Forest Service receives. Following a discussion of my ethnographic research methodology, I... Read More about Educating an Environmental Elite: The Training of the Indian Forest Service.