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Entrepreneurs forge ahead in chaos and uncertainty : The story of SMEs in Sri Lanka
Duus, Rikke; Cooray, Muditha (2011) -
The Evolution of the Hospitality Sector's Guest Introduction
Quek, Mary (2012-11) -
Financing international hotel growth in the aftermath of the Second World War
Quek, Mary (2013-08-23) -
The Formulaic and Embryonic Dimensions of Knowledge Management Strategy : A Social Practice Perspective
Imani, Yassaman (2011)Knowledge Management (KM) literature is populated with a variety of perspectives, prescriptions and studies of practice, which can be complex, contradictory and confusing to practitioners who seek to make sense of, and ... -
From crisis to choice : Managing change in shrinking cities
Schlappa, Hans; Ferber, Uwe (European Land and Soil Alliance, 2013-11)This article builds on the results of an URBACT project aimed at reviewing and assessing contemporary practice in dealing with urban shrinkage and demographic change (Schlappa and Neill 2013). We examine the generic aspects ... -
From Crisis to Choice: Re-imagining the future in shrinking cities
Schlappa, Hans; Neill, William, B.V. (URBACT Secretariat, Paris, 2013-05)This report builds on current research and practice concerned with the exploration of causes and consequences of urban shrinkage in Europe. It has been informed by a number of workshops with policy makers, politicians and ... -
Globalising the hotel industry 1946–1968 : a multinational case study of the Intercontinental Hotel Corporation
Quek, Mary (2012)This article employs one case study, of Intercontinental Hotel Corporation, to examine the globalisation of the hotel industry between 1946 and 1968. The results show that the advent of multinational hotel development was ... -
The growth of the multinational hotel industry: 1946 to the 1960s.
Quek, Mary (2011) -
‘Hoovering up the Money’? : Delivering government-funded capacity-building programmes to voluntary and community organisations
Harris, Margaret; Schlappa, Hans (2008-04)The 'ChangeUp' and FutureBuilders initiatives have provided substantial funding to support and facilitate 'capacity building' in voluntary and community organisations and so enable them to contribute to the achievement of ... -
Immaterial Labour on Facebook : Exploring consumers' expressions of production activities
Duus, Rikke; Cooray, Muditha (2013) -
The international hotel development in the 1960s : a cooperation perspective
Quek, Mary (2014)The objectives of multinational firms expanding overseas in search of new markets and new resources, or risks spreading and overcoming competition are widely cited. On the other hand, without the host governments’ incentives ... -
An investigation into hotel group and luxury fashion designer collaborations
Quek, Mary; Sandor, Adrienn (2012-11)This article is a preliminary exploration, aiming to identify the drivers of a plethora of developments led by luxury fashion designers. It was found that both luxury fashion designers and the hotel companies realised a ... -
Keeping means and ends in view-linking practical judgement, ethics and emergence.
Mowles, Christopher (2012-07)In this article I argue that the means and ends of development are constitutive of each other. If means appear to have become separated from the espoused ends of international nongovernment organisations (INGOs), then it ... -
Knowledge exchange through collaborative learning communities
Cooray, Muditha; Duus, Rikke (University of Hertfordshire, 2010)Purpose – To investigate how Collaborative Learning Communities (CLC) can be developed and managed in Higher Education Institutions (HEI), involving international HEI partners, business clients, students and staff, with ... -
A Knowledge Perspective on Ambicultural Management
Imani, Yassaman (2012-10-12)Gaining access to markets, natural resources and technological expertise, and learning from local marketing and management knowledge and skills have been identified as the main factors behind Chinese firms’ foreign direct ... -
Leadership and Organisational Structure in the Co-production of Government Funded Services
Schlappa, Hans; Imani, Yassaman (2012-11-22)We propose a conceptual framework from a critical relatioal perspective to better understand the process of co-production. The argument advanced here is twofold: First, that leadership must be shared to some extend for ... -
Leadership and structure in the co-production of public services
Schlappa, Hans; Imani, Yassaman (University of Hertfordshire, 2012-09-15)This paper aims to initiate a debate about the utility of the concept of co-production in developing a better understanding of contemporary challenges to leadership and management in the provision of public services. The ... -
Leadership, power dynamics and structure in co-produced public services
Schlappa, Hans; Imani, Yassaman (2013-06-27) -
Leading the co-production process : Who is in charge?
Schlappa, Hans; Imani, Yassaman (2015-06-08)The notion of service co-production is becoming firmly embedded in the contemporary discourse on public service provision. While talking about co-production is rapidly gaining in popularity among policy makers and ... -
Management and the Science of Complexity
Stacey, Ralph (1996-01)