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View article: Consensus, Diversity and the Wisdom of the Crowd: Predicting Final Rank Positions of the English Premier League
Consensus, Diversity and the Wisdom of the Crowd: Predicting Final Rank Positions of the English Premier League Open
This study assesses the Wisdom of the Crowd premise using a natural experiment. We collected primary data relating to predictions of the final football club rank positions in the English Premier League over two consecutive seasons using an…
View article: An Alternative Explanation of the Rural–Urban Productivity Gap
An Alternative Explanation of the Rural–Urban Productivity Gap Open
The shift in discourse from national to regional to local development is a critical transformation in thinking that puts local ecosystems – including both production and consumption dynamisms – at the forefront of policy analysis and not l…
View article: Industrial reform policies: does marketization enhance productivity more than privatization?
Industrial reform policies: does marketization enhance productivity more than privatization? Open
Placing state-owned firms into the private sector is understood to yield productivity gains, but this effect is seldom decomposed into changes in ownership (privatization) and changes in firm characteristics to match privately owned firms …
View article: Strategic asset-seeking acquisitions by emerging market multinational enterprises and the liability of emergingness
Strategic asset-seeking acquisitions by emerging market multinational enterprises and the liability of emergingness Open
Emerging market multinational enterprises (EMNEs) often engage in strategic asset-seeking acquisitions to promote innovation catch-up. However, it is unclear why only some EMNEs improve their innovation performance when they face the liabi…
View article: The reverse mortgage market in New Zealand: key drivers of loan determination
The reverse mortgage market in New Zealand: key drivers of loan determination Open
This paper examines the drivers of loan principals in the reverse mortgage and equity release market in New Zealand using a hedonic price model (HPM) approach. Our analysis using reverse mortgages data between 2004–2021, sourced from one m…
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Migration, Mobility and the Creative Class challenges contemporary conceptions of the mobility of the creative worker. Exploring the differences between a range of historical, political, and social contexts, this forward-thinking book cont…
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Migration, Mobility and the Creative Class challenges contemporary conceptions of the mobility of the creative worker. Exploring the differences between a range of historical, political, and social contexts, this forward-thinking book cont…
View article: Introduction to Migration, Mobility and the Creative Class
Introduction to Migration, Mobility and the Creative Class Open
Chapter 1 commences by introducing the book, outlining Richard Florida’s (2002) claims, and stressing the controversies surrounding his claims. Specifically, these relate to the internal migration dynamics of the countries in which the mig…
View article: Do city region policies neglect rural areas?
Do city region policies neglect rural areas? Open
A city region established around a smaller city typically has a higher percentage of its region being rural relative
to city regions based around larger cities. Appreciation of this observation leads to the realisation that much of
the exi…
View article: Mass Culture, Imports and Conspicuous Consumption
Mass Culture, Imports and Conspicuous Consumption Open
This study investigates how a country’s promotion of its culture affects another country’s consumption patterns. We collected primary data from Malaysians about their exposure to Korean drama and consumption of Korean cosmetics in order to…
View article: Rethinking productivity: the crucial role of demand
Rethinking productivity: the crucial role of demand Open
Building on the macroeconomic Cambridge capital controversies and issues regarding capital reversal, this article develops a novel microeconomic way of understanding productivity figures and demonstrates that thinking using a two-dimension…
View article: Narrative Economics, Public Policy and Mental Health
Narrative Economics, Public Policy and Mental Health Open
General public’s mental health can be affected by the public policy response to a pandemic threat. Britain, Italy and Sweden have had very distinct approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic: early lock-down, delayed lock-down and no-lock-down. W…
View article: Investment in digital infrastructure: Why and for whom?
Investment in digital infrastructure: Why and for whom? Open
This study investigates the variation in attitudes across stakeholders towards investments in the digital economy. Using semi-structured interviews to identify attitudes about the spatially evolving socioeconomic importance of the digital …
View article: Read a lot!
Read a lot! Open
Developed in response to conversations about a continuum of supportive and enabling versus dispiriting and demoralising academic institutions, this book summarises 100 tips and good practices that enhance researchers' engagement and could …
View article: Introduction: how can we enhance research?
Introduction: how can we enhance research? Open
This introduction emphasises that academics need to nourish each others' motivations and encourage colleagues to fulfil their potentials. A key purpose of social science and management academic research is to identify new solutions to curr…
View article: COVID-19: How community businesses in England struggled to respond to their communities’ needs
COVID-19: How community businesses in England struggled to respond to their communities’ needs Open
Economic policies tend to downplay social and community considerations in favour of market-led and business-focussed support. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for greater and deeper social cohesion and local social support networ…
View article: The connectedness of house price affordability (HPA) and rental price affordability (RPA) measures
The connectedness of house price affordability (HPA) and rental price affordability (RPA) measures Open
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between house price affordability (HPA) and rental price affordability (RPA) in New Zealand. The cointegration of HPA and RPA is of particular focus given rising house prices…
View article: Student entrepreneurial propensities in the individual-organisational-environmental nexus
Student entrepreneurial propensities in the individual-organisational-environmental nexus Open
While there is a consensus that universities contribute to entrepreneurship and innovation, it is not clear how different educational environments contribute to different students’ desires to start up a business, and it is even less clear …
View article: House price affordability, the global financial crisis and the (ir)relevance of mortgage rates
House price affordability, the global financial crisis and the (ir)relevance of mortgage rates Open
Although house prices and wages are both influenced by distinct factors that shape their own evolutions, they are also intrinsically connected through house price affordability. Further, macroeconomic policies centred around adjustments in…
View article: Enabling data linkage to maximise the value of public health research data
Enabling data linkage to maximise the value of public health research data Open
Data linkage means bringing together two or more sources of information which relate to the same individual, event, institution or place. Wellcome commissioned research to explore the opportunities and challenges around data linkage in pub…
View article: Election issues, political party performance and geography
Election issues, political party performance and geography Open
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View article: SMEs access to formal finance in post-communist economies: Do institutional structure and political connectedness matter?
SMEs access to formal finance in post-communist economies: Do institutional structure and political connectedness matter? Open
In post-communist economies, a disproportionately greater share of formal finance is channelled to larger enterprises and SMEs lack appropriately-priced formal finance. This article examines whether institutional structure and interpersona…