Rural development issues panel. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McQuaid, R. W. (2003, August). Rural development issues panel. Presented at Regional Science Association International 43rd European Congress

Workplace learning and the employment relationship in the public sector (2003)
Journal Article
Rainbird, H., & Munro, A. (2003). Workplace learning and the employment relationship in the public sector. Human Resource Management Journal, 13(2), 30-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-8583.2003.tb00089.x

Training that is relevant to employers is not necessarily enriching for employees, especially those on the lower salary scales. The authors argue that the analysis of training and development needs to be understood in the context of the employment re... Read More about Workplace learning and the employment relationship in the public sector.

Economic evaluation of road investment proposals: valuing travel time savings for freight. (2003)
Report
Fuller, T. N., Rockcliffe, N., Wigan, M., Tsolakis, D., & Thoresen, T. (2003). Economic evaluation of road investment proposals: valuing travel time savings for freight

Faster more reliable freight movements make up a substantial proportion of the economic benefits generated
by road and transport investment. However techniques for assessing and valuing the freight component of
this economic benefit have been rathe... Read More about Economic evaluation of road investment proposals: valuing travel time savings for freight..

Job change and workplace learning in the public sector: the significance of new technology for unskilled work (2002)
Journal Article
Munro, A., & Rainbird, H. (2002). Job change and workplace learning in the public sector: the significance of new technology for unskilled work. New Technology, Work and Employment, 17(3), 224-235. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-005X.00106

Focussing here on local authorities and health services, this paper examines the significance of new technology to unskilled work in the public sector as it is developing and the implications for workplace learning. An argument is developed that new... Read More about Job change and workplace learning in the public sector: the significance of new technology for unskilled work.

Production economics of a vertically separated railway – The case of the British train operating companies. (2002)
Journal Article
Cowie, J. (2002). Production economics of a vertically separated railway – The case of the British train operating companies. Trasporti europei, 5, 45-52

This paper focuses on the production economics issues
surrounding the vertical separation of infrastructure
from rail services with regard to passenger operations. A
case study of the British passenger railway privatisation
is used. The British a... Read More about Production economics of a vertically separated railway – The case of the British train operating companies..

Scottish visitor attractions: managing visitor impacts (2002)
Journal Article
Garrod, B., Fyall, A., & Leask, A. (2002). Scottish visitor attractions: managing visitor impacts. Tourism Management, 23(3), 265-279. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-5177%2801%2900077-2

The visitor attraction sector in Scotland plays a vital, if often overlooked, role in the wider Scottish tourism industry. Yet the sector presently faces a host of internal and external threats. In terms of external threats, the sector is currently e... Read More about Scottish visitor attractions: managing visitor impacts.

Subsidy and productivity in the privatised British passenger railway. (2002)
Journal Article
Cowie, J. (2002). Subsidy and productivity in the privatised British passenger railway. Economic issues, 7, 25-38

This paper gives an overview of subsidy reductions in the privatised passenger rail industry in Britain before focusing on productivity performance across the first four years under the privatised structure. Subsidy reductions are analysed in terms o... Read More about Subsidy and productivity in the privatised British passenger railway..

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..

A feminist trade union agenda? The continued significance of class, gender and race. (2001)
Journal Article
Munro, A. (2001). A feminist trade union agenda? The continued significance of class, gender and race. Gender, Work and Organization, 8(4), 454-471. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0432.00141

During the 1990s attempts to identify a feminist trade union agenda have focused on both the content and process of such a potential agenda. In a period in which trade unions have changed significantly, the general national agenda appears to be chang... Read More about A feminist trade union agenda? The continued significance of class, gender and race..

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..

Social Entrepreneurship. (2000)
Book Chapter
Glancey, K. D., & McQuaid, R. W. (2000). Social Entrepreneurship. In J. Campling (Ed.), Entrepreneurial Economics. Macmillan

As with profit orientated entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs apply new perspectives or innovations and change what things or services are produced, how they are produced and/or how their organisations operate. There have been many such social entrep... Read More about Social Entrepreneurship..

Urban Land Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Quantitative Study of Accra Ghana (2000)
Thesis
Antwi, A. Y. Urban Land Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Quantitative Study of Accra Ghana. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2504

The existing body of knowledge attributes to informal land transactions in sub-Saharan African cities observed problems in city neighbourhoods. However, the dearth of empirically insightful studies of how this eventuates continues to leave a vacuum i... Read More about Urban Land Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Quantitative Study of Accra Ghana.

The local economic impact of the Scottish Parliament. (1999)
Book Chapter
McQuaid, R. W. (1999). The local economic impact of the Scottish Parliament. In J. McCarthy, & D. Newlands (Eds.), Governing Scotland: Problems and prospects, the economic impact of the Scottish Parliament (149-166). Ashgate Publishing

The role of partnerships in urban economic regeneration. (1998)
Book Chapter
McQuaid, R. W. (1998). The role of partnerships in urban economic regeneration. In L. Montanheiro, B. Haig, D. Morris, & N. Hrovatin (Eds.), Public and Private Sector Partnerships - fostering enterprise (315-330). Sheffield Hallam University Press