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Factors Contributing to Haze Pollution: Evidence from Macao, China (2017)
Journal Article
To, W., Lee, P., & Ng, C. (in press). Factors Contributing to Haze Pollution: Evidence from Macao, China. Energies, 10(9), 1352. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10091352

Haze is a major environmental concern in many cities because it adversely affects people’s physiological and psychological well-being. This paper examines the extent of haze in Macao during the period 1986–2016. It identifies the relationships betwee... Read More about Factors Contributing to Haze Pollution: Evidence from Macao, China.

Unearth Hidden Assets through Community Co-design and Co-production (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Unearth Hidden Assets through Community Co-design and Co-production. Design Journal, S3601 - S3610. https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1352863

This paper discusses main findings of a pilot study, which explored how co-design and co-production could support asset-based community development. Increasingly, community developments have shifted toward an ‘asset-based’ approach, which concentrate... Read More about Unearth Hidden Assets through Community Co-design and Co-production.

Small is Beautiful? Exploring the Challenges Faced by Trade Union Supported Credit Unions (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Small is Beautiful? Exploring the Challenges Faced by Trade Union Supported Credit Unions

The consequences of the financial crisis and successive UK governments’ austerity programmes include the growth of precarious employment, in-work poverty, and financial exclusion. Credit unions have been identified as a solution to the problem of acc... Read More about Small is Beautiful? Exploring the Challenges Faced by Trade Union Supported Credit Unions.

Job insecurity and employee outcomes: the moderating role of collective trust in management (2017)
Journal Article
Wang, W., Mather, K., & Seifert, R. (2017). Job insecurity and employee outcomes: the moderating role of collective trust in management. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017(1), 14355. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2017.14355abstract

Contextualized within the widespread cynicism and employment insecurity of the modern British workplace, this article intends to examine the moderating effect of collective trust on the correlation of job insecurity (both subjective and actual) and e... Read More about Job insecurity and employee outcomes: the moderating role of collective trust in management.

The political economy of dive tourism: precarity at the periphery in Malaysia (2017)
Journal Article
Hampton, M. P., Jeyacheya, J., & Lee, D. (2018). The political economy of dive tourism: precarity at the periphery in Malaysia. Tourism Geographies, 20(1), 107-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2017.1357141

Using a critical political economy approach and the concept of labour precarity, the international dive tourism industry in Sabah, Malaysia and its workers’ vulnerabilities are interrogated. Fieldwork data highlights dive tourism's socio-economic imp... Read More about The political economy of dive tourism: precarity at the periphery in Malaysia.

Sports events and social interaction: Examining antecedents of spectators’ value creation (2017)
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(2017). Sports events and social interaction: Examining antecedents of spectators’ value creation. European Sport Management Quarterly, 193-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2017.1361459

Research question: Spectating at sports events comprises on-pitch and off-pitch benefits. Value may also derive from spectator-to-spectator interaction, however, we do not know whether all types of interaction have similar effects on value creation a... Read More about Sports events and social interaction: Examining antecedents of spectators’ value creation.

Supply chain risk assessment approach for process quality risks (2017)
Journal Article
Dani, S. (2017). Supply chain risk assessment approach for process quality risks. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 940 - 954. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-01-2015-0010

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to proactively analyse and mitigate the root causes of the product and security risks. The case study approach examines the effectiveness of the fuzzy logic approach for assessing the product and process-related... Read More about Supply chain risk assessment approach for process quality risks.

Hybrid exponential-hyperbolic discounting and growth without commitment (2017)
Journal Article
Tsoukis. (2017). Hybrid exponential-hyperbolic discounting and growth without commitment. https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12197

We analyse the time-consistent intertemporal behaviour of an individual who discounts the future hyperbolically (HD) in the absence of commitment. In continuous-time, we extend Barro's (Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 114 (1999), pp. 1125–1152)... Read More about Hybrid exponential-hyperbolic discounting and growth without commitment.

GHG emissions from electricity consumption: A case study of Hong Kong from 2002 to 2015 and trends to 2030 (2017)
Journal Article
To, W., & Lee, P. K. (2017). GHG emissions from electricity consumption: A case study of Hong Kong from 2002 to 2015 and trends to 2030. Journal of Cleaner Production, 165, 589-598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.181

Electricity consumption in cities is steadily increasing. Using a life cycle approach and fuel mix data from power companies’ sustainability reports, this paper analyzes greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from electricity consumption in Hong Kong. The re... Read More about GHG emissions from electricity consumption: A case study of Hong Kong from 2002 to 2015 and trends to 2030.

Modeling of Monthly Residential and Commercial Electricity Consumption Using Nonlinear Seasonal Models—The Case of Hong Kong (2017)
Journal Article
To, W., Lee, P. K. C., & Lai, T. Modeling of Monthly Residential and Commercial Electricity Consumption Using Nonlinear Seasonal Models—The Case of Hong Kong. Energies, 10(7), 885. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10070885

Accurate modeling and forecasting monthly electricity consumption are the keys to optimizing energy management and planning. This paper examines the seasonal characteristics of electricity consumption in Hong Kong—a subtropical city with 7 million pe... Read More about Modeling of Monthly Residential and Commercial Electricity Consumption Using Nonlinear Seasonal Models—The Case of Hong Kong.

The Influence of Buyers' Time Orientation on Online Shopping Behavior: A Typology (2017)
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(2017). The Influence of Buyers' Time Orientation on Online Shopping Behavior: A Typology. International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 299-333. https://doi.org/10.1080/10864415.2016.1319206

This research investigates the influence of buyers’ time orientations (measured as polychronic–monochronic and past–future time orientations) on four major variables of online shopping: trust, social interaction, browsing, and locus of control, which... Read More about The Influence of Buyers' Time Orientation on Online Shopping Behavior: A Typology.

How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance? (2017)
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(2017). How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance?. International Business Review, 555-565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.11.004

This paper examines the impact of sub-national institutions on the performance of foreign firms in China. Building on institutional theory, we envisage that the negative effect of sub-national institutional constraints is moderated by firm size and a... Read More about How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance?.

How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance? (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance?. International Business Review, 555-565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.11.004

This paper examines the impact of sub-national institutions on the performance of foreign firms in China. Building on institutional theory, we envisage that the negative effect of sub-national institutional constraints is moderated by firm size and a... Read More about How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance?.

Diamonds are a girl's best friend...?: Examining gender and careers in the jewellery industry (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Diamonds are a girl's best friend...?: Examining gender and careers in the jewellery industry. Organization, 355 -376. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508416687767

Using Acker’s concept of ‘inequality regimes’, this article examines the practices and processes of gender inequality in the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, highlighting the complex and subtle nature of discrimination sometimes at play and the strategi... Read More about Diamonds are a girl's best friend...?: Examining gender and careers in the jewellery industry.

Do Board CSR Strategy and Orientation Influence Corporate Environmental Disclosures of UK firms. (2017)
Journal Article
Helfaya, E., & Moussa, T. (2017). Do Board CSR Strategy and Orientation Influence Corporate Environmental Disclosures of UK firms. Business Strategy and the Environment, 26(8), 1061-1077. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.1960

The environmental implications of corporate economic activities have led to growing demands for firms and their boards to adopt sustainable strategies and to disseminate more useful information about their activities and impacts on environment. This... Read More about Do Board CSR Strategy and Orientation Influence Corporate Environmental Disclosures of UK firms..

The Translator as Agent in Talent Management Knowledge Transfer (2017)
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(2017). The Translator as Agent in Talent Management Knowledge Transfer. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 151-169. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470595817701509

We investigate the transfer of talent management knowledge into a Slovak manufacturing setting from a translation perspective. The translator is shown to be the key agent in the cross-national, cross-language knowledge transfer process, who not only... Read More about The Translator as Agent in Talent Management Knowledge Transfer.

"Pre-launch prediction of market performance for short lifecycle products using online community data" (2017)
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(2017). "Pre-launch prediction of market performance for short lifecycle products using online community data". Journal of Interactive Marketing, 12-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intmar.2016.10.004

Prediction of sales for short life-cycle products can be problematic. Generic predictive models based on past launches may provide only crude historic data which are unsuited for distinctive, innovative products. This paper investigates the role of o... Read More about "Pre-launch prediction of market performance for short lifecycle products using online community data".