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Harnessing the silver tsunami: An investigation into the benefits and challenges of senior entrepreneurship in Singapore (2023)
Thesis
Chee, H. Harnessing the silver tsunami: An investigation into the benefits and challenges of senior entrepreneurship in Singapore. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3406779

Singapore is a fast-ageing society and recent Government data indicates that Singapore is facing an impending ‘silver tsunami’. Many researchers have raised the alarm on the problems that such an ageing Singaporean population would bring and how it w... Read More about Harnessing the silver tsunami: An investigation into the benefits and challenges of senior entrepreneurship in Singapore.

The effect of mandatory GHG Disclosure regulation on GHG disclosure quality, corporate financial and environmental performance : a UK study (2023)
Thesis
Wang, C. The effect of mandatory GHG Disclosure regulation on GHG disclosure quality, corporate financial and environmental performance : a UK study. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3406872

As one of the main sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, firms must take primary responsibility for emission reduction. The major motivation of this study is that the government, as a legislative, may supervise and control corporate emissions by... Read More about The effect of mandatory GHG Disclosure regulation on GHG disclosure quality, corporate financial and environmental performance : a UK study.

Fired Up, Not Burnt Out: An Exploration of Resilience Behaviours in Third Sector Leadership (2023)
Thesis
Armstrong, P. A. Fired Up, Not Burnt Out: An Exploration of Resilience Behaviours in Third Sector Leadership. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

This thesis explores resilience behaviours in Third Sector leadership. It first considers what leaders identify as resilience, then explores which perceived behaviours impact on resilience. From the findings and analysis of this exploration, conclusi... Read More about Fired Up, Not Burnt Out: An Exploration of Resilience Behaviours in Third Sector Leadership.

The Absent Voice: an examination of the experiences of women in Scottish civil courts in child contact cases involving domestic abuse (2023)
Thesis
Baker, G. C. The Absent Voice: an examination of the experiences of women in Scottish civil courts in child contact cases involving domestic abuse. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

The Absent Voice is a qualitative examination of the application of the law on domestic abuse and child contact in Scottish family courts. Findings drawn from its interpretivist methodological approach offer a new understanding of practices and proce... Read More about The Absent Voice: an examination of the experiences of women in Scottish civil courts in child contact cases involving domestic abuse.

Talent Management in the Jamaican BPO Industry: A phenomenological study of relationship challenges and prospects (2023)
Thesis
Blackwood, J. A. Talent Management in the Jamaican BPO Industry: A phenomenological study of relationship challenges and prospects. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Talent Management (TM) is viewed as a key driver of competitive advantage. Yet a continued focus on tangible TM outcomes serves to ignore its unintended consequences, specifically on employee relationships. This study aims to explore how TM contribut... Read More about Talent Management in the Jamaican BPO Industry: A phenomenological study of relationship challenges and prospects.

Digital Marketing in Small and Medium Enterprises: Evidence from the Industrial Supplies Sector in Singapore (2023)
Thesis
Chin, K. Y. Digital Marketing in Small and Medium Enterprises: Evidence from the Industrial Supplies Sector in Singapore. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

In this digital age, technology has affected many company businesses, including small and medium enterprises (SMEs). From the perspective of resource-based theory (RBT), SMEs inherently possess limited resources reducing the companies’ competitivenes... Read More about Digital Marketing in Small and Medium Enterprises: Evidence from the Industrial Supplies Sector in Singapore.

Informational Value and Abnormal Stock Returns: An Event Study of EU-Wide Stress Tests from 2010 to 2018 (2023)
Thesis
Gauer, K. Informational Value and Abnormal Stock Returns: An Event Study of EU-Wide Stress Tests from 2010 to 2018. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Since the global financial crisis (2007-2009), supervisory stress testing has become increasingly important. Previous studies of banks’ abnormal stock returns in response to EU-wide stress test results have produced inconsistent and contradictory res... Read More about Informational Value and Abnormal Stock Returns: An Event Study of EU-Wide Stress Tests from 2010 to 2018.

Risk Management of the “Belt and Road Initiative” Projects – An Empirical Study on Investments of the Chinese State- Owned-Banks in the Region (2023)
Thesis
Kong, L. Risk Management of the “Belt and Road Initiative” Projects – An Empirical Study on Investments of the Chinese State- Owned-Banks in the Region. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

This thesis attempts to examine the current risk issues of state-owned banks for their involvement in the ‘Belt and Road’ projects, and to develop a unique risk management framework. It is found in the literature that financial policies and intermedi... Read More about Risk Management of the “Belt and Road Initiative” Projects – An Empirical Study on Investments of the Chinese State- Owned-Banks in the Region.

The Awareness of Biases in our Intuition: Understanding Influences on Decision-Making in User-Centred Agile Requirements Engineering (2023)
Thesis
Krombholz, R. The Awareness of Biases in our Intuition: Understanding Influences on Decision-Making in User-Centred Agile Requirements Engineering. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

During recent decades, software development in all industries has experienced an impactful change from feature focused and sequentially planned to usercentred and agile approaches. Reasons are continuously evolving technologies and with it fast chang... Read More about The Awareness of Biases in our Intuition: Understanding Influences on Decision-Making in User-Centred Agile Requirements Engineering.

The Lost Cohort: A Phenomenological Study of mainstream officer development within the Royal Air Force (2023)
Thesis
Macpherson, C. J. The Lost Cohort: A Phenomenological Study of mainstream officer development within the Royal Air Force. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

This thesis reports on a phenomenological study into the development of mainstream officers within the Royal Air Force (RAF) and explores what training and education opportunities are available to those not selected for executive streaming. The study... Read More about The Lost Cohort: A Phenomenological Study of mainstream officer development within the Royal Air Force.

Impact of Organisational Culture on the Financial and Non-Financial Performance and the Moderating role of the Environment (2023)
Thesis
Malik, S. Impact of Organisational Culture on the Financial and Non-Financial Performance and the Moderating role of the Environment. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

The academic literature signifies a relationship between corporate culture and performance, particularly for those firms that strive in gaining competitive advantage and long-term effectiveness. Employees with various cultural backgrounds, nationalit... Read More about Impact of Organisational Culture on the Financial and Non-Financial Performance and the Moderating role of the Environment.

Beyond the Digital Foodscape: Scottish-based Foodies’ use of social media influencers to explore and choose food (2023)
Thesis
Marshall, K. N. Beyond the Digital Foodscape: Scottish-based Foodies’ use of social media influencers to explore and choose food. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of social media influencers (SMI) on Scottish-based consumers’ food choices and foodbased identity. Social media influencers (SMIs) are prominent opinion leaders of digital foodscape whose influen... Read More about Beyond the Digital Foodscape: Scottish-based Foodies’ use of social media influencers to explore and choose food.

Barriers and Enablers to a Circular Economy in Small Island Destinations: The Case of the Orkney Islands, Scotland (2023)
Thesis
Sciacca, A. Barriers and Enablers to a Circular Economy in Small Island Destinations: The Case of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

The tourism sector is often the main socio-economic activity for islands whilst representing a source of negative impacts. The circular economy (CE), in this sense, is increasingly considered a promising approach to tourism sustainability in such set... Read More about Barriers and Enablers to a Circular Economy in Small Island Destinations: The Case of the Orkney Islands, Scotland.

An Exploration of Integrated Reporting and Its Applicability: A Stakeholder Perspective (2023)
Thesis
Zhou, T. An Exploration of Integrated Reporting and Its Applicability: A Stakeholder Perspective. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Integrated reporting (IR) is an emerging corporate practice shaped by market forces and regulations. The organisations (IIRC, 2021; IDSA, 2016) and scholars (Abeysekera, 2013; Branwijck, 2012; and Eccles & Krzus, 2010) developed the five IR approache... Read More about An Exploration of Integrated Reporting and Its Applicability: A Stakeholder Perspective.

Factors influencing students’ choice to enter private education institute undergraduate full-time programmes in Singapore (2022)
Thesis
Dhaliwal, D. S. Factors influencing students’ choice to enter private education institute undergraduate full-time programmes in Singapore. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

This study sought to discover key underlying factors influencing students’ choice to enrol with Private Education Institutes (PEI) in Singapore to develop their Higher Education (HE) needs. Despite the vast literature on factors influencing students’... Read More about Factors influencing students’ choice to enter private education institute undergraduate full-time programmes in Singapore.

The sustainability of the indigenous banking sector in the Eastern Caribbean: Perspectives and expectations of key external stakeholders (2022)
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Logie, A. The sustainability of the indigenous banking sector in the Eastern Caribbean: Perspectives and expectations of key external stakeholders. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Despite their significant contributions to the economic and social development of the Anglophone Caribbean, their vulnerabilities arising from the distinctive features which limit their ability to withstand financial and economic crises, the indigeno... Read More about The sustainability of the indigenous banking sector in the Eastern Caribbean: Perspectives and expectations of key external stakeholders.

Social network analysis and festival relationships: personal, organisational and strategic connections (2022)
Thesis
Jarman, D. (2022). Social network analysis and festival relationships: personal, organisational and strategic connections. (Thesis). Tilburg University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2912990

In the world of festivals and creative communities, relationships matter. Festival managers and producers understand the overlapping links, both professional and private, amongst their colleagues. Freelancers and graduates developing their careers ap... Read More about Social network analysis and festival relationships: personal, organisational and strategic connections.

Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students (2022)
Thesis
Ratz, S. (2022). Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students. (Thesis). London Metropolitan University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2928619

This thesis investigates reflexivity and decision-making of language students by examining the interplay between what students care about (their multilingual ‘concerns’), and how they understand and act on their structural environments (through multi... Read More about Making our way through multilingualism – reflexivity and decision-making of language students.