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Internationalisation and mode switching-performance, strategy and timing. (2010)
Thesis
Sachse, U. Internationalisation and mode switching-performance, strategy and timing. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6696

The subject of this thesis is the management of foreign operations and the switching of modes for international business. Contrary to research on the market entry, the focus here lies on the further development of the initially selected market entry... Read More about Internationalisation and mode switching-performance, strategy and timing..

Diversity training in organisations: an introduction (2010)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., & Bagher, M. (2010). Diversity training in organisations: an introduction. Journal of European industrial training, 34(6), 493-505. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090591011061185

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on diversity training and examine the effect of power, privilege and politics on diversity in organisations.Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual paper examining the argume... Read More about Diversity training in organisations: an introduction.

Book review: Handbook of Organization Development Thomas G. Cummings (ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2009. 720 pp. £95.00 (hbk). ISBN 9780761928126 (2010)
Journal Article
McGuire, D. (2010). Book review: Handbook of Organization Development Thomas G. Cummings (ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2009. 720 pp. £95.00 (hbk). ISBN 9780761928126. Management Learning, 41(3), 345-347. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507610372589

Book review: Handbook of Organization Development Thomas G. Cummings (ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2009. 720 pp ISBN 9780761928126

Examining Financial Service Performance through Quality Management Lens’. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kumar, M., & MacKerron, G. (2010, June). Examining Financial Service Performance through Quality Management Lens’. Paper presented at 2nd World P&OM Conference and 17th International EurOMA Conference on Managing Operations in Service Economies

Application of quality initiatives like Lean and Six Sigma is relatively new in UK
financial services (FS), and its application is receiving increasing importance in the
current climate of economic meltdown. This paper analyzes the quality manageme... Read More about Examining Financial Service Performance through Quality Management Lens’..

Entrepreneurship Competencies and Management Capabilities for Innovation and Sustainable Growth: Empirical Study (2010)
Book Chapter
Omar, M., & Lewrick, M. (2010). Entrepreneurship Competencies and Management Capabilities for Innovation and Sustainable Growth: Empirical Study. In L. Al-Hakim, & C. Jin (Eds.), Innovation in Business and Enterprise (105-119). IGI GLobal. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-643-8.ch008

The aim of this chapter is to challenge the context of innovation education. We build our arguments in step with actual practice analyzing data from over 200 innovative companies which have been created under the formal requirements of a regional bus... Read More about Entrepreneurship Competencies and Management Capabilities for Innovation and Sustainable Growth: Empirical Study.

Practitioner talk: the changing textscape of HRM and emergence of HR business partnership (2010)
Journal Article
Keegan, A., & Francis, H. (2010). Practitioner talk: the changing textscape of HRM and emergence of HR business partnership. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 21, 873-898. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585191003729341

It has been evident for some time in mainstream HRM writing, that HR work is largely framed as a business issue, accelerated by new developments in technology and increasing pressures being placed on the function to enhance its contribution to the or... Read More about Practitioner talk: the changing textscape of HRM and emergence of HR business partnership.

Dynamic capability building in the steel industry. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pemberton, J., & Ludwig, G. (2010, March). Dynamic capability building in the steel industry. Paper presented at Strategic Management Society Conference

The existing body of knowledge within the Dynamic Capabilities View (DCV) assumes risk minimisation via establishment of extensive monitoring activities of external changes in combination with capability optimisation through renewal efforts. This pro... Read More about Dynamic capability building in the steel industry..

Exploring the contribution of workplace learning to an HRD strategy in the Scottish legal profession (2010)
Journal Article
Watson, S., & Harmel-Law, A. (2010). Exploring the contribution of workplace learning to an HRD strategy in the Scottish legal profession. Journal of European industrial training, 34(1), 7-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090591011010280

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relevance of human resource development
(HRD) for law firms in the UK. It examines how the characteristics of legal professional practice in the
UK, including the partnership structure, long est... Read More about Exploring the contribution of workplace learning to an HRD strategy in the Scottish legal profession.