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Bank performance and convergence during the financial crisis : Evidence from the ‘old’ European Union and Eurozone
Matousek, Roman; Rughoo, Aarti; Sarantis, Nicholas; Assaf, A.George (2015-03-01)This paper investigates the process of banking integration in the EU15 countries and the Eurozone by testing for convergence in bank efficiency among commercial banks. We use a two-step approach: First we estimate efficiency ... -
Banking market structure, creation and activity of firms : Early evidence for co-operatives in the Italian case
Gagliardi, F. (2009)This paper investigates whether local differences in banking competition impact on the creation and activity of firms, with a special focus on cooperatives. The empirical analysis, implemented on a sample of Italian firms, ... -
Banking Market Structure, Creation and Activity of Firms: Early Evidence for Cooperatives in the Italian Case
Gagliardi, F. (University of Hertfordshire, 2006)This paper investigates whether local differences in banking competition impact on the creation and activity of firms, with a special focus on cooperatives. The econometric analysis, implemented on a sample of firms operating ... -
Barriers to leisure participation for people with dementia and their carers : An exploratory analysis of carer and people with dementia’s experiences
Innes, Anthea; Page, Stephen J.; Cutler, Clare (2016-11-01)Leisure has emerged as a prominent research theme within the growing body of knowledge on dementia, with a focus on physical activity. Yet participation in any form of leisure presupposes an ability to freely choose to ... -
Barriers to Successful Adoption of Design for Manufacture and Assembly in Nigeria
Wusu, Godoyon; Alaka, Hafiz; Ajayi, Saheed; Oseghale, Raphael; Yusuf, Wasiu (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 2021-07-08)Shelter, since time immemorial, has been and will continue to be a vital basic human need. Notably, the need for shelter will continue to increase following increase in world population. However, the current traditional ... -
Beating the Union : Union Avoidance in the US 1945 to the Present
Moody, Kim (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013-08)Chapter 8 -
Becoming an academic for the twenty-first century : What will count as teaching quality in higher education
Jasman, Anne; Blass, Eddie; Shelley, Steven (2013-12-01)This article explores quality in university teaching using a 'futures' perspective. In a recent article by Blass and colleagues, a number of scenarios were developed to explore the type of higher education workforce that ... -
A benchmarking framework for eTourism capability of destinations’ industries
Reino, Sofia; Frew, Andrew; Mitsche, Nicole (2014-08-12)Purpose –The impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in tourism has been suggested through extensive research. Previous work has urged the development of wide-angle studies to enable benchmarking of ... -
Bending workplace institutions in transforming economies : foreign investment in Poland
Hardy, J. (2006)This article examines the way in which foreign investment in the transforming economies of Central and Eastern Europe has been deeply concerned with shifting informal collective and individual understandings about economic ... -
The Benefits and Challenges of Developing Collaborative Writing Skills to Support Students’ Learning
Cubric, Marija; Luz, S. (University of Hertfordshire, 2009)While the 2008 Educause Horizon report states that collaboration webs and collective intelligence tools, such as wikis, are one of the key emergent technologies that are likely to enter the mainstream use in education ... -
The benefits and challenges of large-scale deployment of electronic voting systems : University student views from across different subject groups
Cubric, Marija; Jefferies, Amanda (2015-09-01)Electronic Voting System (EVS) is a classroom technology that provides a means to increase students’ engagement, attention and attendance. The purpose of this paper is to provide a deeper insight into students’ views on ... -
A better measure of relative prediction accuracy for model selection and model estimation
Tofallis, C. (2015-08-01)Surveys show that the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) is the most widely used measure of forecast accuracy in businesses and organizations. It is however, biased: When used to select among competing prediction methods ... -
Beyond advertising : in-home promotion of "fast food"
Eagle, Lynne; Brennan, Ross (2007)The purpose of this paper is to discuss the range of potential influences on children's food choices, while suggesting that recent restrictions on advertising of some foods may not be as effective as expected. It aims to ... -
Beyond Agile Project Management : The Way Forward
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Beyond Knowledge: : Growing Capability for an Uncertain Future
Dalcher, Darren (2014-03-24)The quest for knowledge has played a major part in the intellectual development and evolution of individuals, societies, and cultures. Socrates viewed knowledge as a virtue, a path to perfection. Prometheus was punished ... -
Beyond normal failures : Dynamic management of software projects
Dalcher, Darren (2003-12)The skillset focusing on the life cycle of projects is critical to both understanding and practising sound management. In practice, attention is often paid to the actions and procedures required to build the system to the ... -
The Bi-objective Periodic Closed Loop Network Design Problem
Jelodari Mamaghani, Elham; Davari, Soheil (2020-04-15)Reverse supply chains are becoming a crucial part of retail supply chains given the recent reforms in the consumers’ rights and the regulations by governments. This has motivated companies around the world to adopt ... -
A Big Data Analytics Approach for Construction Firms Failure Prediction Models
Alaka, Hafiz; Oyedele, Lukumon O.; Owolabi, Hakeem O; Akinade, Olugbenga O.; Bilal, Muhammad; Ajayi, Saheed O. (2019-11-01)Using 693 000 datacells from 33 000 sample construction firms that operated or failed between 2008 and 2017, failure prediction models were developed using artificial neural network (ANN), support vector machine, multiple ... -
A BIM-based theoretical framework for the integration of the asset End-of-Life phase
Charef, Rabia; Alaka, Hafiz; Ganjian, Eshmaiel (2019-01-01)Due to the migration of industry from the use of traditional 2D CAD tools to Building Information Modelling (BIM) process, and the growing awareness of Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste issues, researchers are ... -
Bio-pharma: a financialized business model
Andersson, T.; Gleadle, P.; Haslam, C.; Tsitsianis, N. (2010)In this paper, we construct a complementary financialized business model of SME bio-pharma that reveals how the product innovation and development process conjoins with speculative forces in capital markets. To conceptualise ...