Browsing by Author "Stokes, Peter"

Ambidexterity, interoperability and the extreme and normal experiences in emergency service contexts: surfacing dynamics, dialectics and trajectories

Stokes, Peter; Wankhade, Paresh; Tarba, Shlomo Y. (Conference)

In recent decades, business, institutional, organizational contexts and environments have witnessed dynamic and radical change and transformations which have affected private and public sectors. These transformations have ...

Awakening a Sleeping Issue :Communication Department Structure

Moss, D.; Sriramesh, K.; Stokes, Peter; Aparecida- Ferrari, A.; Likely, F.; Regeer, B. (Conference)

Moss, D., Sriramesh, K., Stokes, P.,Aparecida- Ferrari, A., Likely, F., Regeer, B. (2015) ‘Awakening a Sleeping Issue :Communication Department Structure’, An International Study, 22nd International Public Relations ...

Beyond learning by doing: an exploration of critical incidents in outdoor leadership education

Hickman, Mark; Stokes, Peter (Article)

This paper argues that outdoor leader education and training is characterized by the development of procedural skills at the expense of crucial but usually ignored nontechnical skills (e.g. contextualized decision-making ...

Brown, T. and Stokes, P. (2015) Recontextualising the Event Management Life-Cycle Landscape. Association for Events Management Education, Falmouth, 16-17 July.

Brown, T.; Stokes, Peter (Conference)

Abstract Recontextualising the Event Management Life-Cycle Landscape Tim Brown and Prof Peter Stokes Current academic convention promotes the events life-cycle as being a singular and sequential process. This has a ...

Business Briefings – Research Methodology

Stokes, Peter; Wall, T. (Book)

Catching the technology wave: an enquiry into perceptions and usage of ICT in higher education – Implications for HRD

Lichy, Jessica; Merle, K.; Stokes, Peter; Groelich, V. (Conference)

Challenging the business case logic for sustainability as an instrument of CSR: Do consumer attitudes in Germany support a business case?

Kraus, Patrick; Britzelmaier, B; Stokes, Peter; Moore, Neil (Book chapter)

Abstract Purpose: The overall goal of this paper is to critique the purported business case for CSR and sustainability, which persists as a major contentious force in convincing companies to become more sustainable. ...

Change Management in Indo-Japanese Cross-Cultural Collaborative Contexts: Parallels between Traditional Indian Philosophy and Contemporary Japanese Management

Ashok Ashta; Stokes, Peter; Hughes, Paul (Article)

Abstract Purpose: Within the globalised commercial context, Japanese business activity in India has increased significantly. The purpose of this research paper is to highlight common attitudinal traits that would facilitate ...

Comments by Guest Editors, Value Creation Conceptualisation

Stokes, Peter; Kabadayi, Sertan (Article)

In the twenty-first century ‘value’ is (re-)emerging as a vital and centrally important phenomenon. While value is, in many ways, a widely recognised and everyday term readily employed in a range of settings, equally, the ...

The competing dynamics and relationships in corporate and local government agency constructions of place.

Russell, N.; Adderley, S.; Stokes, Peter; Scott, P. (Article)

This paper explores the dynamics of how private sector business entities and local government bodies perceive and interact with the identity of the locality in which they operate. It identifies tensions and differences in, ...

The consumer journey in The Digital Age: the challenges faced by destination and place marketing agencies

Scott, Peter; Scott, Tasmin; Stokes, Peter; Moore, Neil; Smith, Simon; Rowland, Caroline; Ward, Tony (Article)

Abstract: This conceptual paper evolved from an extensive literature review and a consultancy project conducted via a UK University Business School/commercial sector collaboration. The paper explores how the digital age ...

Corporate performance: does board independence matter?-Indian evidence

Haldar, A.; Shah, R; Stokes, Peter; Demirbas, D; Dardour, A; Rao, N. (Article)

ABSTRACT • Purpose This paper attempts to examine the efficacy of the presence of independent board directors on firm value in India. • Design/methodology/approach The study utilised panel regression models on large ...

Corporate Social Responsibility in mittelständischen Unternehmen: Eine synoptische Betrachtung

Kraus, Patrick; Britzelmaier, Bernd; Moore, Neil; Stokes, Peter (Book chapter)

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Creating Value – Value Co-Creation and Value Destruction

Stokes, Peter; Mahajan, Gautam; Lucas, Gerardus; Hughes, Paul (Article)

Historically, value has been understood largely in economic terms centred on, for example, notions of price, cost, profits and shareholder wealth. However, contemporary understandings of value also point at value being ...

A Critique of the Business Case Logic for Sustainability: Attitudes towards Sustainability in Germany from a Consumer Point of View

Kraus, Patrick; Britzelmaier, Bernd; Moore, Neil; Stokes, Peter (Conference)

Cultural Antecedents of Sustainability and Regional Economic Development - A Study of SME ‘Mittelstand’ Firms in Baden-Württemberg (Germany)

Kraus, P; Cooper, Cary; Stokes, Peter; Liu, Yipeng; Moore, Neil; Britzelmaier, Bernd; Tarba, Shlomo (Article)

This paper examines behavioural and regional/geographic cultural antecedents of sustainability in SME contexts. The study identifies prevailing macro-representations of sustainability in the literature and highlights an ...