All Outputs (66)

Everything was fine: an analysis of the drill crew's situation awareness on Deepwater Horizon. (2015)
Journal Article
ROBERTS, R., FLIN, R. and CLELAND, J. 2015. Everything was fine: an analysis of the drill crew's situation awareness on Deepwater Horizon. Journal of loss prevention in the process industries [online], 38, pages 87-100. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2015.08.008

Purpose: Investigation reports into the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig disaster identified issues with the drill crew's situation awareness (SA). The aim was to (1) apply the Driller's Situation Awareness (DSA) model to the cognitive data extracted f... Read More about Everything was fine: an analysis of the drill crew's situation awareness on Deepwater Horizon..

Great expectations or small country living? Enabling small rural creative businesses with ICT. (2015)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R., WALLACE, C. and TOWNSEND, L. 2016. Great expectations or small country living? Enabling small rural creative businesses with ICT. Sociologia ruralis [online], 56(3), pages 450-468. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12104

Small businesses are prototypical rural business, but limited by distance. However, creative businesses are less constrained by space and hold great promise for rural development. Indeed, the rural is an attractive creative aesthetic milieu. Moreover... Read More about Great expectations or small country living? Enabling small rural creative businesses with ICT..

The evolution of the market for commercial computerized physician order entry and computerized decision support systems for prescribing. (2015)
Journal Article
MOZAFFAR, H., WILLIAMS, R., CRESSWELL, K., MORRISON, Z., BATES, D.W. and SHEIKH, A. 2016. The evolution of the market for commercial computerized physician order entry and computerized decision support systems for prescribing. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association [online], 23(2), pages 349-355. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocv095

Objective: To understand the evolving market of commercial off-the-shelf Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) and Computerized Decision Support (CDS) applications and its effects on their uptake and implementation in English hospitals. Methods:... Read More about The evolution of the market for commercial computerized physician order entry and computerized decision support systems for prescribing..

Family entrepreneurship as a field of research: exploring its contours and contents. (2015)
Journal Article
RANDERSON, K., BETTINELLIB, C., FAYOLLE, A. and ANDERSON, A. 2015. Family entrepreneurship as a field of research: exploring its contours and contents. Journal of family business strategy [online], 6(3), pages 143-154. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2015.08.002

This research note presents some food for thought about linking and relating the family, family business and entrepreneurship fields. Although each field has developed an important body of knowledge and some work has been done at the intersections, w... Read More about Family entrepreneurship as a field of research: exploring its contours and contents..

Civil dialogue and the Citizens' Initiative: accounting for collaboration and competition using the advocacy coalition framework and the strategic action field. (2015)
Book Chapter
GREENWOOD, J. 2015. Civil dialogue and the Citizens' Initiative: accounting for collaboration and competition using the advocacy coalition framework and the strategic action field. In Johannson, H. and Kalm, S. (eds.) EU civil society: patterns of cooperation, competition and conflict. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan [online], chapter 11, pages 193-209. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137500724_11

The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) has introduced a largely new set of campaigners working in a fresh 'direct democracy' frame at EU level, alongside an established group of Brussels based EU NGOs seeking to institutionalise an elite 'civil dial... Read More about Civil dialogue and the Citizens' Initiative: accounting for collaboration and competition using the advocacy coalition framework and the strategic action field..

Flying in the face of environmental concern: why green consumers continue to fly. (2015)
Journal Article
MCDONALD, S., OATES, C.J., THYNE, M., TIMMIS, A.J. and CARLILE, C. 2015. Flying in the face of environmental concern: why green consumers continue to fly. Journal of marketing management [online], 31(13-14), pages 1503-1528. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2015.1059352

Some unsustainable consumer behaviours have proved extremely hard to change or even challenge. Despite the fact that flying can be more damaging than any other activity that an individual can undertake, many otherwise green consumers still choose to... Read More about Flying in the face of environmental concern: why green consumers continue to fly..

The information environment and information behaviour of the offshore installation manager (OIM) in the context of safety and emergency response: an exploratory study. (2015)
Journal Article
MARCELLA, R. and LOCKERBIE, H. 2016. The information environment and information behaviour of the offshore installation manager (OIM) in the context of safety and emergency response: an exploratory study. Journal of information science [online], 42(4), pages 551-567. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551515600118

The offshore installation manager (OIM) is a unique role in the oil and gas industry with the legal responsibility for the health and safety of individuals on an offshore installation, as well as holding commercial responsibilities. Using exploratory... Read More about The information environment and information behaviour of the offshore installation manager (OIM) in the context of safety and emergency response: an exploratory study..

Car driver attitudes, perceptions of social norms and aggressive driving behaviour towards cyclists. (2015)
Journal Article
FRUHEN, L.S. and FLIN, R. 2015. Car driver attitudes, perceptions of social norms and aggressive driving behaviour towards cyclists. Accident analysis and prevention [online], 83, pages 162-170. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2015.07.003

The interaction of car drivers and cyclists is one of the main causes of cycle incidents. The role of attitudes and social norms in shaping car drivers' aggressive behaviour towards cyclists, is not well understood and merits investigation. A sample... Read More about Car driver attitudes, perceptions of social norms and aggressive driving behaviour towards cyclists..

Optimality test of marginal field development financing arrangements in Nigeria. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
EKEH, C. and ASEKOMEH, A. 2015. Optimality test of marginal field development financing arrangements in Nigeria. Presented at 39th SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) Nigeria annual international conference and exhibition 2015 (NAICE 2015): natural gas development and exploitation in an emerging economy; strategies, infrastructure and policy framework, 4-6 August 2015, Lagos, Nigeria.

Marginal oil fields in Nigeria, some of which the International Oil Companies (IOCs) have abandoned for over 10 years previously, are now being awarded to indigenous oil companies. Due to difficulty with raising development finance domestically, some... Read More about Optimality test of marginal field development financing arrangements in Nigeria..

Entrepreneurship and poetry: analyzing an aesthetic dimension. (2015)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. 2015. Entrepreneurship and poetry: analyzing an aesthetic dimension. Journal of small business and enterprise development [online], 22(3), pages 450-472. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-09-2012-0103

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the aesthetic dimension of entrepreneur poems. The notion of the entrepreneur as storyteller, and the entrepreneur story as cultural genres have become so firmly entrenched in the collective social consciou... Read More about Entrepreneurship and poetry: analyzing an aesthetic dimension..

The 'fairness paradox' and 'small-firm growth resistance strategies'. (2015)
Journal Article
ULLAH, F. and SMITH, R. 2015. The 'fairness paradox' and 'small-firm growth resistance strategies'. World journal of entrepreneurship, management and sustainable development [online], 11(3), pages 154-175. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/WJEMSD-02-2015-0005

The purpose of this paper is to examine and explore why 'Small-Businesses' resist employing outside the immediate family and investigate the employee as an outsider and entrepreneurial resource. Design/methodology/approach The authors review the lite... Read More about The 'fairness paradox' and 'small-firm growth resistance strategies'..

The well(s) of knowledge: the decoding of sustainability claims in the UK and in Greece. (2015)
Journal Article
ALEVIZOU, P.J., OATES, C.J. and MCDONALD, S. 2015. The well(s) of knowledge: the decoding of sustainability claims in the UK and in Greece. Sustainability [online], 7(7), pages 8729-8747. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su7078729

Sustainability claims have existed on fast moving consumer goods (FMCGs) for over four decades and there is evidence that they are increasing. Research suggests that consumers have a low level of knowledge and understanding of such labels. It has bee... Read More about The well(s) of knowledge: the decoding of sustainability claims in the UK and in Greece..

Report on the analysis of commonalities and differences in approaches to pre-consent surveys. (2015)
Report
SIMAS, T., HEINRICHS, J., BALD, J., MENTXACA, I., CULLOCH, R. and BENNET, F. 2015. Report on the analysis of commonalities and differences in approaches to pre-consent surveys. Aberdeen: RiCORE Project [online]. Available from: http://ricore-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/RICORE-D4.2-Commonalities-and-Differences-Final.pdf

This report identifies commonalities and transferability of pre-consent surveying among renewable energy technology types. This comes as part of the RiCORE project, which aimed to promote the use of offshore renewable energy projects in the EU by str... Read More about Report on the analysis of commonalities and differences in approaches to pre-consent surveys..

RiCORE: risk-based consenting of offshore renewable energy projects. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
CULLOCH, R. 2015. RiCORE: risk-based consenting of offshore renewable energy projects. Presented at the 2015 Workshop of the Pro-Tide Environmental Aspects Group (EAG): making monitoring significant; strategies for tidal energy in nearshore environments, 30 June 2015, Isle of Wight, UK.

This presentation gives an introduction to the context and purpose of the RiCORE project. Additionally, it provides some further detail on those particular aspects of the project involving the identification of commonalities and transferability of pr... Read More about RiCORE: risk-based consenting of offshore renewable energy projects..

Market efficiency, volatility behaviour and asset pricing analysis of the oil & gas companies quoted on the London Stock Exchange. (2015)
Thesis
SANUSI, M.S. 2015. Market efficiency, volatility behaviour and asset pricing analysis of the oil & gas companies quoted on the London Stock Exchange. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This research assessed market efficiency, volatility behaviour, asset pricing, and oil price risk exposure of the oil and gas companies quoted on the London Stock Exchange with the aim of providing fresh evidence on the pricing dynamics in this secto... Read More about Market efficiency, volatility behaviour and asset pricing analysis of the oil & gas companies quoted on the London Stock Exchange..

An empirical investigation of transfer pricing regulations for Nigeria with a particular emphasis on the petroleum sector. (2015)
Thesis
ZANNAH, K. 2015. An empirical investigation of transfer pricing regulations for Nigeria with a particular emphasis on the petroleum sector. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This research critically investigates the adoption and implementation of transfer pricing regulations in Nigeria with a particular emphasis on the petroleum sector. It opportunely chose Nigeria as a case study of transfer pricing issues in developing... Read More about An empirical investigation of transfer pricing regulations for Nigeria with a particular emphasis on the petroleum sector..

Oil price shocks and Nigeria's economic activity: evidence from ARDL co-integration and VECM analysis. (2015)
Working Paper
BABAJIDE, N. and SOILE, I. 2015. Oil price shocks and Nigeria's economic activity: evidence from ARDL co-integration and VECM analysis. Hosted on SSRN [online, article number 2624004. Available from: Soile, Ismail and Babajide, Nathaniel, Oil Price Shocks and Nigeria's Economic Activity: Evidence from ARDL Co-Integration and VECM Analysis (June 27, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2624004 or https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2624004

This study examines the impact of oil price shocks and their transmission channels to selected macroeconomic variables which serve as proxies for economic activities in Nigeria using quarterly data from 1980Q1 to 2011Q4. Empirical analysis was carrie... Read More about Oil price shocks and Nigeria's economic activity: evidence from ARDL co-integration and VECM analysis..

Saudi Arabian aviation construction projects: identification of risks and their consequences. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
BAGHDADI, A. and KISHK, M. 2015. Saudi Arabian aviation construction projects: identification of risks and their consequences. In Hajdu, M. and Skibniewski, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2015 Creative construction conference (CCC2015), 21-24 June 2015, Krakow, Poland. Budapest: Diamond Congress [online], pages 154-159. Available from: http://2015.creative-construction-conference.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/CCC2015_proceedings.pdf

Airport projects are considered to be very complex, as they face a number of challenges which inevitably expose them to risks. In Saudi Arabia, the aviation sector is considered an important sector due to the fact that Saudi Arabia is the first desti... Read More about Saudi Arabian aviation construction projects: identification of risks and their consequences..

RiCORE: risk-based consenting of offshore renewable energy projects. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
BALD, J. 2015. RiCORE: risk-based consenting of offshore renewable energy projects. Presented at the 2015 Working meeting of the SC114 Group of the Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certification (AENOR), 18 June 2015, Madrid, Spain.

This presentation introduces the context and purpose of the RiCORE project. The text of this presentation is in Spanish.

Entrepreneurship in Oman: policies and practices. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
AL-BALUSHI, R.A. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2015. Entrepreneurship in Oman: policies and practices. In Proceedings of the 8th International conference for entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development (ICEIRD 2015), 18-19 June 2015, Sheffield, UK. Sheffield: ICEIRD, pages 562-571.

Oman provides an interesting context to examine how formal institutions encourage local enterprise. We examine the views of local entrepreneurs about the effectiveness of government policies that are intended to foster indigenous small business. We a... Read More about Entrepreneurship in Oman: policies and practices..