E-procurement & the SME: challenges for Scotland. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dutra, I., Findlay, C., McGregor, M., & McEwan, T. (2006, December). E-procurement & the SME: challenges for Scotland. Presented at IADIS International Conference on e-Commerce

The growth of Internet use and subsequent uptake of e-commerce have significantly changed the business environment. Automation of procurement processes and functions has magnified opportunities and exacerbated the inherent risks in public sector proc... Read More about E-procurement & the SME: challenges for Scotland..

Who is managing information? Opportunities in the e-information market place. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H., & Abell, A. (2006, November). Who is managing information? Opportunities in the e-information market place. Presented at 30th International Online Meeting

This paper presents a summary of results that derive from research into the emerging information job market. The project was conducted by TFPL between February and June 2006, and focused on “e-information roles”.

Contact centres in the peripheral areas: experience from the NW of England. (2006)
Book Chapter
Peck, F., & Cabras, I. (2006). Contact centres in the peripheral areas: experience from the NW of England. In E. Beira (Ed.), Peripheral Regions, Development and Contact Centres (11-22). Camara Municipal de Braqanca

Fractals, complexity and chaos in supply chain networks. (2006)
Book Chapter
Pearson, M. (2006). Fractals, complexity and chaos in supply chain networks. In M. M. Novak (Ed.), Complexus Mundi: emergent patterns in nature (135-145). World Scientific Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812774217_0011

Recent work identifying an equilibrium solution in a supply chain network through cooperation and coordination along edges (links) in the network identifies the links as the stochastic modelling entities rather than the nodes of the network. This has... Read More about Fractals, complexity and chaos in supply chain networks..

The importance of analysis and planning in customer relationship marketing: Verification of the need for customer intelligence and modelling (2006)
Journal Article
Alvarez, J. G., Raeside, R., & Jones, W. B. (2006). The importance of analysis and planning in customer relationship marketing: Verification of the need for customer intelligence and modelling. Journal of Database Marketing and Customer Strategy Management, 13(3), 222-230. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.dbm.3240299

Customer revenue management (CRM) is widely recognised as beneficial, yet many organisations who have used this approach have not found the results they had hoped for. This paper reports a survey of businesses using CRM to assess if activity in this... Read More about The importance of analysis and planning in customer relationship marketing: Verification of the need for customer intelligence and modelling.

The application of prediction capability and adaptive target control to the newspaper business (2006)
Journal Article
Pearson, M., & Pearson, M. (2006). The application of prediction capability and adaptive target control to the newspaper business. European Journal of Operational Research, 168(2), 475-491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2004.05.013

A newspaper wholesaler determines the optimal supply of newspapers, which minimises costs or maximises profit when demand is uncertain. Targets concerning the mean number of unsold newspapers and the probability of not stocking out are commonly used... Read More about The application of prediction capability and adaptive target control to the newspaper business.

Market structure and enterprise competitiveness: strategic choices facing China's organic food industry. (2006)
Journal Article
Brown, A., Orr, A., Luo, J., Dezhang, W., Lu, S., Adams, J., & Omar, M. (2006). Market structure and enterprise competitiveness: strategic choices facing China's organic food industry. World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, 2(1-2), 161-172. https://doi.org/10.1504/WREMSD.2006.009082

This paper presents an analysis of the current situation of the Chinese organic food industry and a discussion of options for the future in terms of market structure, reorganisation and marketing strategy. A brief comparison with the organic food ind... Read More about Market structure and enterprise competitiveness: strategic choices facing China's organic food industry..

Measuring work-life balance and its covariates (2005)
Journal Article
Dex, S., & Bond, S. (2005). Measuring work-life balance and its covariates. Work, Employment and Society, 19(3), 627-637. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017005055676

The entrepreuner in economic theory - some issues (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McQuaid, R. W. (2005, August). The entrepreuner in economic theory - some issues

Procurement of construction projects in local government (2005)
Journal Article
Wamuziri, S., & Seywright, A. (2005). Procurement of construction projects in local government. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 158(2), 145-152. https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.2005.158.2.145

This paper provides an evaluation of changes in procurement of capital projects in local government in recent years. These changes have been driven partly by changes in legislation regarding compulsory competitive tendering, best value and more latel... Read More about Procurement of construction projects in local government.

Tuning into tensions at times of change: The experiences of line and HR managers in a contract catering firm (2005)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N., & Francis, H. (2005). Tuning into tensions at times of change: The experiences of line and HR managers in a contract catering firm. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 17(4), 345-358. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596110510597606

The purpose of this paper is to present case study evidence of how managers in a contract catering firm made sense of an organisational change initiative that encouraged them to become self-sufficient and display "entrepreneurial" behaviours in an en... Read More about Tuning into tensions at times of change: The experiences of line and HR managers in a contract catering firm.

The importance of training in operationalising HR policy (2005)
Journal Article
McCracken, M., Bond, S., & McCracken, M. G. (2005). The importance of training in operationalising HR policy. Journal of European industrial training, 29(3), 246-260. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590510591111

To understand how line managers make decisions about employee requests for time off at short notice and to consider the consequences for management training. Design/methodology/approach- Based on evidence from case studies carried out in four financi... Read More about The importance of training in operationalising HR policy.

Entrepreunership - some views from the UK (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McQuaid, R. W., & Greig, M. (2005, March). Entrepreunership - some views from the UK. Paper presented at Unknown

No abstract available.

Response to risk: experts and end-user perspectives on email security, and the role of the business information professional in policy development (2005)
Journal Article
Kelleher, Z., & Hall, H. (2005). Response to risk: experts and end-user perspectives on email security, and the role of the business information professional in policy development. Business Information Review, 22(1), 46-52. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266382105052266

This article considers the main sources of e-mail security risk, and means of addressing it with particular reference to the creation and deployment of e-mail security policies at a time when lapses in e-mail security have demanded attention in the m... Read More about Response to risk: experts and end-user perspectives on email security, and the role of the business information professional in policy development.

HRM and the pursuit of a service culture: Managerial encounters with competing discourses (2005)
Journal Article
Francis, H., & D'Annunzio-Green, N. (2005). HRM and the pursuit of a service culture: Managerial encounters with competing discourses. Employee Relations, 27(1), 71-85. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450510569319

Aims to draw attention to how managers actively re-construct inherent contradictions characterising the employment relationship that in the service sector, are rooted in drives for increased efficiency and customer-oriented behaviours. Design/methodo... Read More about HRM and the pursuit of a service culture: Managerial encounters with competing discourses.

The concept of employability. (2005)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., & Lindsay, C. (2005). The concept of employability. Urban Studies, 42(2), 197-219. https://doi.org/10.1080/0042098042000316100

The concept of 'employability' plays a crucial role in informing labour market policy in the UK, the EU and beyond. This paper analyses current and previous applications of the term and discusses its value as an exploratory concept and a framework fo... Read More about The concept of employability..

Job guarantees, employability training and partnerships in the retail sector (2005)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., Lindsay, C., & Greig, M. (2005). Job guarantees, employability training and partnerships in the retail sector. Local Economy, 20, 67-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/0269094042000313601

This paper discusses the potential value of local, partnership-based employability training and job guarantee programmes, focusing on one example—the 'Alloa Initiative'. The Initiative involved an employability training and job guarantee scheme devel... Read More about Job guarantees, employability training and partnerships in the retail sector.

Timber resource management (Forest IQ Pulping). (2005)
Patent
Turner, P., & Price, C. S. (2005). Timber resource management (Forest IQ Pulping)

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Selected Indicative Claims:
1. A system for managing a timber resource comprising a number of forests each having a plurality of compartments, a transport infrastructure and a plurality of mills, which system includes: a management da... Read More about Timber resource management (Forest IQ Pulping)..

Optimising despatch times in a supermarket delivery system. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N. B. (2005, January). Optimising despatch times in a supermarket delivery system. Paper presented at Universities Transport Study Group 2005

Exploring and examining assessment data via a matrix visualisation (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Graham, M., & Kennedy, J. (2004, May). Exploring and examining assessment data via a matrix visualisation. Presented at Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces - AVI '04, Gallipoli, Italy

OPAL (Online PArtner Lens) is an application designed to match project requirements with suitable teams and individuals, and as part of its matching process features an evaluation mechanism designed to elicit measures of trust between potential partn... Read More about Exploring and examining assessment data via a matrix visualisation.