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Factors influencing the growth of foreign banks' branches in China (2007)
Journal Article
Lu, Q., & Dewhurst, J. (2007). Factors influencing the growth of foreign banks' branches in China. Journal of Contemporary China, 16(52), 517-534. https://doi.org/10.1080/10670560701314487

Because of the excess demand for branch licences and the Chinese government’s policy to effectively ration banking licences, this paper suggests explaining the allocation of branch licences by the objectives of the Chinese government rather than by t... Read More about Factors influencing the growth of foreign banks' branches in China.

Men at work and at home: Managing emotion in telework (2007)
Journal Article
Marsh, K., & Musson, G. (2008). Men at work and at home: Managing emotion in telework. Gender, work, and organization, 15(1), 31-48. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0432.2007.00353.x

Home-based telework, as one of the flexible working options available today, is unique in its ability to blur physically and emotionally the boundaries between work and home. This article explores how men experience working from home, how they constr... Read More about Men at work and at home: Managing emotion in telework.

Macro determinants of FDIn inflows to Japan: An analysis of source country characteristics (2007)
Journal Article
Kimino, S., Saal, D. S., & Driffield, N. (2007). Macro determinants of FDIn inflows to Japan: An analysis of source country characteristics. The World economy, 30(3), 446-469. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9701.2007.01001.x

This paper examines the source country determinants of FDI into Japan. The paper highlights certain methodological and theoretical weaknesses in the previous literature and offers some explanations for hitherto ambiguous results. Specifically, the pa... Read More about Macro determinants of FDIn inflows to Japan: An analysis of source country characteristics.

The History of the Company: The Development of the Business Corporation 1700–1914: Volume 2: Structure (2006)
Book
Pearson, R., Taylor, J., & Freeman, M. (Eds.). (2006). The History of the Company: The Development of the Business Corporation 1700–1914: Volume 2: Structure. Pickering & Chatto. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003549468

Exploring the changing economic, social and political role of the Anglo-American firm, this two-part collection of rare texts covers the period 1700-1850. Each part features an introduction which provides an overview of the development of the British... Read More about The History of the Company: The Development of the Business Corporation 1700–1914: Volume 2: Structure.

Insuring the industrial revolution: Fire insurance in Great Britain, 1700–1850 (2004)
Book
Pearson, R. (Ed.). (2004). Insuring the industrial revolution: Fire insurance in Great Britain, 1700–1850. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315252193

© Robin Pearson 2004. Fire had always been one of the greatest threats to an early modern British society that relied on the naked flame as the prime source of heating, lighting and cooking. Yet whilst the danger of fire had always been taken serious... Read More about Insuring the industrial revolution: Fire insurance in Great Britain, 1700–1850.

Research on Additional Costs of Teaching in NHS Scotland Report for Standing Committee on Resource Allocation Act Sub-Group Final Report (2003)
Report
Hindle, G. (2003). Research on Additional Costs of Teaching in NHS Scotland Report for Standing Committee on Resource Allocation Act Sub-Group Final Report

This report sets out the findings of a research project commissioned to inform the Standing Committee of Resource Allocation in NHSScotland on the quantum of funding required by NHS Boards to support undergraduate medical teaching (and the medical te... Read More about Research on Additional Costs of Teaching in NHS Scotland Report for Standing Committee on Resource Allocation Act Sub-Group Final Report.

Estimating travel-related effects of population distribution in the provision of domicilliary care to the elderly as a basis for improved PSS funding decisions (2002)
Report
Hindle, G. (2002). Estimating travel-related effects of population distribution in the provision of domicilliary care to the elderly as a basis for improved PSS funding decisions

This project was concerned with identifying the contribution to the costs of home care and day centre provision of geographical and spatial factors. Generally the quantum of costs influenced in this way has been seriously underestimated in previous w... Read More about Estimating travel-related effects of population distribution in the provision of domicilliary care to the elderly as a basis for improved PSS funding decisions.

Arab consumer attitutes towards international marketing as a result of the ongoing Arab Spring : a systematic literature review
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nicholson, J., Al-Abdin, A., & Coombes, P. Arab consumer attitutes towards international marketing as a result of the ongoing Arab Spring : a systematic literature review

Paper from the International Conference on Contemporary Marketing Issues (ICCI), Thessaloniki, 13-15 June 2012 The Middle East has been recently and continues to be affected by a phenomenon referred to popularly as the ‘Arab Spring’. The phenomenon a... Read More about Arab consumer attitutes towards international marketing as a result of the ongoing Arab Spring : a systematic literature review.