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Universal basic education in Nigeria: can religious actors make a difference?
(Conference)Following a period of sustained progress between the 1950s and 1970s, when the regional and federal governments in Nigeria implemented highly successful policies of free qualitative education, the education sector went on ... -
The Use of logics in a transitional economy
(Conference)Using the dual concepts of ‘dominant logic’ and institutional logics, this paper examines how senior managers in the context of transition economy navigate between the competing logics of state- dependency and market-dependency ... -
The Use of Trademarks in Empirical Research: Towards an Integrated Framework
(Working Paper)This paper represents an early attempt to develop an integrated framework linking empirical studies that make use of trademark statistics. Despite its youth, this field of scholarly activity has already accumulated a ... -
Using critical approaches in managing people and organizations
(Book chapter)Chapter 3: Using Critical Management Approaches in Managing People and Organizations Peter Stokes Objectives • Providing an outline and understanding of the approaches to organization and management which have emerged ... -
The Value of Trademarks: A Study of the Trademark (Protection) Lifecycle in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry
(Working Paper)In this work, I study the determinants of (implicit) trademark value. My approach is based on the idea that more valuable marks are likely to remain under legal protection, as long as the benefits of this protection exceed ... -
Values, Belief and Attitudes: The Implications for Organizational Culture
(Article)In the fields of business organisation and management much has been written and spoken about values and beliefs. However, we find ourselves entering a fresh and novel phase of experience, a new spirituality-linked epoch ... -
Vandalism-Militancy Relationship: The Influence of Risk Perception and Moral Disengagement
(Article)Risk perception and moral disengagement underpin crisis intensification and influence risk behaviours. After arguing about the crucial significance of the influence of risk perception and moral disengagement in addressing ... -
Venturing under fire: Entrepreneurship education, venture creation, and poverty reduction in conflict-ridden Maiduguri, Nigeria
(Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how a new entrepreneurship education (EE) intervention offered at conflict-ridden Maiduguri, Nigeria, is having transformative impacts through new venture creation and ... -
Want to be Entrepreneurial, you need to be APRIC: A Sand Cone Model of Entrepreneurial Orientation
(Conference)Much of the literature on Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is typified by the substantial benefits it brings, thus it is a characteristic that is highly desirable by businesses. However fundamentally, it is seen an in ... -
What Does This Mean?: How UK Companies Make Sense of Human Rights
(Article)How do companies understand and talk about human rights? Do they consider human rights a moral, legal or political construct? What type of responsibility do they assume in respect of human rights (e.g. direct/indirect, ... -
What role can growth curves play in forecasting with particular reference technology strategy?
(Conference)Previously, papers have been presented to the IWCS which have looked at the use of a limited set of equations to help predict the path of technology. The results were promising and indicated that a set of biologically ... -
What's SWOT in strategic analysis?
(Article)Environmental analysis is a critical part of the strategic management planning process. The SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) framework is proposed by many as an analytical tool which should be used to ... -
When Reflections are Beneficial to Entrepreneurial Learning?
(Conference)Objectives: the purpose of the article is to stress the importance of reflections through transformative learning in the entrepreneurship education.Organisations work in highly dynamic and competitive environments (House ... -
When the “well-oiled machine” meets the “pyramid of people”: Role perceptions and hybrid working practices of middle managers in a bi-national organization - ARTE
(Article)This article examines the middle management representations of organization and managerial roles within a specific bicultural organizational context. The argument explores the extant cross-cultural management literature ... -
Where am I? Enhancing learning experience for Local and International Post Graduate students’: a focus on creative learning and teaching diverse students at a Midlands university.
(Article)Where am I? Enhancing learning experience for Local and International Post Graduate students’: a focus on creative learning and teaching diverse students at a Midlands university. Abstract Purpose: This paper explores ... -
Where Less is More: Institutional Voids and Business Families in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Article)Purpose- The article offers a conceptual interpretation of the role business families play in the institutional context of sub-Saharan Africa, characterised by voids within the formal institutional setting. Responding to ... -
Why bad things happen to good research Ideas: A salutary lesson in misplaced confidence?
(Article)The purpose of this article is to draw attention to the hurdles which face academic researchers who simply want to get on with their job and learn about how marketing and related matters are conducted in business. You ... -
Why Do R&D-Intensive Firms Participate in Standards Organizations? The Role of Patents and Product-Market Position
(Working Paper)This paper examines the determinants of participation of R&D-intensive firms in standards development. Using data on R&D spending, patent, and trademark activities of the world's largest corporate R&D investors and their ... -
Why leadership matters for micro and small firms in the East Midlands?
(Technical Report)This report highlights the importance of micro- and small firms in the East Midlands economy and the role of leadership in their development. It explores the adverse and rapidly changing conditions, and explains why ...