The Build for Purpose Canvas
Presentation / Conference
Weaver, M., Fonseca, A., Tan, H., & Pershina, E. (2022, September)
The Build for Purpose Canvas. Paper presented at OR64 The Annual Operational Research Conference, University of Warwick
The paper proposes the “Build for Purpose Canvas” (B4PC) to help organisations to put purpose at the heart of their business, build meaningful relationships with communities a...
Mind the Gap: Public Equity as a Financing Solution for Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Influence of National Culture
Journal Article
Koch, L., Crossan, K., & Jaworski, P. (2022)
Mind the Gap: Public Equity as a Financing Solution for Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Influence of National Culture. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 28(7), 1800-1827. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-04-2021-0247
Purpose
This research focuses on the demand from medium-sized firms to access public equity as a source of finance. The acceptance of public equity differs strongly between co...
Empowering Organisations To Embrace UN Sustainable Development Goals: Post-Covid-19 Scotland
Book Chapter
Fonseca, A., Crossan, K., Weaver, M., Tan, H., Bratton, A., & Pershina, E. (in press)
Empowering Organisations To Embrace UN Sustainable Development Goals: Post-Covid-19 Scotland. In W. Leal Filho (Ed.), SDGs in the European Region. Springer
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) argues that the global coronavirus pandemic has caused unimaginable consequences to the global community's economy, social stru...
Empowering SMEs to embrace the SDGs in a Post-Covid Scotland
Conference Proceeding
Fonseca, A. P., Crossan, K., Hock, T., Bratton, A., & Weaver, M. (2021)
Empowering SMEs to embrace the SDGs in a Post-Covid Scotland. In ISBE Conference Papers
The United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP argues that the global coronavirus pandemic has caused unimaginable consequences to the global community's economy, social stru...
Strategic repositioning of Export Promotion Organisations in Ghana: A framework for the internationalisation of SMEs
Journal Article
Sasu, E., & Crossan, K. (2021)
Strategic repositioning of Export Promotion Organisations in Ghana: A framework for the internationalisation of SMEs. Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics and Business Law, 10(1), 88-114
Scottish independence: could wind power Scotland back into the EU?
Other
Jaworski, P., & Crossan, K. (2021)
Scottish independence: could wind power Scotland back into the EU?. https://theconversation.com/scottish-independence-could-wind-power-scotland-back-into-the-eu-157985
Systems and Systemic Approaches for Attaining the SDGs Across Partnerships
Book Chapter
Weaver, M., Tan, H., & Crossan, K. (2020)
Systems and Systemic Approaches for Attaining the SDGs Across Partnerships. In W. Leal Filho, A. M. Azul, L. Brandli, A. Lange Salvia, & T. Wall (Eds.), Partnerships for the Goals: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71067-9
Weaver, M., Tan, H., & Crossan, K. (in press). Systems and Systemic Approaches for Partnership Working for the Goals. In W. Leal Filho, A. M. Azul, L. Brandli, A. Lange Salvia...
Developing Your ‘North Star’ to Clarify Purpose
Presentation / Conference
Weaver, M., Crossan, K., & Tan, H. (2018, September)
Developing Your ‘North Star’ to Clarify Purpose. Presented at OR60: Annual Conference of the Operational Research Society
There is widespread acceptance that business “can do well, by doing good” leading to the rise in organisations defining themselves as ‘purpose-driven’. In the context of Scotl...
Corporate Governance in small and medium sized firms: A study of Scottish enterprises
Journal Article
Crossan, K., Pershina, E., & Henschel, T. (2018)
Corporate Governance in small and medium sized firms: A study of Scottish enterprises. Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics and Business Law, 7(2),
There have been a large number of studies examining how firms are governed and how they should be governed. However, these studies have mainly concerned themselves with large ...
A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland
Journal Article
Weaver, M. W., Crossan, K., Tan, H., & Paxton, S. (2018)
A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland. European Journal of Operational Research, 268(3), 1149-1167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.050
The purpose of this paper is to present an application of community O.R. (COR), using soft system methodology (SSM) to help a grant-maker to understand how to unlock and relea...