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Entrepreneurship as a community phenomenon: reconnecting meanings and place. (2016)
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ANDERSON, A.R. and GADDEFORS, J. 2016. Entrepreneurship as a community phenomenon: reconnecting meanings and place. International journal of entrepreneurship and small business [online], 28(4), pages 504-518. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2016.077576

This paper explores entrepreneurship as a community phenomenon to establish the roles of entrepreneurship within the social and spatial boundaries of place. During the decade of studying this place through an entrepreneurial lens, we were able to ide... Read More about Entrepreneurship as a community phenomenon: reconnecting meanings and place..

The European Citizens' Initiative: the territorial extension of a European political public sphere? (2016)
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GREENWOOD, J. and TUOKKO, K. 2017. The European Citizens' Initiative: the territorial extension of a European political public sphere? European politics and society [online], 18(2), pages 166-181. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/23745118.2016.1202234

A key aim of the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) introduced in 2012 was to promote transnational discussion and deliberation, but there is relatively little analysis of the impact of this feature. We use primary and secondary data collection to e... Read More about The European Citizens' Initiative: the territorial extension of a European political public sphere?.

Economics as practical wisdom. (2016)
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SPICKER, P. 2016. Economics as practical wisdom. Real-world economics review [online], 75, pages 113-125. Available from: http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue75/Spicker75.pdf

The discipline of economics has been represented as deductive and theoretical, deductive and empirical, and inductive and empirical. All of these approaches have been subject to withering criticism in other social sciences: their weaknesses are theor... Read More about Economics as practical wisdom..

The effectiveness and variation of acute medical units: a systematic review. (2016)
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REID, L.E.M., DINESEN, L.C., JONES, M.C., MORRISON, Z.J., WEIR, C.J. and LONE, N.I. 2016. The effectiveness and variation of acute medical units: a systematic review. International journal for quality in health care [online], 28(4), pages 433-446. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzw056

Purpose: To evaluate the evidence for the effectiveness of acute medical units (AMUs) compared with other models of care and compare the components of AMU models. Data sources: Six electronic databases and grey literature sources searched between 199... Read More about The effectiveness and variation of acute medical units: a systematic review..

The European Parliament as a developing legislature: coming of age in trilogues? (2016)
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ROEDERER-RYNNING, C. and GREENWOOD, J. 2017. The European Parliament as a developing legislature: coming of age in trilogues? Journal of European public policy [online], 24(5), pages 735-754. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2016.1184297

This article examines the institutionalization of the European Parliament-as-a-legislature. It draws on the political development scholarship to conceptualize institutionalization and highlight the role of the environment in the development and decay... Read More about The European Parliament as a developing legislature: coming of age in trilogues?.

The use of imagery in the campaign speeches of Barack Hussein Obama and John McCain during the 2008 US Presidential Election. (2016)
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MCGUIRE, D., GARAVAN, T.N., CUNNINGHAM, J. and DUFFY, G. 2016. The use of imagery in the campaign speeches of Barack Hussein Obama and John McCain during the 2008 US Presidential Election. Leadership and organization development journal [online], 37(4), pages 430-449. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-07-2014-0136

Purpose - The use of imagery in leadership speeches is becoming increasingly important in shaping the beliefs and actions of followers. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of speech imagery and linguistic features employed during the... Read More about The use of imagery in the campaign speeches of Barack Hussein Obama and John McCain during the 2008 US Presidential Election..

Analyst coverage: does the listing location really matter? (2016)
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HASSAN, O.A.G. and SKINNER, F.S. 2016. Analyst coverage: does the listing location really matter? International review of financial analysis [online], 46, pages 227-236. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2016.05.008

Using a count panel regression method, we find that the listing location really does matter as stocks listed on the main board (FTSE350) rather than the junior market (AIM) attract more analyst coverage than can be explained by existing factors, even... Read More about Analyst coverage: does the listing location really matter?.

Entrepreneurship as re-sourcing: Towards a new image of entrepreneurship in a time of financial, economic and socio-spatial crisis. (2016)
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KORSGAARD, S., ANDERSON, A.R. and GADDEFORS, J. 2016. Entrepreneurship as re-sourcing: Towards a new image of entrepreneurship in a time of financial, economic and socio-spatial crisis. Journal of enterprising communities: people and places in the global economy [online], 10(2), pages 178-202. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEC-03-2014-0002

The purpose of this paper is to develop an understanding of entrepreneurship that can help researchers, policymakers and practitioners develop entrepreneurial responses to the current economic, environmental and socio-spatial crisis. Design/methodolo... Read More about Entrepreneurship as re-sourcing: Towards a new image of entrepreneurship in a time of financial, economic and socio-spatial crisis..

Experiences of high-growth technology firms in Malaysia and New Zealand. (2016)
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NG, P.Y. and HAMILTON, R.T. 2016. Experiences of high-growth technology firms in Malaysia and New Zealand. Technology analysis and strategic management [online], 28(8), pages 901-915. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2016.1180355

How do technology firms experience high growth and the support available from governments? This qualitative study explores the experiences of high-growth technology-based firms in Malaysia and New Zealand. Case studies were developed for eight high-g... Read More about Experiences of high-growth technology firms in Malaysia and New Zealand..

Diversification of seafarers' employability paths. (2016)
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ACOMI, N. and ACOMI, O. 2016. Diversification of seafarers' employability paths. European proceedings of the social and behavioural sciences: proceedings of 15th World lumen congress (WLC 2016), 12-17 April 2016, Lasi, Romania [online], 15, pages 21-27. Available from: https://doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2016.09.4.

Romania's admission following the extension of the EU and the globalisation of the maritime industry exposed Romanian employees to the maritime labour market. This market is characterised by increased competition determined by technological advanceme... Read More about Diversification of seafarers' employability paths..

Critique to pro-cyclical admission in maritime higher education. (2016)
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ACOMI, O. and ACOMI, N. 2016. Critique to pro-cyclical admission in maritime higher education. European proceedings of the social and behavioural sciences: proceedings of 15th World lumen congress (WLC 2016), 12-17 April 2016, Lasi, Romania [online], 15, pages 16-20. Available from: https://doi.org/10.15405/ejpsbs.2016.09.3

The paper represents a critical analysis of the options ahead of maritime universities in terms of number of students admitted, particularly in periods of industry downturns. The study refers to the global maritime industry and analyses the patterns... Read More about Critique to pro-cyclical admission in maritime higher education..

Modelling oil and gas stock returns using multi factor asset pricing model including oil price exposure. (2016)
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SANUSI, M.S. and AHMAD, F. 2016. Modelling oil and gas stock returns using multi factor asset pricing model including oil price exposure. Finance research letters [online], 18, pages 89-99. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2016.04.005

Oil and gas is one of the most important sectors in every economy and the valuation of oil and gas companies becomes quite challenging due to the volatility of crude oil price. The paper investigates the determinants of the UK oil and gas stock retur... Read More about Modelling oil and gas stock returns using multi factor asset pricing model including oil price exposure..

Assessing energy business cases implemented in the North Sea Region and strategy recommendations. (2016)
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XU, B., NAYAK, A., GRAY, D. and OUENNICHE, J. 2016. Assessing energy business cases implemented in the North Sea Region and strategy recommendations. Applied energy [online], 172, pages 360-371. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.03.110

e-harbours is a unique European project that was set out to identify viable energy business cases on the exploitation of energy flexibility, which optimise their operations to match energy demand and supply while taking account of the additional vola... Read More about Assessing energy business cases implemented in the North Sea Region and strategy recommendations..

The temporal nature of legitimation: the case of IFRS8. (2016)
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CRAWFORD, L., HELLIAR, C. and POWER, D. 2016. The temporal nature of legitimation: the case of IFRS8. Accounting in Europe [online], 13(1), pages 43-64. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/17449480.2016.1160136

Legitimation can operate on an episodic or continual basis [Suchman, M.C. (1995). Managing legitimacy: Strategic and institutional approaches. Academy of Management Review, 20(3), 571-610]. We examine the temporal legitimation of the International Ac... Read More about The temporal nature of legitimation: the case of IFRS8..

Volatility spillovers across stock index futures in Asian markets: evidence from range volatility estimators. (2016)
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YAROVAYA, L., BRZESZCZYNSKI, J. and LAU, C.K.M. 2016. Volatility spillovers across stock index futures in Asian markets: evidence from range volatility estimators. Finance research letters [online], 17, pages 158-166. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2016.03.005

This paper investigates the channels of volatility transmission across stock index futures in 6 major developed and emerging markets in Asia. We analyse whether the popular volatility spillovers tests are susceptible to the choice of range volatility... Read More about Volatility spillovers across stock index futures in Asian markets: evidence from range volatility estimators..

Dynamic capacity planning using strategic slack valuation. (2016)
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BUNN, D.W. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2016. Dynamic capacity planning using strategic slack valuation. European journal of operational research [online], 253(1), pages 40-50. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2016.02.013

In this paper we analyze a particular aspect of capacity planning that is concerned with the active trading of production facilities. For a homogenous product market we provide a theoretical rationale for the valuation and trading of these assets bas... Read More about Dynamic capacity planning using strategic slack valuation..

Challenging masculinity in CSR disclosures: silencing of women's voices in Tanzania's mining industry. (2016)
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LAUWO, S. 2018. Challenging masculinity in CSR disclosures: silencing of women's voices in Tanzania's mining industry. Journal of business ethics [online], 149(3), pages 689-706. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3047-4

This paper presents a feminist analysis of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in a male-dominated industry within a developing country context. It seeks to raise awareness of the silencing of women's voices in CSR reports produced by mining compan... Read More about Challenging masculinity in CSR disclosures: silencing of women's voices in Tanzania's mining industry..

Recursive expected conditional value at risk in the fleet renewal problem with alternative fuel vehicles. (2016)
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ANSARIPOOR, A.H., OLIVEIRA, F.S. and LIRET, A. 2016. Recursive expected conditional value at risk in the fleet renewal problem with alternative fuel vehicles. Transportation research part C: emerging technologies [online], 65, pages 156-171. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2015.12.010

We study the fleet portfolio management problem faced by a firm deciding which alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) to choose for its fleet to minimise the weighted average of cost and risk, in a stochastic multi-period setting. We consider different typ... Read More about Recursive expected conditional value at risk in the fleet renewal problem with alternative fuel vehicles..

Moral legitimacy: the struggle of homeopathy in the NHS. (2016)
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CRAWFORD, L. 2016. Moral legitimacy: the struggle of homeopathy in the NHS. Bioethics [online], 30(2), pages 85-95. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12227

This article deploys a well-established theoretical model from the accountability literature to the domain of bioethics. Specifically, homeopathy is identified as a controversial industry and the strategic action of advocates to secure moral legitima... Read More about Moral legitimacy: the struggle of homeopathy in the NHS..