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Pricing Intelligence as a Service for Cloud Computing (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Greenwell, R., Liu, X., & Chalmers, K. (2013). Pricing Intelligence as a Service for Cloud Computing. In Proceedings of 5th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom'13) (244-247). https://doi.org/10.1109/cloudcom.

Pricing Intelligence as a service (PINaaS) can be seen as the brokerage of user requirements to pricing of available resources in a cloud computing environment. Users of both public and private clouds have to consider the price of services they consu... Read More about Pricing Intelligence as a Service for Cloud Computing.

A skipping game. (2013)
Book Chapter
Fraser, B. (2013). A skipping game. In D. Chatterjee, & B. D'Arcy (Eds.), Lets' Play: Poems about Sports and Games from Around the World. Frances Lincoln Children's Books

Opening spaces for conversational practice: a conduit for effective engagement strategies and productive working arrangements. (2013)
Journal Article
Francis, H., Ramdhony, A., Reddington, M., & Staines, H. (2013). Opening spaces for conversational practice: a conduit for effective engagement strategies and productive working arrangements. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24, 2713-2740. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2013.781530

This study develops the concept of dialogic conversational practice (dialogic CP) as a conduit for effective engagement strategies and productive working arrangements. We begin with a critique of High-Involvement-High-Performance HR systems against t... Read More about Opening spaces for conversational practice: a conduit for effective engagement strategies and productive working arrangements..

Between Bodies and Machines. (2013)
Book Chapter
Forrest, E. (2013). Between Bodies and Machines. In D. Rubinstein, J. Golding, & A. Fisher (Eds.), On the Verge of Photograhy: Imaging Beyond Representation (105-122). ARTicle Press

Strategy choice in transit networks. (2013)
Journal Article
Fonzone, A., Schmoecker, J., Kurauchi, F., & Hemdan, S. M. H. (2013). Strategy choice in transit networks. Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 10, 796-815

Public transport passengers are assumed to choose routes that minimise the expected travel times. In networks with high-frequency services this requires the adoption of hyperpaths. An experimental validation of the hyperpath model has been carried ou... Read More about Strategy choice in transit networks..

Mining the Discourse: Strategizing During BHP Billiton's Attempted Acquisition of Rio Tinto. (2013)
Journal Article
Floris, M., Grant, D., & Cutcher, L. (2013). Mining the Discourse: Strategizing During BHP Billiton's Attempted Acquisition of Rio Tinto. Journal of Management Studies, https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12035

Using a discourse-analytic approach, we examine the strategizing that occurred during an attempted acquisition in 2007/08 of Rio Tinto by BHP Billiton. In doing so, we contribute to discursive studies of mergers and acquisitions in two significant re... Read More about Mining the Discourse: Strategizing During BHP Billiton's Attempted Acquisition of Rio Tinto..

Language choice as a potential source of Intercultural discord in English-Mandarin business encounters. (2013)
Journal Article
Fischer, M. (2013). Language choice as a potential source of Intercultural discord in English-Mandarin business encounters. China media research, 9, 45

Until recently Anglophone business research into the issues surrounding the costs of and barriers to internationalisation has focused on cultural barriers and their potential for conflict and misunderstanding. Most of this research assumes that, as E... Read More about Language choice as a potential source of Intercultural discord in English-Mandarin business encounters..

Establishing Prussia as a locus for crusade: the role of Nicolaus von Jeroschin’s Chronicle of Prussia. (2013)
Book Chapter
Fischer, M. (2013). Establishing Prussia as a locus for crusade: the role of Nicolaus von Jeroschin’s Chronicle of Prussia. In Medieval Mobilities: From Scandinavia to the Slavic Lands. Brepols

This article aims to show how the Teutonic Order exploited the cult of pilgrimage and traditional crusading appeals to position Prussia as a locus for crusade. In order to justify diverting crusaders to north-eastern Europe it was necessary to show t... Read More about Establishing Prussia as a locus for crusade: the role of Nicolaus von Jeroschin’s Chronicle of Prussia..

Employer demand for languages graduates in Scotland: a case study in the Financial Services sector. (2013)
Journal Article
Fischer, M. (2013). Employer demand for languages graduates in Scotland: a case study in the Financial Services sector. Scottish Languages Review, 26, 3-12

This article investigates the employers' preferences when hiring graduates to work in the financial services sector in Edinburgh. It is based on five in-depth semi-structured interviews with managers in the sector. The findings show that a global men... Read More about Employer demand for languages graduates in Scotland: a case study in the Financial Services sector..

Biomass derived ionic liquids: synthesis from natural organic acids, characterization, toxicity, biodegradation and use as solvents for catalytic hydrogenation processes (2013)
Journal Article
Ferlin, N., Courty, M., Gatard, S., Spulak, M., Quilty, B., Beadham, I., …Bouquillon, S. (2013). Biomass derived ionic liquids: synthesis from natural organic acids, characterization, toxicity, biodegradation and use as solvents for catalytic hydrogenation processes. Tetrahedron, 69, 6150-6161. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.tet.2013.05.054

Ionic liquids with natural organic derived anions (l-lactate, l-tartrate, malonate, succinate, l-malate, pyruvate, d-glucuronate, d-galacturonate) were easily prepared from tetrabutylammonium hydroxide and an excess of the corresponding acid with goo... Read More about Biomass derived ionic liquids: synthesis from natural organic acids, characterization, toxicity, biodegradation and use as solvents for catalytic hydrogenation processes.

TARGO: transition and reallocation based green optimization for Cloud VMs. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fang, D., Liu, X., Liu, L., & Yang, H. (2013). TARGO: transition and reallocation based green optimization for Cloud VMs. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and Communications 2013 (215-223). https://doi.org/10.1109/Gr

Much research has been conducted focusing on improving resource utilization efficiency in data centers in the context of Green Cloud Computing (GCC). While virtualization enables better resource provision and utilization for various computational res... Read More about TARGO: transition and reallocation based green optimization for Cloud VMs..

Ranking of the main criteria for selection procedures on major construction projects in Libya using the Delphi method. (2013)
Journal Article
Elsayah, O., Gupta, N. K., & Zhang, B. (2013). Ranking of the main criteria for selection procedures on major construction projects in Libya using the Delphi method. International Journal of Mechanical, Industrial Science and Engineering, 7, 715-719

The construction sector constitutes one of the most important sectors in the economy of any country. Contractor selection is a critical decision that is undertaken by client organizations and is central to the success of any construction project. Co... Read More about Ranking of the main criteria for selection procedures on major construction projects in Libya using the Delphi method..

Professional role identity in shaping community nurses' reactions to nursing policy (2013)
Journal Article
Elliott, L., Kennedy, C., & Raeside, R. (2013). Professional role identity in shaping community nurses' reactions to nursing policy. Journal of Nursing Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12153

To establish the extent to which professional role identity shapes community nurses' reactions before the implementation of a policy that sought to introduce a generic role. BACKGROUND: Many countries seek to alter community nurse roles to address... Read More about Professional role identity in shaping community nurses' reactions to nursing policy.