Sustainable urban development: the framework and directory of assessment methods. (2002)
Journal Article
Deakin, M., Curwell, S., & Lombardi, P. (2002). Sustainable urban development: the framework and directory of assessment methods. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 4(2), 171-197. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1464333202000978

Sustainable development is an issue that has attracted a considerable amount of academic interest since the publication of the Brundtland Report. With Agenda 21, it is an issue which has also found its way into the policy and action programmes of the... Read More about Sustainable urban development: the framework and directory of assessment methods..

From forecasting to drink and how we could be more sociable with business. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gormley, P., MacMillan, G., & Canduela, J. (2002, June). From forecasting to drink and how we could be more sociable with business. Paper presented at 22nd International Symposium on Forecasting

The presentation covers the developments in forecasting and market modeling within Scottish Courage Brands,
the major brewer in the UK take home market. It illustrates the joint development of new methods of demand
modeling with staff and post grad... Read More about From forecasting to drink and how we could be more sociable with business..

Intrastate travel experiences in international students and their perceptions of Western Australia (WA) as a tourist destination. (2002)
Journal Article
Shanka, T., Ali-Knight, J., & Pope, J. (2002). Intrastate travel experiences in international students and their perceptions of Western Australia (WA) as a tourist destination. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 3, 245-256

This paper presents initial findings from a study examining the impact on Western Australian (WA) tourism of the growing number of international students in the state. Focusing on one university with the largest number of international students (3946... Read More about Intrastate travel experiences in international students and their perceptions of Western Australia (WA) as a tourist destination..

The return of the publisher to book history: the case of Allen Lane. (2002)
Journal Article
McCleery, A. (2002). The return of the publisher to book history: the case of Allen Lane. Book History, 5, 161-185

There has been a loss of legitimacy within book history for the kind of exercise that critically examines the role of a publisher as an autonomous individual, rather than as an agent subordinating personal will to impersonal forces emerging from the... Read More about The return of the publisher to book history: the case of Allen Lane..

Thomas Nelson and sons: memories of an Edinburgh publishing house. (2001)
Book
Holmes, H., & Finkelstein, D. (2001). A. McCleery (Ed.), Thomas Nelson and sons: memories of an Edinburgh publishing house. Tuckwell Press

The potential impact of electronic procurement and global sourcing within the UK construction industry. (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McIntosh, G., & Sloan, B. (2001, September). The potential impact of electronic procurement and global sourcing within the UK construction industry. Presented at Proceedings 17th Annual ARCOM Conference, Salford

There is an ever-increasing amount of applications for Information Technology (IT) for use in procurement systems in all forms of business. This paper describes the role Electronic Procurement and Global Sourcing techniques can play in the United Kin... Read More about The potential impact of electronic procurement and global sourcing within the UK construction industry..

The environmental attitudes and practices of family businesses in the rural tourism and hospitality sectors. (2001)
Journal Article
Carlsen, J., Getz, D., & Ali-Knight, J. (2001). The environmental attitudes and practices of family businesses in the rural tourism and hospitality sectors. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 9(4), 281-297. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669580108667403

This paper examines the environmental goals of rural, family owned/operated tourism
business with a viewto evaluating their conservationethic andcommitment to sustainable
tourism. From a survey of 198 family businesses in Western Australia, it was... Read More about The environmental attitudes and practices of family businesses in the rural tourism and hospitality sectors..

Who is the wine tourist? (2001)
Journal Article
Charters, S., & Ali-Knight, J. (2002). Who is the wine tourist?. Tourism Management, 23(3), 311-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-5177%2801%2900079-6

Both the wine and tourism industries have achieved high levels of growth within Australia in the 1990s, and are significant contributors to the GDP as invisible exports. In 1994, about 10 percent of the total international visitors made a visit to an... Read More about Who is the wine tourist?.

Scottish visitor attractions – a collaborative future? (2001)
Journal Article
Fyall, A., Leask, A., & Garrod, B. (2001). Scottish visitor attractions – a collaborative future?. International Journal of Tourism Research, 3, 211-228. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.313

Although interorganisational collaboration is increasingly being accepted as a necessary, even desirable strategy for the tourism industry as a whole, there would appear to be a number of impediments to the implementation of collaborative initiatives... Read More about Scottish visitor attractions – a collaborative future?.

The role of knowledge facilitators and inhibitors: lessons from airline reservations systems. (2001)
Journal Article
Stonehouse, G., Pemberton, J., & Barber, C. E. (2001). The role of knowledge facilitators and inhibitors: lessons from airline reservations systems. Long Range Planning, 34(2), 115-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0024-6301%2801%2900021-8

Strategic frameworks seeking to explain how an organisation may generate superior performance are numerous. Earlier approaches centred on the competitive position of an organisation within its industry, with subsequent attention focused on an organis... Read More about The role of knowledge facilitators and inhibitors: lessons from airline reservations systems..

Competing with CRS-generated information in the airline industry (2001)
Journal Article
Pemberton, J., Stonehouse, G., & Barber, C. E. (2001). Competing with CRS-generated information in the airline industry. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 10(1), 59-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0963-8687%2801%2900042-7

For over 20 years, computer reservation systems (CRSs) have been cited as a source of competitive advantage for the airlines that developed them. This paper reviews the developments that have given rise to such advantage, emphasising the use of CRS-g... Read More about Competing with CRS-generated information in the airline industry.

Tourism policy in Jamaica: a tale of two governments. (2001)
Journal Article
Chambers, D., & Airey, D. (2001). Tourism policy in Jamaica: a tale of two governments. Current Issues in Tourism, 4(2-4), 94-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500108667884

This paper explores the role of public policy in the development of tourism in Jamaica. It focuses on two separate and contrasting periods. In the first, 1972–80, referred to here as 'The Socialist Era', the Jamaican government pursued goals of self-... Read More about Tourism policy in Jamaica: a tale of two governments..

Internal Technology Transfer in the Sudan: The Dichotomy Between Agricultural Research and Agricultural Practice (2000)
Thesis
Ahmed, A. E. N. O. Internal Technology Transfer in the Sudan: The Dichotomy Between Agricultural Research and Agricultural Practice. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1051806

Sudan is the largest country in Africa' and boasts the largest farm in the world. Sudan is a predominately agricultural economy, agriculture employs more than eighty percent of the country's labour force and its industry. The national agricultural re... Read More about Internal Technology Transfer in the Sudan: The Dichotomy Between Agricultural Research and Agricultural Practice.

A tourism organisation’s soft OR practitioner’s perceptions of problem structuring methodologies (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Laybourn, P. (1999, April). A tourism organisation’s soft OR practitioner’s perceptions of problem structuring methodologies. Presented at Eighth Annual CHME Hospitality Conference

Decision making. (1999)
Book Chapter
Laybourn, P. (1999). Decision making. In A. Leask, & I. S. Yeoman (Eds.), Heritage vistior attractions: an operations management perspective (210-231). Cassell

An empirical study of the impact of information technology on corporate financial reporting: a contingency perspective (1995)
Thesis
Xiao, Z. An empirical study of the impact of information technology on corporate financial reporting: a contingency perspective. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3605

This thesis investigates whether information technology [IT] ameliorates or exacerbates the information asymmetry between management and external users of financial information, and ascertains whether and under what circumstances IT has an impact on... Read More about An empirical study of the impact of information technology on corporate financial reporting: a contingency perspective.

The Porpoise Press 1922-1926. (1985)
Journal Article
McCleery, A. (1985). The Porpoise Press 1922-1926. Scottish literary journal. Supplement, 12, 53-68