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Innovation in Limited Markets: Managing PCP Projects in the UK Defence Industry (2017)
Book Chapter
Gee, S., Weaver, M. W., & MacKerron, G. (2017). Innovation in Limited Markets: Managing PCP Projects in the UK Defence Industry. In B. L. Moya, M. D. Storch de Gracia, & L. F. Mazadiego (Eds.), Case Study of Innovative Projects - Successful Real Cases. InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/67543

This chapter will outline guidelines developed to both support and enhance innovation within the context of procuring complex performance (PCP) contracts. Such contracts are currently being employed across a range of sectors where limited market cond... Read More about Innovation in Limited Markets: Managing PCP Projects in the UK Defence Industry.

Unlocking hospitality managers career transitions through applying Schein’s career anchors theory (2017)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., Polla, G., & Heidl, B. (2017). Unlocking hospitality managers career transitions through applying Schein’s career anchors theory. European Journal of Training and Development, 41(7), 578-592. https://doi.org/10.1108/ejtd-04-2016-0022

Purpose

This paper seeks to unlock the career transitions of hospitality managers through applying Schein’s career anchors theory. It seeks to understand how Schein’s Career Anchors help explain the career transitions of managers in the Scottish h... Read More about Unlocking hospitality managers career transitions through applying Schein’s career anchors theory.

Regenerative Medicine Ecosystems and the Built Environment at Entrepreneurial Universities (2017)
Journal Article
Bock, A. J., & Johnson, D. (2017). Regenerative Medicine Ecosystems and the Built Environment at Entrepreneurial Universities. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017(1), 11914. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2017.11914abstract

In some technology-intensive sectors, high discovery costs, specialized knowledge requirements and long time frames favor research centralization around research universities. In the case of regenerative medicine, uncertainty about downstream market... Read More about Regenerative Medicine Ecosystems and the Built Environment at Entrepreneurial Universities.

Enterprise Risk Management: insights on emerging risks from the German banking sector (2017)
Thesis
Nöth-Zahn, S. Enterprise Risk Management: insights on emerging risks from the German banking sector. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1023156

IT innovations have reshaped banking and will continue to do so. They are a manifestation of indispensable progress, yet risks emerge from IT innovations.
Historic data and accounts of emerging risk experiences are rather scarce. Hence, they present... Read More about Enterprise Risk Management: insights on emerging risks from the German banking sector.

The Value of Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms. (2017)
Journal Article
Fascia, M., & Fascia, S. (2017). The Value of Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms. Journal of Strategy, Operations & Economics, 3(1), Article 1

Agreement within current literature accepts that appropriate techniques and strategies are needed to officiate the multi-faceted nature of knowledge and knowledge transfer processes in a business context. Further, complex mechanisms are esse... Read More about The Value of Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms..

Guidelines for sustainable-value creation within the context of German automotive industry’s strategic carbon crisis management (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Legl, C., & Weaver, M. (2017, July). Guidelines for sustainable-value creation within the context of German automotive industry’s strategic carbon crisis management. Paper presented at EurOMA, Edinburgh, UK

The continuing debate on the global environmental progress through achievement of smarter clean/green-policies, reasoned with the need for carbon-emissions’ reduction/prevention (The Economist, 2015a; 2016a), has reached a higher level of interaction... Read More about Guidelines for sustainable-value creation within the context of German automotive industry’s strategic carbon crisis management.

Exploring strategic agency in sustainability-oriented entrepreneur legitimation (2017)
Journal Article
Reynolds, O., Sheehan, M., & Hilliard, R. (2017). Exploring strategic agency in sustainability-oriented entrepreneur legitimation. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-03-2016-0100

Purpose– This exploratory paper focuses on the role played by three archetypal constructs pertaining to the individual sustainability-oriented entrepreneur, namely prior knowledge, sustainability orientation and sustainability intention, in legitimat... Read More about Exploring strategic agency in sustainability-oriented entrepreneur legitimation.

Reducing consumption of confectionery foods: a post-hoc segmentation analysis using a social cognition approach. (2017)
Journal Article
Naughton, P., McCarthy, M., & McCarthy, S. (2017). Reducing consumption of confectionery foods: a post-hoc segmentation analysis using a social cognition approach. Appetite, 117(1), 168-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.06.027

Considering confectionary consumption behaviour this cross-sectional study used social cognition variables to identify distinct segments in terms of their motivation and efforts to decrease their consumption of such foods with the aim of informing ta... Read More about Reducing consumption of confectionery foods: a post-hoc segmentation analysis using a social cognition approach..

Negatively-valenced customer engagement behavior: forms and drivers (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Azer, J., & Alexander, M. (2017, June). Negatively-valenced customer engagement behavior: forms and drivers. Presented at 5th The Naples forum on Service, Sorrento, Italy

Purpose – This study aims at conceptualising forms and drivers of negatively-valenced Customer Engagement Behavior (CEB). Despite a growing portfolio of conceptual and empirical work on engagement, understanding its negative form remains relatively u... Read More about Negatively-valenced customer engagement behavior: forms and drivers.

FDI in Botswana: Beacon in the Dark: A Review of Literature (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gutu, M., Anastasiadou, C., Omar, M., & Osei, C. (2017, September). FDI in Botswana: Beacon in the Dark: A Review of Literature. Presented at Re-connecting Management Research with the Disciplines: Shaping the Research Agenda with the Social Sciences, University of Warwick, Warwick

No abstract available.

Fifty shades of consumer engagement: an exploration of factors influencing digital natives' brand-related consumer engagement behaviours on Facebook. (2017)
Thesis
Krowinska, A. Fifty shades of consumer engagement: an exploration of factors influencing digital natives' brand-related consumer engagement behaviours on Facebook. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1034828

Grounded in a constructivist paradigm, this thesis contributes to an emerging body of scholarship on the consumer engagement concept. In this research, the author conceptualises consumer engagement on social networking sites as a one-dimensional beha... Read More about Fifty shades of consumer engagement: an exploration of factors influencing digital natives' brand-related consumer engagement behaviours on Facebook..

Third sector independence in an age of austerity: relations with the state in an age of austerity (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dutton, M. (2017, May). Third sector independence in an age of austerity: relations with the state in an age of austerity. Presented at Border Crossing: Implications for Civil Society in a 'Dis'-United Kingdom

Drawing on qualitative longitudinal research with third sector organisations (TSOs) in Scotland, this paper explores how the independence of TSOs has been affected by changing relationships with local authorities and the Scottish Government in the co... Read More about Third sector independence in an age of austerity: relations with the state in an age of austerity.

The impact of corporate social responsibility on customer loyalty: A case for two global corporations in China (2017)
Journal Article
Lu, X., Liu, H. W., & Rahman, M. (2017). The impact of corporate social responsibility on customer loyalty: A case for two global corporations in China. Strategic Change, 26(3), 251-260. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2126

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives have differential impact on developing customer loyalty in the context of two leading international sportswear companies operating in China. Academic interest in CSR in China has grown over the years.... Read More about The impact of corporate social responsibility on customer loyalty: A case for two global corporations in China.

SMEs and Mass Collaborative Knowledge Management: Toward Understanding the Role of Social Media Networks (2017)
Journal Article
Scuotto, V., Del Giudice, M., & Obi Omeihe, K. (2017). SMEs and Mass Collaborative Knowledge Management: Toward Understanding the Role of Social Media Networks. Information Systems Management, 34(3), 280-290. https://doi.org/10.1080/10580530.2017.1330006

This article proposes that mass collaborative knowledge management (MCKM) and social media networks (SMNs) tend to enhance productivity in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A case study methodology was employed to highlight the complementar... Read More about SMEs and Mass Collaborative Knowledge Management: Toward Understanding the Role of Social Media Networks.

HRM and High Performance Workplaces (2017)
Book Chapter
Grant, K. (2017). HRM and High Performance Workplaces. In J. Bratton, & J. Gold (Eds.), Human Resource Management, Theory and Practice. (6). Palgrave Macmillan

No abstract available.

An investigation of the perceived impact of performance management systems on managers and care assistants in private care of the elderly in care homes in Scotland (2017)
Thesis
Masiye, B. An investigation of the perceived impact of performance management systems on managers and care assistants in private care of the elderly in care homes in Scotland. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/979188

Literature on performance management (PM) indicates that the concept has gained momentum in its use by organisations, with the ultimate goal of improving business performance. It is argued that PM makes significant contributions to individual employe... Read More about An investigation of the perceived impact of performance management systems on managers and care assistants in private care of the elderly in care homes in Scotland.