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Brands at Work: The Search for Meaning in Mundane Work (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). Brands at Work: The Search for Meaning in Mundane Work. Organization Studies, 29 - 53. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840614553382

Brand scholarship traditionally resides within the marketing literature and focuses on organizations’ external relationships with customers. However, increasing critical attention in organization studies has focused on the brand in order to understan... Read More about Brands at Work: The Search for Meaning in Mundane Work.

Many hamsters: how the EU can enable private firms to provide renewable energy (2014)
Journal Article
Simister, J., Syrrakos, D., Day, F., & Whittle, R. (2014). Many hamsters: how the EU can enable private firms to provide renewable energy. International Journal of Green Economics, 8(2), 158. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijge.2014.065853

This paper investigates the energy investment needs of the European Union (EU), including renewable energy. Europe currently has little or no economic growth, and interest rates are expected to rise. Given the state of many EU countries’ economies, t... Read More about Many hamsters: how the EU can enable private firms to provide renewable energy.

Environmental Reporting of British Food Industry a Critical Analysis (2014)
Book
Helfaya, A., & Kotb, A. (2014). Environmental Reporting of British Food Industry a Critical Analysis. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

This research based book gives special consideration to environmental reporting practices in a sample of six companies representing the largest companies in both food retailing and processing sectors (FRS & FPS respectively) in the UK. This has been... Read More about Environmental Reporting of British Food Industry a Critical Analysis.

The side-effects of Quantitative Easing: Evidence from the UK Bond Market (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). The side-effects of Quantitative Easing: Evidence from the UK Bond Market. Journal of International Money and Finance, 303 - 336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2014.11.007

We examine the returns to UK government bonds before, during and between the phases of quantitative easing to identify the side effects for the market itself. We show that the onset of QE led to a sustained reduction in the costs of trading and remov... Read More about The side-effects of Quantitative Easing: Evidence from the UK Bond Market.

Corporeal Capitalism: The Body in International Political Economy (2014)
Journal Article
Smith, N., & Lee, D. (2015). Corporeal Capitalism: The Body in International Political Economy. Global Society, 29(1), 64-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2014.976608

This themed section takes as its starting point the premise that the body matters in International Political Economy (IPE) and presents four original articles that support and illustrate this ontologically critical and, perhaps, provocative position.... Read More about Corporeal Capitalism: The Body in International Political Economy.

The effects of quantitative easing on the volatility of the gilt-edged market (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). The effects of quantitative easing on the volatility of the gilt-edged market. International Review of Financial Analysis, 113 - 128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2014.11.004

We model the effects of quantitative easing on the volatility of returns to individual gilts, examining both the effects of QE overall and of the specific days of asset purchases. The action of QE successfully neutralized the six fold increase in vol... Read More about The effects of quantitative easing on the volatility of the gilt-edged market.

Selection, heterogeneity and entry in liberal professions (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). Selection, heterogeneity and entry in liberal professions. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 925 -951. https://doi.org/10.1111/jems.12074

We analyze two different cases of entry regulation in professional markets: first, when licensing is a requirement for becoming a professional (lawyers); second, when entry and price restrictions are applied on a geographical basis (pharmacists). Bot... Read More about Selection, heterogeneity and entry in liberal professions.

Airline pricing under different market conditions: evidence from European Low Cost Carriers (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). Airline pricing under different market conditions: evidence from European Low Cost Carriers. Tourism Management, 152 -163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2014.09.015

Traditional theories of airline pricing maintain that fares monotonically increase as fewer seats remain available on a flight. This implies a monotonically increasing temporal profile of fares. In this paper, we exploit the presence of drops in offe... Read More about Airline pricing under different market conditions: evidence from European Low Cost Carriers.

Distinguishing the brand name element from the branded entity (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Round, G. (2014). Distinguishing the brand name element from the branded entity.

This development paper looks at the conceptualisation of the brand name element. It asserts that this is inadequately theoretically conceptualised, despite the brand name element forming an important aspect of branding theory and practice. Conflation... Read More about Distinguishing the brand name element from the branded entity.