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Seeing the light: using visual ethnography in family business settings. (2013)
Journal Article
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..

Tackling the illicit commercial exploitation of children off campus: a case study. (2013)
Report
SMITH, R. and FRONDIGOUN, L. 2013. Tackling the illicit commercial exploitation of children off campus: a case study. SIPR Practice Notes Number 2. Dundee: Scottish Institute for Policing Research, School of Social and Environmental Sciences, University of Dundee.

The illicit exploitation of children and young persons for commercial gain by rogue shopkeepers and unscrupulous business proprietors is an important topic seldom considered by criminologists. In this case study we report on research with School Link... Read More about Tackling the illicit commercial exploitation of children off campus: a case study..

Listening to alternative perspectives on rural crime and criminality: a report on the pilot study. (2013)
Report
SMITH, R. and LAING, A. 2013. Listening to alternative perspectives on rural crime and criminality: a report on the pilot study. SIPR Research Summary Number 15. Dundee: Scottish Institute for Policing Research, School of Social Sciences, University of Dundee.

This summary reports on the pilot phase of an ongoing study, funded by SIPR, into the changing nature of rural crime and what constitutes rural criminality. We set out to listen to alternative perspectives on rural crime and criminality and to speak... Read More about Listening to alternative perspectives on rural crime and criminality: a report on the pilot study..

Skills, knowledge and senior managers’ demonstrations of safety commitment. (2013)
Journal Article
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..

Robert Maxwell. (2013)
Book Chapter
SMITH, R. 2013. Robert Maxwell. In Salinger, L.M. (ed.) Encyclopedia of white-collar and corporate crime. Second edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, pages 586-588.

This entry relates to the misappropriation, or embezzlement, of approximately £400 million from the Daily Mirror Group Pension Fund by then owner of the company, the late Robert Maxwell and to his criminal business activities. Misappropriation is the... Read More about Robert Maxwell..

Pricing option contracts on the strategic petroleum reserve. (2013)
Journal Article
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..

Biting the league table that feeds: reflections on managerialism at work within UK university sustainability agendas. (2013)
Presentation / Conference
JONES, D.R. 2013. Biting the league table that feeds: reflections on managerialism at work within UK university sustainability agendas. Presented at the 8th International critical management studies conference, 10-13 July 2013, Manchester, UK.

Most proponents of ecological sustainability within universities seem to have found a space where they feel they can more or less shrug off the need for such meaningful critical reflection. There has been a preoccupation with the instrumental and pra... Read More about Biting the league table that feeds: reflections on managerialism at work within UK university sustainability agendas..

An empirical investigation of telephony impact on business performance and regional development: evidence from small businesses in Nigeria. (2013)
Thesis
ADEOLA-OMOLE, O.S.B. 2013. An empirical investigation of telephony impact on business performance and regional development: evidence from small businesses in Nigeria. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This thesis reports on a study conducted to investigate the nature of the relationship between increased access and use of telephony, small business performance and regional development in a developing country context. This study presents detailed ev... Read More about An empirical investigation of telephony impact on business performance and regional development: evidence from small businesses in Nigeria..

The Scottish campus officer: past present and future. (2013)
Report
FRONDIGOUN, L., SMITH, R. and MACLEOD, I. 2013. The Scottish campus officer: past present and future. Dundee: Scottish Institute for Policing Research, School of Social Sciences, University of Dundee.

Campus Officers were first deployed in Scottish Schools in 2002. The Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) provides a hub for information sharing and training of Campus Officers. However, the appointment and deployment of Campus Officers currently lies with... Read More about The Scottish campus officer: past present and future..

A model of key characteristics affecting consumer attitudes toward the usage of free legitimate ad-supported music download services. (2013)
Thesis
HARRIS, A.J. 2013. A model of key characteristics affecting consumer attitudes toward the usage of free legitimate ad-supported music download services. Robert Gordon University, DBA thesis.

Digital music file sharing has had a significant negative financial impact on the recorded music industry, causing multi-billion dollar losses over the past decade. In a world where file sharing is now an activity that can be carried out with ease, i... Read More about A model of key characteristics affecting consumer attitudes toward the usage of free legitimate ad-supported music download services..

Jungian archetypes and dreams of social enterprise. (2013)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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..

The next challenge for world wide robotized tele-echography experiment (WORTEX 2012): from engineering success to healthcare delivery. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
VIEYRES, P., NOVALES, C., RIVAS, R., VILCAHUAMAN, L. SANDOVAL, J., CLARK, T., DESTIGTER, K., JOSSERAND, L., MORRISON, Z., ROBERTSON, A., AVGOUSTI, S., MORETTE, N., VOSKARIDES, S., FONTE, A., KASPARIS, T. and LEFEBVRE, E. 2013. The next challenge for world wide robotized tele-echography experiment (WORTEX 2012): from engineering success to healthcare delivery. In Proceedings of the 2013 Peruvian biomedical engineering, bioengineering, biotechnology and medical physics congress (TUMI II 2013), co-located with 24th annual meeting of the Coral 2013, 29-31 May 2013, Lima, Peru. Lima: PUCP [online], pages 205-210. Available from: http://www.congreso.pucp.edu.pe/tumi/docs/papers_revision.pdf

Access to good quality healthcare remains difficult for many patients whether they live in developed or developing countries. In developed countries, specialist medical expertise is concentrated in major hospitals in urban settings both to improve cl... Read More about The next challenge for world wide robotized tele-echography experiment (WORTEX 2012): from engineering success to healthcare delivery..

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)
Journal Article
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..

Globalising employee engagement: myths and reality; a Middle East perspective. (2013)
Thesis
ELEWA, T.F. 2013. Globalising employee engagement: myths and reality; a Middle East perspective. Robert Gordon University, DBA thesis.

The purpose of this research was to investigate if selected cultural and national aspects had an effect on employee engagement drivers. Another aim was to find out if applying global engagement tools in different cultures would provide an accurate en... Read More about Globalising employee engagement: myths and reality; a Middle East perspective..

The Transparency Register: a European vanguard of strong lobby regulation? (2013)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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..

Perceptions and reflections of mothers' working lives: narratives from women on their second, or subsequent, maternity leave. (2013)
Thesis
MCDOUGALL, B.H. 2013. Perceptions and reflections of mothers' working lives: narratives from women on their second, or subsequent, maternity leave. Robert Gordon University, MPhil thesis.

A longitudinal study addressed the question: what can women's stories tell us about their working lives? Of specific interest was the importance of maternity leave to career which is treated by academics and organisations alike - as a period of absen... Read More about Perceptions and reflections of mothers' working lives: narratives from women on their second, or subsequent, maternity leave..

A theoretical and empirical investigation into the design and implementation of an appropriate tax regime: an evaluation of Nigeria's petroleum taxation arrangements. (2013)
Thesis
KYARI, A.K. 2013. A theoretical and empirical investigation into the design and implementation of an appropriate tax regime: an evaluation of Nigeria's petroleum taxation arrangements. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This thesis provides a structure for understanding the various issues in the design and implementation of a petroleum tax system. Its main objective is to examine whether the Nigerian petroleum tax system is appropriately designed to achieve the bene... Read More about A theoretical and empirical investigation into the design and implementation of an appropriate tax regime: an evaluation of Nigeria's petroleum taxation arrangements..