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The adoption and adaptation of good practice : Cross-national knowledge transfer in placemaking using the peer review method
Schlappa, Hans (2015-08-27)The transfer of knowledge is a prominent feature in transnational networks regardless of whether they are aimed at practitioners, policy makers or researchers. Yet the process of transferring knowledge between countries ... -
Adoption and use of e-government services in the Abu Dhabi police force : a qualitative study
Al-Zaabi, Hassan; Choudrie, Jyoti; Lebcir, Reda M (University of Hertfordshire, 2012)Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are becoming increasingly prevalent in peoples’ daily lives due to the presence of e-government. This research-in-progress paper aims to identify and understand factors ... -
An Agency of their Own : sex workers union organising
Gall, Gregor (Zero, 2012-07-27) -
Agency, institutions, and Darwinism in evolutionary economic geography
Hodgson, G. (2009)The article by Danny MacKinnon, Andrew Cumbers, Andy Pike, Kean Birch, and Robert McMaster continues the dialogue on evolutionary ideas within economic geography. In response, I argue that the word “evolution” has a variety ... -
Agile learning & teaching with wikis : building a pattern
Cubric, Marija (ACM Press, 2008)In this paper, we describe a blended learning process that is based on the agile development principles and techniques and supported by wikis. The process presented here is applicable to any learning and teaching scenario ... -
An agile method for teaching agile in business schools
Cubric, Marija (2013-11)The aim of this paper is to describe, evaluate and discuss a new method for teaching agile project management and similar subjects in higher education. Agile is not only a subject domain in this work, the teaching method ... -
Agreeing on generalised Darwinism : A response to Pavel Pelikan
Hodgson, G.M.; Knudsen, T. (2012)Pelikan (J Evol Econ 21:341-366, 2011) develops an interesting conceptual framework that adds to prior work on generalised Darwinism. Despite claims to the contrary we show that it is similar to the approach developed by ... -
Alliance Networks And New Technology Development In The Information Technology Industries
Dodourova, Mariana (2002) -
Alliances as strategic tools : a cross-industry study of partnership planning, formation and success
Dodourova, M. (2009)Despite the fact that most studies have been pointing to high failure rates, collaboration remains increasingly popular as an organisational form of economic activity, particularly in technology-intensive industries. This ... -
Alternative approaches to offshoring and global scanning in MNEs : examples from the Bulgarian software industry
Dodourova, Mariana; Martin, Susan (2012)The paper explores the offshoring experiences of eleven Bulgarian subsidiaries/partners of foreign MNEs, identifying four different models of role allocation, relationship management and organizational learning. A common ... -
The Analyses of Individual Patient Pathways : Investigating Regional Variation in COPD readmissions
Adeyemi, Shola; Demir, Eren; Chaussalet, Thierry J (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Publishing House “Technika”, 2009-07-13)Regional variation for those treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been studied amongst many public health issues. However, for those experiencing frequent readmissions were not considered. The ... -
An Analysis of Islamic Banking in West : From Lagging to Leading
Malik, Ali; Malik, Shaukat; Shah, Haider (2011)The paper examines the unprecedented growth of Islamic banking and finance in the West with a focus on the United Kingdom. It captures the advancement of Islamic banking and finance in U.K over time It is observed that ... -
Analysis of the use of Wiki-based collaborations in enhancing student learning
Cubric, Marija (University of Hertfordshire, 2007)"Wiki" is an extension of a standard web-site that allows anyone to add new and edit existing content. The most famous example of the wiki usage is the “wikipedia” - the increasingly popular on-line encyclopaedia ... -
Analysis of Variability in Neonatal Care Units : A Retrospective Analysis
Adeyemi, Shola; Demir, Eren; Chahed, Salma; Chaussalet, Thierry J (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2010)The number of babies needing neonatal care is increasing due mainly to technological and therapeutic advances. These advances have implied a decreasing neonatal mortality rate for low birth weight infants and also a falling ... -
Anchor Institutions and Regional Innovation Systems for supporting micro and small businesses
Culkin, Nigel (2016-07-16)The after-shocks of the global financial crisis, the EU Referendum, the growth in popularity of the Regional Innovation System (RIS), and the growing use of the term anchor institutions, have highlighted the crucial and ... -
Antecedents of continuance intentions towards e-shopping : The case of Saudi Arabia
Al-Maghrabi, T.; Dennis, C.; Halliday, S.V. (2011-01-01)The purpose of this study is to clarify the theoretical problem and identify factors that could explain the level of continuance intentions towards e-shopping. It aims to propose a revised technology acceptance model that ... -
Apple´s financial success : The precariousness of Power excercised in global value chains
Haslam, Colin; Tsitsianis, N.; Andersson, Tord; Yin, Ya (2013-12)The topic of this paper is the Apple Inc business model and how, in a financialized world, the success of this business model is represented by what we term financial ‘point values’. Our argument is that there is a tendency ... -
Applying meta-abilities to outsourcing: an individual based conceptual framework
Selamat, M.H.; Choudrie, Jyoti; Grey, S. (ECIS Standing Committee, 2008)To cope with the current turbulent times, organisations’ are seeking a range of solutions and one of the most publicised strategies for this in recent times is outsourcing. In the Information Systems (IS) area, outsourcing ... -
An approach to exploring the effect of weather variations on chronic disease incidence rate and potential changes in future health systems
Demir, Eren (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2010)The ecology and the environment of the world are changing due to the changing patterns of the meteorological factors. Scientific recognition confirms that such variation have already started affecting health and disease ... -
Are Older Citizens Using the E-MOI portal in Saudi Arabia, Hail City: A Quantitative Study : Older Adults, web portals and Saudi Arabia
Choudrie, Jyoti; Alfalah, Adel; Spencer, Neil; Sundaram, David (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2017-10-06)ICT has been widely exploited as a powerful tool of development and prosperity. Therefore, Governments are increasingly moving their civil products and services online. However, there are several groups within societies ...