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The Vexed Question of Best Interests in Decisions Relating to Infants and Medical Futility
(Book chapter)Seemingly intractable disagreements between parents and doctors about the treatment of gravely ill infants are neither new, nor particularly unusual. In the clinical context, proposed courses of treatment are usually ... -
Knowledge Management Activities and Strategic Planning Capability Development
(Article)While the strategic management literature extols the virtues of engaging in strategic planning for superior performance, how a dynamic strategic planning capability can be developed remains underexplored; a knowledge void ... -
Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Emerging Market Following the Revised CG Code
(Article)Purpose: This study examines the extent to which board characteristics and ownership structure affect firm performance with specific focus on providing new empirical insights following the revised Corporate Governance (CG) ... -
The M'Naghten Rules - a brief historical note
(Article)This paper reveals the number and identities of the signatories to the M'Naghten Rules. However, the paper also confirms that some doubts about this issue remain. -
An exploratory study of the psychological determinants of mobility of older people in Malta
(Article)An ageing population is a social phenomenon affecting transport systems in many cities. More attention is being given to how older people travel so as to increase independence in later life but at the same time ensure ... -
The Impact of the Nottingham Workplace Parking Levy on Travel to Work Mode Share
(Article)A Workplace Parking Levy (WPL) scheme raises a levy on private non-domestic off-street parking provided by employers. In April 2012 Nottingham became the first UK City to implement such a scheme with the revenue generated ... -
A Comparative Evaluation of Offences: Criminalising Abusive Behaviour in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Tasmania
(Book chapter)This chapter analyses the new offences introduced in England and Wales in 2015, Scotland in 2018, Ireland in 2018 and the less recent offences in Tasmania in 2004 addressing the use of coercive control in domestic ... -
Analysing parking search (‘cruising’) time using generalised multilevel structural equation modelling
(Article)The aim of this paper is to identify factors influencing parking search (cruising) time. A revealed-preference on-street parking survey was undertaken with individual drivers in four UK cities to investigate the influence ... -
The role of dedicated freighter aircraft in the provision of global airfreight services
(Article)In 2014, over 51 million tonnes of cargo, valued at over US$6.8 trillion, was flown around the world. Approximately 56% of this total (by global revenue tonne kilometres (RTKs)) was flown on dedicated freighter aircraft ... -
Estimating the Traffic Impacts of Green Light Optimal Speed Advisory Systems Using Microsimulation
(Article)Even though signalised intersections are necessary for urban road traffic management, they can act as bottlenecks and disrupt traffic operations. Interrupted traffic flow causes congestion, delays, stop-and-go conditions ... -
Gender in the UK Architectural Profession: (re)producing and challenging hegemonic masculinity
(Article)Architecture represents a creative, high profile and influential profession, and yet remains under-theorised from a gender perspective. This article examines how gender is (re)produced in architecture, a profession that ... -
Voice parade procedures: Optimising witness performance
(Article)Unfamiliar voice identification is error-prone. Whilst the investigation of system variables may indicate ways of boosting earwitness performance, this is an under-researched area. Two experiments were conducted to investigate ... -
To drive or to use the bus? An Exploratory Study of Older People in Malta
(Article)Older adults are becoming a larger portion of the world’s population, and as a result, more attention is being given to their mobility and travel behaviour. Such studies are however lacking in certain contexts like in ... -
Transnational Law and State Transformation: The Case of Extractive Development in Mongolia
(Book)This book contributes new theoretical insight and in-depth empirical analysis about the relationship between transnational legality, state change and the globalisation of markets. The role of transnational economic law ... -
Globalization, free markets and investor protection
(Article)Using data from 29 countries, this paper is the first attempt to examine whether economic, political and social integration explain how well investors, both shareholders and creditors, are protected from expropriation by ... -
R&D intensity, knowledge creation process and new product performance: the mediating role of international R&D teams
(Article)Although previous studies have shown the positive effect of research and development (R&D) intensity on new product performance (NPP), our understanding about the mechanisms through which R&D intensity influence NPP is ... -
Financialised Capitalism and Inequality : shareholder value-driven firms, marketised household balance sheets and bubbly financial markets
(Book chapter)This chapter covers the relationship between financialisation and inequality by first providing a theoretical understanding of financialised capitalism and then discussing how the behaviour of shareholder value-driven firms ... -
De-Criminalising Adolescent to Parent Violence Under s 76 Serious Crime Act 2015
(Article)This article questions the appropriateness of including adolescent to parent violence (APV) within the elements of a criminal offence designed to criminalise domestic violence and abuse (DVA). The offence, s. 76 Serious ...
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