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An exploration into employee perceptions of the dyadic relationship with their leader within a retail SME in Edinburgh (2012)
Thesis
Mackenzie, C. An exploration into employee perceptions of the dyadic relationship with their leader within a retail SME in Edinburgh. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5422

Probably the most important and strategic resource of SMEs is their employees” (Analoui & Karami, 2003b:204). A critical review of the literature on leadership in Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) suggests the relationship between the individual emp... Read More about An exploration into employee perceptions of the dyadic relationship with their leader within a retail SME in Edinburgh.

The Application of Human Factors through the Assessment and Improvement of Behavioural Safety to Improve Safety Performance in Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (2012)
Thesis
Rose, W. The Application of Human Factors through the Assessment and Improvement of Behavioural Safety to Improve Safety Performance in Small to Medium Sized Enterprises. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5022

User-friendly systems of human factors (HF) analysis are not presently available to the managers of small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). It is therefore difficult for such professionals to assess the safety culture within their own workplaces... Read More about The Application of Human Factors through the Assessment and Improvement of Behavioural Safety to Improve Safety Performance in Small to Medium Sized Enterprises.

Healthy, productive workplaces: towards a case for interior plantscaping (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, A., Tucker, M., & Pitt, M. (2011). Healthy, productive workplaces: towards a case for interior plantscaping. Facilities, 29(5/6), 209-223. https://doi.org/10.1108/02632771111120529

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate office users’ perceptions of their working environment in relation to the addition of plants.
Design/methodology/approach – Office users’ perceptions were examined using a survey, administered to... Read More about Healthy, productive workplaces: towards a case for interior plantscaping.

Healthy workplaces: plantscaping for indoor environmental quality (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, A., & Pitt, M. (2011). Healthy workplaces: plantscaping for indoor environmental quality. Facilities, 29(3/4), 169-187. https://doi.org/10.1108/02632771111109289

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the indoor environmental quality benefits of plants in offices by undertaking trials using live plants.
Design/methodology/approach – Using two offices in the same building, one with plants and o... Read More about Healthy workplaces: plantscaping for indoor environmental quality.

Education for entrepreneurship and innovation: “Management capabilities for sustainable growth and success” (2011)
Journal Article
Lewrick, M., Omar, M., Raeside, R., & Sailer, K. (2011). Education for entrepreneurship and innovation: “Management capabilities for sustainable growth and success”. World journal of entrepreneurship, management and sustainable development, 6(1/2), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/20425961201000001

Entrepreneurship and innovation education has derived from
established university curriculum and the context is set of concepts and tools used
in the corporate world. The challenge of transforming a start-up company into a
business success needs d... Read More about Education for entrepreneurship and innovation: “Management capabilities for sustainable growth and success”.

Growing companies and innovation: the influence of managing knowledge (enhancement, acquistion and infrastructure) on innovativeness (2010)
Journal Article
Lewrick, M., Omar, M., Raeside, R., & Peisl, T. (2010). Growing companies and innovation: the influence of managing knowledge (enhancement, acquistion and infrastructure) on innovativeness. International journal of knowledge management studies IJKMS, 4, 248-264. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJKMS.2010.038168

The study is designed to explore in depth the impact of knowledge on different innovation typologies. This study starts with an overview of literature on innovation and knowledge. Three hypotheses tested using data from 200 innovative companies in a... Read More about Growing companies and innovation: the influence of managing knowledge (enhancement, acquistion and infrastructure) on innovativeness.

Transformation and change process in innovation models: start-up and mature companies. (2010)
Journal Article
Lewrick, M., & Raeside, R. (2010). Transformation and change process in innovation models: start-up and mature companies. International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 4, 515-534. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBIR.2010.035711

The transformation from a start-up company to a mature company asks often for dramatic change of capabilities to sustain innovations and business success. Increasing maturity results in the need to adjust the innovation style of a company. This paper... Read More about Transformation and change process in innovation models: start-up and mature companies..

Changing affective content in brand and product attributes (2009)
Journal Article
Abbott, M., Holland, R., Giacomin, J., & Shackleton, J. (2009). Changing affective content in brand and product attributes. Journal of Product and Brand Management, 18(1), 17-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/10610420910933335

Purpose – This paper aims to explore whether consumers' cognitive reactions to a branded product remain stable over time. In many created concepts, entity attributes are such that cognitive reactions to them change in a predictable manner by attract... Read More about Changing affective content in brand and product attributes.

The Dynamism of partner selection criteria in franchising (2009)
Journal Article
Rahatullah, M. K., & Raeside, R. (2009). The Dynamism of partner selection criteria in franchising. SAM Advanced Management Journal, 74, 36-47

The article presents a quantitative study of franchise firms in Great Britain on the selection process of potential franchisee, and its impact with the size, age, and type of business. The franchisor would be least attracted to the expertise and comp... Read More about The Dynamism of partner selection criteria in franchising.

Development of a model for implementation of strategic change management in Libyan higher education. (2009)
Thesis
Theeb, M. Development of a model for implementation of strategic change management in Libyan higher education. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3580

This research focuses on an analysis of the changes in the Libyan Higher Education Institutions (LHEIs) management system. This is an important subject since the Libyan General People’s Committee for Higher Education (LGPC) has begun to introduce cha... Read More about Development of a model for implementation of strategic change management in Libyan higher education..

Flexible working in Scottish local authority property: Moving on to the highest flexibility level (2009)
Journal Article
Khamkanya, T., & Sloan, B. (2009). Flexible working in Scottish local authority property: Moving on to the highest flexibility level. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 13(1), 37-52. https://doi.org/10.3846/1648-715X.2009.13.37-52

Flexible working has emerged as a modern concept for managing office resources more effectively, efficiently, and economically. The highest level of flexible working environment, a non-territorial working environment, can provide the best opportunity... Read More about Flexible working in Scottish local authority property: Moving on to the highest flexibility level.

Students as consultants - adding value to the small and medium enterprise. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brodie, J., Douglas, T., & Laing, S. (2008, June). Students as consultants - adding value to the small and medium enterprise. Presented at ICSB Conference

The purpose of this paper is to document and critically examine an innovative undergraduate student consultancy module taught at the Centre for Entrepreneurship at Napier University, Edinburgh. The paper discusses how this module is delivered to stud... Read More about Students as consultants - adding value to the small and medium enterprise..

Decision frontiers in supply chain networks. (2008)
Book Chapter
Pearson, M. (2008). Decision frontiers in supply chain networks. In A. Dwivedi, & T. Butcher (Eds.), Supply Chain Management and Knowledge Management: Integrating critical perspectives in theory and practice (137-150). Palgrave MacMillan

We outline a new approach to the analysis of supply chains which uncovers a duality between networks as knowledge structures and networks as decision-making structures. The work incorporates a network transformation which introduces, under fairly gen... Read More about Decision frontiers in supply chain networks..

Developing a model of franchise business relationships (2008)
Journal Article
Rahatullah, M. K., & Raeside, R. (2008). Developing a model of franchise business relationships. Central Asia Business Journal, 1, 21-33

The business to business (b2b) relationship literature shows that the features of business relationship such as control, support, cooperation and power act a little differently in franchise business. Information on, and identification of the actions... Read More about Developing a model of franchise business relationships.