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The contingent role of distributed leadership in the relationship between HR practices and organizational ambidexterity in the cross-border M&As of emerging market multinationals (2016)
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Rao-Nicholson, R., Khan, Z., Akhtar, P., & Tarba, S. Y. (2016). The contingent role of distributed leadership in the relationship between HR practices and organizational ambidexterity in the cross-border M&As of emerging market multinationals. The international journal of human resource management, https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1216882

This paper investigates the effect of human resource practices on organizational ambidexterity in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Previous research suggests that human resource practices play an important role in improving organizational perfo... Read More about The contingent role of distributed leadership in the relationship between HR practices and organizational ambidexterity in the cross-border M&As of emerging market multinationals.

Scenario analysis and disaster preparedness for port and maritime logistics risk management (2016)
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Kwesi-Buor, J., Menachof, D. A., & Talas, R. (2019). Scenario analysis and disaster preparedness for port and maritime logistics risk management. Accident analysis and prevention, 123, 433-447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2016.07.013

System Dynamics (SD) modelling is used to investigate the impacts of policy interventions on industry actors’ preparedness to mitigate risks and to recover from disruptions along the maritime logistics and supply chain network. The model suggests a b... Read More about Scenario analysis and disaster preparedness for port and maritime logistics risk management.

Do not say a word! Conceptualizing employee silence in a long-term crisis context (2016)
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Prouska, R., & Psychogios, A. (2018). Do not say a word! Conceptualizing employee silence in a long-term crisis context. The international journal of human resource management, 29(5), 885-914. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1212913

Although research has emphasized the organizational and individual factors that influence employee voice and silence at work, it is less known how employee voice/silence is affected by the economic context, particularly when this context is one of in... Read More about Do not say a word! Conceptualizing employee silence in a long-term crisis context.

Internal brand co-creation: The experiential brand meaning cycle in higher education (2016)
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Dean, D., Arroyo-Gamez, R. E., Pich, C., & Punjaisri, K. (2016). Internal brand co-creation: The experiential brand meaning cycle in higher education. Journal of business research, 69(8), 3041-3048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.01.019

Higher education (HE) institutions need to adapt to the global environment but the complex nature of HE highlights the role of marketing and the internal market in realizing the brand identity, creating a challenge for developing a shared brand meani... Read More about Internal brand co-creation: The experiential brand meaning cycle in higher education.

The price, quality and distribution of mortgage payment protection insurance: a hedonic pricing approach (2016)
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Ashton, J. K., & Hudson, R. S. (2017). The price, quality and distribution of mortgage payment protection insurance: a hedonic pricing approach. The British accounting review, 49(2), 242-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2016.07.003

Mortgage payment protection insurance (hereafter MPPI) provides varying combinations of accident, sickness and unemployment insurance and is used to protect the mortgage payments of policyholders in the event of a fall in income. Despite alleviating... Read More about The price, quality and distribution of mortgage payment protection insurance: a hedonic pricing approach.

Volatility and diversification of exports: firm-level theory and evidence (2016)
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Vannoorenberghe, G., Wang, Z., & Yu, Z. (2016). Volatility and diversification of exports: firm-level theory and evidence. European Economic Review, 89(October), 216-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2016.07.002

We show using detailed firm-level Chinese data that, among small exporters, firms selling to a more diversified set of countries have more volatile exports, while the opposite holds among large exporters. This a priori surprising result for small fir... Read More about Volatility and diversification of exports: firm-level theory and evidence.

Ethical sourcing : an analysis of the literature and implications for future research (2016)
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Kim, S., Colicchia, C., & Menachof, D. (2018). Ethical sourcing : an analysis of the literature and implications for future research. Journal of Business Ethics, 152(4), 1033–1052. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3266-8

The purpose of this study is to present a rigorous, focused review on how this field of ethical sourcing research has grown and evolved over the decades, providing implications for future research. We combine two research methodologies in this study:... Read More about Ethical sourcing : an analysis of the literature and implications for future research.

Sustainable supply chain management: confirmation of a higher-order model (2016)
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Zhang, M., Tse, Y. K., Doherty, B., Li, S., & Akhtar, P. (2018). Sustainable supply chain management: confirmation of a higher-order model. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 128, 206-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.06.015

Drawing from the research of green supply chain management and corporate social responsibility, this research proposes a hierarchical structure of sustainable supply chain management and develops a multi-item measurement scale to reflect the specific... Read More about Sustainable supply chain management: confirmation of a higher-order model.

Transparency is in the eye of the beholder: the effects of identity and negative perceptions on ratings of transparency via surveys (2016)
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Park, H., & Blenkinsopp, J. (2017). Transparency is in the eye of the beholder: the effects of identity and negative perceptions on ratings of transparency via surveys. International review of administrative sciences, 83(1_suppl), 177-194. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020852315615197

© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. Surveys are a commonly used means of measuring transparency levels, but they are potentially vulnerable to perceptual biases. This study sought to examine perceptual differences by the respondents’ identities as general... Read More about Transparency is in the eye of the beholder: the effects of identity and negative perceptions on ratings of transparency via surveys.

Exploring performance management in four UK trade unions (2016)
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Thursfield, D., & Grayley, K. (2016). Exploring performance management in four UK trade unions. Employee relations, 38(5), 789-804. https://doi.org/10.1108/er-08-2015-0167

Purpose This article explores performance management in four UK trade unions. Specifically, the extent to which managers in the four unions accept or dismiss the unitarist, disciplinary and performative values that arguably characterise performance m... Read More about Exploring performance management in four UK trade unions.

The impact of leadership on organizational ambidexterity and employee psychological safety in the global acquisitions of emerging market multinationals (2016)
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Khan, Z., Akhtar, P., Merchant, H., & Rao-Nicholson, R. (2016). The impact of leadership on organizational ambidexterity and employee psychological safety in the global acquisitions of emerging market multinationals. The international journal of human resource management, 27(20), 2461-2487. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1204557

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper examines the impact of leadership on organizational ambidexterity and employee psychological safety (EPS) based on a sample of 105 global acquisitions of emerging market multi... Read More about The impact of leadership on organizational ambidexterity and employee psychological safety in the global acquisitions of emerging market multinationals.

Road towards Lean Six Sigma in service industry: a multi-factor integrated framework (2016)
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Psychogios, A. G., & Tsironis, L. K. (2016). Road towards Lean Six Sigma in service industry: a multi-factor integrated framework. Business process management journal, 22(4), 812-834. https://doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-08-2015-0118

Purpose - This study adopted a multiple case-study approach, of three companies, in order to identify the factors affecting Lean Six Sigma (L6σ) implementation in service industry. Design/methodology/approach – Secondary data were collected through c... Read More about Road towards Lean Six Sigma in service industry: a multi-factor integrated framework.

An empirical investigation of the determinants influencing consumers' planned choices of eco-innovative materials (2016)
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Osburg, V. S. (2016). An empirical investigation of the determinants influencing consumers' planned choices of eco-innovative materials. International journal of innovation and sustainable development, 10(4), 339-360. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijisd.2016.10000279

Wood-polymer composites (WPCs) are eco-innovative materials combining wood and plastics. Due to the novelty, little is known about consumer acceptance. Investigating the drivers of consumers’ WPC choices reveals consumers’ perception of the materials... Read More about An empirical investigation of the determinants influencing consumers' planned choices of eco-innovative materials.

Four domains of complexity (2016)
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Midgley, G. (2016). Four domains of complexity. Emergence: complexity and organization, 18(2),

In this short paper, which reflects on one of my contributions to the systems literature in 1992 (Pluralism and the Legitimation of Systems Science), I discuss the context at that time. Systems scientists were embroiled in a paradigm war, which threa... Read More about Four domains of complexity.

Growth and income distributions in four EU economies (2016)
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Bhattarai, K. (2016). Growth and income distributions in four EU economies. International Advances in Economic Research, 22(3), 263-277. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11294-016-9594-8

Dynamic multi-sectoral and multi-household general equilibrium models are constructed to show how the economies of Germany, France, Spain and the United Kingdom will evolve from 2006 to 2090. These models generate dynamic paths of investment and capi... Read More about Growth and income distributions in four EU economies.

Integrated oxyfuel power plant with improved CO2 separation and compression technology for EOR application (2016)
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Font-Palma, C., Errey, O., Corden, C., Chalmers, H., Lucquiaud, M., Sanchez del Rio, M., Jackson, S., Medcalf, D., Livesey, B., Gibbins, J., & Pourkashanian, M. (2016). Integrated oxyfuel power plant with improved CO2 separation and compression technology for EOR application. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 103(Part B), 455-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2016.06.024

An integrated advanced supercritical coal-fired oxyfuel power plant with a novel cryogenic CO2 separation and compression technology for high purity CO2 to suit injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery purposes is investigated. The full process is modelle... Read More about Integrated oxyfuel power plant with improved CO2 separation and compression technology for EOR application.

Private damages actions under EU competition policy : an exploration of the ongoing sea change in respect of such actions concerning articles 101 and 102 TFEU infringements (2016)
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Davison, L. (2016). Private damages actions under EU competition policy : an exploration of the ongoing sea change in respect of such actions concerning articles 101 and 102 TFEU infringements. Liverpool Law Review, 37(1-2), 81-104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10991-016-9183-1

The EU has an established history of public enforcement concerning antitrust infringements under what are now Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). Yet, until recently, this has not been true in respect o... Read More about Private damages actions under EU competition policy : an exploration of the ongoing sea change in respect of such actions concerning articles 101 and 102 TFEU infringements.

A rising e-channel tide lifts all boats? the impact of manufacturer multichannel encroachment on traditional selling and leasing (2016)
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Yan, W., Li, Y., Wu, Y., & Palmer, M. (2016). A rising e-channel tide lifts all boats? the impact of manufacturer multichannel encroachment on traditional selling and leasing. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2016, Article 2898021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/2898021

Organizing and managing channels of distribution is an important marketing task. Due to the emergence of electronic commerce on the Internet, e-channel distribution systems have been adopted by many manufacturers. However, academic and anecdotal evid... Read More about A rising e-channel tide lifts all boats? the impact of manufacturer multichannel encroachment on traditional selling and leasing.

A ratiometric Al³⁺ ion probe based on the coumarin-quinoline FRET system (2016)
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Zhu, Q., Li, L., Mu, L., Zeng, X., Redshaw, C., & Wei, G. (2016). A ratiometric Al³⁺ ion probe based on the coumarin-quinoline FRET system. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 328, 217-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.06.006

A coumarin-quinoline based fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) system (TCQ) has been synthesized and employed as a ratiometric fluorescence probe. The selective fluorescent response of the probe TCQ toward Al³⁺ was devised by employing a qu... Read More about A ratiometric Al³⁺ ion probe based on the coumarin-quinoline FRET system.

Modelling mortality: are we heading in the right direction? (2016)
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O’hare, C., & Li, Y. (2017). Modelling mortality: are we heading in the right direction?. Applied economics, 49(2), 170-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2016.1192278

Predicting life expectancy has become of upmost importance in society. Pension providers, insurance companies, government bodies and individuals in the developed world have a vested interest in understanding how long people will live for. This desire... Read More about Modelling mortality: are we heading in the right direction?.