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Contextual understandings of hospitality management development - a realist approach.

Thesis
Watson, S. development - a realist approach. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2540
The aim of my thesis is to demonstrate how my research aids the academic understanding of the sub-disciplinary field of hospitality management development. I evaluate the exte...

Risk Modelling at the Pre-Proposal Stages of eGovernment Service Projects

Thesis
Evangelidis, A. Risk Modelling at the Pre-Proposal Stages of eGovernment Service Projects. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7309
eGovernment is a relatively new, but rapidly expanding, domain; mainly due to the perceived outcomes that it may bring to the public administration. Founded on the premise tha...

Future skill needs of managers

Working Paper
Winterton, J., Parker, M., Dodd, M., McCracken, M. G., & Henderson, I. (2000)
Future skill needs of managers
The main aim of the study was to identify and evaluate the nature of changes affecting managers and issues that will influence the effective future provision of management dev...

Third sector independence in an age of austerity: relations with the state in an age of austerity

Conference Proceeding
Dutton, M. (2017)
Third sector independence in an age of austerity: relations with the state in an age of austerity. In Third Sector Independence: Relations with the state in an age of austerity
Drawing on qualitative longitudinal research with third sector organisations (TSOs) in Scotland, this paper explores how the independence of TSOs has been affected by changing...

Development of a model for implementation of strategic change management in Libyan higher education.

Thesis
Theeb, M. Development of a model for implementation of strategic change management in Libyan higher education. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3580
This research focuses on an analysis of the changes in the Libyan Higher Education Institutions (LHEIs) management system. This is an important subject since the Libyan Genera...

Journeys to the Edge: Exploring the Dimensions of Tacit Knowledge Sharing in Communities of Practice

Thesis
Telford, D. Journeys to the Edge: Exploring the Dimensions of Tacit Knowledge Sharing in Communities of Practice. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1248966
Tacit knowledge sharing has featured strongly in knowledge management literature in the last two decades. Knowledge management is an essential component attributed to underpin...

Third sector independence: relations with the state in an age of austerity

Journal Article
Egdell, V., & Dutton, M. (2017)
Third sector independence: relations with the state in an age of austerity. Voluntary Sector Review, 8(1), 25-40. https://doi.org/10.1332/204080516x14739278719772
Third sector organisations deliver a range of public services for government. They are valued and trusted by commissioners, clients and wider society because of their independ...

A parent company's ability and cross-border M&A performance: an empirical analysis.

Journal Article
Fascia, M., lu, L., tan, H., & michael, S. (2019)
A parent company's ability and cross-border M&A performance: an empirical analysis. Journal of Strategy, Operations & Economics, 6(2), 23. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.15397.14565
Drawing from Berry’s nine-dimension-theory, the institutional distance discussed within this study was divided into four dimensions that include the regulation distance (inclu...

Corporate Environmental Disclosure in Libya: Evidence and Environmental Determinism Theory.

Thesis
Ahmad, N. S. M. Corporate Environmental Disclosure in Libya: Evidence and Environmental Determinism Theory. (Thesis)
Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2784
There is no doubt that in recent years Corporate Environmental Disclosure (CED) by corporations has received much attention among accounting academic researchers. However, rev...

They went, they saw and they observed UK international marketing strategy factors upon entry modes in to host markets.

Book
Omar, M., & Lewrick, M. (2007)
They went, they saw and they observed UK international marketing strategy factors upon entry modes in to host markets. Edinburgh Napier University
There is substantial research to indicate that a correlation exists between the firm-specific characteristics of multi-national corporations (MNC’s) and the mode of entry sele...