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Structural barriers to implementing open innovation in healthcare (2017)
Journal Article
Fascia, M., & Brodie, J. (2017). Structural barriers to implementing open innovation in healthcare. British Journal of Healthcare Management, 23(7), 338-343. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2017.23.7.338

For many decades, the pursuit of practicable service provision has been the fundamental goal of the NHS. This article explores ‘open innovation’ as an existing force within the NHS management structures and examines the possibilities of adopting it a... Read More about Structural barriers to implementing open innovation in healthcare.

Redefining Poverty and Its Measurement: An Islamic Political Economy Perspective (2017)
Journal Article
Khaleel, F. (2017). Redefining Poverty and Its Measurement: An Islamic Political Economy Perspective. Global Review of Islamic Economics and Business, 4(2), 68-81

Islamic economists have always taken the position on the intrinsic capability of poverty alleviation in the Islamic economic model. The poverty, in economics and social sciences, is taken in the context of economic deprivation. Among the multitudinou... Read More about Redefining Poverty and Its Measurement: An Islamic Political Economy Perspective.

The fall and rise of experiential construction and engineering education: decoupling and recoupling practice and theory (2017)
Journal Article
Forster, A. M., Pilcher, N., Tennant, S., Murray, M., Craig, N., & Copping, A. (2017). The fall and rise of experiential construction and engineering education: decoupling and recoupling practice and theory. Higher Education Pedagogies, 2(1), 79-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/23752696.2017.1338530

From the mid-20th C., construction and engineering pedagogy and curricula have moved from long-held traditional experiential apprenticeship approaches to one ostensibly decoupling practice and theory. This paper traces this decoupling and explores mo... Read More about The fall and rise of experiential construction and engineering education: decoupling and recoupling practice and theory.

Enterprise Risk Management: insights on emerging risks from the German banking sector (2017)
Thesis
Nöth-Zahn, S. Enterprise Risk Management: insights on emerging risks from the German banking sector. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1023156

IT innovations have reshaped banking and will continue to do so. They are a manifestation of indispensable progress, yet risks emerge from IT innovations.
Historic data and accounts of emerging risk experiences are rather scarce. Hence, they present... Read More about Enterprise Risk Management: insights on emerging risks from the German banking sector.

Event Venue Satisfaction and Its Impact On Sponsorship Outcomes (2017)
Journal Article
Michelini, L., Iasevoli, G., & Theodoraki, E. (2017). Event Venue Satisfaction and Its Impact On Sponsorship Outcomes. Event Management, 21(3), 319-331. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599517x14942648527536

The importance of sponsorship as a marketing communications tool is well recognized in the event literature. Despite the growth in event sponsorship investments and the increasing importance of the role of the venue in event planning, there is still... Read More about Event Venue Satisfaction and Its Impact On Sponsorship Outcomes.

Review of transformative festival leadership – a learning and teaching discussion (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robertson, M. (2017, July). Review of transformative festival leadership – a learning and teaching discussion. Paper presented at Association of Event Management Educators (AEME) 2017 Event Futures – Innovation, Creativity, Collaboration

A discussion of the linkage between the critical review of research in festival leadership and sustainable management, and critical creativity in Honours year (level 6) learning activity

The Impact of an Ageing Workforce on Hong Kong’s Service Sector (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Egdell, V., Fuertes, V., Tjandra, N., & Chen, T. (2017, July). The Impact of an Ageing Workforce on Hong Kong’s Service Sector. Paper presented at British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference 2017

The aim of this research is to explore the impact of the ageing population on employers in the Hong Kong service sector.

Employer Responses to Dementia in the Workplace in Scotland (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Egdell, V., Stavert, J., Ritchie, L., Tolson, D., Danson, M., & Cook, M. (2017, July). Employer Responses to Dementia in the Workplace in Scotland. Paper presented at British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference 2017, Swansea, UK

The prevalence of dementia in the UK is increasing with over 800,000 people currently affected. Of this number in excess of 40,000 are aged under 65 years suggesting that a significant number of individuals below state pension age may be experiencing... Read More about Employer Responses to Dementia in the Workplace in Scotland.

Self-reflection as a tool for inclusive learning and teaching (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McLatchie, J., & Campbell, L. A. (2017, July). Self-reflection as a tool for inclusive learning and teaching. Paper presented at SCUTREA Adult Education for Inclusion and Diversity

Over the past twenty years Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have become transformative spaces as the student population has expanded. National and institutional policies have brought issues of widening access and internationalisation to the foref... Read More about Self-reflection as a tool for inclusive learning and teaching.

‘Replikating’ celebrity fashion: how professionalizing the selfie through embodiment can lead to the attainment of micro-celebrity status (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Logan-McFarlane, A. (2017, July). ‘Replikating’ celebrity fashion: how professionalizing the selfie through embodiment can lead to the attainment of micro-celebrity status. Paper presented at Academy of Marketing, Hull University Business School

With the heightening proliferation of the selfie, a practice that has become norm thanks to societies prevailing obsession with capturing and circulating images, staging the image in ways that pertain to our idealised vision of the self or, the way i... Read More about ‘Replikating’ celebrity fashion: how professionalizing the selfie through embodiment can lead to the attainment of micro-celebrity status.

Giving women a voice: Using netnography to analyse consumer reactions towards Instagram branded content (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rezai Namaghi, K., Thomson, E., & Logan-McFarlane, A. (2017, July). Giving women a voice: Using netnography to analyse consumer reactions towards Instagram branded content. Paper presented at Academy of Marketing Conference, Hull

Social media is a relatively new form of interaction and communication. As such, methodologies for its analysis – netnographic methodologies – are still evolving, with approaches growing in sophistication and application. Netnography developed as a... Read More about Giving women a voice: Using netnography to analyse consumer reactions towards Instagram branded content.

The Value of Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms. (2017)
Journal Article
Fascia, M., & Fascia, S. (2017). The Value of Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms. Journal of Strategy, Operations & Economics, 3(1), Article 1

Agreement within current literature accepts that appropriate techniques and strategies are needed to officiate the multi-faceted nature of knowledge and knowledge transfer processes in a business context. Further, complex mechanisms are esse... Read More about The Value of Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms..

Comparable Student Experience project (2017)
Report
Weaver, M. (2017). Comparable Student Experience project. Global Online: Edinburgh Napier University

Strategic Investment Funding (Project Champion)
£11,000 for Comparable Student Experience project

Guidelines for sustainable-value creation within the context of German automotive industry’s strategic carbon crisis management (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Legl, C., & Weaver, M. (2017, July). Guidelines for sustainable-value creation within the context of German automotive industry’s strategic carbon crisis management. Paper presented at EurOMA, Edinburgh, UK

The continuing debate on the global environmental progress through achievement of smarter clean/green-policies, reasoned with the need for carbon-emissions’ reduction/prevention (The Economist, 2015a; 2016a), has reached a higher level of interaction... Read More about Guidelines for sustainable-value creation within the context of German automotive industry’s strategic carbon crisis management.

So close yet so far: Economic accessibility of Mount Kinabalu (2017)
Journal Article
Bidder, C., Polus, R., & Thomas Edward, J. (2017). So close yet so far: Economic accessibility of Mount Kinabalu. Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Arts, 9(1), 11-26

This study examined the economic accessibility of Mount Kinabalu perceived by the local people of Sabah. Specifically, this study i) examined the concept of willingness to pay (WTP) in light of its association with perceived fee fairness, spending su... Read More about So close yet so far: Economic accessibility of Mount Kinabalu.

Patents and Injunctions in High Technology Industries. A Comparative Perspective (2017)
Journal Article
Torti, V. (2017). Patents and Injunctions in High Technology Industries. A Comparative Perspective. Mercato Concorrenza Regole, 2, 273-306. https://doi.org/10.1434/87527

The strategic importance of standardization activities in today's changing society cannot be denied. They play a key role, "inter alia", in the information and communication technology (Ict) industries, where they provide the lifeblood for the develo... Read More about Patents and Injunctions in High Technology Industries. A Comparative Perspective.