All Outputs (17)

An evaluation of entrepreneurship education policy in Nigerian universities: impact on entrepreneurial and socio-economic development. (2025)
Thesis
LEGUNSEN, E.O. 2025. An evaluation of entrepreneurship education policy in Nigerian universities: impact on entrepreneurial and socio-economic development. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2989165

In 2006, the Nigerian government introduced a policy which required the delivery of entrepreneurship education to be made mandatory in all disciplines of university education, with the view to addressing issues of widespread unemployment particularly... Read More about An evaluation of entrepreneurship education policy in Nigerian universities: impact on entrepreneurial and socio-economic development..

A holistic power systems asset engineering and decision management framework for railway asset managers. (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper
BRUINERS, J., NJUGUNA, J. and AGARWAL, A. 2022. A holistic power systems asset engineering and decision management framework for railway asset managers. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1777336

Defining, designing and implementing an asset management system capable of effectively managing assets throughout their life in terms of engineering, financial, digital and stakeholder needs is challenging. Furthermore, governance frameworks of the p... Read More about A holistic power systems asset engineering and decision management framework for railway asset managers..

Case study: multi-billion pound infrastructure decision making: a regulatory infrastructure asset management assessment. (2022)
Report
BRUINERS, J., NJUGUNA, J. and AGARWAL, A. 2022. Case study: multi-billion pound infrastructure decision making: a regulatory infrastructure asset management assessment. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1777830

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a hypothesised asset management decision framework implemented with a High-Speed Railway Infrastructure Asset in the U.K over a three-year period. The physical infrastructure asset(s) consists of a complex as... Read More about Case study: multi-billion pound infrastructure decision making: a regulatory infrastructure asset management assessment..

An investigation of everyday entrepreneurship in a resource-constrained context. (2022)
Thesis
DASPAN, T.D. 2022. An investigation of everyday entrepreneurship in a resource-constrained context. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1880221

Entrepreneurship has become an indispensable instrument for stimulating economic activities in the global economy. It is getting more attention because of the significant contributions of small businesses as key drivers to the growth and socio-econom... Read More about An investigation of everyday entrepreneurship in a resource-constrained context..

The impact of environmental forces on Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's growth strategy and profitability. (2021)
Thesis
ISA, S.S. 2021. The impact of environmental forces on Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's growth strategy and profitability. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1603251

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) operates under unprecedented environmental uncertainties, and their response to this dynamism and turbulence will determine the Corporation's success or failure. These environmental uncertainties are... Read More about The impact of environmental forces on Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's growth strategy and profitability..

Who wants North Sea CCS, and why? Assessing differences in opinion between oil and gas industry respondents and wider energy and environmental stakeholders. (2021)
Journal Article
GONZALEZ, A., MABON, L. and AGARWAL, A. 2021. Who wants North Sea CCS, and why? Assessing differences in opinion between oil and gas industry respondents and wider energy and environmental stakeholders. International journal of greenhouse gas control [online], 106, article ID 103288. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103288

Although Scotland and the wider UK is making good progress with research and development towards deployment of offshore carbon capture and storage, there is increasing divergence in opinion on the necessity of CCS for meeting climate change targets.... Read More about Who wants North Sea CCS, and why? Assessing differences in opinion between oil and gas industry respondents and wider energy and environmental stakeholders..

A novel research approach for whole-life-cycle electrical power systems asset management using retroductive case study method. (2020)
Journal Article
BRUINERS, J., NJUGUNA, J. and AGARWAL, A. 2020. A novel research approach for whole-life-cycle electrical power systems asset management using retroductive case study method. Innovative energy and research [online], 9(2), article number 1000234. Available from: https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/a-novel-research-approach-for-wholelifecycle-electrical-power-systems-asset-management-using-retroductive-case-study-met.pdf

There are a vast number of complex influences on power systems assets both individually and as a collection of systems of assets. The complexities when governing what and when to intervene with these assets is played out over varying time frames and... Read More about A novel research approach for whole-life-cycle electrical power systems asset management using retroductive case study method..

An assessment of community renewable energy as one of the options for transition to low-carbon energy in South Africa (Gauteng). (2019)
Thesis
MONARE, K.S. 2019. An assessment of community renewable energy as one of the options for transition to low-carbon energy in South Africa (Gauteng). Robert Gordon University [online], PhD thesis. Available from: https://openair.rgu.ac.uk

Governments around the world are actively developing policies that encourage consumers to move from passive to active engagement in localised renewable energy projects. In particular, small-scale, decentralised community renewable projects are being... Read More about An assessment of community renewable energy as one of the options for transition to low-carbon energy in South Africa (Gauteng)..

Business models for the circular economy: opportunities and challenges. (2019)
Journal Article
FRACCASCIA, L., GIANNOCCARO, I., AGARWAL, A. and HANSEN, E.G. 2019. Business models for the circular economy: opportunities and challenges. Business strategy and the environment [online], 28(2), pages 430-432. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2285

This is a call for papers for a special issue of the journal, Business Strategy and the Environment. The special issue aims to collect original and high-quality studies on how business models inform the perspective of the circular economy. Works were... Read More about Business models for the circular economy: opportunities and challenges..

A critical evaluation of the effectiveness of local content policy (LCP) and transparency practices in LCP implementation in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. (2017)
Thesis
OGUAGHA, U.O. 2017. A critical evaluation of the effectiveness of local content policy (LCP) and transparency practices in LCP implementation in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

One of the aims of the Local Content Policy (LCP) is the economic development of Nigeria through the utilisation of local personnel and resources in the activities of the Nigerian oil and gas industry. Many studies have investigated the LCP, but limi... Read More about A critical evaluation of the effectiveness of local content policy (LCP) and transparency practices in LCP implementation in the Nigerian oil and gas industry..

Energy and sustainability transitions: the case of community renewables for off-grid rural electrification in Nigeria with emphasis on Shape community project. (2017)
Thesis
BUTU, A.I. 2017. Energy and sustainability transitions: the case of community renewables for off-grid rural electrification in Nigeria with emphasis on Shape community project. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The transition from one energy system to another has been analysed by many researchers especially in the context of developed countries. Community renewable energy transition in rural areas is largely under-researched, particularly in developing coun... Read More about Energy and sustainability transitions: the case of community renewables for off-grid rural electrification in Nigeria with emphasis on Shape community project..

A critical evaluation of the prospects for a transition towards ocean based renewable energy development in Nigeria. (2017)
Thesis
OSU, V.R. 2017. A critical evaluation of the prospects for a transition towards ocean based renewable energy development in Nigeria. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The move towards addressing two pertinent energy challenges that is access to electricity and climate change has seen the transition towards sustainable forms of energy including Ocean Based Renewable Energy (OBRE). However, much work remains to be d... Read More about A critical evaluation of the prospects for a transition towards ocean based renewable energy development in Nigeria..

Key criteria for sustainable wind energy planning - lessons from an institutional perspective on the impact assessment literature. (2014)
Journal Article
THYGESEN, J. and AGARWAL, A. 2014. Key criteria for sustainable wind energy planning: lessons from an institutional perspective on the impact assessment literature. Renewable and sustainable energy reviews [online], 39, pages 1012-1023. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.173

An increasing number of researchers stress the importance of national planning institutions' role with respect to promoting an 'effective' decision-making process in terms of bringing about sustainable energy. Impact assessment (IA) procedures are se... Read More about Key criteria for sustainable wind energy planning - lessons from an institutional perspective on the impact assessment literature..

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..

Industrial symbiosis: testing the boundaries and advancing knowledge. (2012)
Journal Article
LOMBARDI, D.R., LYONS, D., SHI, H. and AGARWAL, A. 2012. Industrial symbiosis: testing the boundaries and advancing knowledge. Journal of industrial ecology [online], 16(1), pages 2-7. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00455.x

The idea of industry finding uses for non-product outputs (by-products and waste) is not a new one (Desrochers 2000). Local context and incentives changed in the 20th century, however, and the practice fell out of favor due to cheap and abundant ener... Read More about Industrial symbiosis: testing the boundaries and advancing knowledge..

Ecological modernisation and the development of the UK's green industrial strategy: the case of the UK National Industrial Symbiosis Programme. (2011)
Thesis
AGARWAL, A. 2011. Ecological modernisation and the development of the UK's green industrial strategy: the case of the UK National Industrial Symbiosis Programme. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The UK National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) is the first industrial symbiosis (IS) network in the world to have been established at national level. Many studies have recently investigated the UK NISP, but much work remains to be done in und... Read More about Ecological modernisation and the development of the UK's green industrial strategy: the case of the UK National Industrial Symbiosis Programme..

Waste management policies for industrial symbiosis development: case studies in European countries. (2010)
Journal Article
COSTA, I., MASSARD, G. and AGARWAL, A. 2010. Waste management policies for industrial symbiosis development: case studies in European countries. Journal of cleaner production [online], 18(8), pages 815-822. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.12.019

Industrial symbiosis (IS) emerged as a self-organizing business strategy among firms that are willing to cooperate to improve their economic and environmental performance. The adoption of such cooperative strategies relates to increasing costs of was... Read More about Waste management policies for industrial symbiosis development: case studies in European countries..