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Commercial Victimisation Survey, 2017
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS) is a survey of the extent of crime and crime related issues... -
Longitudinal Inter-Departmental Business Register, 2007-2017: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Longitudinal Inter-Departmental Business Register, 2007-2017: Secure Access has been created by the... -
Developing organisation leaders as change agents in the public services
This project considers major forms of external leadership development support which are sought and experienced by present and aspiring leaders of organisations providing... -
Organisation carescapes: Policies & practices of care in business organisations
This research project focuses on care in business organisations. It examines how these organisations conceptualise 'care' and implement policies concerning both their employees'... -
Socio-cultural factors, ethnic minority entrepreneurial orientation and firm ...
This project aims to understand how the entrepreneur's socio-cultural background influences a firm's entrepreneurial orientation which in turn influences firm growth with... -
Leadership change and public services: Reinvigorating performance or reinforc...
In local government, much emphasis has been placed on recruiting new political and managerial leaders who, it is assumed, will produce better results than their predecessors.... -
Regulation, `donated labour' and the NHS reforms
The main objective of this exploratory study was to assess the effects of the NHS reforms on the motivations and performance of doctors and nurses at the University College... -
Political Control and the Management of Bureaucratic Discretion in English Lo...
Bureaucracy is a crucial resource to a politician who wishes to see his or her policies implemented effectively. The organisation of skills, expertise and administrative... -
Investigating the pollution content of trade flows and the importance of 'env...
A crucial issue in addressing the problem of climate change is the impact of trade flows on any one country's domestic emissions generation (what governments are responsible for... -
Economic reforms and the evolution of productivity in Indian manufacturing firms
In 1991, the Indian economy underwent major economic reforms, after several decades of following an inward looking development strategy. This project will examine whether the... -
Situating small business regulation: A longitudinal study of how small firms ...
Prospering, internationally competitive small firms are crucial for the UK and its regions' economic and social well being. Yet there are widespread and longstanding concerns... -
The transformation project: Transferring knowledge to transform project manag...
The transformation project's remit is to transfer existing academic knowledge to transform project management practice. The research team have published articles related to... -
Business, taxation and welfare
This project aims to undertake and disseminate multi- and inter-disciplinary research which will inform government policies in the field of business taxation. The research will... -
Managerial storytelling in practice: Dynamics and implications
Storytelling in management practice is of contemporary interest to organisational scholars, managers and management consultants. The underlying assumption is that storytelling... -
Managing parliament's image
This project aims to understand the extent to which parliaments in Europe control and conceptualise their corporate image, in particular in relation to their websites. More... -
Executive compensation, incentives, and corporate debt
It is widely acknowledged that the behaviour of top executives is influenced by the structure of their remuneration packages. Still, the focus of both academics and policy... -
Bilateral (Hong Kong): Innovative management practices and firm performance: ...
The project will study "high performance work systems" and company performance in the plants of a large Chinese food/noodle manufacturing firm. The principal investigators are... -
Internationalising Institutional and Professional Practices: Community Partne...
In examining these two models, this research follows an interpretive ethnographic approach that uses a range of quantitative and qualitative methods including mapping disaster... -
Making corporations moral: Routes of influence on corporate behaviour
Particular corporations have been heavily criticised for behaviour which detractors see as immoral. Intensely political campaigns have targeted the likes of Nike, for its use of... -
Global brands from China? : A comparative study of the acquisition of brandin...
Previous research on China's industrialisation has typically focussed on the trajectory from basic manufacturing to more technologically advanced production. This research...