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Rescripting criminal identity: a 'close reading' of contemporary biographies of British criminals as entrepreneurship discourse. (2013)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. 2013. Rescripting criminal identity: a 'close reading' of contemporary biographies of British criminals as entrepreneurship discourse. Journal of enterprising communities: people and places in the global economy [online], 7(4), pages 316-339. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEC-09-2012-0051

Purpose: This research paper aims to examine how organized criminals rescript their identities to engage with entrepreneurship discourse when authoring their biographies. From a sociological perspective, stereotypes and social constructs of the entre... Read More about Rescripting criminal identity: a 'close reading' of contemporary biographies of British criminals as entrepreneurship discourse..

Senior charge nurses’ leadership behaviours in relation to hospital ward safety: a mixed method study. (2013)
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AGNEW, C. and FLIN, R. 2014. Senior charge nurses' leadership behaviours in relation to hospital ward safety: a mixed method. International journal of nursing studies [online], 51(5), pages 768-780. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.10.001

Background: High standards of quality and patient safety in hospital wards cannot be achieved without the active role of the nursing leaders that manage these units. Previous studies tended to focus on the leadership behaviours of nurses in relation... Read More about Senior charge nurses’ leadership behaviours in relation to hospital ward safety: a mixed method study..

A toolkit to support the implementation of electronic prescribing systems into UK hospitals: preliminary recommendations. (2013)
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CRESSWELL, K., COLEMAN, J., SLEE, A., MORRISON, Z. and SHEIKH, A. 2014. A toolkit to support the implementation of electronic prescribing systems into UK hospitals: preliminary recommendations. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine [online], 107(1), pages 8-13. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0141076813502955

Hospital electronic prescribing (or ePrescribing) systems have the potential to reduce drug-related morbidity and mortality. However, their implementation and adoption has been slow to date, despite the considerable service interest in implementing s... Read More about A toolkit to support the implementation of electronic prescribing systems into UK hospitals: preliminary recommendations..

Gender and white-collar crime: examining representations of women in media? (2013)
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GOTTSCHALK, P. and SMITH, R. 2015. Gender and white-collar crime: examining representations of women in media? Journal of gender studies [online], 24(3), pages 310-325. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2013.841571

Using documentary research methodology, we collected empirical data from three national Norwegian newspapers to examine the issue of gender and white-collar crime to examine representations of women in the media. Only 8 out of the 179 white-collar cr... Read More about Gender and white-collar crime: examining representations of women in media?.

Seeing the light: using visual ethnography in family business settings. (2013)
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SMITH, R. 2015. Seeing the light: using visual ethnography in family business settings. Family business review [online], 28(1), pages 76-82. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0894486513504585

The purpose of this research note is to illustrate the usefulness of the qualitative method of visual ethnography in producing new insights into family business research by investigating the 'lived narrative' of a family business in Scotland. The ove... Read More about Seeing the light: using visual ethnography in family business settings..

Skills, knowledge and senior managers’ demonstrations of safety commitment. (2013)
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FRUHEN, L.S., MEARNS, K.J., FLIN, R. and KIRWAN, B. 2014. Skills, knowledge and senior managers' demonstrations of safety commitment. Safety science [online], 69, pages 29-36. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2013.08.024

Senior managers’ safety commitment is emphasised in the safety literature as a crucial influence on organisational safety. Yet there is little understanding of the characteristics that underpin their ability to engage in behaviours that demonstrate s... Read More about Skills, knowledge and senior managers’ demonstrations of safety commitment..

Pricing option contracts on the strategic petroleum reserve. (2013)
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MURPHY, F. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2013. Pricing option contracts on the strategic petroleum reserve. Energy economics [online], 40, pages 242-250. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2013.06.016

In this article we examine the pricing of option contracts on the strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) and consider how these can be used by both the government and refiners. We analyze the interaction between the call and put option contracts, taking i... Read More about Pricing option contracts on the strategic petroleum reserve..

Jungian archetypes and dreams of social enterprise. (2013)
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BROWN, M.L., MCDONALD, S. and SMITH, F. 2013. Jungian archetypes and dreams of social enterprise. Journal of organizational change management [online], 26(4), pages 670-688. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-Sep-2012-0146

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider a psychoanalytic explanation for the challenges facing social entrepreneurs in Scotland. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative approach was used, in an exploratory study involving semi‐structured... Read More about Jungian archetypes and dreams of social enterprise..

Documenting Essex-Boy as a local gendered regime. (2013)
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SMITH, R. 2013. Documenting Essex-Boy as a local gendered regime. International journal of gender and entrepreneurship [online], 5(2), pages 174-197. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/17566261311328846

Purpose: As a social construct, entrepreneurship is portrayed as an unashamedly masculine endeavour. This forms the basis for much feminist research in entrepreneurship. Despite a sustained research effort in the field of gendered entrepreneurship re... Read More about Documenting Essex-Boy as a local gendered regime..

Qualitative entrepreneurship authorship: antecedents, processes and consequences. (2013)
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SMITH, R., MCELWEE, G., MCDONALD, S. and DRAKOPOULOU DODD, S. 2013. Qualitative entrepreneurship authorship: antecedents, processes and consequences. International journal of entrepreneurial behavior and research [online], 19(4), pages 364-386. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-11-2010-0179

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on a review of the writing practices and experiences of scholars who have published qualitative papers in the field of entrepreneurship. It evaluates existing knowledge about how “well-published” entre... Read More about Qualitative entrepreneurship authorship: antecedents, processes and consequences..

A review of the empirical evidence of the value of structuring and coding of clinical information within electronic health records for direct patient care. (2013)
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KALRA, D., FERNANDO, B., MORRISON, Z. and SHEIKH, A. 2013. A review of the empirical evidence of the value of structuring and coding of clinical information within electronic health records for direct patient care. Informatics in primary care [online], 20(3), pages 171-180. Available from: https://doi.org/10.14236/jhi.v20i3.22

Background: The case has historically been presented that structured and/or coded electronic health records (EHRs) benefit direct patient care, but the evidence base for this is not well documented. Methods: We searched for evidence of direct patien... Read More about A review of the empirical evidence of the value of structuring and coding of clinical information within electronic health records for direct patient care..

The Transparency Register: a European vanguard of strong lobby regulation? (2013)
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GREENWOOD, J. and DREGER, J. 2013. The Transparency Register: a European vanguard of strong lobby regulation? Interest groups and advocacy [online], 2(2), pages 139-162. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1057/iga.2013.3

A recent comparative analysis of the content of lobby regulation schemes published in this journal casts measures developed at European Union (EU) level as the vanguard of a new wave of strong lobby regulation across Europe. Other assessments charact... Read More about The Transparency Register: a European vanguard of strong lobby regulation?.

Public to private transactions, private equity and financial health in the UK: an empirical analysis of the impact of going private. (2013)
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WEIR, C., JONES, P. and WRIGHT, M. 2015. Public to private transactions, private equity and financial health in the UK: an empirical analysis of the impact of going private. Journal of management and governance [online], 19(1), pages 91-112. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-013-9270-9

Using a hand collected data set of 138 buy-outs, this paper presents the first analysis of the impact effects of public to private transactions (PTPs) in the UK during a period (1998-2004) in which PTPs became a significant part of the market for cor... Read More about Public to private transactions, private equity and financial health in the UK: an empirical analysis of the impact of going private..

How green is children's television? (2013)
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OATES, C. J., MCDONALD, S., BLADES, M. and LAING, A. 2013. How green is children's television? Social business [online], 3(1), pages 37-45. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1362/204440813X13645551140991

Purpose To meet stated waste reduction goals, the UK government via Defra (Department for environment, farming and rural affairs) is attempting to reduce household mainstream waste. One approach is to encourage children in environmentally-friendly be... Read More about How green is children's television?.

The rise of illicit rural enterprise within the farming industry: a viewpoint. (2013)
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SMITH, R., LAING, A. and MCELWEE, G. 2013. The rise of illicit rural enterprise within the farming industry: a viewpoint. International journal of agricultural management [online], 2(4), pages 185-188. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5836/ijam/2013-04-01

In this viewpoint article we seek to make the farming community aware of the increasing presence of organised criminals and crime within the farming community. In the past decade there has been a discernible rise in the level of organized criminality... Read More about The rise of illicit rural enterprise within the farming industry: a viewpoint..

Trust formation processes in innovative collaborations: networking as knowledge building practices. (2013)
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HARDWICK, J., ANDERSON, A.R. and CRUICKSHANK, D. 2013. Trust formation processes in innovative collaborations: networking as knowledge building practices. European journal of innovation management [online], 16(1), pages 4-21. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/14601061311292832

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the practices and processes of trust building and use in collaborative networking for product innovation and to compare face to face with virtual networking. Design/methodology/approach – Guided by a... Read More about Trust formation processes in innovative collaborations: networking as knowledge building practices..

Contract design and supply chain coordination in the electricity industry. (2013)
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OLIVEIRA, F.S., RUIZ, C. and CONEJO, A.J. 2013. Contract design and supply chain coordination in the electricity industry. European journal of operational research [online], 227(3), pages 527-537. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.01.003

In this article we propose a model of the supply chain in electricity markets with multiple generators and retailers and considering several market structures. We analyze how market design interacts with the different types of contract and market str... Read More about Contract design and supply chain coordination in the electricity industry..

From admiration to abhorrence: the contentious appeal of entrepreneurship across Europe. (2013)
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DODD, S.D., JACK, S. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2013. From admiration to abhorrence: the contentious appeal of entrepreneurship across Europe. Entrepreneurship and regional development [online], 25(1-2), pages 69-89. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2012.746878

Although entrepreneurship seems to offer a universal economic solution, there are some doubts about whether it is universally attractive. We argue that entrepreneurship is a socially constructed concept and consequently the meanings, and hence the ap... Read More about From admiration to abhorrence: the contentious appeal of entrepreneurship across Europe..

Confronting social constructions of rural criminality: a case story on 'illegal pluriactivity' in the farming community. (2013)
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SMITH, R. and MCELWEE, G. 2013. Confronting social constructions of rural criminality: a case story on 'illegal pluriactivity' in the farming community. Sociologia ruralis [online], 53(1), pages 112-134. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9523.2012.00580.x

The accepted social construction of the rural criminal is that of the (alien) urban marauder. In this social script the farmer is presented as the victim of crime. Traditionally, farmers enjoy high levels of social esteem and rarely are they vilified... Read More about Confronting social constructions of rural criminality: a case story on 'illegal pluriactivity' in the farming community..

The relationship between regulatory focus and online shopping: perceived risk, affect, and consumers' response to online marketing. (2012)
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ATOROUGH, P. and DONALDSON, B. 2012. The relationship between regulatory focus and online shopping: perceived risk, affect, and consumers' response to online marketing. International journal of internet marketing and advertising [online], 7(4), pages 333-358. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIMA.2012.051615

Regulatory focus theory (RTF) has demonstrated that individuals can be distinguished on the basis of two independent structures of strategic inclination and orientation in the pursuit of goals: promotion focus - which emphasises the presence of posit... Read More about The relationship between regulatory focus and online shopping: perceived risk, affect, and consumers' response to online marketing..