All Outputs (32)

A review of research methods in entrepreneurship 1985-2013. (2015)
Journal Article
MCDONALD, S., GAN, B.C., FRASER, S.S., OKE, A. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2015. A review of research methods in entrepreneurship 1985-2013. International journal of entrepreneurial behavior and research [online], 21(3), pages 291-315. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-02-2014-0021

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the research questions: which methodologies and data gathering methods are employed by researchers publishing in top entrepreneurship journals, and how has this changed over time? Design/methodology/a... Read More about A review of research methods in entrepreneurship 1985-2013..

Applications for naturalistic decision-making. (2015)
Journal Article
GORE, J., FLIN, R., STANTON, N. and WONG, B.L.W. 2015. Applications for naturalistic decision-making. Journal of occupational and organizational psychology [online], 88(2): special section: applications of naturalistic decision making, pages 223-230. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12121

This guest editorial introduces the special section of the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 'Applications of Naturalistic Decision Making.' Contributing to the aim of the special section to highlight applications of NDM research... Read More about Applications for naturalistic decision-making..

Rule-breaking and legitimacy: a failure of artful navigation? (2015)
Journal Article
WARREN, L. and SMITH, R. 2015. Rule-breaking and legitimacy: a failure of artful navigation? International journal of entrepreneurial behavior and research [online], 21(2), pages 243-262. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-03-2014-0052

The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the tension between rule-breaking and legitimacy for entrepreneurs, who are expected to challenge and change social or business norms. In doing so, they may be presented as heroes in the media, or al... Read More about Rule-breaking and legitimacy: a failure of artful navigation?.

The biophilic organization: an integrative metaphor for corporate sustainability. (2015)
Journal Article
JONES, D.R. 2015. The biophilic organization: an integrative metaphor for corporate sustainability. Journal of business ethics [online], 138(3), pages 401-416. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2640-2

This paper proposes a new organizational metaphor, the 'Biophilic Organization', which aims to counter the bio-cultural disconnection of many organizations despite their espoused commitment to sustainability. This conceptual research draws on multipl... Read More about The biophilic organization: an integrative metaphor for corporate sustainability..

Structuring and coding in health care records: a qualitative analysis using diabetes as a case study. (2015)
Journal Article
ROBERTSON, A.R.R., FERNANDO, B., MORRISON, Z., KALRA, D. and SHEIKH, A. 2015. Structuring and coding in health care records: a qualitative analysis using diabetes as a case study. Journal of innovation in health informatics [online], 22(2), pages 275-283. Available from: https://doi.org/10.14236/jhi.v22i2.90

Background: Globally, diabetes mellitus presents a substantial burden to individuals and healthcare systems. Structuring and/or coding of medical records underpin attempts to improve information sharing and searching, potentially bringing clinical an... Read More about Structuring and coding in health care records: a qualitative analysis using diabetes as a case study..

Promoting community renewable energy in a corporate energy world. (2015)
Journal Article
STRACHAN, P.A., COWELL, R., ELLIS, G., SHERRY-BRENNAN, F. and TOKE, D. 2015. Promoting community renewable energy in a corporate energy world. Sustainable development [online], 23(2), pages 96-109. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.1576

Small-scale, decentralized and community-owned renewable energy is widely acknowledged to be a desirable feature of low carbon futures, but faces a range of challenges in the context of conventional, centralized energy systems. This paper draws on tr... Read More about Promoting community renewable energy in a corporate energy world..

Rescaling the governance of renewable energy: lessons from the UK devolution experience. (2015)
Journal Article
COWELL, R., ELLIS, G., SHERRY-BRENNAN, F., STRACHAN, P.A. and TOKE, D. 2015. Rescaling the governance of renewable energy: lessons from the UK devolution experience. Journal of environmental policy and planning [online], 19(5), pages 480-502. Available from: https://doi.org./10.1080/1523908X.2015.1008437

Efforts to rescale governance arrangements to foster sustainable development are rarely simple in their consequences, an out-turn examined in this paper through an analysis of how the governance of renewable energy in the UK has been impacted by the... Read More about Rescaling the governance of renewable energy: lessons from the UK devolution experience..

The culture of trilogues. (2015)
Journal Article
ROEDERER-RYNNING, C. and GREENWOOD, J. 2015. The culture of trilogues. Journal of European public policy [online], 22(8), pages 1148-1165. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2014.992934

There is surprisingly little knowledge about the informal 'trilogues' that play a pivotal role in almost 90 per cent of European Union legislation. This article maps out previously uncharted practices and explores their role in constituting the Parli... Read More about The culture of trilogues..

Conceptualising entrepreneurship as economic 'explanation' and the consequent loss of 'understanding'. (2015)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R. 2015. Conceptualising entrepreneurship as economic 'explanation' and the consequent loss of 'understanding'. International journal of business and globalisation [online], 14(2), pages 145-157. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBG.2015.067432

This paper examines how entrepreneurship has become conceptualised as an economic phenomenon. We explain how the outcomes, the admirable results of entrepreneurship, have led to this position. An understandable concern for the economic benefits from... Read More about Conceptualising entrepreneurship as economic 'explanation' and the consequent loss of 'understanding'..

The dark side of the rural idyll: stories of illegal/illicit economic activity in the UK countryside. (2015)
Journal Article
SOMERVILLE, P., SMITH, R. and MCELWEE, G. 2015. The dark side of the rural idyll: stories of illegal/illicit economic activity in the UK countryside. Journal of rural studies [online], 39, pages 219-228. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2014.12.001

In rural sociology and rural studies, rurality in many countries is commonly constructed as an idyllic space in which crime is perceived as an urban problem. In other countries, however, rurality is constructed as a place where the individual is vuln... Read More about The dark side of the rural idyll: stories of illegal/illicit economic activity in the UK countryside..

The devolution of social security benefits in Scotland: the Smith Commission. (2015)
Journal Article
SPICKER, P. 2015. The devolution of social security benefits in Scotland: the Smith Commission. Journal of poverty and social justice [online], 23(1), pages 17-28. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1332/175982715X14226074788880

The United Kingdom is a unitary state, and social security benefits are some of the most centralised services in it. The powers of the Scottish Parliament in relation to benefits have been heavily restricted, to the point where they have fewer formal... Read More about The devolution of social security benefits in Scotland: the Smith Commission..

Policy translation: a reply. (2015)
Journal Article
SPICKER, P. 2016. Policy translation: a reply. Global discourse: an interdisciplinary journal of current affairs and applied contemporary thought [online], 6(1-2), pages 116-118. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2015.1004251

The purpose of this paper is explained as being to enhance the analysis of processes of movement of ideas between multiple actors and in the process of implementation of social policies. The core argument made by Latour is, as I read it, that network... Read More about Policy translation: a reply..