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Rural enterprise in Mexico: a case of necessity diversification. (2015)
Journal Article
BOSWORTH, G., MCELWEE, G. and SMITH, R. 2015. Rural enterprise in Mexico: a case of necessity diversification. Journal of enterprising communities: people and places in the global economy [online], 9(4), pages 327-343. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEC-05-2014-0006

This paper aims to consider the challenges facing small rural businesses in Mexico in their efforts to be enterprising and sustainable when confronted with severe exogenous pressures. Extant literature on farm diversification has a developed economy... Read More about Rural enterprise in Mexico: a case of necessity diversification..

Collaboration: ideas from the construction industry? (2015)
Other
CHRISTIE, D. 2015. Collaboration: ideas from the construction industry? Energy voice [online], 9 October 2015. Available from: https://www.energyvoice.com/opinion/90045/opinion-collaboration-ideas-from-the-construction-industry/

During the current difficult period faced by the UKCS oil and gas industry, collaboration between the various parties in the offshore industry has been identified as one of the key factors in ensuring that the oil and gas output from the UKCS is maxi... Read More about Collaboration: ideas from the construction industry?.

The economic reification of entrepreneurship: re-engaging with the social. (2015)
Book Chapter
ANDERSON, A.R. 2016. The economic reification of entrepreneurship: re-engaging with the social. In Fayolle, A. and Riot, P. (eds.) Rethinking entrepreneurship: debating research orientations. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 4, pages 44-56. Available at: https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138802537

Growth and development at personal, firm and national levels are all, quite properly, attributed to entrepreneurship. However, the importance of these entrepreneurial outcomes has shaped how we perceive entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial concept.... Read More about The economic reification of entrepreneurship: re-engaging with the social..

Beyond choice: 'thick' volunteering and the case of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. (2015)
Journal Article
O'TOOLE, M. and GREY, C. 2016. Beyond choice: 'thick' volunteering and the case of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Human relations [online], 69(1), pages 85-109. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726715580156

This article problematizes the dominant assumption in the literature on volunteer work that it is undertaken primarily as a matter of individual choice. Using findings from a qualitative study of volunteers at the not-for-profit organization, the Roy... Read More about Beyond choice: 'thick' volunteering and the case of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution..

RiCORE project novel technology selection. (2015)
Report
MASCARENHAS, P., BALD, J., MENCHACA, I., O'HAGAN, A.M. and SIMAS, T. 2015. RiCORE project novel technology selection. Aberdeen: RiCORE Project [online]. Available from: http://ricore-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/D3-2-RiCORE_Novel_Technology_Selection-encrypt.pdf

This report compiles and inventory of technology types (within the tidal, wave and offshore wind categories) that the RiCORE project considers when providing recommendations and guidelines in favour of implementing a risk-based consenting approach fo... Read More about RiCORE project novel technology selection..

Economic assessment of biomass gasification technology in providing sustainable electricity in Nigerian rural areas. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
GARBA, A. and KISHK, M. 2015. Economic assessment of biomass gasification technology in providing sustainable electricity in Nigerian rural areas. In Proceedings of the 1st International sustainable ecological engineering design for society conference 2015 (SEEDS): healthy, energy efficient buildings and spaces, 17-18 September 2015, Leeds, UK. Leeds: Leeds Beckett University [online], pages 281-292. Available from: https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/as/cebe/seeds/seeds2015_proceedings.pdf

Renewable Energy Technologies (RET) in general, and biomass source in particular, remains one of the means of providing sustainable electricity to rural areas in developing countries. This is because of its strategic value in identifying when and whe... Read More about Economic assessment of biomass gasification technology in providing sustainable electricity in Nigerian rural areas..

Matching experiential learning style with entrepreneurial opportunities: a framework. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
KAKOURIS, A., FULFORD, H. and LIARGOVAS, P. 2015. Matching experiential learning style with entrepreneurial opportunities: a framework. In Dameri, R.P., Garelli, R. and Resta, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 10th European conference on innovation and entrepreneurship (ECIE 2015), 17-18 September 2015, Genoa, Italy. Sonning Common: Academic Conferences and Publishing International, pages 836-839.

In the present conceptual article, we draw upon the notions of entreprenteurial opportunity and learning style to discuss a research question, and the corresponding theoretical framework, for an online experiment. The research question concerns how i... Read More about Matching experiential learning style with entrepreneurial opportunities: a framework..

Intra- and inter-regional return and volatility spillovers across emerging and developed markets: evidence from stock indices and stock index futures. (2015)
Journal Article
YAROVAYA, L., BRZESZCZYNSKI, J. and LAU, C.K.M. 2016. Intra- and inter-regional return and volatility spillovers across emerging and developed markets: evidence from stock indices and stock index futures. International review of financial analysis [online], 43, pages 96-114. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2015.09.004

We provide empirical evidence on the patterns of intra- and inter-regional transmission of information across 10 developed and 11 emerging markets in Asia, the Americas, Europe and Africa using both stock indices and stock index futures. The main tra... Read More about Intra- and inter-regional return and volatility spillovers across emerging and developed markets: evidence from stock indices and stock index futures..

We can tell them to get lost, but we won't do that: cultural control and resistance in voluntary work. (2015)
Journal Article
O'TOOLE, M. and GREY, C. 2016. We can tell them to get lost, but we won't do that: cultural control and resistance in voluntary work. Organization studies [online], 37(1), pages 55-75. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840615604507

Although cultural control and resistance in organizations have been widely researched, this has invariably been within the context of paid work. This paper examines how they operate within voluntary work, using the case of the Royal National Lifeboat... Read More about We can tell them to get lost, but we won't do that: cultural control and resistance in voluntary work..

Enterprise education with Chinese characteristics; policy, practices and uneven development in PRC. (2015)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R. and ZHANG, X. 2015. Enterprise education with Chinese characteristics: policy, practices and uneven development in PRC. Journal of entrepreneurship in emerging economies [online], 7(3), pages 276-292. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEEE-12-2014-0047

Purpose: The paper aims to review the emergence and nature of entrepreneurship education in China. This paper considers the variability of developments in practices despite policy. In turn, this allows one to consider the implications of this uneven... Read More about Enterprise education with Chinese characteristics; policy, practices and uneven development in PRC..

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..