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Comparative Review of Borders: Frontiers of Identity, Nation and State, Hastings Donnan and Thomas M. Wilson. Oxford: Berg, 1999. pp. 224 and Signifying Identities: Anthropological Perspectives on Boundaries and Contested Values, Anthony P. Cohen (ed.). London: Routledge, 2000, pp. 208 (2001)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, J. (2001). Comparative Review of Borders: Frontiers of Identity, Nation and State, Hastings Donnan and Thomas M. Wilson. Oxford: Berg, 1999. pp. 224 and Signifying Identities: Anthropological Perspectives on Boundaries and Contested Values, Ant

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Labour Market Flexibility, Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance (2001)
Journal Article
Michie, J., & Sheehan-Quinn, M. (2001). Labour Market Flexibility, Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance. British Journal of Management, 12(4), 287-306. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.00211

Labour market flexibility is often portrayed as a key to the competitive success of the UK and US economies. We surveyed several hundred firms in the UK, and using the resulting data (on over 200 manufacturing firms) this paper investigates the relat... Read More about Labour Market Flexibility, Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance.

Beyond Whitehall (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMillan, J., Rhodes, R., Carmichael, P., & Massey, A. (2001, December). Beyond Whitehall. Paper presented at Devolution and the Future of Governance

Home and commercialized hospitality (2001)
Book Chapter
LYNCH, P. (2001). Home and commercialized hospitality. In In Search of Hospitality, 100-117. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-7506-5431-9.50010-x

We others who have long lost the more subtle of the physical senses, have not even proper terms to express an animal's inter-communications with his surroundings, living or otherwise, and have only the word ‘smell’, for instance to include the whole... Read More about Home and commercialized hospitality.

Prediction of software maintenance costs. (2001)
Thesis
Morrison, D. J. Prediction of software maintenance costs. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3601

This thesis is concerned with predicting the costs of maintaining a computer program prior to the software being developed. The ubiquitous nature of software means that software maintenance is an important activity, and evidence exists to support t... Read More about Prediction of software maintenance costs..

Disciplinary power and consumer research: an introduction. (2001)
Journal Article
Marsden, D. (2001). Disciplinary power and consumer research: an introduction. European Advances in Consumer Research, 5, 54-60

This paper draws on Michel Foucault’s conception of "disciplinary power" to explore some of the ways in which consumer research is implicated in modern forms of social control. According to Foucault, power in western societies is characterised less b... Read More about Disciplinary power and consumer research: an introduction..

Deconstructing consumer behaviour: theory and practice. (2001)
Journal Article
Marsden, D. (2001). Deconstructing consumer behaviour: theory and practice. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 1(1), 9-21. https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.50

This paper challenges the conventional opposition, or distinction, between consumer behaviour theory and practice. This binary dualism, it is argued, is predicated on a simplistic ‘either/or’ logic that ignores the effects theory and practice have on... Read More about Deconstructing consumer behaviour: theory and practice..

Banking Law in Scotland. (2001)
Book
Grier, N. (2000). Banking Law in Scotland. Greens/Sweet & Maxwell

This authoritative book provides an in-depth account of banking law and related procedures. Practical in focus, it sets out current procedures relating to banking law, together with up-to-date discussion of major areas of difficulty in the law relati... Read More about Banking Law in Scotland..

Public investment and regional economic development. (2001)
Book
Felsenstein, D., McQuaid, R. W., McCann, P., & Shefer, D. (2001). Public investment and regional economic development. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

This text provides an analysis of the complex relationship between public investment and regional economic development. It offers insights into issues of regional growth, and presents a variety of perspectives, from transport and housing infrastructu... Read More about Public investment and regional economic development..

Designing for mobility, collaboration and information use by blue-collar workers (2001)
Journal Article
Brodie, J., & Perry, M. (2001). Designing for mobility, collaboration and information use by blue-collar workers. SIGGROUP bulletin : a publication of the Special Interest Group on Supporting Group Work, 22(3), 22-27. https://doi.org/10.1145/567352.567356

The uptake of mobile phones in the UK has increased exponentially in the past two years, indicating that a wider range of users are now utilising mobile technologies in different contexts than ever before. Still little is known about how mobile techn... Read More about Designing for mobility, collaboration and information use by blue-collar workers.

Formal and informal referent groups: An exploration of novices and experts in maternity services. (2001)
Journal Article
Tinson, J., & Ensor, J. (2001). Formal and informal referent groups: An exploration of novices and experts in maternity services. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 1(2), 174-183. https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.63

Different social groups place varying emphasis on the importance of referent input. While referent groups are recognised as having a significant influence on purchase behaviour, attitude formation and information processing, the extent to which refer... Read More about Formal and informal referent groups: An exploration of novices and experts in maternity services..

A feminist trade union agenda? The continued significance of class, gender and race. (2001)
Journal Article
Munro, A. (2001). A feminist trade union agenda? The continued significance of class, gender and race. Gender, Work and Organization, 8(4), 454-471. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0432.00141

During the 1990s attempts to identify a feminist trade union agenda have focused on both the content and process of such a potential agenda. In a period in which trade unions have changed significantly, the general national agenda appears to be chang... Read More about A feminist trade union agenda? The continued significance of class, gender and race..