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Boom to Bust - Reconstructing the Spanish Economy Part 2: : Policy Responses to the Economic Crisis
Salmon, Keith (2010-12-01)Recession in Spain led to intervention by the government to stimulate the economy, a response that was replicated around the world. But as public finances deteriorated, financial markets and some policy makers demanded ... -
Boom to bust reconstructing the Spanish economy
Salmon, Keith (2010-10-01)In 2008, a decade of strong and sustained growth in Spain came to an end as the economy fell into recession. This article charts the passage of the economy into recession and examines conditions in the financial system, ... -
Brakes on Chinese Development : Institutional Causes of a Growth Slowdown
Hodgson, Geoffrey; Huang, Kainan (University of Hertfordshire, 2012)China has enjoyed spectacular economic growth since the 1980s. Economic models based on production functions typically suggest that China‟s rapid growth will continue at similarly high rates, but they ignore pressing ... -
Brand Mindspace : The final frontier for marketers?
Cooray, Muditha; Duus, Rikke (2010) -
The Brand Misfits : Exploring paradoxical brand-resisting practices in social media
Duus, Rikke; Cooray, Muditha; Davies, Andrea (2014) -
Branding sustainability : opportunity and risk behind a brand-based approach to sustainable markets
Lehner, Matthias; Halliday, Sue (2014-02)In this article we discuss the role of brands in the creation of sustainable markets. We focus on the the increasing importance of ethical branding and how it might help to overcome some institutional shortcomings inherent ... -
Bridges and barriers : globalisation and the mobility of work and workers
Huws, Ursula (2012)This article starts by discussing the global division of labour. To what extent can its spatial patterns be explained by simple economic logic and to what extent is it shaped by specific features of national and local ... -
Business Partnering
Smith, Paul (Hodder Education, 2010) -
Business to Business Marketing (4th edition)
Brennan, David; Canning, Louise; McDowell, Raymond (SAGE Publications, 2017-06) -
Can marketing practice keep up with Europe's ageing population?
Thompson, Nicholas J.; Thompson, Keith E. (2009)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to draw the attention of managers and academics to the extent of demographic changes now occurring in the European Union, specifically the ongoing change from a young consumer base ... -
Capitalist Care : Will the Coalition Government's reforms move the NHS toward a US-style healthcare market?
Moody, Kim (2011-10)The Coalition government’s plans for reform are meant to transform the NHS into a more privately run, competitive system, raising the question as to whether or not the NHS is likely to resemble the US capitalist healthcare ... -
Capturing the readmission process : the focus on the time window
Demir, Eren; Chaussalet, Thierry J (2011)In the majority of studies on patient re-admissions, a re-admission is deemed to have occurred if a patient is admitted within a time window of the previous discharge date. However, these time windows have rarely been ... -
Case Study - Leading Co-production : The case of Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service's Community Volunteer Scheme
Imani, Yassaman; Schlappa, Hans (Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-04-04)This case study illustrates the shifting leadership and control in co-production of preventative services by a voluntary scheme in HFRS (Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Services). More specifically, it demonstrates how citizen ... -
Cathedrals in the desert? : Transnationals, corporate strategy and locality in Wroclaw
Hardy, Jane (1998)This paper examines the relationship between the strategy and restructuring of transnational corporations, patterns of foreign direct investment and the transformation of the regions of East and Central Europe. Different ... -
Central Foveal Thickness Before and After Cataract Surgery in Normal and in Diabetic Patients without Retinopathy
Katsimpris, J M; Petropoulos, I K; Zoukas, G; Patokos, T; Brinkmann, C K; Theoulakis, P E (2012)Background: This study aims to evaluate and compare central foveal thickness (CFT) changes after cataract surgery between normal and diabetic patients without retinopathy, using optical coherence tomography (OCT).Patients ... -
The chain of effects from reputation and brand personality congruence to brand loyalty : The role of brand identification
Kuenzel, S.; Halliday, S.V. (2010-09-01)Very few previous studies have looked at brand identification, which is surprising considering it is such an important variable to influence brand loyalty. This study investigates the influences of brand personality ... -
Challenging the Enterprises' Business Model: helping entrepreneurs to understand and interpret opportunities and threats
Brown, Christopher; Morrad, Diane (2008-06-01)Enterprises are presented with ever increasing challenges regarding marketplace uncertainty and ambiguity. They face competitive pressures from local and international sources, their competitors are constantly tweaking ... -
Changing the rules of the marketing game : towards Product Service Systems supported by interaction and relationship management practices
Catulli, Maurizio (2010-09)Product Service Systems (PSS) have been proposed as an environmentally efficient business model. The benefits of PSS include support of dematerialization and incentives for companies to design more efficient products with ... -
Changing workplace relations in foreign investment firms in Poland
Hardy, Jane; Kozek, Wiesia (2011)The article aims to consider the relationship between foreign investors and trade unions in forging new labour relations and workplace institutions in Polish firms. The research focuses on the role of foreign investment ... -
China's capitalism and the crisis
Hardy, Jane; Budd, Adrian (2012)Major wars and economic crises force the pace of change within and between capitalist states, giving rise to new alignments and shifts in the geopolitics of world capitalism. At the time of writing this article, turmoil ...