Barriers and drivers in a circular economy: the case of the built environment (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hart, J., Adams, K., Giesekam, J., Densley Tingley, D., & Pomponi, F. (2019, May). Barriers and drivers in a circular economy: the case of the built environment. Presented at 26th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

The circular economy has moved quickly from niche conversations to mainstream attention. Reports, white papers, academic articles, and guidance are produced in rapid succession, and the world’s first standard on circular economy for organisations has... Read More about Barriers and drivers in a circular economy: the case of the built environment.

Unheard voices of decline in the Scottish Oil Sector (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Neil, J., & Ellis, V. (2018, June). Unheard voices of decline in the Scottish Oil Sector. Presented at BUIRA History of Industrial Relations Study Group, University of Westminster

This paper examines how employment in the Scottish oil industry is changing as the industry declines, shedding in excess of 120,000 jobs between 2014 and 2016 as oil prices fell. Yet, the absence of workers’ voice in policy discussions about how best... Read More about Unheard voices of decline in the Scottish Oil Sector.

Exploring the viability of an emission tax policy for ships at berth in Taiwanese ports (2016)
Journal Article
Tseng, P. H., & Pilcher, N. (2016). Exploring the viability of an emission tax policy for ships at berth in Taiwanese ports. International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics, 8(6), 705-722. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSTL.2016.079289

This paper considers an emissions tax to help limit external air pollution from ships in Taiwanese ports through a mixed methods research (MMR) approach. Through an empirical bottom-up activity-based model, external air pollution costs are estimated... Read More about Exploring the viability of an emission tax policy for ships at berth in Taiwanese ports.

An evaluation of the use of combination techniques in improving forecasting accuracy for commercial property cycles in the UK (2014)
Thesis
Jadevicius, A. An evaluation of the use of combination techniques in improving forecasting accuracy for commercial property cycles in the UK. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7558

In light of the financial and property crisis of 2007-2013 it is difficult to ignore the existence of cycles in the general business sector, as well as in building and property. Moreover, this issue has grown to have significant importance in the UK,... Read More about An evaluation of the use of combination techniques in improving forecasting accuracy for commercial property cycles in the UK.

UK Foreign direct investment in Ghana: determinants and implications (2014)
Thesis
Osei, C. UK Foreign direct investment in Ghana: determinants and implications. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7562

The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the relative significance of the determinants of UK foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ghana. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s World Investment Report i... Read More about UK Foreign direct investment in Ghana: determinants and implications.

The Global Financial and Economic Crisis: Did HRD Play a Role? (2014)
Journal Article
MacKenzie, C., Garavan, T. N., & Carbery, R. (2014). The Global Financial and Economic Crisis: Did HRD Play a Role?. Advances in developing human resources, 16(1), 34-53. https://doi.org/10.1177/1523422313508925

The Problem The Global Financial and Economic Crisis1 starting in 2007 and its resultant impact has called into question the contribution of Human Resource Development (HRD) strategies and practices to the crisis. With its primary focus on the develo... Read More about The Global Financial and Economic Crisis: Did HRD Play a Role?.

Industrial clusters and regional economic development in China: the case of Heilongjiang Province (2013)
Thesis
Wang, J. Industrial clusters and regional economic development in China: the case of Heilongjiang Province. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6077

The concept of the ‘industrial cluster was first discussed in the early works of Alfred Marshall. In the 1990’s the term became part of mainstream economic thinking largely due to the work of Krugman in the area of New Economic Geography. There have... Read More about Industrial clusters and regional economic development in China: the case of Heilongjiang Province.

Do We Eat Too Much? The current economic crisis as a result of overconsumption (2011)
Journal Article
Jaworski, P. M., & Weber, J. (2011). Do We Eat Too Much? The current economic crisis as a result of overconsumption. Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 23, 223-238. https://doi.org/10.1177/02601079X11002300302

Over the past 15 years, a fairly synchronised and steady increase of the current account deficits of the US and the UK has been witnessed, while at the same time real house prices and real wages in these two economies increased sharply. We analyse th... Read More about Do We Eat Too Much? The current economic crisis as a result of overconsumption.

Banks, bailouts and bonuses: a personal account of working in Halifax Bank of Scotland during the financial crisis (2010)
Journal Article
Ellis, V., & Taylor, M. (2010). Banks, bailouts and bonuses: a personal account of working in Halifax Bank of Scotland during the financial crisis. Work, Employment and Society, 24(4), 803-812. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017010380649

This article presents a first hand account of the financial crisis by ‘Margaret Taylor’, a union activist within HBOS. Overviewing more than twenty years’ experience in the sector, Margaret highlights three types of change under way since the 1990s t... Read More about Banks, bailouts and bonuses: a personal account of working in Halifax Bank of Scotland during the financial crisis.

A century of research on property cycles – a literature review and annotated bibliography. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jadevicius, A., Sloan, B., & Brown, A. (2010, September). A century of research on property cycles – a literature review and annotated bibliography. Presented at XI BSV International Conference on Valuation and Investment

The existence of cycles in the general business sector, as well as in building and property has grown to have significant importance in the UK, whereas the UK property market has been characterised by boom and bust cycles with a negative impact on th... Read More about A century of research on property cycles – a literature review and annotated bibliography..

A century of research on property cycles – a review of research on major and auxiliary business cycles. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jadevicius, A., Sloan, B., & Brown, A. (2010, September). A century of research on property cycles – a review of research on major and auxiliary business cycles. Paper presented at XI BSV International Conference on Valuation and Investment,

The existence of cycles within economy and its sub-sectors has been studied for a number of years. The importance of cycles has grown to have significant importance in the major capitalistic countries, seeing cycles as having a negative impact on the... Read More about A century of research on property cycles – a review of research on major and auxiliary business cycles..

Tourism interest groups in the EU policy arena: characteristics, relationships and challenges. (2008)
Journal Article
Anastasiadou, C. (2008). Tourism interest groups in the EU policy arena: characteristics, relationships and challenges. Current Issues in Tourism, 11, 24-39. https://doi.org/10.2167/cit326.0

Despite the European Union’s (EU) influence on tourism, surprisingly little is known of tourism interest representation and the nature of their relationship with the EU
institutions. Empirical evidence drawn from a study on the EU tourism policy env... Read More about Tourism interest groups in the EU policy arena: characteristics, relationships and challenges..

The development of global container transhipment terminals. (2007)
Book Chapter
Baird, A. (2007). The development of global container transhipment terminals. In J. Wang, D. Olivier, T. Notteboom, & B. Slack (Eds.), Ports, Cities and Global Supply Chains (69-87). Ashgate Publishing

World container port traffic has more than doubled each decade since the 1960’s, placing tremendous pressure on transport infrastructure to expand. Cityports have had to adapt their often-inadequate harbours at enormous cost in order to cope with thi... Read More about The development of global container transhipment terminals..

Branding strategy and consumer high-technology product. (2007)
Journal Article
Hamann, D., Williams, J., & Omar, M. (2007). Branding strategy and consumer high-technology product. Journal of Product and Brand Management, 16, 98-111. https://doi.org/10.1108/10610420710739973

The paper aims to propose a model to investigate the relationships between price, use, quality, and culture regarding the adoption of high-technology branding strategy. Design/methodology/approach - Based on the identified areas of influence - price,... Read More about Branding strategy and consumer high-technology product..

Stakeholder engagement, social auditing and corporate sustainability (2006)
Journal Article
Gao, S. S., & Zhang, J. J. (2006). Stakeholder engagement, social auditing and corporate sustainability. Business Process Management Journal, 12(6), 722-740. https://doi.org/10.1108/14637150610710891

Purpose
To identify the applicability of social auditing as an approach of engaging stakeholders in assessing and reporting on corporate sustainability and its performance.

Design/methodology/approach
Drawing upon the framework of AA1000 and t... Read More about Stakeholder engagement, social auditing and corporate sustainability.

The development of the field of HRD: a Delphi study (2006)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., & Cseh, M. (2006). The development of the field of HRD: a Delphi study. Journal of European industrial training, 30(8), 653-667. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590610712304

The study explored the views of leading human resource development (HRD) academics regarding five main issues: the disciplinary bases of HRD, the historical milestones in HRD, the constituent components of HRD, the leading contributions in terms of j... Read More about The development of the field of HRD: a Delphi study.

The relationship between privatization and DEA estimates of efficiency in the container port industry (2005)
Journal Article
Wang, T.-F., Cullinane, K., Ji, P., & Wang, T. (2005). The relationship between privatization and DEA estimates of efficiency in the container port industry. Journal of Economics and Business, 57(5), 433-462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconbus.2005.02.007

A major objective of port privatization is to improve the efficiency of the sector. This paper presents the pros and cons of port privatization and provides an empirical examination of the relationship between privatization and relative efficiency wi... Read More about The relationship between privatization and DEA estimates of efficiency in the container port industry.

Designing a conservation reserve network with minimal fragmentation: A linear integer programming approach (2005)
Journal Article
Önal, H., & Briers, R. A. (2005). Designing a conservation reserve network with minimal fragmentation: A linear integer programming approach. Environmental modeling & assessment, 10(3), 193-202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10666-005-9009-3

In the biological conservation literature, the optimum reserve site selection problem has often been addressed by using the prototype set covering and maximal covering formulations, assuming that representation of species is the only criterion in sit... Read More about Designing a conservation reserve network with minimal fragmentation: A linear integer programming approach.

The impact of social and economic development on corporate social and environmental disclosure in Hong Kong and the UK. (2005)
Journal Article
Xiao, J. Z., Gao, S. S., Heravi, S., & Cheung, Y. C. Q. (2005). The impact of social and economic development on corporate social and environmental disclosure in Hong Kong and the UK. Advances in international accounting, 18, 219-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0897-3660%2805%2918011-8

This study compares corporate social and environmental disclosure
(CSED) in Hong Kong (HK) and the U.K. through a content analysis of
334 annual reports prepared by 69 listed companies over the period of
1993–1997. We find that U.K. and HK compani... Read More about The impact of social and economic development on corporate social and environmental disclosure in Hong Kong and the UK..

An insurance policy: a case study of legal and economic interactions in a transforming economy (2004)
Journal Article
Jaworski, P., & Wierzbicki, J. (2004). An insurance policy: a case study of legal and economic interactions in a transforming economy. Post-Communist Economies, 16(1), 99-109. https://doi.org/10.1080/1463137042000194870

The article is devoted to the specific case study of individual insurance policy issued during the time of centrally planned economy but matured after the beginning of the economic transformation of the 90-ties. The analysis of that particular case s... Read More about An insurance policy: a case study of legal and economic interactions in a transforming economy.