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Regulatory regimes and multinational insurers before 1914 (2008)
Journal Article
Pearson, R., & Lönnborg, M. (2008). Regulatory regimes and multinational insurers before 1914. Business History Review, 82(1), 59-86. https://doi.org/10.1017/s000768050003751x

At the end of the twentieth century, the global diffusion of one important financial service, insurance, was encouraged by deregulation, but it also encountered difficulties where deregulation remained incomplete and where there were many nonregulato... Read More about Regulatory regimes and multinational insurers before 1914.

Government control, transaction costs, and commitment between the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and the Chinese government (2008)
Journal Article
Lu, Q. (2008). Government control, transaction costs, and commitment between the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and the Chinese government. Enterprise & society, 9(1), 44-69. https://doi.org/10.1093/es/khm106

We use the tools of transaction cost politics (TCP) developed from transaction cost economics and economic analysis, to analyze the business relationship building between the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), the largest and most succ... Read More about Government control, transaction costs, and commitment between the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and the Chinese government.

Integrated rural tourism: a border case study (2008)
Journal Article
Saxena, G., & Ilbery, B. (2008). Integrated rural tourism: a border case study. Annals of Tourism Research, 35(1), 233-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2007.07.010

Within the context of debates about integrated and territorial approaches to rural development in Europe's lagging regions, this paper introduces the notion of integrated rural tourism, theorized in relation to the concepts of embeddedness, dis-embed... Read More about Integrated rural tourism: a border case study.

Teoria implícita de organização e padrões de inovação nos processos de gestão (2007)
Journal Article
Bastos, A. V. B., Souza, J. J. D., Menezes, I. G., Neris, J. S., Melo, L. C. T. D., & Brandão, L. A. G. (2007). Teoria implícita de organização e padrões de inovação nos processos de gestão. Psicologia: reflexão e crítica, 20(1), 157-166. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-79722007000100020

A pesquisa explora o conceito do que é uma organização bem-sucedida segundo a percepção de atores organizacionais inseridos em empresas com diferentes padrões de adoção de novas práticas de gestão do trabalho e da produção. Para tanto, utilizou-se um... Read More about Teoria implícita de organização e padrões de inovação nos processos de gestão.

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.

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.

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. London: 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.

A 'symbiosis effect' perspective to understand reverse logistics and household recycling waste systems
Book Chapter
Deutz, P., Grant, D., Nicholson, J., & A-Jalil, E. E. A 'symbiosis effect' perspective to understand reverse logistics and household recycling waste systems.

Paper presented at 19th ISL, 2014, Ho Chi Minh The essence of the problem with waste is that it is by definition something that is not wanted. We argue here that achieving a sustainable solution requires consideration of both regulatory responsibilit... Read More about A 'symbiosis effect' perspective to understand reverse logistics and household recycling waste systems.

Network analysis for OB/HRM in R software
Conference Proceeding
Menezes, I., Zwiegelaar, J., Moraes, E., Mendy, J., & Pires dos Santos, P. P. (2019). Network analysis for OB/HRM in R software.

The amount of research investigating psychological networks has grown substantially over the last decade but to our knowledge this is the first study applying network analysis methodology to the fields of OB/HRM. As such, this study aims to provide r... Read More about Network analysis for OB/HRM in R software.

Arab consumer attitutes towards international marketing as a result of the ongoing Arab Spring : a systematic literature review
Conference Proceeding
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.