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Enlargement of the European Union and the development of peripheral regions (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McQuaid, R. W. (1997). Enlargement of the European Union and the development of peripheral regions.

Enlargement of the European Union (EU) to include Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) has significant economic, institutional, political, security, migration and social implications for the EU as a whole. The peripheral regions of the exis... Read More about Enlargement of the European Union and the development of peripheral regions.

Women’s studies: bibliometric and content analysis of the formative years (1997)
Journal Article
Cronin, B., Davenport, E., & Martinson, A. (1997). Women’s studies: bibliometric and content analysis of the formative years. Journal of Documentation, 53(2), 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1108/eum0000000007196

Women‘s studies has emerged as a recognised academic specialty in recent years. We explored the social structure of the field by analysing bibliometrically all scholarly articles (n = 1,302) and acknowledgements (n = 595) appearing in three pioneerin... Read More about Women’s studies: bibliometric and content analysis of the formative years.

Commercial short holiday breaks in Scotland: an analysis of market structure, supplier strategies and performance (1997)
Thesis
Edgar, D. A. Commercial short holiday breaks in Scotland: an analysis of market structure, supplier strategies and performance. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5728

Hospitality and tourism environments are widely regarded as complex and dynamic in nature. This combined with the need for commercial organisations to improve performance places considerable emphasis on the need for approaches to understanding market... Read More about Commercial short holiday breaks in Scotland: an analysis of market structure, supplier strategies and performance.

Readers as writers in the alternative press: the making of community. (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Atton, C. (1997, May). Readers as writers in the alternative press: the making of community. Paper presented at The Third Warwick Seminar on Literary Journalism: Minority Voices and the Establishment Press, University of Warwick

Aligning operating strategies for service quality in hospitality operations (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lashley, C., Taylor, S., & Lockwood, A. (1997, May). Aligning operating strategies for service quality in hospitality operations. Paper presented at Sixth Annual Hospitality Research Conference of the Council for Hospitality Management Education (CHME), Oxford, UK

Intelligent storage devices for scalable information management systems (1997)
Journal Article
Kukla, R., & Kerridge, J. (1997). Intelligent storage devices for scalable information management systems. Future Generation Computer Systems, 12(5), 335-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-739X%2896%2900020-9

For most large commercial organisations the ability to store and manipulate massive volumes of data is a key operational requirement. Database systems are fundamental to the efficient provision of a range of business tasks from on-line transaction pr... Read More about Intelligent storage devices for scalable information management systems.

Distributed expertise: Remote reference service on a metropolitan area network (1997)
Journal Article
Davenport, E., Procter, R., & Goldenberg, A. (1997). Distributed expertise: Remote reference service on a metropolitan area network. Electronic Library, 15(4), 271-278. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb045567

What is the nature of reference work in the digital library? What is the role of the reference librarian where many users serve themselves by means of BIDS and other free-at-point-of-use services which emulate the Bath original (e.g. MIDAS in Manches... Read More about Distributed expertise: Remote reference service on a metropolitan area network.

Local enterprise companies and rural development (1997)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., & McQuaid, R. W. (1997). Local enterprise companies and rural development. Journal of Rural Studies, 13(2), 197-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0743-0167%2897%2983096-3

This paper discusses the rural dimensions of the objectives and activities of Local Enterprise Companies (LECs). These form a network of local economic development agencies that operate as part of regional policy under the umbrella of the ‘regional’... Read More about Local enterprise companies and rural development.

Measurement of the demographic parameters of the Mute Swan Cygnus Olor population in the Lothians. (1997)
Thesis
Brown, L. M. Measurement of the demographic parameters of the Mute Swan Cygnus Olor population in the Lothians. (Thesis). Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6042

The Mute Swan population in the Lothians has been studied since 1978. Only 15 pairs bred at that time in the study area (2,000 sq km); however, this figure increased to 55 pairs by 1993 which represented a mean annual increase of 9% per annum. Th... Read More about Measurement of the demographic parameters of the Mute Swan Cygnus Olor population in the Lothians..

Rejuvenating communication and information within a SME. (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wybrow, D. H., & MacKerron, G. (1997, April). Rejuvenating communication and information within a SME. Paper presented at Concurrent Engineering International Conference

The North Cape group manufactures a range of high quality outdoor garments and accessories. These are sold to retail outlets and on a contract basis. All these garments need to be scheduled through production as required and therefore there is a requ... Read More about Rejuvenating communication and information within a SME..

Seeing the wood for the trees (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., Rogers, A. R., Turner, S., & Ellman, J. (1997). Seeing the wood for the trees. In C. Stephanidis (Ed.), Proceedings : 3rd ERCIM Workshop on "User Interfaces for All" (1-6)

This paper describes the work in progress of the TREE project. TREE is a European-funded language engineering project addressing the issue of advertising and accessing employment opportunities across Europe. Advertisements for jobs will be stored in... Read More about Seeing the wood for the trees.

Variable structure adaptive control of robot manipulators (1997)
Journal Article
Yu, H., & Lloyd, S. (1997). Variable structure adaptive control of robot manipulators. IET Control Theory and Applications, 144(2), 167-176. https://doi.org/10.1049/ip-cta%3A19970803

The two main problems with variable-structure control are control input chattering and the assumption of known parameter uncertainty bounds, the second of which is studied. The robustness of a recently proposed variable-structure control approach wit... Read More about Variable structure adaptive control of robot manipulators.

The socialization of high‐potential graduates into the organization: Initial expectations, experiences and outcomes (1997)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., & Morley, M. (1997). The socialization of high‐potential graduates into the organization: Initial expectations, experiences and outcomes. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 12(2), 118-137. https://doi.org/10.1108/02683949710164208

Examines the expectations of those graduates recruited by organizations for their “high‐flyer” programmes. Looks at the socialization process that such graduates are exposed to once recruited and evaluates the adjustment and change processes that gr... Read More about The socialization of high‐potential graduates into the organization: Initial expectations, experiences and outcomes.

The learning organization: a review and evaluation (1997)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. (1997). The learning organization: a review and evaluation. Learning Organization, The, 4(1), 18-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/09696479710156442

Undertakes a critical review of the confused and confusing literature on the learning organization. Draws on both psychological and organizational perspectives, and focuses on the distinction between organizational learning and the concept of the le... Read More about The learning organization: a review and evaluation.

360 degree feedback: its role in employee development (1997)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., Morley, M., & Flynn, M. (1997). 360 degree feedback: its role in employee development. Journal of Management Development, 16(2), 134-147. https://doi.org/10.1108/02621719710164300

Focuses on 360 degree feedback which is defined as a contrived method of providing a flow of feedback to employees from all directions. Addresses the purposes of feedback within the organization, with special emphasis on its use for employee develop... Read More about 360 degree feedback: its role in employee development.

The financial aspects of property management: the case of Kiev City (1997)
Journal Article
Deakin, M. (1997). The financial aspects of property management: the case of Kiev City. Journal of Property Finance, 8(1), 52-82. https://doi.org/10.1108/09588689710160516

Outlines the attempts made over the past few years to develop the financial services required by Kiev City Council to function as a privatization authority. Looks at the privatization programme, the authority responsible for the transfer of ownership... Read More about The financial aspects of property management: the case of Kiev City.

The Evolution of Technical Efficiency in the Northern Ireland Manufacturing Sector, 1973-1985 (1997)
Journal Article
Sheehan, M. (1997). The Evolution of Technical Efficiency in the Northern Ireland Manufacturing Sector, 1973-1985. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 44(1), 59-81. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9485.00045

This paper uses a stochastic frontier production function approach to measure technical efficiency in firms in Northern Ireland. Firm level census of production panel data were used to examine how efficiency in firms changed over the period 1973–1985... Read More about The Evolution of Technical Efficiency in the Northern Ireland Manufacturing Sector, 1973-1985.

A fuzzy neural network sensor for fermentation processes (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Soufian, M., & Soufian, M. (1997). A fuzzy neural network sensor for fermentation processes. In B. Reusch (Ed.), Computational Intelligence Theory and Applications (577-578). https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-62868-1_169

In this paper computational intelligence has been considered as a tool (software sensor) in state- estimation and prediction of biomass concentration in a fermentation process. An optimised fuzzy system based on genetic algorithm, an artificial neura... Read More about A fuzzy neural network sensor for fermentation processes.