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Staying in the zone: offshore drillers' situation awareness. (2014)
Journal Article
ROBERTS, R., FLIN, R. and CLELAND, J. 2014. Staying in the zone: offshore drillers' situation awareness. Human factors: the journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society [online], 57(4), pages 573-590. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0018720814562643

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the cognitive components required for offshore drillers to develop and maintain situation awareness (SA) while controlling subsea hydrocarbon wells. Background: SA issues are often identified as contri... Read More about Staying in the zone: offshore drillers' situation awareness..

Staying in the zone: the cognitive components associated with offshore drillers' situation awareness. (2014)
Journal Article
ROBERTS, R.C., FLIN, R. and CLELAND, J. 2014. Staying in the zone: the cognitive components associated with offshore drillers' situation awareness. Proceedings of the human factors and ergonomics society annual meeting [online], 58(1): papers of the 58th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society annual meeting 2014 (HFES 2014), 27-31 October, 2014, San Diego, USA, pages 270-274. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931214581056

Situation Awareness (SA) issues are often identified as contributing factors to drilling incidents, most recently in the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Two studies aimed to identify the cognitive components required for offshore drillers to develop and m... Read More about Staying in the zone: the cognitive components associated with offshore drillers' situation awareness..

Entrepreneurial leadership and firm performance: reconciling the objective-subjective dichotomy. (2014)
Presentation / Conference
KESIDOU, E. and CARTER, S. 2014. Entrepreneurial leadership and firm performance: reconciling the objective-subjective dichotomy. Presented at the 2014 Recontres de St-Gall: leadership and the twin fields of entrepreneurship and small business management, 1-3 September 2014, St. Gallen, Switzerland [online], topic A: entrepreneurial leadership. Available from: https://www.kmu-hsg.ch/rencontres2014/resources/Topic_A/Rencontres_2014_Topic_A_KESIDOU_CARTER.pdf

A review of the entrepreneurship, leadership and strategic management literatures reveals a conceptual gap in understanding the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and firm performance. While the extant literature focuses on behavioural a... Read More about Entrepreneurial leadership and firm performance: reconciling the objective-subjective dichotomy..

Dynamic pricing policies for interdependent perishable products or services using reinforcement learning. (2014)
Journal Article
RANA, R. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2015. Dynamic pricing policies for interdependent perishable products or services using reinforcement learning. Expert systems with applications [online], 42(1), pages 426-436. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2014.07.007

Many businesses offer multiple products or services that are interdependent, in which the demand for one is often affected by the prices of others. This article considers a revenue management problem of multiple interdependent products, in which dyna... Read More about Dynamic pricing policies for interdependent perishable products or services using reinforcement learning..

Correction: Product diversity and spectrum of choice in hospital eprescribing systems in England. (2014)
Journal Article
MOZAFFAR, H., WILLIAMS, R., CRESSWELL, K., MORISON, Z., SLEE, A. and SHEIKH, A. 2014. Correction: product diversity and spectrum of choice in hospital eprescribing systems in England. PLoS ONE [online], 9(7), article ID e103912. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103912

There are two errors in the author byline in the XML version of the article. The sixth author’s name is spelled incorrectly. The correct name is: Aziz Sheikh. Jamie Coleman should not be listed as an author. The correct author byline is: Hajar Mozaff... Read More about Correction: Product diversity and spectrum of choice in hospital eprescribing systems in England..

Analysis of relationship between forward and spot markets in oligopolies under demand and cost uncertainties. (2014)
Journal Article
GÜLPıNAR, N. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2014. Analysis of relationship between forward and spot markets in oligopolies under demand and cost uncertainties. Computational management science [online], 11(3), pages 267-283. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10287-014-0217-7

In this paper, we consider interaction between spot and forward trading under demand and cost uncertainties, deriving the equilibrium of the multi-player dynamic games. The stochastic programming and worst-case analysis models based on discrete scena... Read More about Analysis of relationship between forward and spot markets in oligopolies under demand and cost uncertainties..

IT strategizing of small firms in Malta: a grounded theory approach. (2014)
Thesis
AQUILINA, R. 2014. IT strategizing of small firms in Malta: a grounded theory approach. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The contribution of small firms towards the creation of economic value in a countrys Gross Domestic Product, employment and innovation is widely acknowledged. Relatively little is known on how small firms are adopting IT strategically to acheive busi... Read More about IT strategizing of small firms in Malta: a grounded theory approach..

Strategic sustainability and industrial ecology in an island context, with considerations for a green economy roadmap: a study in the tourist accommodation sector, Grenada. (2014)
Thesis
TELESFORD, J.N. 2014. Strategic sustainability and industrial ecology in an island context, with considerations for a green economy roadmap: a study in the tourist accommodation sector, Grenada. Robert Gordon University, DBA thesis.

The purpose of this research is to show how business and enterprise can align sustainability and sustainable development to create strategic sustainability (SS) procedures, which can be used for planning towards sustainability in an island context. E... Read More about Strategic sustainability and industrial ecology in an island context, with considerations for a green economy roadmap: a study in the tourist accommodation sector, Grenada..

Understanding experiences of participating in a weight loss lifestyle intervention trial: a qualitative evaluation of South Asians at high risk of diabetes. (2014)
Journal Article
MORRISON, Z., DOUGLAS, A., BHOPAL, R. and SHEIKH, A. 2014. Understanding experiences of participating in a weight loss lifestyle intervention trial: a qualitative evaluation of South Asians at high risk of diabetes. BMJ open [online], 4(6), article ID e004736. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004736

Objective: To explore the reasons for enrolling, experiences of participating and reasons for remaining in a family-based, cluster randomised controlled trial of a dietitian-delivered lifestyle modification intervention aiming to reduce obesity in So... Read More about Understanding experiences of participating in a weight loss lifestyle intervention trial: a qualitative evaluation of South Asians at high risk of diabetes..

The collection and utilisation of patient ethnicity data in general practices and hospitals in the United Kingdom: a qualitative case study. (2014)
Journal Article
MORRISON, Z., FERNANDO, B., KALRA, D., CRESSWELL, K., ROBERTSON, A. and SHEIKH, A. 2014. The collection and utilisation of patient ethnicity data in general practices and hospitals in the United Kingdom: a qualitative case study. Informatics in primary care [online], 21(3), pages 118-131. Available from: https://doi.org/10.14236/jhi.v21i3.63

Background: Although the collection of patient ethnicity data is a requirement of publicly funded healthcare providers in the UK, recording of ethnicity is sub-optimal for reasons that remain poorly understood. Aims and objectives: We sought to under... Read More about The collection and utilisation of patient ethnicity data in general practices and hospitals in the United Kingdom: a qualitative case study..

Investigating accountability and governance practices in joint development zones: a case study of Nigeria and Sao Tomé & Príncipe's Tomé & Príncipe's Joint Development Zone. (2014)
Thesis
SAIDU, S. 2014. Investigating accountability and governance practices in joint development zones: a case study of Nigeria and Sao Tomé & Príncipe's Tomé & Príncipe's Joint Development Zone. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This study critically assesses the appropriateness of the governance system used to control all aspects of oil exploration and production within the Nigeria São Tomé and Príncipe Joint Development Zone (NSTP-JDZ). The motivation for carrying out t... Read More about Investigating accountability and governance practices in joint development zones: a case study of Nigeria and Sao Tomé & Príncipe's Tomé & Príncipe's Joint Development Zone..

Approaches to recording drug allergies in electronic health records: qualitative study. (2014)
Journal Article
FERNANDO, B., MORRISON, Z., KALRA, D., CRESSWELL, K. and SHEIKH, A. 2014. Approaches to recording drug allergies in electronic health records: qualitative study. PLoS ONE [online], 9(4), article ID e93047. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093047

Background: Drug allergy represent an important subset of adverse drug reactions that is worthy of attention because many of these reactions are potentially preventable with use of computerised decision support systems. This is however dependent on t... Read More about Approaches to recording drug allergies in electronic health records: qualitative study..

Product diversity and spectrum of choice in hospital eprescribing systems in England. (2014)
Journal Article
MOZAFFAR, H., WILLIAMS, R., CRESSWELL, K., MORISON, Z., SLEE, A. and SHEIKH, A. on behalf of ePrescribing Programme Team. 2014. Product diversity and spectrum of choice in hospital eprescribing systems in England. PLoS ONE [online], 9(4), article ID e92516. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092516

Background: ePrescribing systems have considerable potential for improving healthcare quality and safety. With growing expectations about the benefits of such systems, there is evidence of widespread plans to implement these systems in hospitals in E... Read More about Product diversity and spectrum of choice in hospital eprescribing systems in England..

Finite automata games: basic concepts. (2014)
Book Chapter
OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2014. Finite automata games: basic concepts. In Wang, J. (ed.) Encyclopedia of business analytics and optimization. Hershey: IGI Global [online], chapter 88, pages 951-959. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch088

In this chapter we review the basic concepts on automata games, including best response, inference, equilibrium and complex system dynamics. We describe how the concept of Nash equilibrium is used to analyze the properties of automata systems and dis... Read More about Finite automata games: basic concepts..

Reinforcement learning for business modeling. (2014)
Book Chapter
OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2014. Reinforcement learning for business modeling. In Wang, J. (ed.) Encyclopedia of business analytics and optimization. Hershey: IGI Global [online], chapter 181, pages 2010-2019. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch181

This chapter summarizes the reinforcement learning theory, emphasizing its relationship with dynamic programming (reinforcement learning algorithms may replace dynamic programming when a full model of the environment is not available) and analysing i... Read More about Reinforcement learning for business modeling..

Robust supply chain risk management. (2014)
Book Chapter
ANSARIPOOR, A.H. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2014. Robust supply chain risk management. In Wang, J. (ed.) Encyclopedia of business analytics and optimization. Hershey: IGI Global [online], chapter 188, pages 2093-2103. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch188

In this chapter we revise the literature on supply chain risk management, including risk assessment, risk perception and risk management policies, and we survey the robust optimization methods proposed in the literature to address these issues.

A risk management system for sustainable fleet replacement. (2014)
Journal Article
ANSARIPOOR, A.H., OLIVEIRA, F.S. and LIRET, A. 2014. A risk management system for sustainable fleet replacement. European journal of operational research [online], 237(2), pages 701-712. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2014.02.006

This article analyzes the fleet management problem faced by a firm when deciding which vehicles to add to its fleet. Such a decision depends not only on the expected mileage and tasks to be assigned to the vehicle but also on the evolution of fuel an... Read More about A risk management system for sustainable fleet replacement..

Evaluation of medium-term consequences of implementing commercial computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support prescribing systems in two 'early adopter' hospitals. (2014)
Journal Article
CRESSWELL, K.M., BATES, D.W., WILLIAMS, R., MORRISON, Z., SLEE, A., COLEMAN, J., ROBERTSON, A. and SHEIKH, A. 2014. Evaluation of medium-term consequences of implementing commercial computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support prescribing system in two 'early adopter' hospitals. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association [online], 21(e2), pages e194-e202. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/amiajnl-2013-002252

Objective: To understand the medium-term consequences of implementing commercially procured computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and clinical decision support (CDS) systems in ‘early adopter’ hospitals. Materials and methods: In-depth, qualitati... Read More about Evaluation of medium-term consequences of implementing commercial computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support prescribing systems in two 'early adopter' hospitals..