All Outputs (254)

The effect of value chain importance on regional economic recovery (2023)
Journal Article
Zádor, Z., Zhu, Z., Smith, M., & Gorgoni, S. (in press). The effect of value chain importance on regional economic recovery. European Planning Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2023.2237537

This paper investigates the link between value chain importance and economic growth for the EU24 regions between 2008 and 2018. It finds that relying more on GVCs worsened regional growth during the financial crisis, but led to higher growth in the l... Read More about The effect of value chain importance on regional economic recovery.

How can value co-creation be integrated into a customer experience evaluation? (2023)
Journal Article
Lee, H., Grinevich, V., & Chipulu, M. (2023). How can value co-creation be integrated into a customer experience evaluation?. European Management Journal, 41(4), 521-533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2023.07.004

With the arrival of the service economy, businesses across different sectors have to rely increasingly on service design, with its focus on the viewpoints of customers and their experiences. Existing frameworks for evaluating customer experience tend... Read More about How can value co-creation be integrated into a customer experience evaluation?.

There's No Such Thing As An Unbiased Future (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Crawford, M. (2023, July). There's No Such Thing As An Unbiased Future. Presented at Women In Data Science (WiDS) London 2023 Conference, Online

A keynote presentation and discussion on why our future(s) will never and can never be free of biases.

The role of the entrepreneurial leader: A study of Nigerian SMEs (2023)
Journal Article
Omeihe, I., Harrison, C., Simba, A., & Omeihe, K. (2023). The role of the entrepreneurial leader: A study of Nigerian SMEs. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 49(2), 187-215. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2023.132439

Growing evidence points to the role of entrepreneurial leadership in enhancing positive business outcomes. Yet little is known about the entrepreneurial leadership attributes and skills exploited by entrepreneurial leaders within a developing economy... Read More about The role of the entrepreneurial leader: A study of Nigerian SMEs.

An ethical approach to sustainability and recovery operations in hotels (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bryde, M., Hejjas, K., Hannibal, C., & Foster, S. (2023, July). An ethical approach to sustainability and recovery operations in hotels. Paper presented at Production and Operations Management Society (OOMS), Paris, France

The climate disaster is here and as a result, the intensity and frequency of disasters, whether that is humanitarian, biological or natural, is set to increase (Institute for Economic & Peace (IEP), 2020). This may be cause for concern given that dis... Read More about An ethical approach to sustainability and recovery operations in hotels.

The Impact of Pfizer's Social Media Engagement During COVID-19 (2023)
Journal Article
Platania, F., Hernandez, C. T., Appio, F., & Mora, L. (in press). The Impact of Pfizer's Social Media Engagement During COVID-19. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2023.3290699

The aim of this article is to study the impact of social media engagement and public attention on Pfizer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study focuses on Twitter to investigate Pfizer's social media activity and engagement during the pandemic. We a... Read More about The Impact of Pfizer's Social Media Engagement During COVID-19.

A Conceptual Model of Parasocial Teaching Practice (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kurtzke, S. (2023, July). A Conceptual Model of Parasocial Teaching Practice. Paper presented at Academy of Marketing Science World Marketing Congress 2023, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

Scenario Planning and Futures Thinking Global Project (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Crawford, M. (2023, July). Scenario Planning and Futures Thinking Global Project. Presented at Scenario Planning and Foresight 2023, University of Warwick

I led a special session that presented our global project to conference attendees. The project includes an edited, peer reviewed book, podcast, and network for future workshops and public engagement opportunities. The special session included discuss... Read More about Scenario Planning and Futures Thinking Global Project.

Consumer Preferences for the Attributes of Plant-Based Meat Substitutes: A segmentation study based on best-worst scaling (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Naughton, P. (2023, July). Consumer Preferences for the Attributes of Plant-Based Meat Substitutes: A segmentation study based on best-worst scaling. Paper presented at 24TH AMS World Marketing Congress 2023, University of Kent - Canterbury, UK

The aim of this study is to identify consumer segments based on the importance attributed to labelling information on the health, environmental and ethical, and sensory attributes of PBMS. The research builds on previous attitudinal studies by using... Read More about Consumer Preferences for the Attributes of Plant-Based Meat Substitutes: A segmentation study based on best-worst scaling.

There Is No Such Thing As Unbiased Scenario Planning (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Crawford, M. (2023, July). There Is No Such Thing As Unbiased Scenario Planning. Paper presented at Scenario Planning and Foresight 2023, University of Warwick

A series of lab and field studies were conducted with managers, executives, and postgraduate students to test the hypothesis that an emotional priming effect exists within any given scenario planning workshop (Crawford, 2021). The studies show that p... Read More about There Is No Such Thing As Unbiased Scenario Planning.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.