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Pensions UK and Scotland. (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Holmes, R. (2014). Pensions UK and Scotland. [Sunday Post]

Media article in national newspaper

Analysing corporate insolvency in the Gulf Cooperation Council using logistic regression and multidimensional scaling (2014)
Journal Article
Khoja, L., Chipulu, M., & Jayasekera, R. (2016). Analysing corporate insolvency in the Gulf Cooperation Council using logistic regression and multidimensional scaling. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 46(3), 483-518. https://doi.org/10.1007/

In this paper, we examine corporate insolvency in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region between 2004 and 2011. Data comprises 28 financial ratio variables from 112 firms. We use Logit regression with best-subset selection criteria to investigate... Read More about Analysing corporate insolvency in the Gulf Cooperation Council using logistic regression and multidimensional scaling.

Organizational transformation and higher sustainability management education: The case of the MBA Sustainability Management (2014)
Journal Article
Lee, K., & Schaltegger, S. (2014). Organizational transformation and higher sustainability management education: The case of the MBA Sustainability Management. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 15(4), 450-472. https://doi.org/10

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the roles of leadership in enabling sustainability transformation of universities and higher sustainability management education. It advocates research into the role of leadership for a university’s sustainabil... Read More about Organizational transformation and higher sustainability management education: The case of the MBA Sustainability Management.

The Link between Financial System and Economics: Functions of the Financial System, Financial Crises, and Policy Implications (2014)
Journal Article
Akdogu, S. K., & Umutlu, M. (2014). The Link between Financial System and Economics: Functions of the Financial System, Financial Crises, and Policy Implications. International Journal of Financial Research, 5(4), 52-66. https://doi.org/10.5430/ijfr.v5n4p

Financial system plays a key role in fostering economic growth by efficiently channelling the funds to investments. However, financial system is also considered as the source of instability especially during crisis periods. How to redesign financial... Read More about The Link between Financial System and Economics: Functions of the Financial System, Financial Crises, and Policy Implications.

A case study analysis of risk liquidity in banks (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ojiako, U., Chipulu, M., Obokoh, L., & Yuen, D. (2014, August). A case study analysis of risk liquidity in banks. Paper presented at 8th International Business Conference (IBC 2014)

eScaping in the city, retailvents in socio-spatially managed futures. (2014)
Book Chapter
Robertson, M., & Lees, G. (2014). eScaping in the city, retailvents in socio-spatially managed futures. In I. Yeoman, M. Robertson, U. McMahon-Beattie, E. Backer, & K. Smith (Eds.), The Future of Events and Festivals. , (251-267). (1). Oxon, UK: Taylor &

From a mercantile past, of the travelling merchant and adventures and travels around the world, to proliferation of market towns, to the growth of individual – specialist – shops and then to the emergence of retail giants (supermarkets to superstores... Read More about eScaping in the city, retailvents in socio-spatially managed futures..

Leadership and visionary futures: future proofing festivals. (2014)
Book Chapter
Robertson, M., & Brown, S. (2014). Leadership and visionary futures: future proofing festivals. In I. Yeoman, M. Robertson, U. McMahon-Beattie, E. Backer, & K. Smith (Eds.), The Future of Events & Festivals (219-235). Routledge

Introduction David Bowie’s 1974 album Diamond Dogs offered a dystopian vision of the world in which ‘. . . fleas the size of rats sucked on rats the size of cats and ten thousand peoploids split into small tribes coveting the highest of the sterile s... Read More about Leadership and visionary futures: future proofing festivals..

Scenarios for the future of events and festivals: Mick Jagger at 107 and Edinburgh Fringe (2014)
Book Chapter
Yeoman, I., Robertson, M., McMahon-Beattie, U., & Musarurwa, N. (2014). Scenarios for the future of events and festivals: Mick Jagger at 107 and Edinburgh Fringe. In I. Yeoman, M. Robertson, U. McMahon-Beattie, E. Backer, & K. Smith (Eds.), The Future of

Introduction: a tipping point The power of festivals and events is multifarious. As both historic artefacts and barometers of current beliefs, opinions and the state of society, events and festivals can be inordinately useful tools. Festivals have al... Read More about Scenarios for the future of events and festivals: Mick Jagger at 107 and Edinburgh Fringe.

Cognitive map(s) of event and festival futures (2014)
Book Chapter
Yeoman, I., Robertson, M., & Wheatley, C. (2014). Cognitive map(s) of event and festival futures. In I. Yeoman, M. Robertson, U. M. -. Beattie, E. Backer, & K. A. Smith (Eds.), The Future of Events and Festivals (271-314). Routledge

The future cannot be forecasted with a high degree of certainty and precision (Eden and Ackermann 1998); however, understanding the environment and context as explanation is a purposeful way to examine the future. In the future studies literature (Ye... Read More about Cognitive map(s) of event and festival futures.

Practical tool for assessing best value at the procurement stage of public building projects in Korea (2014)
Journal Article
Park, J., Ojiako, U., Williams, T., Chipulu, M., & Marshall, A. (2015). Practical tool for assessing best value at the procurement stage of public building projects in Korea. Journal of Management in Engineering, 31(5), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29M

This paper presents a practical tool for articulating best value criteria during the procurement of public-sector building projects in Korea. Data is obtained from sampling 180 stakeholders drawn mainly from a pool of government construction and proj... Read More about Practical tool for assessing best value at the procurement stage of public building projects in Korea.

Key criteria for sustainable wind energy planning—lessons from an institutional perspective on the impact assessment literature (2014)
Journal Article
Thygesen, J., & Agarwal, A. (2014). Key criteria for sustainable wind energy planning—lessons from an institutional perspective on the impact assessment literature. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 39, 1012-1023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.

An increasing number of researchers stress the importance of national planning institutions׳ role with respect to promoting an “effective” decision-making process in terms of bringing about sustainable energy. Impact assessment (IA) procedures are se... Read More about Key criteria for sustainable wind energy planning—lessons from an institutional perspective on the impact assessment literature.

Between cooperation and competition: The organisation of employment service delivery in the UK and Germany: Cooperation and competition in employment service delivery (2014)
Journal Article
Fuertes, V., Jantz, B., Klenk, T., & McQuaid, R. W. (2014). Between cooperation and competition: The organisation of employment service delivery in the UK and Germany: Cooperation and competition in employment service delivery. International Journal of So

The increased emphasis on labour market activation in many European countries has led to new forms of governance in recent decades. Primarily through qualitative data and document analysis, this article compares the restructuring of labour market ser... Read More about Between cooperation and competition: The organisation of employment service delivery in the UK and Germany: Cooperation and competition in employment service delivery.

Explaining the Surge in Chinese Cross-border M&As: The Role of Home Country Macroeconomic Factors and Institutions (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Du, M., Boateng, A., & Wang, Y. (2014, June). Explaining the Surge in Chinese Cross-border M&As: The Role of Home Country Macroeconomic Factors and Institutions. Presented at 21th Annual Conference of the Multinational Finance Society (MFS), Prague, Czech

This paper examines the trends, patterns, and the impact of institutional and home country macroeconomic influences on Chinese cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBM&A) over the 1998-2011 period. Using a multi-method approach involving OLS, Fixed... Read More about Explaining the Surge in Chinese Cross-border M&As: The Role of Home Country Macroeconomic Factors and Institutions.

Skills utilisation in Scotland: exploring the views of managers and employees (2014)
Journal Article
Grant, K., Maxwell, G., & Ogden, S. (2014). Skills utilisation in Scotland: exploring the views of managers and employees. Employee Relations, 36(5), 458-479. https://doi.org/10.1108/er-09-2012-0069

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore empirically manager and employee views on employees’ skills utilisation in organisations in Scotland. Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaires to managers and employees, plus three case studies... Read More about Skills utilisation in Scotland: exploring the views of managers and employees.

Social capital and job satisfaction: The case of Europe in times of economic crisis (2014)
Journal Article
Lange, T. (2015). Social capital and job satisfaction: The case of Europe in times of economic crisis. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 21(3), 275-290. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680114542907

This study uses data for 23 countries elicited from the 2010/11 wave of the European Social Survey to examine the stability of social capital as a predictor of job satisfaction at a time of economic crisis. The analysis reveals a remarkably resilient... Read More about Social capital and job satisfaction: The case of Europe in times of economic crisis.