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Humble leadership and the Police Service. (2009)
Report
SMITH, R., 2009. Humble leadership and the Police Service. SIPR Briefings 6. Edinburgh: Scottish Institute for Policing Research, School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University.

The concepts of Humble Leadership and Leader Humility are emerging as areas of interest in leadership studies and this briefing note is intended to highlight their potential relevance as a leadership style in the police service. The notion of humble... Read More about Humble leadership and the Police Service..

Youth participation and the Scottish Parliament: accessibility and participation for children and young people. (2009)
Thesis
MACLEOD, I.M. 2009. Youth participation and the Scottish Parliament: accessibility and participation for children and young people. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The Scottish Parliament which (re)convened in 1999 was designed to engender a new style of political practice. This new politics was intended to address perceived failures within the Westminster approach to policy-making and the democratic deficit be... Read More about Youth participation and the Scottish Parliament: accessibility and participation for children and young people..

Social capital inthe capitalisation of new ventures: accessing, lubricating and fitting. (2009)
Book Chapter
ANDERSON, A.R., JACK, S.L. and DRAKOPOULOU DODD, S. 2009. Social capital inthe capitalisation of new ventures: accessing, lubricating and fitting. In Bergmann, M. and Faust, T. (eds.) Handbook of business and finance: multinational companies, venture capital and non-profit organizations. New York: Nova Science Publishers [online], pages 293-300. Available from: http://www.novapublishers.org/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=18983

New venture capitalisation demands the formation of the necessary financial resources to launch. Social capital - the potential resources to which individuals have access due to their position within specific social networks of relationships - also p... Read More about Social capital inthe capitalisation of new ventures: accessing, lubricating and fitting..

An analysis of alcohol use and disorders amongst those detained in custody in Aberdeen. (2009)
Report
GIBBONS-WOOD, D., TAIT, E. and MORRISON, K. 2009. An analysis of alcohol use and disorders amongst those detained in custody in Aberdeen. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

The relationship between alcohol and crime is highly topical and increasingly important to policy makers. The connection between alcohol consumption and crime has significant implications for the implementation of appropriate interventions and polici... Read More about An analysis of alcohol use and disorders amongst those detained in custody in Aberdeen..

The usefulness of accounting information: evidence from the Egyptian market. (2009)
Journal Article
HASSAN, O. and POWER, D.M. 2009. The usefulness of accounting information: evidence from the Egyptian market. Qualitative research in financial markets [online], 1(3), pages 125-141. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/17554170910997393

The purpose of this paper is to ascertain financial analysts' views regarding the usefulness of a number of items of accounting information via a postal survey. This usefulness is explored in the context of the Egyptian capital market. In addition, t... Read More about The usefulness of accounting information: evidence from the Egyptian market..

Fraternity, legitimacy and (his)story: the collective presentation of entrepreneur stories as excess. (2009)
Journal Article
WARREN, L. and SMITH, R. 2009. Fraternity, legitimacy and (his)story: the collective presentation of entrepreneur stories as excess. Tamara journal for critical organization inquiry [online], 8(1), pages 48-58. Available from: http://tamarajournal.com/index.php/tamara/article/view/313

This paper is about an entrepreneurial fraternity and its role in reworking and reframing entrepreneurial excess. We achieve this through considering the historical presentation of the entrepreneur as an isolated individual, a maverick, can be mediat... Read More about Fraternity, legitimacy and (his)story: the collective presentation of entrepreneur stories as excess..

Modeling emotions and reason in agent-based systems. (2009)
Journal Article
OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2010. Modeling emotions and reason in agent-based systems. Computational economics [online], 35(2), pages 155-164. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10614-009-9188-0

We analyze how to develop an agent-based system in which agents evolve co-evolutionary endogenous rules of behavior by using best response and emotions. We show that best response is not sufficient to define complete and consistent rules of behavior... Read More about Modeling emotions and reason in agent-based systems..

The nature of a public service. (2009)
Journal Article
SPICKER, P. 2009. The nature of a public service. International journal of public administration [online], 32(11), pages 970-991. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/01900690903050927

Public services have been misunderstood. They are not simply services in the public sector, they are not necessarily there because of market failure, and they cannot be analysed by the same criteria as market-based provision. They have four defining... Read More about The nature of a public service..

Competence-based approaches to the assessment of professional accountancy training work experience requirements: the ICAS experience. (2009)
Journal Article
GAMMIE, E. and JOYCE, Y. 2009. Competence-based approaches to the assessment of professional accountancy training work experience requirements: the ICAS experience. Accounting education [online], 18(4-5), pages 443-466. Available from : https://doi.org/10.1080/09639280902719465

Most professional accountancy bodies' qualification processes encompass three components: a prescribed programme of professional education, some form of work experience, and a formal final examination to determine professional competence. The Interna... Read More about Competence-based approaches to the assessment of professional accountancy training work experience requirements: the ICAS experience..

Understanding entrepreneurial behaviour in organized criminals. (2009)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. 2009. Understanding entrepreneurial behaviour in organized criminals. Journal of enterprising communities: people and places in the global economy [online], 3(3), pages 256-268. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/17506200910982019

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to focus upon organized criminals as an enterprising community and as enterprising people. Organized crime is a global phenomenon that concentrates upon the development of both sustainable personal prosperity and... Read More about Understanding entrepreneurial behaviour in organized criminals..

The Diva storyline: an alternative social construction of female entrepreneurship. (2009)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. 2009. The Diva storyline: an alternative social construction of female entrepreneurship. International journal of gender and entrepreneurship [online], 1(2), pages 148-163. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/17566260910969698

Many Divas, despite possessing destructive character traits, ironically become successful entrepreneurs - thus illustrating an alternative storied social construction of entrepreneurship. This influences how female entrepreneurs are perceived in the... Read More about The Diva storyline: an alternative social construction of female entrepreneurship..

Analysing industry profitability: a "complexity as cause" perspective. (2009)
Journal Article
CALDART, A.A. and OLIVEIRA, F. 2010. Analysing industry profitability: a "complexity as cause" perspective. European management journal [online], 28(2), pages 95-107. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2009.04.004

We investigate how the competitive complexity of an industrial sector affects its profitability. For that purpose, we developed a set of simulations representing industries as complex systems where different firms co-evolve linked by multiple competi... Read More about Analysing industry profitability: a "complexity as cause" perspective..

Religion, the Scottish work ethic and the spirit of entreprise. (2009)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. 2009. Religion, the Scottish work ethic and the spirit of entreprise. International journal of entrepreneurship and innovation [online], 10(2), pages 111-124. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5367/000000009788161299

Using a historical approach, this paper revisits Max Webers Protestant ethic, addressing in particular a variant form of it “ the Scottish work ethic. It examines that ethic as both a collective and individuated theological drive that helped shape th... Read More about Religion, the Scottish work ethic and the spirit of entreprise..

A call for the integration of 'biological intelligence' into the National Intelligence Model. (2009)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. 2009. A call for the integration of 'biological intelligence' into the National Intelligence Model. Policing: a journal of policy and practice [online], 3(2), pages 191-199. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/police/pap006

Biographical intelligence is an established concept within Intelligence circles and is used to develop a wider picture of activities of heads of state and politicians likely to be harmful to the interests of the sovereign state collecting such data.... Read More about A call for the integration of 'biological intelligence' into the National Intelligence Model..

What is a priority? (2009)
Journal Article
SPICKER, P. 2009. What is a priority? Journal of health services research and policy [online], 14(2), pages 112-116. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1258/jhsrp.2008.008056

What does it mean to say that something is a priority? Priority setting is used to balance competing claims for resources, but the nature of the exercise is ambiguous. The priorities which are claimed might be for time, resources, process, rights or... Read More about What is a priority?.

Entrepreneurship: a divergent pathway out of crime? (2009)
Book Chapter
SMITH, R. 2009. Entrepreneurship: a divergent pathway out of crime? In Jaishankar, K. (ed.) International perspectives on crime and justice. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pages 162-184.

This chapter illustrates how knowledge of entrepreneurship can be used as a diversionary mechanism to divert and lead offenders out of crime. Indeed, entrepreneurship offers such a divergent pathway but paradoxically entrepreneurship being amoral can... Read More about Entrepreneurship: a divergent pathway out of crime?.

Extracting value from their environment: some observations on pimping and prostitution as entrepreneurship. (2009)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. and CHRISTOU, M.L. 2009. Extracting value from their environment: some observations on pimping and prostitution as entrepreneurship. Journal of small business and entrepreneurship [online], 22(1), pages 69-84. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2009.10593443

There has been an upsurge in academic studies relating to the underclass as a marginalized group. Notwithstanding this, the literature seldom represents the underclass as an economically active grouping. This study counters this stance by considering... Read More about Extracting value from their environment: some observations on pimping and prostitution as entrepreneurship..

Comparing sustainable consumption patterns across product sectors. (2009)
Journal Article
MCDONALD, S., OATES, C., THYNE, M., ALEVIZOU, P. and MCMORLAND, L. 2009. Comparing sustainable consumption patterns across product sectors. International journal of consumer studies [online], 33(2), pages 137-145. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1470-6431.2009.00755.x

In this paper, we present findings from two qualitative studies where we explored sustainable consumption practices through examining consumers' information search and decision-making processes for recent purchases of five categories of goods/service... Read More about Comparing sustainable consumption patterns across product sectors..

Sustainable consumption: green consumer behaviour when purchasing products. (2009)
Journal Article
YOUNG, W., HWANG, K., MCDONALD, S. and OATES, C.J. 2010. Sustainable consumption: green consumer behaviour when purchasing products. Sustainable development [online], 18(1), pages 20-31. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.394

The 'attitude-behaviour gap' or 'values-action gap' is where 30% of consumers report that they are very concerned about environmental issues but they are struggling to translate this into purchases. For example, the market share for ethical foods rem... Read More about Sustainable consumption: green consumer behaviour when purchasing products..

Mentoring and perpetuating the entrepreneurial spirit within family business by telling contingent stories. (2009)
Journal Article
SMITH, R. 2009. Mentoring and perpetuating the entrepreneurial spirit within family business by telling contingent stories. New England journal of entrepreneurship [online], 12(2), pages 27-40. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/NEJE-12-02-2009-B003

Family businesses do not perpetuate themselves. Entrepreneurs must nurture and propagate the values that led to the creation of the very thing most precious to them”their business. This of course depends on stability. Nor do these cherished values pr... Read More about Mentoring and perpetuating the entrepreneurial spirit within family business by telling contingent stories..