This thesis traces the development of the copper industry, mining and smelting, located mainly in Cornwall and South Wales respectively, between 1760 and 1820, and the interaction between them. It is especially concerned with the impact on the mining industry of new sources of ore, technological...

This research has explored in-depth how innovation and adaptation occur in a small knowledge-intensive consultancy. Scholars have not ignored these changes in consultancies but have tended to examine large consultancies. Innovation and adaptation in small consultancies is also important because...

Chapter 1 examined the wage premia related to union membership and coverage over 1991-2003, a period involving decline and stabilisation of union participation. Differences in union premia - across workers and over time - were studied using a rich individual-level data: the British Household...

Buyer-supplier relationships lie at the heart of interorganisational exchange markets and are a major focus of research in fields including supply chain management, strategy, organisational behaviour and marketing. Behind every purchasing relationship there are buyers and suppliers with diverse...

This research contributes to the literature on resource, knowledge and capability transfer in international joint ventures. In mainstream international business literature, few empirical studies have been undertaken at the micro-organization level on the extent to which, and ways in which...

In recent years companies across different sectors have been facing a new competitive environment, characterized by an increase in the number of competitors, shorter product cycles and changing customer demand. In order to cope with these challenges and to achieve competitive advantage,...

Despite much publicity given to the criticisms relating to product cost measurement and the prevailing costing systems since the mid-1980s, there was a scarcity in surveys relating to this area. In the 1990s, studies on management accounting practices and product-costing, focusing on the...

This research builds a hypothesis and a set of cultural principles upon which a firm needs to act if it wishes to move towards sustainability. It is assumed in this research that a company wishing to move towards sustainability needs to proactively address its long-term, environmental, social...

The research programme focuses on Total Quality Management adoption and application. TQM which is established in a number of businesses and industries has more recently been introduced into healthcare. TQM definition and eclectic paradigm has been developed and tested for establishing quality...

This thesis is concerned with the job satisfaction, motivation and performance of salespeople. Within this conceptual domain, the study examines the relationship between job-related expectations and the process of their fulfilment / nonfulfilment, in an attempt to account for differences in...