All Outputs (26)

How green is children's television? (2013)
Journal Article
OATES, C. J., MCDONALD, S., BLADES, M. and LAING, A. 2013. How green is children's television? Social business [online], 3(1), pages 37-45. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1362/204440813X13645551140991

Purpose To meet stated waste reduction goals, the UK government via Defra (Department for environment, farming and rural affairs) is attempting to reduce household mainstream waste. One approach is to encourage children in environmentally-friendly be... Read More about How green is children's television?.

The rise of illicit rural enterprise within the farming industry: a viewpoint. (2013)
Journal Article
SMITH, R., LAING, A. and MCELWEE, G. 2013. The rise of illicit rural enterprise within the farming industry: a viewpoint. International journal of agricultural management [online], 2(4), pages 185-188. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5836/ijam/2013-04-01

In this viewpoint article we seek to make the farming community aware of the increasing presence of organised criminals and crime within the farming community. In the past decade there has been a discernible rise in the level of organized criminality... Read More about The rise of illicit rural enterprise within the farming industry: a viewpoint..

Trust formation processes in innovative collaborations: networking as knowledge building practices. (2013)
Journal Article
HARDWICK, J., ANDERSON, A.R. and CRUICKSHANK, D. 2013. Trust formation processes in innovative collaborations: networking as knowledge building practices. European journal of innovation management [online], 16(1), pages 4-21. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/14601061311292832

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the practices and processes of trust building and use in collaborative networking for product innovation and to compare face to face with virtual networking. Design/methodology/approach – Guided by a... Read More about Trust formation processes in innovative collaborations: networking as knowledge building practices..

Contract design and supply chain coordination in the electricity industry. (2013)
Journal Article
OLIVEIRA, F.S., RUIZ, C. and CONEJO, A.J. 2013. Contract design and supply chain coordination in the electricity industry. European journal of operational research [online], 227(3), pages 527-537. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.01.003

In this article we propose a model of the supply chain in electricity markets with multiple generators and retailers and considering several market structures. We analyze how market design interacts with the different types of contract and market str... Read More about Contract design and supply chain coordination in the electricity industry..

From admiration to abhorrence: the contentious appeal of entrepreneurship across Europe. (2013)
Journal Article
DODD, S.D., JACK, S. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2013. From admiration to abhorrence: the contentious appeal of entrepreneurship across Europe. Entrepreneurship and regional development [online], 25(1-2), pages 69-89. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2012.746878

Although entrepreneurship seems to offer a universal economic solution, there are some doubts about whether it is universally attractive. We argue that entrepreneurship is a socially constructed concept and consequently the meanings, and hence the ap... Read More about From admiration to abhorrence: the contentious appeal of entrepreneurship across Europe..

Confronting social constructions of rural criminality: a case story on 'illegal pluriactivity' in the farming community. (2013)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. and MCELWEE, G. 2013. Confronting social constructions of rural criminality: a case story on 'illegal pluriactivity' in the farming community. Sociologia ruralis [online], 53(1), pages 112-134. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9523.2012.00580.x

The accepted social construction of the rural criminal is that of the (alien) urban marauder. In this social script the farmer is presented as the victim of crime. Traditionally, farmers enjoy high levels of social esteem and rarely are they vilified... Read More about Confronting social constructions of rural criminality: a case story on 'illegal pluriactivity' in the farming community..