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The role of guanxi in Chinese entrepreneurship. (2007)
Journal Article
LEE, E.Y.-C. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2007. The role of guanxi in Chinese entrepreneurship. Journal of Asia entrepreneurship and sustainability [online], 3(3), pages 38-51. Available from: http://www.asiaentrepreneurshipjournal.com/AJESIII3All.pdf

Although networks are widely recognised as improving entrepreneurial performance, China which is seen as a traditional Confucian society, has a unique form of networking, guanxi - special relationships. These guanxi networks were seen as a social mea... Read More about The role of guanxi in Chinese entrepreneurship..

Recognizing meaning: semiotics in entrepreneurial research. (2007)
Other
SMITH, R. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2007. Recognizing meaning: semiotics in entrepreneurial research. In Neergaard, H. and Ulhøi, J.P. (eds.) Handbook of qualitative research methods in entrepreneurship. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, chapter 7, pages 169-192.

Entrepreneurship is a process which involves discontinuity and change; entrepreneurs create disequilibria and exploit the resulting change. Thus, entrepreneurship is in essence change. This fundamental characteristic of entrepreneurship makes it diff... Read More about Recognizing meaning: semiotics in entrepreneurial research..

Daring to be different: a dialogue on the problems of getting qualitative research published. (2007)
Other
SMITH, R. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2007. Daring to be different: a dialogue on the problems of getting qualitative research published. In Neergaard, H. and Ulhøi, J.P. (eds.) Handbook of qualitative research methods in entrepreneurship. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, chapter 17, pages 434-459.

Qualitative methodologies continue to proliferate in social sciences such as sociology and anthropology. Yet, despite this uptake they currently exist on the margins of entrepreneurship research. Indeed, Rae (2001) criticised entrepreneurship researc... Read More about Daring to be different: a dialogue on the problems of getting qualitative research published..

Factors impacting on technology acceptance for the micro/SME electronics retailer. (2007)
Thesis
CONNON, N.G. 2007. Factors impacting on technology acceptance for the micro/SME electronics retailer. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The UK micro/SME (known here as SME) retail sector is very important to the economic well being of the country. Its ability to generate jobs as well as income makes it a key part of the drive towards economic growth, and as such it is supported by go... Read More about Factors impacting on technology acceptance for the micro/SME electronics retailer..

Reflecting on the relationship between standardized admissions, academic expectations and diverse student cohorts in postgraduate taught business and management programmes. (2007)
Journal Article
TURNER, Y. 2007. Reflecting on the relationship between standardized admissions, academic expectations and diverse student cohorts in postgraduate taught business and management programmes. International journal of management education, 6(1), pages 7-13.

This paper discusses the relationship between admissions approaches which rely exclusively upon standard academic criteria to select students for Business and Management programmes and classroom diversity. It draws on a small-scale research project c... Read More about Reflecting on the relationship between standardized admissions, academic expectations and diverse student cohorts in postgraduate taught business and management programmes..

Business to business online revenue management. (2007)
Book Chapter
OLIVEIRA, F. and RANA, R. 2008. Business to business online revenue management. In Voudouris, C., Owusu, G., Dorne, R. and Lesaint, D. (eds.) Service chain management: technology innovation for the service business. Berlin: Springer [online], chapter 17, pages 239-250. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75504-3_17

With the emergence of the Internet, electronic commerce (e-commerce), revenue management and especially applications that combine both are becoming increasingly an area of innovation for service industries. E-commerce has introduced efficiencies acro... Read More about Business to business online revenue management..

Shareholder wealth gains through better corporate governance: the case of European LBO transactions. (2007)
Journal Article
ANDRES, C., BETZER, A. and WEIR, C. 2007. Shareholder wealth gains through better corporate governance: the case of European LBO transactions. Financial markets and portfolio management [online], 21(4), pages 403-424. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11408-007-0061-7

We examine shareholder wealth effects in a heterogeneous sample of 115 European leveraged going private transactions from 1997 to 2005. Average abnormal returns as reaction to the LBO announcement amount to 24.20%. In cross-sectional regressions, we... Read More about Shareholder wealth gains through better corporate governance: the case of European LBO transactions..

Reading the fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen and the novels of Horatio Alger as proto-entrepreneurial narrative. (2007)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. and NEERGAARD, H. 2007. Reading the fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen and the novels of Horatio Alger as proto-entrepreneurial narrative. Bridge: journal of the Danish American Heritage Society, 30(2).

Once upon a time, long ago, in the slums of Odense in the State of Denmark, there lived a poor boy whose ambition it was to write stories. His name was Hans Christian Andersen, a cobbler's son. As a boy, Hans was noticebly different from other boys,... Read More about Reading the fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen and the novels of Horatio Alger as proto-entrepreneurial narrative..

The moral space in entrepreneurship: an exploration of ethical imperatives and the moral legitimacy of being enterprising. (2007)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R. and SMITH, R. 2007. The moral space in entrepreneurship: an exploration of ethical imperatives and the moral legitimacy of being enterprising. Entrepreneurship and regional development [online], 19(6), pages 479-497. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/08985620701672377

This paper explores the morality associated with entrepreneurship. It has been argued that there is no moral space in entrepreneurship, but such instrumental views may miss out much of the nature of enterprise and how it is understood. Consequently w... Read More about The moral space in entrepreneurship: an exploration of ethical imperatives and the moral legitimacy of being enterprising..

Special issue: listening to voices from the margins of entrepreneurship: introduction. (2007)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. 2007. Special issue: listening to voices from the margins of entrepreneurship: introduction. International journal of entrepreneurship and innovation [online], 8(4), pages 245-250. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5367/000000007782433240

This special issue is concerned with entrepreneurial activities that occur at the ‘margins of entrepreneurship’. Traditionally, many entrepreneurs have emerged from pariah groups at the margins of individual societies. Moreover, it would appear that... Read More about Special issue: listening to voices from the margins of entrepreneurship: introduction..

Sense making and sense giving: using visitor narratives to understand the impact of visitor interactions on destination image. (2007)
Thesis
GUTHRIE, C.M. 2007. Sense making and sense giving: using visitor narratives to understand the impact of visitor interactions on destination image. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Destination image is acknowledged as a key factor in destination choice and visitor satisfaction. However, despite thirty years research from a variety of perspectives into destination image and image formation, the impact of actual visitation has be... Read More about Sense making and sense giving: using visitor narratives to understand the impact of visitor interactions on destination image..

The dynamics of upward communication in organisations. (2007)
Thesis
TOURISH, N. 2007. The dynamics of upward communication in organisations. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This study has researched the dynamics of upward communication within organisations through the rubric of ingratiation theory (Jones, 1964) and impression management (Goffman, 1955). Upward communication was explored via in-depth case studies, in a h... Read More about The dynamics of upward communication in organisations..

Agent-based analysis of technological diversification and specialization in electricity markets. (2007)
Journal Article
BUNN, D.W. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2007. Agent-based analysis of technological diversification and specialization in electricity markets. European journal of operational research [online], 181(3), pages 1265-1278. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2005.11.056

This paper develops a model-based analysis of technological market structure evolution in electricity markets. This is done through the development of a power plant trading game that, via computational learning, simulates how players coordinate their... Read More about Agent-based analysis of technological diversification and specialization in electricity markets..

Mumpsimus and the mything of the individualistic entrepreneur. (2007)
Journal Article
DRAKOPOULOU DODD, S. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2007. Mumpsimus and the mything of the individualistic entrepreneur. International small business journal: researching entrepreneurship [online], 25(4), pages 341-360. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242607078561

The purpose of this article is to explore the persistence, in the face of considerable evidence to the contrary, of the notion that entrepreneurship is a purely individualistic practice. It may be that taking account of the dynamics of social conditi... Read More about Mumpsimus and the mything of the individualistic entrepreneur..

Irrevocable commitments, going private and private equity. (2007)
Journal Article
WRIGHT, M., WEIR, C. and BURROWS, A. 2007. Irrevocable commitments, going private and private equity. European financial management [online], 13(4), pages 757-775. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-036X.2007.00382.x

This paper adds to growing interest in public to private buy-outs and mechanisms to ensure bid success. Using a unique, hand-collected dataset of 155 public to private buy-outs we provide one of the first examinations of the determinants of irrevocab... Read More about Irrevocable commitments, going private and private equity..

An application of EDA and GA to dynamic pricing. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SHAKYA, S., OLIVEIRA, F. and OWUSU, G. 2007. An application of EDA and GA to dynamic pricing. In Proceedings of the 9th Annual conference on genetic and evolutionary computation (GECCO '07), 7-11 July 2007, London, UK. New York: ACM [online], pages 585-592. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/1276958.1277078

E-commerce has transformed the way firms develop their pricing strategies, producing shift away from fixed pricing to dynamic pricing. In this paper, we use two different Estimation of distribution algorithms (EDAs), a Genetic Algorithm (GA) and a Si... Read More about An application of EDA and GA to dynamic pricing..

The European Commission and the public governance of interest groups in the European Union: seeking a niche between accreditation and laissez-faire. (2007)
Journal Article
GREENWOOD, J. and HALPIN, D. 2007. The European Commission and the public governance of interest groups in the European Union: seeking a niche between accreditation and laissez-faire. Perspectives on European politics and society [online], 8(2), pages 189-210. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/15705850701322541

As interest groups participate in public policy, so demands arise for the regulation of their input. These vary between purposeful laissez-faire, and accreditation in return for norm observance, with attempts to find points between these often focusi... Read More about The European Commission and the public governance of interest groups in the European Union: seeking a niche between accreditation and laissez-faire..

Entrepreneurial social capital: conceptualizing social capital in new high-tech firms. (2007)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A., PARK, J. and JACK, S. 2007. Entrepreneurial social capital: conceptualizing social capital in new high-tech firms. International small business journal: researching entrepreneurship [online], 25(3), pages 245-272. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242607076526

Although the literature on social capital has increased dramatically in recent years, concerns have been raised about the expanse of applications of the term, diversity of constructs, definitions and variety of analyses. The purpose of this article i... Read More about Entrepreneurial social capital: conceptualizing social capital in new high-tech firms..

Culture, change and individual differences in the Scottish episcopal church. (2007)
Thesis
BROWN, M.L. 2007. Culture, change and individual differences in the Scottish episcopal church. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

There is continuing interest in religion and spirituality in Britain, although membership of mainstream churches is declining. Perceived secularisation of contemporary British society, together with increasing competition from New Age movements, is c... Read More about Culture, change and individual differences in the Scottish episcopal church..

The impact of organisational complexity in the strategy development process. (2007)
Book Chapter
CALDART, A.A. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2007. The impact of organisational complexity in the strategy development process. In Dyson, R.G. and O'Brien, F.A. (eds.) Supporting strategy: frameworks, methods and models. Chichester, Wiley, chapter 8, pages 191-210.

In the first chapter of this book, it was stated that there is a set of characteristics that lead towards a decision being labelled as a strategic one. One of these characteristics is the complexity and inter-relatedness of the organisational context... Read More about The impact of organisational complexity in the strategy development process..