Browsing by Author "Centre for Research on Management, Economy and Society"

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    • 1688 and All That: Property Rights, the Glorious Revolution and the Rise of British Captialism 

      Hodgson, Geoffrey (2016-10-10)
      In a seminal 1989 article, Douglass North and Barry Weingast argued that by making the monarch more answerable to Parliament, the Glorious Revolution of 1688 helped to secure property rights in England and stimulate the ...

    • Abbey Steel : Conquering the steel recycling market 

      Catulli, Maurizio (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2010)
      This chapter summarizes a case study involving recycled steel trader Abbey Steel Ltd. The company, with the assistance of the University of Hertfordshire Academics enhanced its customer retention by designing and implementing ...

    • Academics at the intersection of age and gender: : A Ghanaian experience 

      Forson, Cynthia; Calveley, Moira; Shelley, Steven; George, Christeen (Routledge, 2017-08-25)

    • Access to water in the slums of sub-Saharan Africa 

      Dagdeviren, Hulya; Robertson, S.A. (2011)
      This article reviews the changing perspectives for improving access to water in the slums of developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. While much of the literature continues to maintain an aversion to state-led ...

    • Access to Water in the Slums of the Developing World 

      Dagdeviren, Hulya; Robertson, Simon A. (International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2009-06)
      The discussion reveals the failure of public policies as well as markets to provide satisfactory solutions to the problems of access to a safe, affordable and continuous water supply. In many countries, especially those ...

    • Accounting for business models : Increasing the visability of stakeholders 

      Haslam, Colin; Tsitsianis, Nicholas; Andersson, Tord; Gleadle, Pauline (2015-01-23)
      This paper conceptualises a firm’s business model employing stakeholder theory as a central organising element to help inform the purpose and objective(s) of business model financial reporting and disclosure. Firms interact ...

    • Accounting for carbon and reframing disclosure : A business model approach 

      Haslam, Colin; Butlin, John; Andersson, Tord; Malamatenios, John; Lehman, Glen (2014-09-30)
      The paper contributes to the research in accounting and the debate about the nature of carbon footprint reporting for society. The paper utilises numbers and narratives to explore changes in carbon footprint using UK ...

    • Accounting for hospices : Palliative care at risk 

      Theodosopoulos, Grigorios; Haslam, Colin (2010-03-30)
      This article is concerned with the provision of palliative care services in England by voluntary hospices. The literature on voluntary hospices is fragmented and scattered within and across academic and practitioner ...

    • Accounting for Merger : The Case of HM Revenue and Customs 

      Shah, H.; Malik, Ali; Yaqub, M.Z. (2010)
      In 2004 the UK Central Government announced merger of its two main central tax departments, the Inland Revenue, and HM Customs & Excise. The two big departments had different historical origins and administrative structures. ...

    • Accounting for reform : Funding and transformation in the four nation's hospital services 

      Haslam, Colin; Marriott, N. (2006-12-01)
      The NHS Plan revealed New Labour's objective to increase funding in the four nation's hospital services in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Although each country has installed its own institutional arrangements, ...

    • Accounting for the financialized UK and US national business model 

      Andersson, Tord; Lee, Edward; Theodosopoulos, Grigorios; Yin, Ya Ping; Haslam, Colin (2014-02)
      The term ‘business model’ (BM) is generally used to describe the possibilities of transforming corporate activities and business functions (Osterwalder et al,2005 and Magretta,2002) In this paper we argue that our understanding ...

    • Accounting for voluntary hospices in England: A business model perspective 

      Lee, Edward; Haslam, Colin; Theodosopoulos, Grigorios; Tsitsianis, Nicholas (2018-07)
      This paper accounts for the sustainability of voluntary hospices in England that provide palliative end of life care for patients. A critical evaluation of the challenges facing hospices in England can be located within a ...

    • Accounting for war 

      Chwastiak, M.; Lehman, G. (2008-12)
      This paper examines the ways in which accounting has helped to rationalize and normalize violence and how this has contributed to the acceleration and expansion of war. It is argued that accounting is a product of the ...

    • Action learning : co-creating value from collaborative sustainable projects 

      Brown, Christopher; Linkson, Peter (University of Hertfordshire, 2014)
      This article reports on the specific role that action learning plays in the promotion of sustainability and innovation in the Local Government sector. The study focuses on one organisation and the efforts of a senior manager ...

    • Activism and willingness to help in union organizing : who are the activists? 

      Fiorito, J.; Gall, G.; Martinez, A.D. (2010)
      Research on union renewal often cites a critical role for lay activism. This study examines determinants of activism and activism intentions among a broadly representative sample of U.S. union members. Hypotheses are ...

    • Adaptation and survival in small- and medium-sized firms 

      Hodgson, Geoffrey; Dollimore, Denise; Herman, Stephen (2017-10-31)
      This article considers the causal connection between adaptability and survival in populations of small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). Some literatures have downplayed adaptability by focusing on statics and equilibria ...

    • Adaptation towards reference values : A non-linear perspective 

      Georgellis, Yannis; Gregorioua, Andros; Tsitsianis, N. (2008-09)
      Using large-scale panel data, we examine the dynamics of adjustment towards reference points for key workplace attributes. We discover that an Exponential Smooth Transition Autoregressive (ESTAR) model is superior to a ...

    • An Adaptive, Automated, Individualised Assessment System for Introductory Statistics 

      Spencer, Neil (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)

    • Add or Multiply? : A Tutorial on Ranking and Choosing with Multiple Criteria 

      Tofallis, C. (2014-05-27)
      Simple additive weighting is a well-known method for scoring and ranking alternative options based on multiple attributes. However, the pitfalls associated with this approach are not widely appreciated. For example, the ...

    • Add or multiply? : A tutorial on ranking and choosing with multiple criteria 

      Tofallis, C. (University of Hertfordshire, 2014)
      Simple additive weighting is a well-known method for scoring and ranking alternative options based on multiple attributes. However the pitfalls associated with this approach are not widely appreciated. For example, the ...