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Rural enterprise in Mexico: a case of necessity diversification. (2015)
Journal Article
BOSWORTH, G., MCELWEE, G. and SMITH, R. 2015. Rural enterprise in Mexico: a case of necessity diversification. Journal of enterprising communities: people and places in the global economy [online], 9(4), pages 327-343. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEC-05-2014-0006

This paper aims to consider the challenges facing small rural businesses in Mexico in their efforts to be enterprising and sustainable when confronted with severe exogenous pressures. Extant literature on farm diversification has a developed economy... Read More about Rural enterprise in Mexico: a case of necessity diversification..

Collaboration: ideas from the construction industry? (2015)
Other
CHRISTIE, D. 2015. Collaboration: ideas from the construction industry? Energy voice [online], 9 October 2015. Available from: https://www.energyvoice.com/opinion/90045/opinion-collaboration-ideas-from-the-construction-industry/

During the current difficult period faced by the UKCS oil and gas industry, collaboration between the various parties in the offshore industry has been identified as one of the key factors in ensuring that the oil and gas output from the UKCS is maxi... Read More about Collaboration: ideas from the construction industry?.

The economic reification of entrepreneurship: re-engaging with the social. (2015)
Book Chapter
ANDERSON, A.R. 2016. The economic reification of entrepreneurship: re-engaging with the social. In Fayolle, A. and Riot, P. (eds.) Rethinking entrepreneurship: debating research orientations. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 4, pages 44-56. Available at: https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138802537

Growth and development at personal, firm and national levels are all, quite properly, attributed to entrepreneurship. However, the importance of these entrepreneurial outcomes has shaped how we perceive entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial concept.... Read More about The economic reification of entrepreneurship: re-engaging with the social..

Beyond choice: 'thick' volunteering and the case of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. (2015)
Journal Article
O'TOOLE, M. and GREY, C. 2016. Beyond choice: 'thick' volunteering and the case of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Human relations [online], 69(1), pages 85-109. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726715580156

This article problematizes the dominant assumption in the literature on volunteer work that it is undertaken primarily as a matter of individual choice. Using findings from a qualitative study of volunteers at the not-for-profit organization, the Roy... Read More about Beyond choice: 'thick' volunteering and the case of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution..

RiCORE project novel technology selection. (2015)
Report
MASCARENHAS, P., BALD, J., MENCHACA, I., O'HAGAN, A.M. and SIMAS, T. 2015. RiCORE project novel technology selection. Aberdeen: RiCORE Project [online]. Available from: http://ricore-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/D3-2-RiCORE_Novel_Technology_Selection-encrypt.pdf

This report compiles and inventory of technology types (within the tidal, wave and offshore wind categories) that the RiCORE project considers when providing recommendations and guidelines in favour of implementing a risk-based consenting approach fo... Read More about RiCORE project novel technology selection..

Economic assessment of biomass gasification technology in providing sustainable electricity in Nigerian rural areas. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
GARBA, A. and KISHK, M. 2015. Economic assessment of biomass gasification technology in providing sustainable electricity in Nigerian rural areas. In Proceedings of the 1st International sustainable ecological engineering design for society conference 2015 (SEEDS): healthy, energy efficient buildings and spaces, 17-18 September 2015, Leeds, UK. Leeds: Leeds Beckett University [online], pages 281-292. Available from: https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/as/cebe/seeds/seeds2015_proceedings.pdf

Renewable Energy Technologies (RET) in general, and biomass source in particular, remains one of the means of providing sustainable electricity to rural areas in developing countries. This is because of its strategic value in identifying when and whe... Read More about Economic assessment of biomass gasification technology in providing sustainable electricity in Nigerian rural areas..

Matching experiential learning style with entrepreneurial opportunities: a framework. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
KAKOURIS, A., FULFORD, H. and LIARGOVAS, P. 2015. Matching experiential learning style with entrepreneurial opportunities: a framework. In Dameri, R.P., Garelli, R. and Resta, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 10th European conference on innovation and entrepreneurship (ECIE 2015), 17-18 September 2015, Genoa, Italy. Sonning Common: Academic Conferences and Publishing International, pages 836-839.

In the present conceptual article, we draw upon the notions of entreprenteurial opportunity and learning style to discuss a research question, and the corresponding theoretical framework, for an online experiment. The research question concerns how i... Read More about Matching experiential learning style with entrepreneurial opportunities: a framework..

Intra- and inter-regional return and volatility spillovers across emerging and developed markets: evidence from stock indices and stock index futures. (2015)
Journal Article
YAROVAYA, L., BRZESZCZYNSKI, J. and LAU, C.K.M. 2016. Intra- and inter-regional return and volatility spillovers across emerging and developed markets: evidence from stock indices and stock index futures. International review of financial analysis [online], 43, pages 96-114. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2015.09.004

We provide empirical evidence on the patterns of intra- and inter-regional transmission of information across 10 developed and 11 emerging markets in Asia, the Americas, Europe and Africa using both stock indices and stock index futures. The main tra... Read More about Intra- and inter-regional return and volatility spillovers across emerging and developed markets: evidence from stock indices and stock index futures..

We can tell them to get lost, but we won't do that: cultural control and resistance in voluntary work. (2015)
Journal Article
O'TOOLE, M. and GREY, C. 2016. We can tell them to get lost, but we won't do that: cultural control and resistance in voluntary work. Organization studies [online], 37(1), pages 55-75. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840615604507

Although cultural control and resistance in organizations have been widely researched, this has invariably been within the context of paid work. This paper examines how they operate within voluntary work, using the case of the Royal National Lifeboat... Read More about We can tell them to get lost, but we won't do that: cultural control and resistance in voluntary work..

Enterprise education with Chinese characteristics; policy, practices and uneven development in PRC. (2015)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R. and ZHANG, X. 2015. Enterprise education with Chinese characteristics: policy, practices and uneven development in PRC. Journal of entrepreneurship in emerging economies [online], 7(3), pages 276-292. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEEE-12-2014-0047

Purpose: The paper aims to review the emergence and nature of entrepreneurship education in China. This paper considers the variability of developments in practices despite policy. In turn, this allows one to consider the implications of this uneven... Read More about Enterprise education with Chinese characteristics; policy, practices and uneven development in PRC..