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Theorising illegal rural enterprise: is everyone at it? (2011)
Journal Article
MCELWEE, G., SMITH, R. and SOMERVILLE, P. 2011. Theorising illegal rural enterprise: is everyone at it? International journal of rural criminology [online], 1(1), pages 40-62. Available: https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/51127/IJRC_mcelwee_vol1-issue1_pp40-62.pdf

Illegal entrepreneurship in the rural is under researched and scrutinised, yet it occupies a distinctive space in entrepreneurship practice in terms of how it is construed and how it is enacted. This is a theoretical paper which provides a conceptual... Read More about Theorising illegal rural enterprise: is everyone at it?.

Criminal entrepreneurship, white-collar criminality, and neutralization theory. (2011)
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GOTTSCHALK, P. and SMITH, R. 2011. Criminal entrepreneurship, white-collar criminality, and neutralization theory. Journal of enterprising communities: People and places in the global economy [online], 5(4), pages 300-308. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/17506201111177334

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to apply neutralization theory to white-collar criminals to discuss criminal entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach: The theoretical framework of neutralization techniques is applied to criminal entreprene... Read More about Criminal entrepreneurship, white-collar criminality, and neutralization theory..

Implementation and adoption of nationwide electronic health records in secondary care in England: final qualitative results from prospective national evaluation in "early adopter" hospitals. (2011)
Journal Article
SHEIKH, A., CORNFORD, T., BARBER, N., et al. 2011. Implementation and adoption of nationwide electronic health records in secondary care in England: final qualitative results from prospective national evaluation in 'early adopter' hospitals. BMJ [online], 343(7829) article d6054. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d6054

Objectives: To evaluate the implementation and adoption of the NHS detailed care records service in 'early adopter' hospitals in England. Design: Theoretically informed, longitudinal qualitative evaluation based on case studies. Setting: 12 'early ad... Read More about Implementation and adoption of nationwide electronic health records in secondary care in England: final qualitative results from prospective national evaluation in "early adopter" hospitals..

Investigating financial aspects of dog-fighting in the UK. (2011)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. 2011. Investigating financial aspects of dog-fighting in the UK. Journal of financial crime [online], 18(4), pages 336-346. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/13590791111173687

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss financial aspects of illegal dog-fighting in the UK and to reflect upon and discuss the difficulties of researching illegal entrepreneurial activities such as dog-fighting which are operated for crimin... Read More about Investigating financial aspects of dog-fighting in the UK..

The university's role in developing Chinese entrepreneurship. (2011)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R. 2011. The university's role in developing Chinese entrepreneurship. Journal of Chinese entrepreneurship [online], 3(3), pages 175-184. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/17561391111166957

Purpose “ The purpose of this paper is to review the existing literature and conceptual developments to explore how and why universities should teach entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach “ This is a theoretical paper which draws on the rich... Read More about The university's role in developing Chinese entrepreneurship..

The entrepreneur as hero and jester: enacting the entrepreneurial discourse. (2011)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R. and WARREN, L. 2011. The entrepreneur as hero and jester: enacting the entrepreneurial discourse. International small business journal: researching entrepreneurship [online], 29(6), pages 589-609. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242611416417

Employing a social construction perspective, this article argues that entrepreneurs are uniquely empowered by entrepreneurial discourse to bring about creative destruction. Analysis of the representation of entrepreneurship in the media suggests that... Read More about The entrepreneur as hero and jester: enacting the entrepreneurial discourse..

Actors of the common interest? The Brussels offices of the regions. (2011)
Journal Article
GREENWOOD, J. 2011. Actors of the common interest? The Brussels offices of the regions. Journal of European integration [online], 33(4), pages 437-451. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2011.579749

The absence of a formal place in representative democracy at EU level casts sub-national authorities more as actors of EU participatory democracy. Where they have specific interests to pursue their Brussels offices act in the same way as lobbyists, b... Read More about Actors of the common interest? The Brussels offices of the regions..

Innovation in services through learning in a joint venture. (2011)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R., DEL MAR BENAVIDES-ESPINOSA, M. and MOHEDANO-SUANES, A. 2011. Innovation in services through learning in a joint venture. Services industries journal [online], 31(12), pages 2019-2032. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2011.558573

Innovation determines a firm's competitiveness and survival and a joint venture is a fast and effective way to acquire the missing knowledge that partners require to innovate, but 'knowing how to cooperate' can be a determining factor in achieving th... Read More about Innovation in services through learning in a joint venture..

Entrepreneurship, windfall gains and financial constraints: evidence from Germany. (2011)
Journal Article
SCHAFER, D., TALAVERA, O. and WEIR, C. 2011. Entrepreneurship, windfall gains and financial constraints: evidence from Germany. Economic modelling [online], 28(5), pages 2174-2180. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2011.05.010

We investigate the link between the propensity to become an entrepreneur and the exogenous release from financial constraints in Germany. This is defined in terms of the movement from employment to self-employment on receipt of a financial windfall.... Read More about Entrepreneurship, windfall gains and financial constraints: evidence from Germany..

Anything but engaged: user involvement in the context of a national electronic health record implementation. (2011)
Journal Article
CRESSWELL, K., MORRISON, Z., CROWE, S., ROBERTSON, A. and SHEIKH, A. 2011. Anything but engaged: user involvement in the context of a national electronic health record implementation. Informatics in primary care [online], 19(4), pages 191-206. Available from: https://doi.org/10.14236/jhi.v19i4.814

Background: The absence of meaningful end user engagement has repeatedly been highlighted as a key factor contributing to 'failed' implementations of electronic health records (EHRs), but achieving this is particularly challenging in the context of n... Read More about Anything but engaged: user involvement in the context of a national electronic health record implementation..

The role of storyboards and scrapbooks in propagating entrepreneurial value in family business settings. (2011)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. 2011. The role of storyboards and scrapbooks in propagating entrepreneurial value in family business settings. World review of entrepreneurship, management and sustainable development [online], 7(3), pages 260-271. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1504/WREMSD.2011.040808

The concepts of entrepreneurial narrative and biography are an emerging field of entrepreneurship research, but there is more to entrepreneurial narrative and biography than written words. Consequentially, this research paper considers the use of scr... Read More about The role of storyboards and scrapbooks in propagating entrepreneurial value in family business settings..

Understanding contrasting approaches to nationwide implementations of electronic health record systems: England, the USA and Australia. (2011)
Journal Article
MORRISON, Z, ROBERTSON, A., CRESSWELL, K., CROWE, S. and SHEIKH, A. 2011. Understanding contrasting approaches to nationwide implementational of electronic health record systems: England, the USA and Australia. Journal of healthcare engineering [online], 2(1), article ID 203059, pages 25-41. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1260/2040-2295.2.1.25

As governments commit to national electronic health record (EHR) systems, there is increasing international interest in identifying effective implementation strategies. We draw on Coiera's typology of national programmes - ‘top-down’, ‘bottom-up’ and... Read More about Understanding contrasting approaches to nationwide implementations of electronic health record systems: England, the USA and Australia..

The lobby regulation element of the European Transparency Initiative: between liberal and deliberative models of democracy. (2011)
Journal Article
GREENWOOD, J. 2011. The lobby regulation element of the European Transparency Initiative: between liberal and deliberative models of democracy. Comparative European politics [onine], 9(3), pages 317-343. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1057/cep.2010.18

The EU's dependence upon exchanges with organised civil society as a proxy for popular participation makes its procedures for participatory governance critical for input legitimacy. The most recent of these is the European Transparency Initiative (ET... Read More about The lobby regulation element of the European Transparency Initiative: between liberal and deliberative models of democracy..

Observing community-based entrepreneurship and social networking at play in an urban village setting. (2011)
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SMITH, R. 2011. Observing community-based entrepreneurship and social networking at play in an urban village setting. International journal of entrepreneurship and small business [online], 12(1), pages 62-81. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2011.037340

Entrepreneurship as a manifestation of change is vital in terms of jobs and business dynamism. However, entrepreneurship as a social activity occurs in time and space and is seen as a natural, organic process. We assume this change will occur natural... Read More about Observing community-based entrepreneurship and social networking at play in an urban village setting..

After the fall: developing a conceptual script-based model of shame in narratives of entrepreneurs in crisis! (2011)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. and MCELWEE, G. 2011. After the fall: developing a conceptual script-based model of shame in narratives of entrepreneurs in crisis! International journal of sociology and social policy [online], 31(1/2), pages 91-109. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/01443331111104823

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of shame in entrepreneurship. Extant research in relation to the entrepreneurial process has tended to concentrate upon the entrepreneur as hero and other positive aspects of the process. Consequen... Read More about After the fall: developing a conceptual script-based model of shame in narratives of entrepreneurs in crisis!.

Voluntary disclosure and risk in an emerging market. (2011)
Journal Article
HASSAN, O.A.G., GIORGIONI, G., ROMILLY, P. and POWER, D.M. 2011. Voluntary disclosure and risk in an emerging market. Journal of accounting in emerging economies [online], 1(1), pages 33-52. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/20421161111107840

This paper seeks to examine the association between corporate voluntary disclosure and systematic (market or beta) risk for a sample of Egyptian listed companies. Using panel data analysis, beta is regressed on the level of voluntary disclosure and t... Read More about Voluntary disclosure and risk in an emerging market..

Enacting entrepreneurship as social value creation. (2011)
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KORSGAARD, S. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2011. Enacting entrepreneurship as social value creation. International small business journal: researching entrepreneurship [online] 29(2), pages 135-151. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242610391936

The social plays an important role in entrepreneurship, but one that is not well understood. We argue that the social conditions of entrepreneurs, as well as the social nature of opportunities, affect the entrepreneurial process. Hence it is conceptu... Read More about Enacting entrepreneurship as social value creation..

Knowledge sharing processes in Tunisian small ICT firms. (2011)
Journal Article
EL HARBI, S., ANDERSON, A.R. and AMAMOU, M. 2011. Knowledge sharing processes in Tunisian small ICT firms. Library review [online], 60(1), pages 24-36. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/00242531111100559

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how knowledge and information is shared by small information and communication technology firms in Tunisia. Design/methodology/approach: The paper employs a comparative case study approach. This was in... Read More about Knowledge sharing processes in Tunisian small ICT firms..

Perception of young consumers on mobile phone applications in Malaysia. (2011)
Journal Article
GOI, C.-L. and NG, P.-Y. 2011. Perception of young consumers on mobile phone applications in Malaysia. World applied sciences journal [online], 15(1), pages 47-55. Available from: https://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj15(1)11/8.pdf

The main objective of this research is to explore the perception of young consumers on mobile applications in Malaysia. The perception of consumers on M-Commerce applications seems to be positive, especially communication, emergency, entertainment, c... Read More about Perception of young consumers on mobile phone applications in Malaysia..