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A parent company's ability and cross-border M&A performance: an empirical analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Lu, L., Tan, H., Sanderson, M., & Fascia, M. (2019). A parent company's ability and cross-border M&A performance: an empirical analysis. Journal of Strategy, Operations & Economics, 6(2), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.15397.14565

Drawing from Berry’s nine-dimension-theory, the institutional distance discussed within this study was divided into four dimensions that include the regulation distance (including political distance and legal distance), economic distance, cultural di... Read More about A parent company's ability and cross-border M&A performance: an empirical analysis.

Assessing the basics of knowledge transfer structures. (2019)
Preprint / Working Paper
Fascia, M., Sanderson, M., & tan, H. Assessing the basics of knowledge transfer structures

Dominant research streams in healthcare management conclude that knowledge transfer between patient groups is accomplished through instructions and/or socially constructed practices. Underlying these views is the belief that texts and practices carry... Read More about Assessing the basics of knowledge transfer structures..

Evaluation of knowledge transfer practices from a Leibniz Perspective (2019)
Journal Article
Tan, H., Fascia, M., & Sanderson, M. (2019). Evaluation of knowledge transfer practices from a Leibniz Perspective. Journal of Strategy, Operations & Economics, 5(5), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.31219/jsoe.v5i5.51

In recent years, there has been a growing number of subspecialties within the context of business management, which have begun to talk seriously about a notion of religious points of view in a business context. In this paper we unpack a view from Got... Read More about Evaluation of knowledge transfer practices from a Leibniz Perspective.

Theoretical Development: Specialism, Achievement, Coordination, (SAC) model – Kantian Perspective (2019)
Journal Article
Fascia, M., Sanderson, M., Tan, H., & Fascia, S. (2019). Theoretical Development: Specialism, Achievement, Coordination, (SAC) model – Kantian Perspective. Journal of Strategy, Operations & Economics, 5(5), Article 2

From a Kantian perspective, in this discussion, we looked to develop a new multi perspective model to scrutinise psychological processes involved in forming positive decision-making protocols, based on formulated expectations and/or impacts to a posi... Read More about Theoretical Development: Specialism, Achievement, Coordination, (SAC) model – Kantian Perspective.

A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland (2017)
Journal Article
Weaver, M. W., Crossan, K., Tan, H., & Paxton, S. (2018). A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland. European Journal of Operational Research, 268(3), 1149-1167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.050

The purpose of this paper is to present an application of community O.R. (COR), using soft system methodology (SSM) to help a grant-maker to understand how to unlock and release more resources into communities. The problem area under investigation is... Read More about A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland.

Community OR: Creating a ‘Shared Space’ to build value between business and communities (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., Crossan, K., Tan, H., Paxton, S., & McCallum, L. (2017, September). Community OR: Creating a ‘Shared Space’ to build value between business and communities. Paper presented at OR59 - The Annual Operational Research Society Conference

The presentation provides examples on how systems approaches have helped identify better ways for communities and socially responsible businesses to build value. The examples are the outcome of a two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership with a Scottis... Read More about Community OR: Creating a ‘Shared Space’ to build value between business and communities.

Taking Action to Unlock Business Resources Into Communities using SSM (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weaver, M., Tan, H., Crossan, K., & Paxton, S. (2016, September). Taking Action to Unlock Business Resources Into Communities using SSM. Presented at OR58, Annual Operations Research Conference

This session presents three system conceptual models that have been brought to action as a result of an SSM study with the Voluntary Action Fund (a Scottish grant-maker). VAF aim is to unlock and bring about more business resources into communities i... Read More about Taking Action to Unlock Business Resources Into Communities using SSM.

A Systems Thinking Approach to Connecting and Aligning CSR Responses to Social Need in Scotland (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Crossan, K., Tan, H., Paxton, S., & Weaver, M. (2015, July). A Systems Thinking Approach to Connecting and Aligning CSR Responses to Social Need in Scotland. Presented at 27th European Conference on Operational Research

The session aims to present a conceptual model of the governance issues in connecting and aligning the CSR activities of Scottish Businesses and the real and emerging needs in Scotland and the third sector. This forms part of a KTP funded project to... Read More about A Systems Thinking Approach to Connecting and Aligning CSR Responses to Social Need in Scotland.

Evaluation of Knowledge Transfer Practices From a Leibniz Perspective
Preprint / Working Paper
Fascia, M., Tan, H., & Sanderson, M. Evaluation of Knowledge Transfer Practices From a Leibniz Perspective

In recent years, there has been a growing number of subspecialties within the context of business management, which have begun to talk seriously about a notion of religious points of view in a business context. In this paper we unpack a view from Got... Read More about Evaluation of Knowledge Transfer Practices From a Leibniz Perspective.