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Do mobile money services enhance business performance? An empirical analysis of Kenyan businesses (2024)
Journal Article

This study examines the impact of mobile money services on business performance by comparing the performance between businesses that use and do not use mobile money. The analysis empirically draws on cross-sectional data of 1001 Kenyan businesses fro... Read More about Do mobile money services enhance business performance? An empirical analysis of Kenyan businesses.

Eating insects: the UK seems much more reluctant than the EU to let this industry flourish (2023)
Digital Artefact

Like it or not, there are lots of good arguments for eating insects – both in animal feeds and on human plates. You can farm them with much less land, water and feed than the likes of cows and sheep. Their greenhouse gas emissions are significantly l... Read More about Eating insects: the UK seems much more reluctant than the EU to let this industry flourish.

Designing financial products that support rural livelihoods: making microfinance work for the poor (2023)
Book Chapter

Markets matter for everyone. Inclusive market systems tend to offer the poor the services needed to sustain their livelihoods. The chapter examines the operations of three financial institutions: Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT), St Joseph's Cooperative Credit... Read More about Designing financial products that support rural livelihoods: making microfinance work for the poor.

Seeking more planet-friendly proteins: edible insects and the future (2023)
Book Chapter

There are over 2,000 species of edible insect on the planet, and while only a small number of these are eaten widely, eating insects is a regular part of many diets across the world. Edible insects represent a more sustainable food source for consume... Read More about Seeking more planet-friendly proteins: edible insects and the future.

Rural businesses and levelling up: A rural-urban analysis of business innovation and exporting in England's north and midlands (2023)
Journal Article

In the face of persistent and widening regional imbalances in economic and social outcomes, the UK Government seeks to ‘level up’ less prosperous communities, reigniting debates on the relationships between geography and business innovation. A key qu... Read More about Rural businesses and levelling up: A rural-urban analysis of business innovation and exporting in England's north and midlands.

Exploring the Determinants of the Relationships between the Land-Based Sectors with the Wider Rural Business Base in Scotland: An Empirical Analysis (2023)
Journal Article

Over the past two decades, the relative socio-economic importance of land-based sectors has declined in comparison to non-land-based businesses such as tourism, food and beverage activities. However, policy implementation and research have primarily... Read More about Exploring the Determinants of the Relationships between the Land-Based Sectors with the Wider Rural Business Base in Scotland: An Empirical Analysis.

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation editors’ series: Advancing quantitative research in entrepreneurship (2023)
Journal Article

How can rural businesses thrive in the digital economy? A UK perspective (2022)
Journal Article

Unlocking the digital potential of the UK's rural areas is important for the future of rural businesses, rural communities and the UK economy as a whole. The use of digital technologies is yielding new opportunities for businesses, including those lo... Read More about How can rural businesses thrive in the digital economy? A UK perspective.

The interplay between digital social capital and family-owned SME performance: a study of social media business networks (2022)
Journal Article

"Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between being members of social media business networks and SME performance by comparing business performance between family-owned SMEs that are members and non-members of social media business ne... Read More about The interplay between digital social capital and family-owned SME performance: a study of social media business networks.

Helping those who use credit to make ends meet (2022)
Report

Helping those who use credit to make ends meet: A Rapid Literature and Evidence Review (2022)
Report

Designing Outside of the Classroom: Branding Design for Thai Traditional Pottery (2022)
Conference Proceeding

This research aims to develop branding for pottery products in Maha Sarakham, Thailand and to generate the collaboration between the local community and university. Ban Mo village, which is the community dedicated to pottery making, is used as the ca... Read More about Designing Outside of the Classroom: Branding Design for Thai Traditional Pottery.

Dimensions of cybersecurity performance and crisis response in critical infrastructure organisations: an intellectual capital perspective (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose This research addresses the relationships between the current, dynamic organisational cyber risk climate, organisational cybersecurity performance and changes in cybersecurity investments, with an aim to address the hostile epistemic climate... Read More about Dimensions of cybersecurity performance and crisis response in critical infrastructure organisations: an intellectual capital perspective.

Does membership of local Chambers of Commerce networks enhance rural SME performance?: An empirical analysis (2021)
Journal Article

Purpose Local Chambers of Commerce networks provide small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with an opportunity to access essential information and networking with other businesses, resulting in improved business performance. However, rural SMEs... Read More about Does membership of local Chambers of Commerce networks enhance rural SME performance?: An empirical analysis.

Social media business networks and SME performance: A rural–urban comparative analysis (2021)
Journal Article

Social media business networks provide small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a modern platform to network, resulting in improved business performance. However, rural SMEs are less likely to access these networks and often underperform urban... Read More about Social media business networks and SME performance: A rural–urban comparative analysis.

Brexit and skill shortages: an empirical analysis of UK SMEs (2021)
Journal Article

This paper examines the perspectives of SMEs on Brexit and skill shortages using cross-sectional data of 2,969 SMEs from a UK Government’s Small Business survey for 2016. The logistic regression with clustered standard errors is applied to analyse th... Read More about Brexit and skill shortages: an empirical analysis of UK SMEs.

Understanding the determinants of primary schoolchildren's food preferences: An investigation of child/parent, school and locality factors (2020)
Conference Proceeding

This paper analyses the determinants of schoolchildren’s food preferences, paying attention to the relative importance of child/parent, school and locality factors, using multilevel modelling. Urbanisation, location in a poorer neighbourhood, having... Read More about Understanding the determinants of primary schoolchildren's food preferences: An investigation of child/parent, school and locality factors.

Spatial disparities in SMEs productivity in England (2020)
Report

Spatial disparities in SME productivity: evidence from the service sector in England (2020)
Journal Article

This paper identifies the key determinants of spatial variability of productivity, focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the service sector across England. Due to the hierarchically structured data, multilevel analysis is applied t... Read More about Spatial disparities in SME productivity: evidence from the service sector in England.

The relationship between micronutrient intake and labour productivity: Evidence from rice-farming households in Thailand (2019)
Journal Article

Unreliable access to a sufficient quantity of nutritious food is a major cause of undernourishment and malnutrition and may lead to reduced worker capacity and low productivity in developing countries. This study examines the impact of micronutrient... Read More about The relationship between micronutrient intake and labour productivity: Evidence from rice-farming households in Thailand.