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Construing the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: A qualitative study
(2024-01-21)
The COVID-19 pandemic and measures used to contain it have had a significant psychosocial impact. This paper reports a study of its psychological effects in 108 UK residents who completed an online survey between the first ...
Do petrol prices rise faster than they fall? Evidence from the UK retail and wholesale petrol sectors
(2023-11-30)
This study investigates the presence of price asymmetries in the UK retail and wholesale petrol sectors over the period of January 2020- July 2022. The scope of this research is to explore whether petrol prices rise faster ...
Changes to household food shopping practices during the COVID-19 restrictions: Evidence from the East of England
(2022-11-30)
Measures to control the spread of COVID-19 have changed the way we shop for food and interact with food environments. This qualitative study explored food shopping practices in the East of England, a large diverse region ...
Exploring sustainable urbanism in masterplanned developments: : a collective case study of slippage between principles, policies, and practices
(2020-07-22)
This article is concerned with masterplan implementation and with exploring, via recourse to case studies, slippages between masterplanning principles, policies, and practices. Framed by a growing body of sustainable ...
Markup cyclicality, competition and liquidity constraints: Evidence from a panel VAR analysis
(2020-07-19)
The main scope of this study is to investigate the effects of competition and liquidity constraints on the cyclical behaviour of the markup ratio. In particular, 79 2-digit NACE Rev.2 sectors across the UK manufacturing ...
Marketization, Performative Environments and the Impact of Organisational Climate on Teaching Practice In Business Schools
(2020-04-20)
Marketization of higher education has emerged as a global trend in many countries, and in the UK, students are now paying among the highest tuition fees globally. Marketization is synonymous with performative management ...
Pricing decisions, competition and liquidity constraints: Evidence from the UK wholesale and retail food, beverages and tobacco sector
(2020-02-27)
Purpose: This study investigates the pricing decisions of the UK wholesale and retail food, beverages and tobacco sector over 2007–2016 using 19 four-digit level NACE Rev.2 classification industries. Design/methodology/approach: ...
Childhood Autism in the UK and Greece: A Cross-National Study of progress in different intervention contexts
(2019-06-22)
Aim: This is a cross-national study with the aim to explore the development of children with autism over time in the UK and Greece. The focus of the study was to investigate the differences in language and social skills ...
When rhetoric does not translate to reality: hardship, empowerment and the third sector in Austerity Localism
(2019-01-07)
Austerity localism powerfully explains dynamics of (dis)empowerment at the local level, especially regarding the autonomy and accountability of local authorities and third sector organisations (TSOs) in the UK. Yet these ...
Disadvantage in English seaside resorts : A typology of deprived neighbourhoods
(2018-12-01)
Socio-economic disadvantage experienced by residents of English seaside resorts has been growing over the last decade, and academic and practice-based research is providing better insights into the causes, internal dynamics ...