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Antecedents for the adoption and execution of supply chain management (2011)
Journal Article
Kotzab, H., Teller, C., Grant, D. B., & Sparks, L. (2011). Antecedents for the adoption and execution of supply chain management. Supply chain management, 16(4), 231-245. https://doi.org/10.1108/13598541111139053

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual model that includes drivers of supply chain management (SCM) adoption and execution identified in the literature, provide a set of measurement scales that operationalise constructs within... Read More about Antecedents for the adoption and execution of supply chain management.

Trade, growth and poverty in South Asia (2011)
Book Chapter
Bhattarai, K. (2011). Trade, growth and poverty in South Asia. In R. Jha (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of South Asian Economics (258-276). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203827796.ch17

How trade promotes growth and how growth helps to reduce poverty has achieved some attention in the literature. Export-oriented growth strategy has transformed several East Asian countries including South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong within... Read More about Trade, growth and poverty in South Asia.

Corporate aggregate disclosure practices in Jordan (2011)
Journal Article
Omar, B., & Simon, J. (2011). Corporate aggregate disclosure practices in Jordan. Advances in Accounting, 27(1), 166-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adiac.2011.05.002

This study reports the results of an empirical investigation of the disclosure behavior of listed companies in Jordan after important changes in economic and accounting regulations. It also reports the relationship between aggregate disclosure (both... Read More about Corporate aggregate disclosure practices in Jordan.

Trading frequency and asset pricing on the London Stock Exchange: Evidence from a new price impact ratio (2011)
Journal Article
Gregoriou, A., Florackis, C., & Kostakis, A. (2011). Trading frequency and asset pricing on the London Stock Exchange: Evidence from a new price impact ratio. Journal of Banking and Finance, 35(12), 3335-3350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.05.014

This study proposes a new price impact ratio as an alternative to the widely used Amihud's (2002) Return-to-Volume ratio. We demonstrate that the new price impact ratio, which is deemed Return-to-Turnover ratio, has a number of appealing features. Us... Read More about Trading frequency and asset pricing on the London Stock Exchange: Evidence from a new price impact ratio.

A unified theory of structural change (2011)
Journal Article
Dolores Guilló, M., Papageorgiou, C., & Pérez-Sebastián, F. (2011). A unified theory of structural change. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 35(9), 1393-1404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2011.05.004

This paper uses dynamic general equilibrium and computational methods, inspired by the multi-sector growth model structure in Stephen Turnovsky's work, to develop a theory that unifies two of the traditional explanations of structural change: sector-... Read More about A unified theory of structural change.

Convergence or divergence in cross-country growth? (2011)
Journal Article
Dobson, S., Ramlogan-Dobson, C., & Strobl, E. (2012). Convergence or divergence in cross-country growth?. International review of applied economics, 26(3), 417-424. https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2011.557058

In the traditional empirical convergence literature, a negative coefficient on initial income in a cross-country growth regression is interpreted as evidence of poor countries growing faster than richer ones. A key assumption in this work is that the... Read More about Convergence or divergence in cross-country growth?.

Commodity buffer stock redux: the role of International Cocoa Organization in prices and incomes (2011)
Journal Article
Swaray, R. (2011). Commodity buffer stock redux: the role of International Cocoa Organization in prices and incomes. Journal of policy modeling, 33(3), 361-369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2011.03.002

This paper utilizes linear demand and supply models, with additive independent shocks, to derive producer price and income variances of a typical commodity during and after a buffer stock control. It proceeds to use the models to evaluate Internation... Read More about Commodity buffer stock redux: the role of International Cocoa Organization in prices and incomes.

Enhancing Information Usefulness by Line Managers' Involvement in Cross-Unit Activities (2011)
Journal Article
Foss, K., & Rodgers, W. (2011). Enhancing Information Usefulness by Line Managers' Involvement in Cross-Unit Activities. Organization Studies, 32(5), 683-703. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840611407017

Organization and management scholars have long advocated that efficient use of information is critical for firms to compete successfully in the modern marketplace. This study examines whether the use of managerial cross-unit involvement in an organiz... Read More about Enhancing Information Usefulness by Line Managers' Involvement in Cross-Unit Activities.

The intergenerational effects of parental schooling on the cognitive and non-cognitive development of children (2011)
Journal Article
Silles, M. A. (2011). The intergenerational effects of parental schooling on the cognitive and non-cognitive development of children. Economics of education review, 30(2), 258-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.09.002

This article, using the National Child Development Study, estimates the causal relationship between parents' schooling and children's cognitive and non-cognitive development using the 1947 compulsory schooling legislation in Great Britain. The least... Read More about The intergenerational effects of parental schooling on the cognitive and non-cognitive development of children.

The interface between retailers and logistics service providers in the online market (2011)
Journal Article
Xing, Y., Grant, D. B., McKinnon, A. C., & Fernie, J. (2011). The interface between retailers and logistics service providers in the online market. European Journal of Marketing, 45(3), 334-357. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090561111107221

Purpose: The growth in online shopping has presented challenges for physical distribution service quality (PDSQ) provided by retailers, including both multi-channel and pure players, and logistics service providers (LSPs). Issues emerging from a cons... Read More about The interface between retailers and logistics service providers in the online market.

A gravitational model of international retail market selection (2011)
Journal Article
Alexander, N., Rhodes, M., & Myers, H. (2011). A gravitational model of international retail market selection. International Marketing Review, 28(2), 183-200. https://doi.org/10.1108/02651331111122669

Purpose: The increasingly important role of international retail companies in the distribution and marketing of goods highlights important gaps in the literature. One of these gaps concerns a scientifically based understanding of the key, underlying... Read More about A gravitational model of international retail market selection.

Potential model misspecification bias: formative indicators enhancing theory for accounting researchers (2011)
Journal Article
Rodgers, W., & Guiral, A. (2011). Potential model misspecification bias: formative indicators enhancing theory for accounting researchers. International Journal of Accounting, 46(1), 25-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intacc.2010.12.002

This paper describes why and when formative factors, in combination with reflective measures, can be used in accounting research to better represent complex theoretical constructs. We argue that the exclusive use of reflective factors constrains theo... Read More about Potential model misspecification bias: formative indicators enhancing theory for accounting researchers.

An evaluation of a group project designed to reduce free-riding and promote active learning (2011)
Journal Article
Swaray, R. (2012). An evaluation of a group project designed to reduce free-riding and promote active learning. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 37(3), 285-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2010.531246

The effect of historical events on the speed of price evolution indexed by an operational time for China’s futures market (2011)
Book Chapter
Zhang, R., Li, Y., & McKillop, D. (2011). The effect of historical events on the speed of price evolution indexed by an operational time for China’s futures market. In L. Wang (Ed.), Rising China in the Changing World Economy (357-395). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203144596

The relationship between product market competition and capital structure in Chinese listed firms (2011)
Journal Article
Guney, Y., Li, L., & Fairchild, R. (2011). The relationship between product market competition and capital structure in Chinese listed firms. International review of financial analysis, 20(1), 41-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2010.10.003

Financial and industrial economists have increasingly recognized the interaction between product market competition and financing decisions of firms. This paper analyzes the relationship between product market competition (measured by Tobin's Q) and... Read More about The relationship between product market competition and capital structure in Chinese listed firms.

Management of the marine environment: Integrating ecosystem services and societal benefits with the DPSIR framework in a systems approach (2011)
Journal Article
Atkins, J. P., Burdon, D., Elliott, M., & Gregory, A. J. (2011). Management of the marine environment: Integrating ecosystem services and societal benefits with the DPSIR framework in a systems approach. Marine pollution bulletin, 62(2), 215-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.12.012

Ever increasing and diverse use of the marine environment is leading to human-induced changes in marine life, habitats and landscapes, making necessary the development of marine policy that considers all members of the user community and addresses cu... Read More about Management of the marine environment: Integrating ecosystem services and societal benefits with the DPSIR framework in a systems approach.

Lean manufacturing at Loyds Industri AS (2011)
Book Chapter
Grant, D. (2011). Lean manufacturing at Loyds Industri AS. In Nordic case reader in logistics and supply chain management (91 - 102). University Press of Southern Denmark

Retailing (2011)
Book Chapter
Grant, D. (2011). Retailing. In The alphaBEM of the sustainable supply chain : A-Z (99 - 102). Bordeaux Ecole de Management

Design of an RFID-enabled fresh meat retail supply chain (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sergeyev, Y., Butcher, T., & Grant, D. (2010, July). Design of an RFID-enabled fresh meat retail supply chain. Presented at 15th International Symposium on Logistics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This paper reports on a research project to evaluate the benefits of using radio frequency identification (RFID) in a fresh meat retail supply chain.

Consumers as logisticians: The development of consumer logistics (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Teller, C., Kotzab, H., & Grant, D. (2010, June). Consumers as logisticians: The development of consumer logistics. Presented at Consumers as Logisticians, Kolding, Denmark