All Outputs (45)

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..

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 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..

Think thingamajig and other things. [Exhibition] (2003)
Exhibition / Performance
Think thingamajig and other things. Exhibition held on 19 April - 15 June 2003, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus.

Think Thingamajig and Other Things was commissioned as a solo exhibition by Kunsthaus Glarus. The exhibition consisted of three sculptural motifs - a ceramic cube with a pink and black pattern, a large pyramid with a cut out face and a sculptural spe... Read More about Think thingamajig and other things. [Exhibition].

The evolution of agile manufacturing. (2003)
Journal Article
LI, J.-H., ANDERSON, A.R. and HARRISON, R.T. 2003. The evolution of agile manufacturing. Business process management journal [online], 9(2), pages 170-189. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/14637150310468380

This paper provides an exploration of the concept and content of agile manufacturing (AM). It describes the nature of the content of AM and synthesises the literature to propose a comprehensive definition of purpose and process. Real agile manufactur... Read More about The evolution of agile manufacturing..

Data collection using electronically assisted interviews in a roadshow: a methodological evaluation. (2003)
Journal Article
MARCELLA, R., BAXTER, G. and MOORE, N. 2003. Data collection using electronically assisted interviews in a roadshow: a methodological evaluation. Journal of documentation [online], 59(2), pages 143-167. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/00220410310463464

Discusses the second stage of a pilot study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, which investigated the impact of technology on the communication of parliamentary information to the general public. This second stage tested the applica... Read More about Data collection using electronically assisted interviews in a roadshow: a methodological evaluation..

'Class matters': human and social capital in the entrepreneurial process. (2003)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R. and MILLER, C.J. 2003. 'Class matters': human and social capital in the entrepreneurial process. Journal of socio-economics [online], 32(1), pages 17-36. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1053-5357(03)00009-X

This paper explores how entrepreneurial family background impacts upon the development of social and human capital resources and demonstrates how these affect the profitability and growth of new enterprise. Through a qualitative approach, we found th... Read More about 'Class matters': human and social capital in the entrepreneurial process..

Human rights case law of the European Court of Justice, July 2002 to December 2002. (2003)
Journal Article
LYONS, C. 2003. Human rights case law of the European Court of Justice, July 2002 to December 2002. Human rights law review [online], 3(1), pages 157-177. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/3.1.157

In the period under review, late July to December 2002, there were several cases where important issues of fundamental rights were raised. However, this autumn session of the Court began under the shadow of the "summer storms", in the shape of the Ca... Read More about Human rights case law of the European Court of Justice, July 2002 to December 2002..

Automated assessment of non-objective textual submissions. (2003)
Thesis
CHRISTIE, J.R. 2003. Automated assessment of non-objective textual submissions. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1585045

The author sought to explore the methodology of automated marking of non-objective textual submissions. In so doing he tasked himself to discover how far automated assessment of text could be applied in the range of submissions from the single word t... Read More about Automated assessment of non-objective textual submissions..