• Why is austerity governable? A Gramscian urban regime analysis of Leicester, UK 

  Bua, Adrian; Davies, Jonathan; Cortina-Oriol, Mercè; Thompson, Ed (Article)

  Austerity has been delivered in the UK without durably effective resistance. Read through a dialogue between urban regime theory and Gramsci’s theory of the integral state, the article considers how austerity was normalized ...

• Research proposals: a practical guide 

  Denscombe, Martyn (Book)

• Understanding Opportunities in Social Entrepreneurship: A Critical Realist Abstraction 

  Frank, Regina; Hu, Xiaoti; Marlow, Susan; Zimmermann, Angelika; Martin, Lee (Article)

  This paper extends social entrepreneurship (SE) research by drawing upon a critical realist perspective to analyse dynamic structure/agency relations in SE opportunity emergence, illustrated by empirical evidence. Our ...

• Organizational Agility and Value Creation 

  Rademakers, Martijn; Scheepstra, Sabine; Stokes, Peter (Article)

  This special issue aims to shed light on theory in-the-making and emerging practices by companies creating value through applying and pioneering principles of organizational agility. The origin of this special issue on ...

• The effects of length of service and ethical ideologies on moral development and behavioral intentions:A study among Brazilian public sector tax auditors 

  Pillalamarri, Sudarshan; Botelho C. Moraes, Marcelo; Malagueno, Ricardo; Rezende, Amaury Jose (Article)

  Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of length of service and ethical ideologies on cognitive moral development (CMD) and ethical behavioral intentions among public sector tax auditors in Brazil. ...

• Creative Splintering and the Rise of Municipal Creative Economies 

  Granger, R.C. (Book chapter)

  Drawing on Leicester as a second tier creative city in the UK, the chapter examines creative economies expressed through accounts of precarity, inequity, and polarisation. In the literature, these are presented as the ...

• Teaching Public Affairs – The Cinderella Subject of Journalism Courses 

  Jones, Alistair; Clark, Torrin (Conference)

  Public Affairs: Even the name of the serious part of Journalism courses is problematic. For years this absolutely essential, but often maligned, part of so many university Journalism courses, has been taught by ‘a guy ...

• Parish Councils – a real resurgence? 

  Jones, Alistair (Conference)

  This paper explores the ways in which parish councils are being revived. No longer are they dismissed as being superfluous or a joke. Instead, they appear to be taking up the reins of local government, and trying to make ...

• Going Local on Tax Raising 

  Jones, Alistair (Article)

• English Local Government and Environmental Matters 

  Jones, Alistair; Copus, Colin (Book chapter)

• Exploring the Intersection of Entrepreneurial Activities and Socio-Cultural Institutions: How Technology Entrepreneurs (Firms) Create Social Value in Kenya 

  Murithi, W. (Conference)

  This paper examines how entrepreneurs (and firms) navigate the complex institutional African context using the prisms of ‘sociocultural institutions’ to create social value that promote socioeconomic development. It is ...

• Dynamics of Family Businesses and their Implications on Creation of Social Value: Evidence from Kenya a sub-Saharan Africa Country 

  Murithi, W. (Conference)

  Purpose: The relationship between family businesses and communities is becoming significant, especially with the current scholarly interests on the role of family businesses in regional development. This paper examines how ...

• How does national culture enable or constrain entrepreneurship? Exploring the role of Harambee in Kenya 

  Vershinina, Natalia; Murithi, W.; Woldesenbet, K. (Article)

  Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to conceptualise how various value dimensions of Harambee, the Kenyan culture, affect the fostering of entrepreneurial behaviours. Theoretically, we draw upon perspectives that ...

• Women Entrepreneurs in South Africa: An Empirical Insights into the Factors Affecting the Oscillation of Women from Self to Paid Employment 

  Irene, Bridget; Opute, Promise; Murithi, W. (Conference)

  Research Purpose: - Discourse in entrepreneurship has highlighted the importance of understanding the entrepreneurial motivation of women. The literature documents a significant similarity in women’s entrepreneurial ...

• EXPLORING STRATEGIC BEHAVIOURS OF FAMILY BUSINESSES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN CONTEXT 

  Vershinina, Natalia; Murithi, W. (Conference)

  The study investigates the effects of strategic behavioural differences on firm contribution to regional development related to the characteristics of family and nonfamily firms. The study questions whether there might ...

• Rebels Leading London: the mayoralties of Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson compared 

  Stafford, Max; Bennister, Mark; Worthy, Benjamin (Article)

• Using photo-elicitation to understand experiences of work-life balance. 

  Cassell, Catherine; Malik, Fatima; Radcliffe, Laura (Book chapter)

  We explore the use of photo-elicitation methods in a study of how people manage their daily work-life balance and conflict. In doing so, we outline some important methodological issues for those who seek to use these methods ...

• Participant Reflexivity in Organisational Research Design 

  Cassell, Catherine; Radcliffe, Laura; Malik, Fatima (Article)

  Despite the considerable interest in researcher reflexivity within the organizational literature, little attention has been paid to participant reflexivity, here defined as the reflexive considerations of research participants ...

• Airports and ageing passengers: A study of the UK 

  Graham, Anne; Budd, Lucy; Ison, Stephen; Timmis, Andrew (Article)

  Globally, improved standards of living, nutrition and medical treatment are extending human life expectancy and enhancing quality of life with the result that an increasing number of ageing passengers are using airports. ...

• Entrepreneurial stories, narratives and reading – Their role in building entrepreneurial being and behaviour 

  Manning, Paul; Stokes, Peter; Tarba, Shlomo; Rodgers, Peter (Article)

  The article undertakes an innovative study focusing on the choices and manners of entrepreneur reading as a means of developing resilience and responding to the challenges and crises that entrepreneurial activity presents. ...

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