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Critical Accounts and Perspectives on Financialization
Gleadle, Pauline; Haslam, Colin; Yin, Ya (2014-02-28)This special issue presents a series of papers about financialization and it follows on from a concern, expressed within CPA, about clarifying the ‘problematics of financialization’ (Haslam, 2010). This critical challenge ... -
A critical assessment of the impact of conformity on collectivist families’ meal social interaction behaviour in Sierra Leone
Kakay, Sheku (2018-04-10)Background: Conformity is sanctioned at Sierra Leonean families’ mealtimes not only to streamline behaviour, but also to overhaul the character of individuals in order to increase their acceptance in society. These norms ... -
A Critical Assessment of Transaction Cost Theory and Governance of Public Services with Special Reference to Water and Sanitation
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Robertson, Simon Andrew (2016-01-06)This paper aims to provide a critical assessment of Oliver Williamson’s work on the choice between public and private governance by focusing on his central proposition that public governance should be considered as an ... -
A critical asssessment of incomplete contracts theory for private participation in public services : The case of water sector in Ghana
Dagdeviren, Hulya; Robertson, Simon A. (2013-08-30)This paper provides a critical analysis of the recent developments in the incomplete contracts theory and its conclusions for privatisation of public services. Drawing upon a case study of management contract for urban ... -
A Critical evaluation of the impact of religion on collectivist families’ meal social interaction behaviour in Sierra Leone, International Journal of Advanced Research
Kakay, Sheku; Mulkeen, James (2017-01-16)The symbolism of religion in the Sierra Leonean collectivist society is encouraged to promote increased inter-dependency and social bonding among families that share similar belief system. This belief is further accentuated ... -
Critical Innovations in the UK Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and Equity Alternative Finance Markets for Small Firm Growth
Culkin, Nigel; Murzacheva, Ekaterina; Davis, Andy (2016-08-01)This paper examines the disruptive nature of financial innovations available to small firms by the growing range of online platforms that have emerged in the UK since the financial crisis. It is unveiled that finance ... -
Critical macro-finance, Post Keynesian monetary theory and emerging economies
Bonizzi, Bruno; Kaltenbrunner, Annina (2020-05-28)In our contribution to this forum, we suggest that critical macro-finance (CMF) scholars and Post Keynesian monetary theorists would profit from a more explicit engagement with each other. Post Keynesian scholars would ... -
Critical moments of (un)doing doctoral supervision: : Collaborative writing as rhizomatic practice
Fullagar, Simone; Pavlidis, Adele; Stadler, Raphaela (2017-08-25)Despite the proliferation of doctoral training courses within universities, little attention is paid to the complexity of supervision as a process of becoming for both students and supervisors. As post-qualitative researchers ... -
Critical perspectives on resilience
Calado, Alexandre; Capucha, Luis; Dagdeviren, Hulya; Donoghue, Matthew; Estêvão, Pedro (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020-12-08)This chapter aims to contribute to the critical discussion of the concept of resilience and its pertinence and usefulness to contexts of socioeconomic hardship. Starting from an approach that contrasts the poverty studies ... -
Critical success factors (CSFs) for motivating end-user stakeholder’s support for ensuring sustainability of PPP projects in Nigerian host communities
Toriola-Coker, Luqman Olalekan; Owolabi, Hakeem A; Alaka, Hafiz; Adeniran Bello, Wasiu; Pathirage, Chaminda (2023-05-02)Purpose This study aims to investigate two public private partnership (PPP) road projects in Nigeria for exploring factors that can motivate end-user stakeholders for contributing towards sustaining a PPP project in the ... -
Critical Success Factors for Ensuring Bankable Completion Risk in PFI/PPP Megaprojects
Owolabi, Hakeem A; Oyedele, Lukumon O.; Alaka, Hafiz; Ajayi, Saheed O.; Akinade, Olugbenga O.; Bilal, Muhammad (2020-01)This study investigates project financiers' perspectives on the bankability of completion risk in private finance initiative and public–private partnership (PFI/PPP) megaprojects. Using a mixed methodology approach, focus ... -
A cross comparison between different methods measuring environmental parameters for occupant window behaviour
Wei, Shen; Zhang, Pengju; Shan, Hanyu; Yu, Wei; Ding, Yan; Murtagh, Niamh; Liu, Yanan; Lu, Qin; Eftekhari, Mahroo (2023-08-18)When studying occupant window behaviour in buildings, the measurement of environmental factorsoften requires dedicated measuring equipment. Currently, there is no universally accepted methods forthe measurement, and in ... -
A Cross Cultural Study of Online Shoppers in London and Bangkok
Hirst, A.; Ashwin, M. (2008) -
Crowd Work in Europe : Preliminary results from a survey in the UK, Sweden, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands
Huws, Ursula; Spencer, Neil; Joyce, Simon (Foundation for European Progressive Studies, 2016-12-02) -
Cultural and political embeddedness, foreign investment in transforming economies
Hardy, Jane; Currie, Frank; Ye, Zhen (2005)The article draws on the concepts of cultural and political embeddedness to analyse the local embeddedness of a global transnational engineering in transforming economies. It compares the process of the negotiations for ... -
Cultural dimensions of global hospitality and tourism business management.
Georgiadou, Andri; Jasonos, Chryso (IGI Global Publishing, 2015) -
Cultural factors Impacting on the Selection of Black and Minority Ethnic People in the BBC
Healy, G.; Forson, Cynthia; Noon, Mike; Oikelome, Franklin (Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity, 2010)This is an independent report produced by academics and associates from the Centre for Research in Equality and Diversity, School of Business and Management, at Queen Mary, University of London. The research was commissioned ... -
Cultural Influences on the Antecedents of Trust in B2B Relationships : A Study of Financial Services in the United Arab Emirates
Houjeir, Roudaina; Brennan, Ross (2014-09)This study investigates the impact of cultural values on trust in the corporate banking industry in the United Arab Emirates. A substantial literature exists concerning trust in inter-firm relationships, and considerable ... -
Cultural Meaning, Advertising, and National Culture: A Four-Country Study
Czarnecka, Barbara; Brennan, David; Keles, Serap (2018-01-01)Cultural meaning transfer theory and GLOBE dimensions were employed in this comparative study to examine the extent to which cultural meaning presented in advertisements reflected national cultures of the target countries. ... -
Culture in Economics
Karimzadi, Shahzavar (2019-01-01)It is a self-evident fact that there cannot be a human society without culture. The necessity of culture to humans is imperative. Culture in its most basic sense fulfils and harnesses the obligations of communal cohabitation. ...