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The communication consequences of downsizing trust, loyalty and commitment. (2003)
Book Chapter
TOURISH, D. and HARGIE, O., 2004. The communication consequences of downsizing trust, loyalty and commitment. In Tourish, D. and Hargie, O. (eds.) Key issues in organizational communication. London: Routledge [online], chapter 2, pages 17-36. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203634394-8

Researchers have increasingly argued that much of mainstream management practice is characterized by the enthusiastic adoption of fads (for example, Shapiro, 1995; Jackson, 2001). Managers embark on radical programmes of restructuring that throw thei... Read More about The communication consequences of downsizing trust, loyalty and commitment..

The crisis of management and the role of organizational communication. (2003)
Book Chapter
TOURISH, D. and HARGIE, O. 2004. The crisis of management and the role of organizational communication. In Tourish, D. and Hargie, O. (eds.) Key issues in organizational communication. London: Routledge [online], chapter 1, pages 1-16. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203634394-7

What does the future hold for the theory and practice of management? What role, if any, is there for organisational communication in these deliberations? Exactly which aspects of communication contribute centrally to the core of corporate practice? T... Read More about The crisis of management and the role of organizational communication..

Trade associations, change and the new activism. (2003)
Book Chapter
GREENWOOD, J. 2003. Trade associations, change and the new activism. In John, S. and Thomson, S. (eds.). New activism and the corporate response. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan [online], pages 49-65. Available from: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9781403903112

There is a breakdown of trust and a corresponding rise in corrosive cynicism in both corporate activity and in mainstream politics. Trust is the cement in the relationship between institutions and civil society. When trust breaks down, civil society... Read More about Trade associations, change and the new activism..

Evaluating individual market power in electricity markets via agent-based simulation. (2003)
Journal Article
BUNN, D.W. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2003. Evaluating individual market power in electricity markets via agent-based simulation. Annals of operations research [online], 121(1-4), pages 57-77. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023399017816

We use agent-based simulation in a coordination game to analyse the possibility of market power abuse in a competitive electricity market. The context of this was a real application to the England and Wales electricity market as part of a Competition... Read More about Evaluating individual market power in electricity markets via agent-based simulation..

The analysis, presentation and sustainability of a past Northeast of Scotland 'way of life' through video capture. [Dataset] (2003)
Data
CARNEY, D. 2003. The analysis, presentation and sustainability of a past Northeast of Scotland 'way of life' through video capture. [Dataset]

These outputs were submitted as part of Don Carney's thesis, examining the socio-cultural environment of the northeast of Scotland, from Aberdeen to Cabrach and from Portsoy to Laurencekirk. The thesis investigates and visualised aspects of the regio... Read More about The analysis, presentation and sustainability of a past Northeast of Scotland 'way of life' through video capture. [Dataset].

The analysis, presentation and sustainability of a past Northeast of Scotland 'way of life' through video capture. (2003)
Thesis
CARNEY, D. 2003. The analysis, presentation and sustainability of a past Northeast of Scotland 'way of life' through video capture. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The research upon which the outputs submitted as part of this thesis are based examines the socio-cultural environment of the Northeast of Scotland, from Aberdeen to Cabrach and from Portsoy to Laurencekirk. In total, five hundred and twenty hours of... Read More about The analysis, presentation and sustainability of a past Northeast of Scotland 'way of life' through video capture..

The development of strategies for interdisciplinary collaboration from within the visual arts. (2003)
Thesis
SCOPA, K. 2003. The development of strategies for interdisciplinary collaboration from within the visual arts. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The current cultural climate is stimulating an increasing interest in, and need for, collaboration throughout many fields of practice. Collaborative methods of art production are evident across a range of contemporary visual art practices and opportu... Read More about The development of strategies for interdisciplinary collaboration from within the visual arts..

Facilitating DL-based hybrid reasoning with inference fusion. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HU, B., ARANA, I. and COMPATANGELO, E. 2003. Facilitating DL-based hybrid reasoning with inference fusion. Knowledge-based systems [online], 16(5-6): proceedings of the 22nd British Computer Society Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence (SGAI) international conference on knowledge-based systems and applied artificial intelligence (ES2002), 10-12 December 2002, Cambridge, UK, pages 253-260. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0950-7051(03)00026-1

We present an extension to DL-based taxonomic reasoning by means of inference fusion, i.e. the dynamic combination of inferences from distributed heterogeneous reasoners. Our approach integrates results from a DL-based system with results from a cons... Read More about Facilitating DL-based hybrid reasoning with inference fusion..

The legal content of partnering arrangements in the construction industry. (2003)
Journal Article
BEGG, P.D. 2003. The legal content of partnering arrangements in the construction industry. Scottish law and practice quarterly, 8(3), pages 179-196.

Successive reports into the construction industry have increasingly emphasised the importance of developing relationships based on trust between the contracting parties. This has led to the development of the co-operative arrangement called partnerin... Read More about The legal content of partnering arrangements in the construction industry..

The use of the Internet by candidates as part of their campaign for election to the Scottish Parliament in 2003. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARCELLA, R., BAXTER, G. and SMITH, S. 2003. The use of the Internet by candidates as part of their campaign for election to the Scottish Parliament in 2003. Presented at the 1st International politics and information systems: technologies and applications conference (PISTA'03), 31 July - 2 August 2003, Orlando, USA.

This paper reports the preliminary results of a study which investigated the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by political parties and individual candidates as part of their campaign for election to the Scottish Parliament. Tw... Read More about The use of the Internet by candidates as part of their campaign for election to the Scottish Parliament in 2003..

A comparison of various approaches for using probabilistic dependencies in language modeling. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BRUZA, P. and SONG, D. 2003. A comparison of various approaches for using probabilistic dependencies in language modeling. In Proceedings of the 26th Annual international Association of Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (ACM SIGIR) conference on research and development in information retrieval (SIGIR'03), 28 July - 1 August 2003, Toronto, Canada. New York: ACM [online], pages 419-420. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/860435.860530

The goals of this article is to study several estimates of relevance models which will be computed based on differing approaches for incorporating term dependency information. In this way, we hope to shed light on the relative merits of term dependen... Read More about A comparison of various approaches for using probabilistic dependencies in language modeling..

Anti-cancer drug interaction with cytochrome P450 CYP1B1. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MCFADYEN, M.C.E., MELVIN, W.T. and MURRAY, G.I. 2003. Anti-cancer drug interaction with cytochrome P450 CYP1B1. Presented at the 2003 British cancer research meeting (BCRM 2003), 2-5 July 2003, Bournemouth, UK.

One mechanism potentially amenable to chemotherapeutic intervention involves cytochrome P450 CYP1B1. Our research has established the concept of over-expression of individual forms of cytochrome P450 - in particular CYP1B1 - in a range of solid tumou... Read More about Anti-cancer drug interaction with cytochrome P450 CYP1B1..

Conforming non-conformists: semiotic manifestations of an entrepreneurial identity. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SMITH, R. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2003. Conforming non-conformists: semiotic manifestations of an entrepreneurial identity. In Bygrave, W.D., Brush, C.G., Davidsson, P., Fiet, J., Greene, P.G., Harrison, R.T., Lerner, M., Meyer, G.D., Sohl, J. and Zacharakis, A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 23rd Babson College entrepreneurship research conference (BCERC 2003), 4-8 June 2003. Babson Park, USA. Babson Park: Babson College [online]. Available from: http://fusionmx.babson.edu/entrep/fer/BABSON2003/VII/VII-S14/VII-S14.html

Existing research has exposed the role of myth and metaphor in the social construction of entrepreneurship. This study considers the physical images portrayed, an appreciation of which presents a useful additional dimension in understanding the entre... Read More about Conforming non-conformists: semiotic manifestations of an entrepreneurial identity..

The managed entry of new drugs into a National Health Service: a case study for Malta. (2003)
Thesis
BONANNO, P.V. 2003. The managed entry of new drugs into a National Health Service: a case study for Malta. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The research question was to determine if it is possible to develop a systematic approach to the managed entry of new drugs into a National Health Service( NHS), using Malta as a case study. In early 1999, Malta had major problems with the managed en... Read More about The managed entry of new drugs into a National Health Service: a case study for Malta..

School-based drug education in Northeast Scotland: policy, planning and practice. (2003)
Thesis
FITZGERALD, N. 2003. School-based drug education in Northeast Scotland: policy, planning and practice. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This research utilised qualitative methods to gain a deeper insight into the policy, planning and practice of school-based drug education than had previously been achieved in Scotland. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with staff in nine Gr... Read More about School-based drug education in Northeast Scotland: policy, planning and practice..

An approach to evolvable neural functionality. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CAPANNI, N., MACLEOD, C. and MAXWELL, G. 2003. An approach to evolvable neural functionality. Presented at the 2003 Joint International conference on artificial neural networks and neural information processing (ICANN/ICONIP 2003), 26-29 June 2003, Istanbul, Turkey.

This paper outlines a neural model, which has been designed to be flexible enough to assume most mathematical functions. This is particularly useful in evolutionary networks as it allows the network complexity to increase without adding neurons. Theo... Read More about An approach to evolvable neural functionality..

An investigation into art and design graduate careers: towards developing a career progression tool. (2003)
Thesis
BOUETTE, M. 2003. An investigation into art and design graduate careers: towards developing a career progression tool. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The aim of this research was to develop a comprehensive body of research about the careers of art and design graduates, and to utilise the findings in the development of a concept multimedia 'career progression tool'. A critical contextual review of... Read More about An investigation into art and design graduate careers: towards developing a career progression tool..

The increasing role of small business in the Chinese economy. (2003)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R., LI, J.-H., HARRISON, R.T. and ROBSON, P.J.A. 2003. The increasing role of small business in the Chinese economy. Journal of small business management [online], 41(3), pages 310-316. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-627X.00084

This paper considers the changes in firm ownership since the Chinese government implemented its open-door policy in 1978. Most significant amongst these is the relative decline in State owned enterprises and the marked increase in the numbers of smal... Read More about The increasing role of small business in the Chinese economy..

An examination of development factors in the UK children's multimedia market. (2003)
Thesis
ANTHONEY, A.M. 2003. An examination of development factors in the UK children's multimedia market. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The project topic developed in early 1998 as it emerged that there was a need for research into the area of children's multimedia in the UK. Research by others into the area of `generic' multimedia, products and technology, had been ongoing since the... Read More about An examination of development factors in the UK children's multimedia market..

Designing a sustainable future: a new approach to influence design practice. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CULL, K. and MALINS, J. 2003. Designing a sustainable future: a new approach to influence design practice. Presented at the 5th International conference of the European Academy of Design (EAD 05): techné: design wisdom, 28-30 April 2003, Barcelona, Spain [online]. Available from: http://www.ub.edu/5ead/PDF/5%20/CullMalins.pdf

This paper questions the basis of a sustainable approach to product design in an attempt to clarify the key issues which are liable to influence the outcome of the development of new products. The paper describes research undertaken to establish a se... Read More about Designing a sustainable future: a new approach to influence design practice..