Welsh Centre for Business and Management Research
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Contains new publications from the Cardiff School of Management in addition to four previous research themes
- Governance, accountability and social justice
- New Economies
- Competitiveness, Innovation and Enterprise
- Information Systems, Technology and People
Recent submissions
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Overtourism Dystopias and Socialist Utopias: Towards an Urban Armature for Dubrovnik
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-01-24)The recent discourse on overtourism and anti-tourist attitudes has opened up the space to reimagine tourism development and planning. Employing an interdisciplinary approach we combined research by design methodology and ... -
Energy Prices Volatility and the United Kingdom: Evidence from a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Model
(Elsevier, 2019-01-19)This paper analyses the consequences and effects of volatile energy prices in the UK. The evidence provided are from an estimated DSGE model of energy. The model is applied on filtered data from 1981:Q1 to 2013:Q1 and ... -
Activism and the Academy in Ireland: A Bridge for Social Justice
(Brock University, 2015-12-10)This article is concerned with the working relationships between progressive academics, students, left activists, and trade unionists in Ireland, and with the apparent division between theory-led and action-led perspectives. ... -
Illiquidity and volatility spillover effects in equity markets during and after the global financial crisis: An MEM approach
(Elsevier, 2018-01-31)Even though the volatility spillover effects in global equity markets have been documented extensively, the transmission of illiquidity across national borders has not. In this paper, we propose a multiplicative error model ... -
The relationship between student’s MBTI, preferences and academic performance at a Syrian university
(Education and Training, 2014-02-04)Purpose: The main purpose of this paper is to find whether a correlation exists between students’ natural preferences or what is known as psychological type as determined by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI); the ... -
Indexing Syrian International Researchers: The Top 100 "Syr-Index"
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Work-readiness integrated competence model: Conceptualisation and scale development
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conceptualise graduate work-readiness and to develop a scale to measure it. Design/methodology The methodology entailed the compilation of a literature review and the conduct ... -
Bangladesh HR professionals’ competencies: Impact on firm performance and moderating effects of organisation life cycle
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018-02-14)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the HR roles of Bangladesh HR professionals in the publicand private firms in Bangladesh using Human Resource Competency Study (HRCS) model (2016). The impact of identified ... -
Graduate work-readiness challenges in the Asia-Pacific region and the role of HRM
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on graduate work-readiness challenges in three Asia Pacific economies (Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia), and the roles of three main stakeholders (government, employers ... -
Indian HR Competency Modelling: Profiling, Mapping And An Investigation Of HRM Roles And Competencies
(Western Illinois University, 2018-09)This paper profiles and maps the existing Indian HR competency models against similar Western models in order to assess their contemporary relevance. Secondly, it analyzes the diverse HRM roles and competencies associated ... -
Interesting times – the challenges of China’s demographic deficit
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-09-16)China’s recent economic growth and global expansion have been analysed and discussed from many different perspectives over the last decade. However, the positive aspects of its growth have concealed several crucial demographic ... -
Non-state nations: Structure, rescaling, and the role of territorial policy communities, illustrated by the cases of Wales and Sardinia
(SAGE Journals, 2018-12-13)This paper explores the role of non-state nations’ identity and agency with regard to relations with their host nation states. The particular focus here is on the means by which such regions might express their individuality. ... -
A framework for customer relationship management strategy orientation support in higher education institutions
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-09-25)A number of generic Customer Relationship Management (CRM) implementation frameworks have been developed, yet no systematic framework has been developed to help HEIs orientate CRM strategy to align with university business ... -
Smart Systems Implementation in UK Food Manufacturing Companies: A Sustainability Perspective
(MDPI, 2018-12-10)The UK food industry faces significant challenges to remain sustainable. With major challenges, such as Brexit, on the horizon, companies can no longer rely on a low labour cost workforce to maintain low production costs ... -
Dividend policy in the banking sector in G-7 and GCC countries: A comparative study
(Virtus Interpress, 2018-11-23)Dividend policy has been a puzzling question for many years. This study attempts to identify the key factors affecting it in the financial sector that have been neglected in the literature. Using panel data on 621 Group ... -
All in This Together? HRM and the Individualisation of the Academic Worker
(Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2013-09-01)In the context of neoliberal government policymaking in the UK, universities have become increasingly managerial in their approach. Growing market pressures and a commodification of higher education (HE) has had a significant ... -
The influence of industry-university interactions on industrial innovation in Ghana: a structural equation modeling approach
(2015)Business organisations as end users of innovation interact with universities for knowledge transfer for significant improvement in business practices and competitive advantage. These include formal and informal links ... -
Statistical Fluctuations along the Lennard-Jones Melting Curve
(Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Scientific Publishers OWN, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2016)Statistical fluctuations and correlations between thermodynamic properties along the fluid side of the melting line of the Lennard-Jones (LJ) are determined using Molecular Dynamics (MD) computer simulation. Linear regression, ... -
The Influence of National Culture on Consumer Buying Behaviour: An Exploratory Study of Nigerian and British Consumers
(World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2016)Despite the considerable body of literature investigating the influence of National Culture (NC) dimensions on consumer behaviour, there is a lack of studies comparing the influence of NC in Africa with Western European ... -
Regions as Enterprising Places: Governance, Policy and Development
(Emerald, 2014)Purpose This chapter reviews and critiques the recent evolution of place-based entrepreneurship policy in the United Kingdom, in particular the governance of policies targeted at the regional level to promote economic ...
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