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From Crisis to Choice: Re-imagining the future in shrinking cities
(URBACT Secretariat, Paris, 2013-05)
This report builds on current research and practice concerned with the exploration of causes and consequences of urban shrinkage in Europe. It has been informed by a number of workshops with policy makers, politicians and ...
The Industrial/Consumer Dichotomy in Marketing : Can Formal Taxonomic Thinking Help?
(2013)
The question of whether or not there exists a dichotomy between industrial (business-to-business) and consumer marketing has never been satisfactorily answered. Prominent authors champion both sides of the debate. This ...
Doing Business with China : Comparative Content Analysis of the Business-to-Business Marketing Literature
(2012-09)
A systematic search procedure was used to identify papers concerning B2B marketing to and within China presented at the IMP conference or published in prominent journals during the period 2000 to 2011. Two samples of papers ...
Asymmetric effects of interest rate changes: the role of the consumption-wealth channel
(2011)
This article examines the role of the consumption-wealth channel in explaining asymmetric effects of monetary policy changes. Towards this end, we draw upon available literature on the consumption function and behavioural ...
Boom to bust reconstructing the Spanish economy
(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, ...
Corporate financing and macroeconomic volatility in the European union
(2010)
This paper investigates the impact of corporate financing patterns in the European Union (EU) on macroeconomic volatility. We examine macroeconomic data for eight EU countries. We find that during the period 1990 through ...
Convergence of of corporate finance patterns in Europe
(2010)
We investigate the pattern of corporate financing through bank loans, bond markets and stock markets in the European Union (EU). Specifically, we examine whether the European economies are converging towards a market-oriented ...
Simulation games: shifting from conceptual learning to experiential learning
(2010)
Numerous views exist concerning the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of incorporating simulation games into learning environments. The shift from Conceptual Learning (or learning by 'listening') to Experiential Learning ...
Training in SMEs and its relationship to profitability
(2010)
The continuous development of employee potential is dependent on training at every level to acquire improved skills. While attention has been devoted to its contribution within organisations, there is a dearth of research ...