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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An investigation of the benefits and barriers of e‐business adoption activities in Yemeni SMEs
(Wiley, 2018-05-29)Yemeni small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) are at the early stages of e‐business adoption and their owners and managers need to be supported to gain an understanding of the benefits that their business can achieve ... -
An evolutionary framework exploring the role of periodisations in the modern development of a Baltic state: The case of HRM in the Latvian public sector
(SAGE, 2018-04-25)This article explores the role of ‘periodisations’ in the development of HRM in the Latvian public sector and consists of a series of ‘elite interviews’ with leading ‘actors’ identifying further ‘periodisations’ which are ... -
The importance of regional scenarios for low carbon transitions: the case of Wales
(Inderscience, 2015)This paper examines the complexities of modelling a regional energy system in the context of Wales, and in the process, examines the role of regions in low carbon transitions. Despite a wealth of studies at national level, ... -
Sustainable regeneration: a guiding vision towards low-carbon transition?
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-03-31)While the concept of sustainable development brings together concepts of economic, environmental and social sustainability, much has been said regarding inherent tensions between them. Conflicts between economic and ... -
Innovation and Policy for Bioenergy in the UK: a Co-evolutionary perspective
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-10-08)This paper analyses the role of niche innovation and regime interaction in the field of renewable energy in the UK. Adopting a co-evolutionary approach and a dynamic multilevel perspective on system innovation, it investigates ... -
Retrofit 2050: Critical Challenges for Urban Transitions
(Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff, 2014)Scaling up retrofit presents a number of critical challenges for the transition to urban sustainability. Drawing together insights from the EPSRC Retrofit 2050 project this briefing sets out key success factors that ... -
Cardiff 2050: City Regional Scenarios for Sustainability
(Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff, 2014)What would a sustainable future look like for Cardiff and South East Wales? -
Knowing Brand Wales: agro-food transitions in firms, innovation and governance
(Routledge, 2014)Reconnecting so-called alternative food geographies back to the mainstream food system - especially in light of the discursive and material 'transgressions' currently happening between alternative and conventional food ... -
Retrofit in Greater Manchester and Cardiff: Governing to Transform or to Ungovern?
(Routledge, 2015)Developing an up-to-date critical framework for analysing urban retrofit, this is the first book to examine urban re-engineering for sustainability in a socio-technical context. Retrofitting Cities examines why retrofit ... -
City-Regional futures in context: Insights from the Retrofit 2050 project
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2017)The culmination of a four-year collaborative research project undertaken by leading UK universities, in partnership with city authorities, prominent architecture firms, and major international consultants, Retrofitting ... -
In-work poverty and the search for decent work for women in Wales: A literature review
(Oxfam Cymru, 2017-07)Rising levels of female employment have made the UK labour market almost unrecognisable from that of five decades ago. Yet, whilst women’s contribution to the Welsh economy is growing, disparity between men’s and women’s ... -
Retrofitting the built environment ‘to save’ energy: Arbed, the emergence of a distinctive sustainability transition pathway in Wales
(Sage, 2017-11-01)Combining insights from research on systems innovation and sustainable transitions with multi-level governance perspectives, this paper examines the ‘Arbed’ domestic housing retrofit programmes in Wales. In so doing, the ... -
Understanding the material dimensions of the uneven deployment of renewable energy in two Italian regions
(Elsevier, 2018-02)Drawing on empirical material from two Italian regions, we show how various material dimensions have affected the spatial distribution and deployment of renewable energy (RE), in particular solar and wind energy. The paper ... -
Operational risk and the three lines of defence in UK financial institutions: is three really the magic number?
(Incisive Media, 2017-02-14)Interest in financial services firms developing and implementing robust systems and structures to manage operational risk has been growing. While there now appears to be some consensus in terms of definitions, quantification ... -
Competitor analysis in Egyptian private higher education sector
(Center for International Higher Education, 2018-04-01)In this article, the authors introduce the idea of competition in the private higher education sector in Egypt. There are 24 private universities competing for students in Egypt. Based on two criteria, quality and price, ... -
Corporate identity
(Wiley, 2017)This entry applies the concept of corporate identity to geography, where, due to competition and standardization in globalizing markets, authenticity and also quality of life have become increasingly important. Even if a ... -
Country of Origin Effects: The Interaction of Place and Product?
(IGI Global, 2017)This chapter develops the concept of the county of origin effect, and explores how linkages between place and product may impact upon it. Country-of-origin research has tended to focus upon how geographical associations ... -
Conceptions of value as family resemblances
(Emerald, 2016-08)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to consider value as individual and experiential, based on the relationships between conceptions of value, rather than attempting to identify a common factor. The authors use the ... -
Flow Accounting: The Next Challenge for 21st Century Lean Businesses
(Springer, 2015)Traditional management accounting conventions do not support the Lean paradigm and, whilst numerous alternative accounting approaches have been developed over the last 25 years, there is still dissatisfaction amongst ... -
Value in Higher Education
(Society for Research into Higher Education, 2017-12)Research into value has noted its ubiquitous nature and the many attempts to define it (Francis et al., 2014). In other research Ramsay (2005) argues that for many authors the term “value” is used as though its meaning is ...
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