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The experiences of former UK military personnel re-entering the civilian world. (2016)
Thesis
CADDICK, D.J. 2016. The experiences of former UK military personnel re-entering the civilian world. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The Experiences of Former UK Military Personnel re-entering the Civilian World. This thesis focuses on the experiences of former UK military personnel from all three armed services re-entering the civilian workplace. There is a distinct lack of resea... Read More about The experiences of former UK military personnel re-entering the civilian world..

A new future for social security: response to the consultation document. (2016)
Report
SPICKER, P. 2016. A new future for social security: response to the consultation document. In Scottish Government. Consultation on social security in Scotland. Edinburgh: Scottish Government [online], response ID 500312666. Available from: https://consult.gov.scot/social-security/social-security-in-scotland/consultation/view_respondent?_b_index=420&uuId=500312666

This submission covers genearl issues related to the statement of principles, broader issues of policy and general administrative arrangements. The main points are these: 1) The aims of benefit systems are complex. Oversimplification threatens to com... Read More about A new future for social security: response to the consultation document..

Time allocation and performance: the case of Chinese entrepreneurs. (2016)
Journal Article
TALAVERA, O., WEIR, C. and XIONG, L. 2017. Time allocation and performance: the case of Chinese entrepreneurs. International journal of the economics of business [online], 24(1), pages 27-51. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13571516.2016.1199458

This paper analyses the effect of time allocation on the financial performance of entrepreneurial firms. We apply the Lewbel estimator to a pooled data set of Chinese private manufacturing firms that are managed by their owners. Time is allocated bet... Read More about Time allocation and performance: the case of Chinese entrepreneurs..

How to recognise a kick: a cognitive task analysis of drillers' situation awareness during well operations. (2016)
Journal Article
ROBERTS, R., FLIN, R. and CLELAND, J. 2016. How to recognise a kick: a cognitive task analysis of drillers' situation awareness during well operations. Journal of loss prevention in the process industries [online], 43, pages 503-513. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2016.07.003

Purpose: The ability to monitor and detect anomalous changes in an oil well is a fundamental aspect of an offshore driller's job, so as to maintain well control, the safety of the surrounding rig and minimize risk. Drillers are required to have a hig... Read More about How to recognise a kick: a cognitive task analysis of drillers' situation awareness during well operations..

Entrepreneurship as a community phenomenon: reconnecting meanings and place. (2016)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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?.

RiCORE project expert workshop 4 report. (2016)
Report
GRINNALL, A. 2016. RiCORE project expert workshop 4 report. Aberdeen: RiCORE Project [online]. Available from: http://ricore-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/RiCORE-D5-3-Workshop-4-Report-Final.pdf

This report reviews the outcomes of the fourth workshop organised as part of the RiCORE project, which took place in Cork on 12th April 2016. This workshop confirmed the issues addressed by the project and established next steps to be taken during th... Read More about RiCORE project expert workshop 4 report..

A comparative analysis of risk-return characteristics between Sukuk (Islamic bonds) and conventional bonds. (2016)
Thesis
SHALHOOB, H.S. 2016. A comparative analysis of risk-return characteristics between Sukuk (Islamic bonds) and conventional bonds. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Sukuk are an important mode of financing in the Islamic financial system. As usury (interest) is prohibited in Islam, conventional bonds are not suitable for investors in Islamic countries. Since their launch in the 1980s, Sukuk have gained recogniti... Read More about A comparative analysis of risk-return characteristics between Sukuk (Islamic bonds) and conventional bonds..

Pre-consent survey guidance. (2016)
Report
BALD, J., BENNET, F., CULLOCH, R., SIMAS, T. and MASCARENHAS, P. 2016. Pre-consent survey guidance. Aberdeen: RiCORE Project [online]. Available from: http://ricore-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/RiCORE-D4-4-Pre-Consent-Survey-Guidance-Final.pdf

This report provides advice for whether or not (and to what extent in terms of data volume) pre-consent surveys are required during the creation of offshore renewable energy projects. This comes as part of the RiCORE project, which aimed to promote t... Read More about Pre-consent survey guidance..

Guidance on effective adaptive management and post-consent monitoring strategies. (2016)
Report
BENNET, F., CULLOCH, R. and TAIT, A. 2016. Guidance on effective adaptive management and post-consent monitoring strategies. Aberdeen: RiCORE Project [online]. Available from: http://ricore-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/RiCORE-D5-2D5-4-Adaptive-Management-and-Post-Consent-Monitoring-Strategies-Final.pdf

This report considers policy approaches and scientific methods of relevance to post-consent monitoring. The aim is to help decision makers become better informed by cost-effectively reducing the scientific uncertainties associated with the impacts of... Read More about Guidance on effective adaptive management and post-consent monitoring strategies..

No through road: a critical examination of researcher assumptions and approaches to researching sustainability. (2016)
Book Chapter
MCDONALD, S., OATES, C.J. and ALEVIZOU, P.J. 2016. No through road: a critical examination of researcher assumptions and approaches to researching sustainability. In Malhotra, N.K. (ed.) Marketing in and for a sustainable society. Review of marketing research, 13. Bingley: Emerald [online], pages 139-168. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1548-643520160000013014

Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which academic researchers frame and conduct sustainability research and to ask to what extent we are limited by these frames. Methodology/approach-Our approach is based on an epistemologica... Read More about No through road: a critical examination of researcher assumptions and approaches to researching sustainability..

Economics as practical wisdom. (2016)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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..

Risk-based approaches for consenting according to technology profile recommendations. (2016)
Presentation / Conference
MASCARENHAS, P., BENNET, F. and BALD, J. 2016. Risk-based approaches for consenting according to technology profile recommendations. Presented at the 11th European Union Sustainable Energy Week conference (EUSEW 2016), 14-17 June 2016, Brussels, Belgium.

This presentation outlines the findings of the third work package of the RiCORE project, focusing on the comparison of novel technologies and the development of risk profiling.

Pre- and post-consenting environmental surveys. (2016)
Presentation / Conference
SIMAS, T. and BENNET, F. 2016. Pre- and post-consenting environmental surveys. Presented at the 11th European Union Sustainable Energy Week conference (EUSEW 2016), 14-17 June 2016, Brussels, Belgium.

This presentation outlines the findings of the fourth- and fifth work packages of the RiCORE project, focusing on environmental surveys before and after the consenting process, and applying an adaptive management approach.

RiCORE introduction. (2016)
Presentation / Conference
GRAY, D. 2016. RiCORE introduction. Presented at the 11th European Union Sustainable Energy Week conference (EUSEW 2016), 14-17 June 2016, Brussels, Belgium.

This presentation gives an introduction to the context and purpose of the RiCORE project, which aimed to promote the successful development of offshore renewable energy in the European Union, by streamlining the processes involved in creating offshor... Read More about RiCORE introduction..

Profiling Member State consenting processes and reconciling EU legal requirements. (2016)
Presentation / Conference
O'HAGAN, A.M., LE LIEVRE, C., CULLOCH, R. and BENNET, F. 2016. Profiling Member State consenting processes and reconciling EU legal requirements. Presented at the 11th European Union Sustainable Energy Week conference (EUSEW 2016), 14-17 June 2016, Brussels, Belgium.

This presentation outlines the findings of the second work package of the RiCORE project, focusing on understanding and comparing existing EU Member State consenting processes for offshore renewable energy projects.

Legal feasibility of implementing a risk-based approach to MRE consenting and compatibility with Natura 2000 network. (2016)
Report
LE LIÈVRE, C., O'HAGAN, A.M., CULLOCH, R., BENNET, F. and BROADBENT, I. 2016. Legal feasibility of implementing a risk-based approach to MRE consenting and compatibility with Natura 2000 network. Aberdeen: RiCORE Project [online]. Available from: http://ricore-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/RICORE-D2-3D2-4-Legal-feasibility-Final-1.pdf

This report considers and advances recommendations for the development of a risk-based approach to determining what information and data are required to support the consenting process and the post-consent and post-deployment monitoring phases through... Read More about Legal feasibility of implementing a risk-based approach to MRE consenting and compatibility with Natura 2000 network..

The European Parliament as a developing legislature: coming of age in trilogues? (2016)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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..