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Building Contacts and Widening Circles (2015)
Journal Article
Mcluskie, P. (2015). Building Contacts and Widening Circles. Experiential Entrepreneurship Exercises Journal, 1(SI-ETC), 21-25

Why is Corbyn winning? Because Ed Miliband’s not standing (2015)
Digital Artefact
James, N. (2015). Why is Corbyn winning? Because Ed Miliband’s not standing. [Blog style article]

There is no candidate speaking to the centre of the party - and that leaves a vacumn for Jeremy Corbyn, argues Neil James.

The Kill Programme: an ethnographic study of the Dirty Work of meat inspectors in a slaughterhouse (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). The Kill Programme: an ethnographic study of the Dirty Work of meat inspectors in a slaughterhouse. New Technology, Work and Employment, 95-108. https://doi.org/10.1111/ntwe.12046

It has been argued that ‘dirty work’ is characterised by strong occupational and workgroup cultures. This literature has mainly focused on direct workers, but this article largely attends to indirect ‘dirty’ workers, specifically meat inspectors, thr... Read More about The Kill Programme: an ethnographic study of the Dirty Work of meat inspectors in a slaughterhouse.

Buyers’ perceptions on the impact of strategic purchasing on dyadic quality performances (2015)
Journal Article
Yeung, K., Cheng, T., & Lee, P. K. (2015). Buyers’ perceptions on the impact of strategic purchasing on dyadic quality performances. International Journal of Production Economics, 168, 321-330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.07.005

Carr and Pearson (1999 J. Oper. Manage. 17 (5), 497–519) find that strategic purchasing has direct and indirect positive associations with buyer financial performance. An important question arises, however, as to whether the impact of strategic purch... Read More about Buyers’ perceptions on the impact of strategic purchasing on dyadic quality performances.

Where is the competitive edge in Knowledge Transfer? -The impact of KTPs (2015)
Presentation / Conference
(2015, June). Where is the competitive edge in Knowledge Transfer? -The impact of KTPs. Presented at 22nd European Operations Management Association (EurOMA) Conference, Neuchatel, Switzerland

Where is the competitive edge in Knowledge Transfer? - The impact of KTPs Keywords: Knowledge transfer, Projects, Impact Topic(s): Empirical Research in Operations Management; Innovation, Product and Service Development; Technology Management in Oper... Read More about Where is the competitive edge in Knowledge Transfer? -The impact of KTPs.

Revisiting variance gamma pricing: An application to S&P500 index options (2015)
Journal Article
Mozumder, S., Sorwar, G., & Dowd, K. (2015). Revisiting variance gamma pricing: An application to S&P500 index options. International Journal of Financial Engineering, 02(02), 1550022. https://doi.org/10.1142/s242478631550022x

This paper reformulates the Lévy–Kintchine formula to make it suitable for modeling the stochastic time-changing effects of Lévy processes. Using the variance gamma (VG) process as an example, it illustrates the dynamic properties of a Lévy process a... Read More about Revisiting variance gamma pricing: An application to S&P500 index options.

Exploring the Role of HR Practitioners in Pursuit of Organizational Effectiveness in Higher Education Institutions (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). Exploring the Role of HR Practitioners in Pursuit of Organizational Effectiveness in Higher Education Institutions. Journal of Change Management, 210-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/14697017.2015.1045539

This paper focuses on how human resource (HR) professionals view their role in contributing to organizational effectiveness (OE) in the higher education (HE) sector. Drawing on interview and documentary data, we trace how rival definitions of OE rela... Read More about Exploring the Role of HR Practitioners in Pursuit of Organizational Effectiveness in Higher Education Institutions.

The growth–distribution nexus in a mixed regime of education with a status motive: On the macroeconomics of the welfare state (2015)
Journal Article
Tsoukis, C. (2015). The growth–distribution nexus in a mixed regime of education with a status motive: On the macroeconomics of the welfare state. Economic Modelling, 235 - 243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2015.02.032

We develop a growth model with human capital accumulation to study the effects of status-driven motivation on individuals' choice between public or private education. This choice interacts with and exacerbates the effects of status, with implications... Read More about The growth–distribution nexus in a mixed regime of education with a status motive: On the macroeconomics of the welfare state.

Motives for coporate cash holdings: The CEO optimism effect (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). Motives for coporate cash holdings: The CEO optimism effect. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 699-732. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-015-0517-1

We examine the chief executive officer (CEO) optimism effect on managerial motives for cash holdings and find that optimistic and non-optimistic managers have significantly dissimilar purposes for holding more cash. This is consistent with both theor... Read More about Motives for coporate cash holdings: The CEO optimism effect.

Manufacturing Management in Theory and Practice. (2015)
Book Chapter
(2015). Manufacturing Management in Theory and Practice. In Handbook of Manufacturing Industries in the World Economy (17 - 29)

This book represents a major contribution to our thinking about modern manufacturing industries and is not just timely it is long overdue!

The effects of Code-Share agreements on the temporal profile of airline fares (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). The effects of Code-Share agreements on the temporal profile of airline fares. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 42 -54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2015.03.023

This paper aims at investigating how the pricing strategy of European airlines is affected by code-share agreements on international routes. Our data cover several routes linking the main UK airports to many European destinations and includes posted... Read More about The effects of Code-Share agreements on the temporal profile of airline fares.

Organizational Misbehavior and Management Control in China’s Public Hospitals: Doctors’ Red Packets (2015)
Journal Article
Cao, X. (2015). Organizational Misbehavior and Management Control in China’s Public Hospitals: Doctors’ Red Packets. Frontiers of Business Research in China, 110 -134. https://doi.org/10.3868/s070-004-015-0006-3

This paper investigates Chinese doctors’ informal payment, known as red packets, with reference to the debate on organizational misbehavior, fiddles and control. It aims to examine the internal and external factors that have contributed to the emerge... Read More about Organizational Misbehavior and Management Control in China’s Public Hospitals: Doctors’ Red Packets.

Operational improvement competence and service recovery performance: The moderating effects of role stress and job resources (2015)
Journal Article
Yang, Y., Lee, P. K., & Cheng, T. (2015). Operational improvement competence and service recovery performance: The moderating effects of role stress and job resources. International Journal of Production Economics, 164, 134-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.03.014

Many scholars and service practitioners perceive service recovery as an important means to retain customer after service failures, but in practice many service recovery efforts are unsuccessful. Studies on service recovery suggest that recovery activ... Read More about Operational improvement competence and service recovery performance: The moderating effects of role stress and job resources.

Joint supply chain risk management: An agency and collaboration perspective (2015)
Journal Article
Li, G., Fan, H., Lee, P. K., & Cheng, T. (2015). Joint supply chain risk management: An agency and collaboration perspective. International Journal of Production Economics, 164, 83-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.02.021

As supply chain risks refer to the risks transmitted among supply chain members and supply chain management (SCM) is concerned with close collaboration among chain members to enhance the chain׳s overall performance, we argue that we need to use an SC... Read More about Joint supply chain risk management: An agency and collaboration perspective.

A strike of ‘unorganised’ workers in a Chinese car factory: the Nanhai Honda events of 2010 (2015)
Journal Article
Lyddon, D., Cao, X., Meng, Q., & Lu, J. (2015). A strike of ‘unorganised’ workers in a Chinese car factory: the Nanhai Honda events of 2010. Industrial Relations Journal, 46(2), 134 -152. https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12089

This strike in a Chinese factory of the Japanese multinational Honda in 2010 received worldwide coverage. A young workforce sustained an on–off strike, with varying numbers of workers involved, for 19 days. Academic interest has focused on prospects... Read More about A strike of ‘unorganised’ workers in a Chinese car factory: the Nanhai Honda events of 2010.

Social expectations, gender and job satisfaction: Front-line employees in China's retail sector (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). Social expectations, gender and job satisfaction: Front-line employees in China's retail sector. Human Resource Management Journal, 331 - 347. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12066

This study aims to enhance our understanding of gender and employment in China. Analysing data collected from over 1,800 employees at 22 foreign-invested and locally owned retail stores in eight Chinese cities, it firstly explores whether, like their... Read More about Social expectations, gender and job satisfaction: Front-line employees in China's retail sector.

Current accounts in the long run and the intertemporal approach: a panel data investigation (2015)
Journal Article
Tsoukis, C., Cerrato, M., Kalyoncu, H., & Hassan Naqvi, N. (2015). Current accounts in the long run and the intertemporal approach: a panel data investigation. World Economy, 38(2), 340-359. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12152

This paper is a theory-based study of the long-run determinants of the current account (CA). For many OECD economies after the Second World War, there has been more long-run variation in the CA data than is emphasised by a ‘Permanent Income’ version... Read More about Current accounts in the long run and the intertemporal approach: a panel data investigation.

The Stability and Growth Pact, and Balanced Budget Fiscal Stimulus: Evidence from Germany and Italy (2015)
Journal Article
Karagounis, K., Syrrakos, D., & Simister, J. (2015). The Stability and Growth Pact, and Balanced Budget Fiscal Stimulus: Evidence from Germany and Italy. Intereconomics, 50(1), 32-39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-015-0522-6

This paper assesses the limitations that the Stability and Growth Pact has imposed on Italy’s economic recovery and its debt reduction. By evaluating Germany’s fiscal policy since 1997, the paper offers recommendations for the Italian authorities. Me... Read More about The Stability and Growth Pact, and Balanced Budget Fiscal Stimulus: Evidence from Germany and Italy.