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Mind the Gap: Public Equity as a Financing Solution for Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Influence of National Culture (2022)
Journal Article
Koch, L., Crossan, K., & Jaworski, P. (2022). Mind the Gap: Public Equity as a Financing Solution for Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Influence of National Culture. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 28(7), 1800-1827. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-04-2021-0247

Purpose This research focuses on the demand from medium-sized firms to access public equity as a source of finance. The acceptance of public equity differs strongly between countries, particularly between the United Kingdom and Germany. Therefore, t... Read More about Mind the Gap: Public Equity as a Financing Solution for Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Influence of National Culture.

Corporate Governance in small and medium sized firms: A study of Scottish enterprises (2018)
Journal Article
Crossan, K., Pershina, E., & Henschel, T. (2018). Corporate Governance in small and medium sized firms: A study of Scottish enterprises. Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics and Business Law, 7(2),

There have been a large number of studies examining how firms are governed and how they should be governed. However, these studies have mainly concerned themselves with large public limited firms. Given that most firms are small, there is a need to c... Read More about Corporate Governance in small and medium sized firms: A study of Scottish enterprises.

A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland (2017)
Journal Article
Weaver, M. W., Crossan, K., Tan, H., & Paxton, S. (2018). A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland. European Journal of Operational Research, 268(3), 1149-1167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.050

The purpose of this paper is to present an application of community O.R. (COR), using soft system methodology (SSM) to help a grant-maker to understand how to unlock and release more resources into communities. The problem area under investigation is... Read More about A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland.

Entrepreneurship and the spatial context: A panel data study into regional determinants of small growing firms in Scotland (2015)
Journal Article
Ross, A. G., Adams, J., & Crossan, K. (2015). Entrepreneurship and the spatial context: A panel data study into regional determinants of small growing firms in Scotland. Local Economy, 30(6), 672-688. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094215600135

Entrepreneurship is widely recognised as a key determinant of economic growth, regional prosperity and sustainable development. Using a panel model with data from the value added tax register, this paper estimates spatial variation in small growing f... Read More about Entrepreneurship and the spatial context: A panel data study into regional determinants of small growing firms in Scotland.

A review of the influence of corporate governance on the banking crises in the United Kingdom and Germany (2012)
Journal Article
Ross, A. G., & Crossan, K. (2012). A review of the influence of corporate governance on the banking crises in the United Kingdom and Germany. Corporate governance : the international journal of business in society, 12(2), 215-225. https://doi.org/10.1108/14720701211214098

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of corporate governance structures in the UK and Germany addressing the extent to which corporate governance structures may have been a contributory factor to the recent banking crisis. Fo... Read More about A review of the influence of corporate governance on the banking crises in the United Kingdom and Germany.

How accurate are VAT registrations as a measure of entrepreneurship?: A spatial analysis of Scotland and its regions (2012)
Journal Article
Ross, A. G., Crossan, K., & Juleff, L. (2012). How accurate are VAT registrations as a measure of entrepreneurship?: A spatial analysis of Scotland and its regions. Local Economy, 27(3), 279-296. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094211434476

Comparing VAT registration data with Scottish Clearing Bank Statistics on new start-up activity we assess the extent to which VATregistration data reflect the general level of start-up activity in the Scottish economy for the period 2002–2009. Find... Read More about How accurate are VAT registrations as a measure of entrepreneurship?: A spatial analysis of Scotland and its regions.

The effects of a seperation of ownership from control on UK listed firms: an empirical analysis (2011)
Journal Article
Crossan, K. (2011). The effects of a seperation of ownership from control on UK listed firms: an empirical analysis. Managerial and Decision Economics, 32, 293-304. https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.1535

There has been a wide‐ranging debate concerning the effects of the separation of management and ownership of large firms. Given recent issues concerning corporate remuneration, this debate is as relevant and possibly more so today as it has ever been... Read More about The effects of a seperation of ownership from control on UK listed firms: an empirical analysis.

Theories of the firm and alternative theories of firm behaviour: a critique. (2005)
Journal Article
Crossan, K. (2004). Theories of the firm and alternative theories of firm behaviour: a critique. International Journal of Applied Institutional Governance, 1,

The aim of this paper is to review the theoretical and quantitative literature which underpins the Theory of the Firm and alternative theories of firm behaviour. In the first part of the study classical, managerial and behavioural theories of the... Read More about Theories of the firm and alternative theories of firm behaviour: a critique..