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Real-time big data processing for instantaneous marketing decisions: A problematization approach (2019)
Journal Article
Jabbar, A., Dani, S., & Akhtar, P. (2019). Real-time big data processing for instantaneous marketing decisions: A problematization approach. Industrial Marketing Management, 90, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2019.09.001

The collection of big data from different sources such as the internet of things, social media and search engines has created significant opportunities for business-to-business (B2B) industrial marketing organizations to take an analytical view in de... Read More about Real-time big data processing for instantaneous marketing decisions: A problematization approach.

Predicting supply chain risks using machine learning: The trade-off between performance and interpretability (2019)
Journal Article
Baryannis, G., Dani, S., & Antoniou, G. (2019). Predicting supply chain risks using machine learning: The trade-off between performance and interpretability. Future Generation Computer Systems, 101, 993 - 1004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2019.07.059

Managing supply chain risks has received increased attention in recent years, aiming to shield supply chains from disruptions by predicting their occurrence and mitigating their adverse effects. At the same time, the resurgence of Artificial Intellig... Read More about Predicting supply chain risks using machine learning: The trade-off between performance and interpretability.

International networking and knowledge acquisition of Chinese SMEs: the role of global mind-set and international entrepreneurial orientation (2019)
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Lin, Z., Cao, X., & Cottam, E. (2019). International networking and knowledge acquisition of Chinese SMEs: the role of global mind-set and international entrepreneurial orientation. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 32(5-6), 449-465. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2019.1640459

Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasing their international networking and knowledge acquisition activities. This paper attempts to explain this phenomenon by examining the joint influence of leader global mind-set and firms’... Read More about International networking and knowledge acquisition of Chinese SMEs: the role of global mind-set and international entrepreneurial orientation.

Growing Consumers Through Production and Play: A Phenomenological Exploration of Food Growing in the School Foodscape (2019)
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(2019). Growing Consumers Through Production and Play: A Phenomenological Exploration of Food Growing in the School Foodscape. Sociology, 468-485. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038518789542

This article adopts a phenomenological perspective to illustrate how gardens become important spaces where children informally encounter, produce, consume and learn about food. We extend the theoretical concept of the ‘foodscape’ by applying it to bo... Read More about Growing Consumers Through Production and Play: A Phenomenological Exploration of Food Growing in the School Foodscape.

Understanding Transience and Participation in University Student-Led Food Gardens (2019)
Journal Article
Pedersen, R., Robinson, Z., & Surman, E. (2019). Understanding Transience and Participation in University Student-Led Food Gardens. Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.3390/su11102788

In an increasingly mobile world, transience is becoming the norm. Sustainable community food initiatives, therefore, must organise to withstand high turnover of volunteers. Using a case study of the United Kingdom’s National Union of Students’ food g... Read More about Understanding Transience and Participation in University Student-Led Food Gardens.

Enforcement Actions, Market Movement and Depositors' Reaction: Evidence from the US Banking System (2019)
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Pereira, J., Malafronte, I., Sorwar, G., & Nurullah, M. (2019). Enforcement Actions, Market Movement and Depositors' Reaction: Evidence from the US Banking System. Journal of Financial Services Research, 143 - 165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10693-019-00313-9

We examine market movement and depositors’ reaction following the announcement of enforcement actions (EAs) on US banks over the period 2004 to 2015. Using an extensive dataset of manually collected EAs, employing event study and multivariate analyse... Read More about Enforcement Actions, Market Movement and Depositors' Reaction: Evidence from the US Banking System.

State, community community and the negotiated construction of energy markets: Community energy policy in England (2019)
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(2019). State, community community and the negotiated construction of energy markets: Community energy policy in England. Geoforum, 21 -31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.02.006

This article provides fresh insight on the political construction of markets through empirical analysis of community energy in the UK. It considers the diverse actors, understandings, processes and technologies enrolled in market creation, stabilisat... Read More about State, community community and the negotiated construction of energy markets: Community energy policy in England.

Assessing the use of computer-based assessment-feedback in teaching digital accountants (2019)
Journal Article
Ekara Helfaya. (2019). Assessing the use of computer-based assessment-feedback in teaching digital accountants. Accounting education, 28(1), 69-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/09639284.2018.1501716

Both assessment and feedback have a vital impact on students’ learning. Using computer-based assessment (CBA) with constructive and prompt computer-based feedback (CBF) reduces the attainment gap of the new generation of digital students. Action rese... Read More about Assessing the use of computer-based assessment-feedback in teaching digital accountants.

Post-disaster tourism: building resilience through community-led approaches in the aftermath of the 2011 disasters in Japan (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Post-disaster tourism: building resilience through community-led approaches in the aftermath of the 2011 disasters in Japan. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1766-1783. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2018.1511720

Post-disaster tourism is often perceived as a form of Dark Tourism associated with death, loss and destruction. In Japan, the term Dark Tourism has gained prominence following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. This paper focuses on a... Read More about Post-disaster tourism: building resilience through community-led approaches in the aftermath of the 2011 disasters in Japan.

Investigating the celebrity effect: the influence of well-liked celebrities on adults’ implicit and explicit responses to brands (2018)
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Rowley, M., Gilman, H., & Sherman, S. (2018). Investigating the celebrity effect: the influence of well-liked celebrities on adults’ implicit and explicit responses to brands. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 402-409. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000199

Celebrities are used within advertisements in an attempt to impact positively on consumers’ attitudes towards brands, purchase intentions, and ad believability. However, the findings from previous research on the effects of celebrity liking on brand... Read More about Investigating the celebrity effect: the influence of well-liked celebrities on adults’ implicit and explicit responses to brands.

Marginalising co-operation?: A discursive analysis of media reporting on the Co-operative Bank (2018)
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(2018). Marginalising co-operation?: A discursive analysis of media reporting on the Co-operative Bank. Organization, 794-811. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508418763276

Recently there has been renewed academic interest in co-operatives. In contrast, media accounts of co-operatives are relatively scarce, particularly, in the United Kingdom, where business reporting usually focuses on capitalist narratives, with alter... Read More about Marginalising co-operation?: A discursive analysis of media reporting on the Co-operative Bank.

Brand personality: theory and dimensionality (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Brand personality: theory and dimensionality. Journal of Product and Brand Management, 115-127. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBM-06-2017-1499

Purpose
This paper aims to critique human personality as a theory underpinning brand personality and to propose instead a theory from human perception, and by doing so, to identify universally relevant dimensions.

Design/methodology/approach
A r... Read More about Brand personality: theory and dimensionality.

Green marketing orientation: Conceptualization, scale development and validation (2017)
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(2017). Green marketing orientation: Conceptualization, scale development and validation. Journal of Business Research, 236 -246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.05.024

As green marketing becomes an essential tool for sustainable business strategy, companies are adopting green marketing practices to achieve better business performance. However, no research has yet operationalized all the organizational facets that a... Read More about Green marketing orientation: Conceptualization, scale development and validation.

Are all online hotel prices created dynamic?: An empirical assessment (2017)
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(2017). Are all online hotel prices created dynamic?: An empirical assessment. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 163-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2017.09.001

Understanding how tourist firms set their online prices is important given their growing reliance on Online Travel Agencies (OTA). The article investigates whether the narrative of a pervasive presence of dynamic pricing provides a realistic descript... Read More about Are all online hotel prices created dynamic?: An empirical assessment.

Using Performative Knowledge Production to Explore Marketplace Exclusion (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Using Performative Knowledge Production to Explore Marketplace Exclusion. Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, 486-511. https://doi.org/10.1108/QMR-09-2016-0085

Purpose
This paper aims to contribute to understandings of the dynamics of marketplace exclusion and explore the benefits of a performative approach to knowledge production.

Design/methodology/approach
Interactive documentary theatre is used to... Read More about Using Performative Knowledge Production to Explore Marketplace Exclusion.

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.