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We hope you enjoyed the long weekend. It's amazing how relevant Martin Luther King Jr.'s words are in the current political climate, 40 years after his assassination. If you didn't know otherwise, these lines from some his speeches could easily have been delivered today:
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.
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text: DSpace Community: http://hdl.handle.net/2381/322 2016-07-29T15:59:38Z Learning from Deaths in Disasters: The Case of Odisha, India http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37844 Title: Learning from Deaths in Disasters: The Case of Odisha, India Authors: Ray-Bennett, Nibedita Shankar Abstract: In 1999, Odisha, India was struck by a super cyclone featuring an unprecedented storm surge and torrential rainfall that resulted in widespread devastation and a substantial loss of life. Fourteen years later, the same area was hit by Cyclone Phailin, which despite its severity, claimed relatively few lives. This essay examines the reasons for the starkly different death tolls and considers what lessons could be drawn from the responses to these two disasters. Description: The file associated with this record is under embargo while permission to archive is sought from the publisher. The full text may be available through the publisher links above. 2016-07-15T10:36:58Z Worlding Politics: Justice, Commons and Technoscience http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37833 Title: Worlding Politics: Justice, Commons and Technoscience Authors: Ghelfi, Andrea Abstract: The commons' movements are often interpreted in social theory as political subjectivities aiming to address justice via struggles for social power. Rather than conceiving the commons' movement inside the framework of the 'autonomy of the social' and instead of conceiving politics as a purely human affair, this thesis explores the emergence of a form of activism that is radically renewing our understanding of the commons. This is a form of activism grounded and enacted in the middle of hybrid compositions of the social, the technical and the material that characterise our technoscientific era. This thesis investigates the constituent practices of 'material activism' through analysing and discussing heterogeneous materials (e.g. practices, stories, artefacts, ethics and modes of thinking and relating) collected during a multi-sited ethnography. The research seeks to describe the emergence of a form of politics that attempts to make a difference in the ontological configuration of the world through exploring the ecological culture of permaculture, the practices of hardware hacking, the technopolitics of the 15M movement and the knowledge practices of the Science and Justice research centre. The politics of worlding which emerges is treated as the outcome of experimental processes of interaction, materialisation and mattering, which directly involves the active presence and participation of 'significant' human and non-human entities. The thesis asks how to think justice when politics comes to matter and offers an invitation for thinking about commoning and the worlding of justice as 'a power to act with' starting from the activity of crafting matter in situated ecologies. In the middle of the many technoscientific metamorphoses that characterise our contemporaneity, this politics of worlding is oriented to craft ecologies of living that are thick enough, rich enough and responsible enough for cultivating modest flourishing and justice. 2016-07-13T14:54:55Z Does Basel II Affect the Market Valuation of Discretionary Loan Loss Provisions? http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37820 Title: Does Basel II Affect the Market Valuation of Discretionary Loan Loss Provisions? Authors: Hamadi, Malika; Heinen, Andréas; Linder, Stefan; Porumb, Vlad-Andrei Abstract: We use a sample of banks from 24 European countries to investigate whether the adoption of the Basel II Capital Accord in 2008 affects the market valuation of discretionary loan loss provisions (DLLPs). Although Basel II lowers the incentives of internal ratings-based (IRB) banks to recognize income-increasing DLLPs in an opportunistic manner, it has no such impact on the remaining banks, which adopt the Standardized methodology. We use this setup in a difference-in-difference (DiD) design, where Standardized banks act as a control group. Our evidence supports the three hypotheses that, for IRB relative to Standardized banks, Basel II is associated with (i) less income-increasing DLLPs and (ii) less income-smoothing via DLLPs, which enhances the informational content of DLLPs about future loan losses and leads to (iii) higher market valuation of DLLPs. Our findings are timely and have policy implications for future regulatory developments in the banking industry. Description: Following the embargo period the above license applies. 2016-07-07T09:47:28Z Consumption of Leisure http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37814 Title: Consumption of Leisure Authors: Smith Maguire, Jennifer Editors: Keller, M; Halkier, B; Truninger, M; Wilska, T Description: The file associated with this record is under embargo for 18 months from the date of publication. 2016-07-06T11:16:20Z Managing Controversies in the Fuzzy Front end http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37766 Title: Managing Controversies in the Fuzzy Front end Authors: Christiansen, John K.; Gasparin, Marta Abstract: This research investigates the controversies that emerge in the fuzzy front end (FFE) and how they are closed so the innovation process can move on. The fuzzy front has been characterized in the literature as a very critical phase, but controversies in the FFE have not been studied before. The analysis investigates the microprocesses around the controversies that emerge during the fuzzy front end of four products. Five different types of controversies are identified: profit, production, design, brand and customers/market. Each controversy represents a threat, but also an opportunity to search for new solutions in the unpredictable non-linear processes. The study uses an ethnographic approach using qualitative data from interviews, company documents, external communication and marketing material, minutes of meetings, informal conversations and observations. The analysis of four FFE processes demonstrates how the fuzzy front requires managers to deal with controversies that emerge from many different places and involve both human and non-human actors. Closing the controversies requires managers to take account of the situation, identify the problem that needs to be addressed, and initiate a search for solutions. Management is actively involved in this process, in many different ways. Among the implications from this analysis is that the managers' role in the FFE is multifaceted and each controversy seems to require different skills and competencies. Description: Following the embargo period the above license applies to this version. 2016-06-15T12:55:04Z How complaining customers make companies listen and influence product development http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37765 Title: How complaining customers make companies listen and influence product development Authors: Christiansen, John K.; Gasparin, Marta; Varnes, Claus J.; Augustin, Ina Abstract: The analysis in this paper shows how complaining customers can make companies listen to them by spurring the mobilisation of various actors into a hybrid collective strong enough to influence companies' product development. Customers as sources of innovation have been analysed previously in the literature, whereas the process of how complaining users mobilise support to influence companies has received less attention and is not well understood. This study uncovers the processes that made it possible for a 17-year-old Norwegian to become pivotal in constructing a problematisation, which emerged to become so strong as to alter the Norwegian Coca-Cola Company's earlier decision to cease production of a product in a certain size. The analysis uses constructs from actor–network theory (ANT) and shows how a single dissatisfied individual was able to become a spokesperson who, through different processes, mobilised a heterogeneous group of consumers into a loosely connected hybrid collective. The spokesperson acted on behalf of the hybrid collective and put growing pressure on a multinational company, influencing its decision making. In this case, the complaining customer did not exit, nor did he become a lead user, but rather became a hybrid customer who actively tried to mobile others in his desire for a product. The study reports on a process analysis of the means by which the company was induced to reinstate a discontinued product. The analysis is divided into three episodes, each marking a critical phase for the collective. This opens up the way for an examination of the processes of mobilisation, interessement, enrolment and mobilisation, revealing the margins of manoeuvre and how these are negotiated and delimited in the process. 2016-06-15T12:39:49Z The Impact of Place on Policy Outcomes http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37753 Title: The Impact of Place on Policy Outcomes Authors: Quinn, Martin Abstract: This paper explores the impact of place on policy outcomes by examining the implementation of economic development policy in the East Midlands of England. To do so it poses two questions: does the East Midlands meet any of the criteria that might be used to define a region and does this matter for the implementation of policy. As states look to establish new areas to attract EU regional funds, the nature of a region needs to be considered carefully. The paper argues that the idea of functionality is key to the coherence of a region and the subsequent success or failure of policy initiatives at the regional level. Regions which lack economic, cultural, or political cohesion will struggle to build governance networks and attract the involvement of the public and private sectors in policy initiatives. 2016-06-14T12:32:49Z Rediscovering the "urban" in two Italian tourist coastal cities http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37731 Title: Rediscovering the "urban" in two Italian tourist coastal cities Authors: Giovanardi, Massimo; Rabbiosi, Chiara Abstract: This paper appreciates the role of tourism within the more holistic framework of urban policy in the context of coastal cities. Through an investigation of two medium-sized Italian cities (Rimini and Pesaro), the study addresses the paucity of literature on regeneration strategies conducted in coastal areas where tourism has already reached a mature stage of development. The idea of a "culture city" emerges as the most appropriate pathway to innovation, change and progress in line with the several, albeit often criticized, examples of culture-led regeneration in urban studies. The discourse analysis of the strategic plans of each city emphasizes the different role that the sea and the seaside play in each location. Rimini explicitly includes these factors as pivotal cultural resources, which is evident in the innovative concept of "sea wellness". Pesaro, on the other hand, does not attribute a specific role to the sea and the seaside; they are instead simply juxtaposed with a vibrant city centre that appeals to business and cultural tourists. 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Moving from a critique of these practices I look for alternative forms of organising – specifically inside social movements – and ask what the effects of bringing postcolonial critique to bear organisational practices are and what does it mean to organise in a postcolonial way. Oral history, the methodology I use, shares with postcolonial studies the attempt of deconstructing a homogenous approach to history, giving value instead to subjectivity and to radical conflicts around heterogeneity. I examine the history of the Eritrean community in Milan from the vantage point of the lives of Eritrean migrants and second generations and I argue that two interrelated activities shaped their politics: practices of self-organisation in everyday life and the diasporic organization when dealing with politics concerning Eritrea. An analysis of this interrelation brings me to discuss what self-organising looks like in postcoloniality and what is the role of difference in it. While difference has often been connected to identities, I argue that the experience of the Eritreans in Milan suggests looking at difference as defined by practices. Difference comes to be a constituent divergence that rejects relativism and comparison. By thinking the relationship between postcoloniality and organization the thesis aims to contribute to the imagination of new forms of organising among differences. 2016-06-10T12:17:55Z Adam Smith on Management Ethics: Then and Now http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37716 Title: Adam Smith on Management Ethics: Then and Now Authors: Wagner-Tsukamoto, Sigmund A. Abstract: The paper concedes that Smith was as a pioneering contributor to debate on management ethics. The paper here traces management ethics in three regards: (1) managerial behaviour unintentionally yielding mutual gains outcomes for society; (2) law-following behaviour of managers reflecting intentional passive, ethical behaviour of manager; (3) managers creating ethical capital inside market exchange, this reflecting intentional active, ethical behaviour of managers. Smith relegated the latter from his program. In this respect I update Smith's historic contribution to debate on management ethics, with a view to contemporary developments on many markets where we can witness management ethics inside market processes. Throughout the paper, I connect to economic theory, i.e. Smith's Wealth of Nations but not behavioural ethical theory, which may see itself put in opposition to Smith from the outset. I view economic reconstruction and economic updates of Smith's management ethics as essential to set out viable pathways for contemporary management ethics programs. 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First, this paper contributes the theoretical innovation of the idea of twin organizations to the organization studies literature. Second, it casts a fresh light on four of the organizations that got most deeply into trouble in the credit crisis. Third, it contributes to other areas of organizational scholarship, specifically the theory of risk and the theory of organizational identity. Fourth, this paper acts as a warning by identifying similar phenomena in the ongoing Eurozone crisis, and fifth, it contributes to the understanding of risk-management practice and organizational consultancy. Description: Following the embargo period the version of this article associated with this record is available with the above license. 2016-06-07T12:09:13Z Fractional Dynamics of Network Growth Constrained by Aging Node Interactions http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37670 Title: Fractional Dynamics of Network Growth Constrained by Aging Node Interactions Authors: Safdari, Hadiseh; Kamali, Milad Zare; Shirazi, Amirhossein; Khalighi, Moein; Jafari, Gholamreza; Ausloos, Marcel Abstract: In many social complex systems, in which agents are linked by non-linear interactions, the history of events strongly influences the whole network dynamics. However, a class of "commonly accepted beliefs" seems rarely studied. In this paper, we examine how the growth process of a (social) network is influenced by past circumstances. In order to tackle this cause, we simply modify the well known preferential attachment mechanism by imposing a time dependent kernel function in the network evolution equation. This approach leads to a fractional order Barabási-Albert (BA) differential equation, generalizing the BA model. Our results show that, with passing time, an aging process is observed for the network dynamics. The aging process leads to a decay for the node degree values, thereby creating an opposing process to the preferential attachment mechanism. On one hand, based on the preferential attachment mechanism, nodes with a high degree are more likely to absorb links; but, on the other hand, a node's age has a reduced chance for new connections. This competitive scenario allows an increased chance for younger members to become a hub. Simulations of such a network growth with aging constraint confirm the results found from solving the fractional BA equation. We also report, as an exemplary application, an investigation of the collaboration network between Hollywood movie actors. It is undubiously shown that a decay in the dynamics of their collaboration rate is found, even including a sex difference. Such findings suggest a widely universal application of the so generalized BA model. 2016-05-31T12:44:43Z The economic value of controlling for large losses in portfolio selection http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37665 Title: The economic value of controlling for large losses in portfolio selection Authors: Dias, Alexandra Abstract: x Description: Following the 18 month embargo period the above license will apply. 2016-05-31T11:25:41Z Anarchist Cybernetics: Control and Communication in Radical Left Social Movements http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37597 Title: Anarchist Cybernetics: Control and Communication in Radical Left Social Movements Authors: Swann, Thomas Robert Abstract: This thesis develops the concept of anarchist cybernetics in an attempt to elaborate an understanding of the participatory and democratic forms of organisation that have characterised radical left-wing social movements in recent years. Bringing together Stafford Beer's organisational cybernetics and the organisational approaches of both classical and contemporary anarchism, an argument is made for the value of an anarchist cybernetic perspective that goes beyond the managerialism cybernetics has long been associated with. Drawing on theoretical reflection and an empirical strategy of participatory political philosophy, the thesis examines contemporary social movement organisational practices through two lenses: control and communication. Articulating control as self-organisation, in line with cybernetic thought, an argument is made for finding a balance between, on the one hand, strategic identity and cohesion and, on the other, tactical autonomy. While anarchist and radical left activism often privileges individual autonomy, it is suggested here that too much autonomy or tactical flexibility can be as damaging to a social movement organisation as over-centralisation. Turning to communication, the thesis looks at social media, the focus of another kind of hype in recent activism, and identifies both the potentials and the problems of using social media platforms in anarchist and radical left organisation. Importantly, the thesis takes social media as information management systems and speculates on several core aspects of alternative social media that might be more suited to the kind of activism anarchist cybernetics helps elucidate. By introducing and expanding on the idea of anarchist cybernetics, the thesis provides an account of what anarchist organisations have been, what they are and what they could be. 2016-05-18T13:24:40Z Myth and ideology in consumer culture theory http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37499 Title: Myth and ideology in consumer culture theory Authors: Fitchett, James A.; Patsiaouras, Georgios; Davies, Andrea Abstract: The special issue of Marketing Theory (2013) on consumer culture theory (CCT) updates and restates the main aims and controversies in CCT as well as offers a number of novel interpretations on the history and possible future direction of the movement. Whilst the anchor paper from Thompson et al. (2013) is notable for the invocation of Bakhtin's concept of Heteroglossia, its main significance is as a reply to ongoing critiques of the CCT project. In this commentary article, we highlight the common tendency among critics to emphasize the paradigmatic and institutional basis for CCT as residing in the context of academic discourse. These accounts utilize what Coskiner-Balli (2013) discusses as the mobilization of cultural myths. One consequence of this process of retelling the CCT creation narrative is that it diverts and obscures other ideological readings of CCT. We highlight what we understand as the underlying neo-liberal sentiment at the centre of the CCT project. A neo-liberal perspective repositions some of the main criticisms of CCT, especially those regarding the overemphasis on consumer subjectivities. 2016-05-10T15:54:24Z Co-performing tourism places: The "Pink Night" festival http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37496 Title: Co-performing tourism places: The "Pink Night" festival Authors: Giovanardi, Massimo; Lucarelli, Andrea; Decosta, Patrick L'Espoir Abstract: This paper adopts an ecological perspective to analyze the practices and processes inherent in encounters between residents and tourists. The study contributes to the literature on performance and performativity, seen as a novel theoretical approach in tourism studies, by proposing the concept of performative field, which enables a holistic and ecological consideration of the performances and relationships in tourism. This is in contrast with the binary logic emerging from the available studies, where confrontation between "hosts" and "guests" as two well-distinguished performative forces appears to be the norm. The study draws on non-representational theories and illustrates its arguments through an investigation of the "Pink Night" (La Notte Rosa), an annual festival staged along the Romagna coastal region - a most renowned Italian mass-tourism destination. 2016-05-10T09:54:51Z A Multi-scalar Approach to Place Branding: The 150th Anniversary of Italian Unification in Turin http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37495 Title: A Multi-scalar Approach to Place Branding: The 150th Anniversary of Italian Unification in Turin Authors: Giovanardi, Massimo Abstract: This study draws from an interpretation of scale as a social construct to elaborate a multi-scalar approach to place branding that represents a growing set of theories and managerial practices aimed at leveraging the reputational capital of places. The article unveils that far from consisting of clear-cut processes which occur within a pre-given and fixed set of scalar boundaries, city, regional, country and supra-national brandings actually converge in a complex mechanism of intertwined practices and discourses. By grounding its theoretical investigation in a case study about the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Italian unification, this paper furthers the understanding of place branding from a multi-level perspective, addressing the tendency of previous studies to treat scale as a fixed hierarchy of nested levels. The findings show that scalar boundaries remain significant for the purpose of coordination and identification among the institutional actors involved. And yet, the investigation highlights that scalar boundaries do not constitute a structure of ontologically given contexts, but rather are the outcome of an ongoing dialectic process among place stakeholders through which scalar relations are constantly reproduced and nurtured during the staging of the place branding project. 2016-05-06T15:46:46Z Producing and consuming the painter Raphael's birthplace http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37494 Title: Producing and consuming the painter Raphael's birthplace Authors: Giovanardi, Massimo Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to draw upon Johnson's "Circle of Culture" to develop a cultural approach for studying place marketing's internal audience. A research project on the small Italian Renaissance city of Urbino explores how a number of marketing events dedicated to the painter Raphael, who was born there, have been produced and then received among different urban "populations" (dwellers, commuters, students, etc.). The second part of the paper conceptualizes events as both "inward" and "outward" forces and compares the Raphaellian events with some of Urbino's traditional festivities. Design/methodology/approach – This is a qualitative study that applies discourse analysis to media texts, official documents and 42 in‐depth interviews held with both local officials and internal place consumers. Findings – The inquiry reveals a predominance of discourses in support of the events: civic pride, identification, and economic benefits. What is more striking is that some participants not only appreciated the marketing events but "went beyond" by producing discourses in support of a more intensive exploitation of Urbino's cultural and heritage resources. Research limitations/implications – Quantitative research is recommended to generalize evidence stemming from ethnographic inquiry and to measure "the magnitude" of the different discourses produced by the people. Originality/value – This paper contributes to overcoming the materialist perspective which underpins a consistent part of literature by showing a new (counter)example of the "non‐oppositional voices" of place marketing. Moreover, it sheds more light on how "tertiary communication" takes place and how it can be properly investigated. 2016-05-06T15:33:18Z Challenges in delivering brand promise – focusing on municipal healthcare organisations http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37493 Title: Challenges in delivering brand promise – focusing on municipal healthcare organisations Authors: Hytti, Ulla; Kuoppakangas, Päivikki; Suomi, Kati; Chapleo, Chris; Giovanardi, Massimo Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how healthcare professionals understand a new organisational brand and examine the ideas discussed in relation to it within healthcare organisations. Design/methodology/approach – The research is based on a discursive approach that facilitates understanding how the informants perceived a new organisation brand and how that might shape their activities in the enterprise. Findings – The study identified four distinct interpretative repertoires: the organisational brand as an economic solution, the magic wand, the factory and a servant to the customer. The new brand was understood in terms of economic and business-like functions marked by external branding and its signs (logos, etc.). The brand is not communicated to patients or colleagues and the factory metaphor is applied to work practices. Hence, several potential dilemmas arise concerning the brand promise, customer expectations, economic and efficiency gains and the professional values of employees. Research limitations/implications – Adoption of private-sector practices in semi-public or public-sector organisations is common. This study focuses on how private-sector ideas diffuse into the organisations and how they are translated within them. Practical implications – The authors suggest a stronger emphasis on internal branding as a reconciliation to enhance legitimacy, high-quality customer service and staff wellbeing. Originality/value – Theoretically, the unique contribution of the study is drawing upon healthcare branding, dilemma theory and discursive institutionalism in its interpretation. Consequently, it demonstrates how ideas about the brand and public healthcare are translated and communicated in the examined discourses and how those ideas reconstruct understanding and change behaviour within the organisations. Description: Copyright © the authors, 2015. This version is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ), which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. 2016-05-06T15:16:32Z 'Who Said We're Flogging a Dead Horse?': Re-Framing Ethics & the Supply Chain http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37486 Title: 'Who Said We're Flogging a Dead Horse?': Re-Framing Ethics & the Supply Chain Authors: Higgins, Matthew; Ellis, Nick Editors: Pullen, A.; Rhodes, C. Description: This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in The Routledge Companion to Ethics, Politics and Organizations on 28/05/2015, available online: https://www.routledge.com/products/9780415821261. 2016-05-05T12:31:48Z The abject single: exploring the gendered experience of singleness in Britain http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37473 Title: The abject single: exploring the gendered experience of singleness in Britain Authors: Lai, Ai-Ling; Lim, Ming; Higgins, Matthew Abstract: This paper explores the gendered experience of singleness in Britain through a theoretical and empirical understanding of the abject. Drawing on the writings of Judith Butler, we argue that singleness is culturally pathologised as an abject 'other', a liminal state which renders the legitimation of the single subject unintelligible. Through 14 active interviews with British singles, we demonstrate how our participants negotiate their marginal status vis-à-vis the marketplace and the broader society that continue to uphold heterosexual partnership as a normative form of intimacy. Our data uncovers persistent and powerful gender stereotypes of how singles ought to organise their lives and conform both to social, as well as market-driven pressures. We therefore highlight research gaps in the experience of singleness and critique the heteronormative framework that remains dominant, yet concealed, in gender research. Description: The file associated with this record is under an 18-month embargo from publication in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The full text may be available through the publisher links provided above. 2016-05-04T09:36:32Z The impact of workplace learning on academic career path development in tertiary education http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37466 Title: The impact of workplace learning on academic career path development in tertiary education Authors: Lokhtina, Irina Abstract: This research addresses the situated learning experiences of academics in workplaces by gaining insights into how communities of practice influence career development of academics in Cypriot public universities. The study set out to explore academics' lived experiences of community relations by taking into consideration the impact of power inequalities, access to resources, and their legitimate peripheral participation through the lens of Situated Learning Theory (Lave and Wenger 1991; Wenger 1998). To understand how academics develop their careers in Cypriot public universities, it was important to comprehend how they adapt to their disciplinary communities, engage with their peers, and perceive the existing support for learning and its outcomes. The research was informed by an interpretive paradigm. A single case study approach was used to bring to the fore academics' narratives about their participatory practices. The data were generated through in-depth, semi-structured interviews with twenty academics chosen through a combination of convenience and snowball sampling strategies. The research has been conducted during five and a half months (December 2012-May 2013). Academics' experiences in CoPs were thematically analysed. The findings revealed that academics' career development cannot be properly understood without looking into social relations among scholars and the contextual factors within and across their CoPs. Even though this study challenged Lave and Wenger's (1991) and Wenger's (1998) theorisation, the research findings confirm the significance they placed on the mutual engagement of participants in practice, since task mastery on its own cannot be perceived as a prerequisite for academics' full membership in CoPs. That is why the recommendations highlight the importance of an ongoing involvement of newcomers, who may face diverse forms of participation at the boundaries of CoPs, within the academic life of departmental communities. This is how they construct their academic identities and further develop their membership of the disciplinary CoPs. 2016-04-29T13:08:27Z The ART of dependence modelling: the latest advances in correlation analysis http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37458 Title: The ART of dependence modelling: the latest advances in correlation analysis Authors: Blum, Peter; Da Costa Dias, Alexandra; Embrechts, Paul Editors: Lane, M. Abstract: Both at the design stage as well as at the pricing stage of Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) products, the notion of low (zero) beta plays an important role. By now it is well known that for these non-standard products, the interpretation of dependence through linear correlation (and hence the portfolio-beta language) becomes dubious. We review some of the new tools (like copulas) to handle the measurement of dependence in ART products. An example will be discussed. Description: The file associated with this record is under permanent embargo. 2016-04-28T14:56:48Z Change-point analysis for dependence structures in finance and insurance http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37423 Title: Change-point analysis for dependence structures in finance and insurance Authors: Da Costa Dias, Alexandra; Embrechts, P. Editors: Szegoe, G. Abstract: Over the recent years, both in finance and insurance, the modelling of dependence beyond linear correlation has become a key area of research. The notion of copula has been used with success in order to model these more general dependence concepts. We will discuss changes in dependence structures by using change-point techniques for specific parametric copula families. Besides some basic theory, some applied examples will be presented. 2016-04-21T10:16:50Z Do industrial and geographic diversifications have different effects on earnings management? Evidence from UK mergers and acquisitions http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37403 Title: Do industrial and geographic diversifications have different effects on earnings management? Evidence from UK mergers and acquisitions Authors: Vasilescu, Camelia; Millo, Yuval Abstract: This paper examines whether corporate diversification has an impact on accruals earnings management by UK targets in M&As. Following prior research (Jiraporn, Kim, & Mathur, 2008; El Mehdi & Seboui, 2011), we explicitly distinguish between industrial and geographic diversification. These two dimensions of diversification differ in terms of their degree of information asymmetry, while in industrially diversified firms the accruals at the business segment level tend to offset each other, geographically diversified firms seem to be subject to higher information asymmetry. Using a sample of 229 UK publicly listed targets and employing cross-sectional accrual models and a panel regression framework, we find that industrial diversification mitigates earnings management by UK targets prior to M&As. The results of our study also show that a combination of industrial and geographic diversification is associated with a lesser degree of earnings management, which is consistent with those reported by Jiraporn, Kim, and Mathur (2008) and El Mehdi and Seboui (2011) for US firms. However, our evidence suggests that geographic diversification is associated with a higher degree of earnings management, however the results are not statistically significant. Description: The file associated with this record is under a 36-month embargo from publication in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The full text may be available through the publisher links provided above. 2016-04-20T10:48:54Z Exploring University Students' Experiences of Double Academic Statuses in Romania Who? When? Why? http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37402 Title: Exploring University Students' Experiences of Double Academic Statuses in Romania Who? When? Why? Authors: Plugor, Reka Abstract: The paper offers insights into the views and experiences of DAS – double academic status – students at a Romanian university. This practice is discussed in the paper from the perspective of increased participation in higher education, when more and more people spend time and money not only on gaining qualifications, but also on boosting their credentials by participating in various extra-curricular activities with the hope of securing an advantage for their labour market entrance. The processes of who, when and why these students ended up in DAS will be explored along with reflecting on the local and national structural elements that allowed, and at times encouraged, such a practice. 2016-04-20T10:33:36Z International Framework Agreements: Global Industrial Relations between Rights and Bargaining http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37328 Title: International Framework Agreements: Global Industrial Relations between Rights and Bargaining Authors: Hammer, Nikolaus Abstract: This paper examines the emergence and the main features of International Framework Agreements (IFAs). IFAs originated in the 1980s and proliferated after 2000. They aim to secure core labour rights across multinational corporations' global supply chains. Global Union Federations, as well as other global (World Company and Works Councils), regional (European Works Councils or European Industry Federations) and national trade union structures, are parties to IFAs. Based on various features of international trade union activity, such as World Company Councils, codes of conduct, the trade and labour rights campaign or international social dialogue, IFAs constitute an important and innovative tool of international industrial relations. An analysis of the substantive and procedural provisions of IFAs leads to an analytical distinction between 'rights' agreements and 'bargaining' agreements. The article assesses the substantive and procedural aspects of the 38 IFAs concluded before June 2005. Finally, key issues such as the scope of agreements, trade union capacity, and global supply chains are discussed in the context of international labour's campaigning, organising and negotiation activities. 2016-04-18T09:51:57Z Review of Barbara Sieben and Åsa Wettergren (Eds), Emotionalizing Organizations and Organizing Emotions, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37297 Title: Review of Barbara Sieben and Åsa Wettergren (Eds), Emotionalizing Organizations and Organizing Emotions, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 Authors: Brook, Paul Anthony 2016-04-14T09:31:02Z Mobilising identities: the shape and reality of middle and junior managers working lives - a qualitative study http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37290 Title: Mobilising identities: the shape and reality of middle and junior managers working lives - a qualitative study Authors: Suhomlinova, Olga; Harvey, J.; Annandale, E.; Teasdale, N.; Loan-Clarke, J. Abstract: Background: Social identities shape how individuals perceive their roles and perform their work. Yet little is known about the identities of various types of NHS managers and even less about how they may influence how they carry out their work to achieve effectiveness. Objectives: To chart the work of middle and junior clinical and non-clinical managers; to describe how their identities are constructed and shape the performance of their roles; to explore how they mobilise their identities to achieve effectiveness. Design: Qualitative research. Setting: Two large English hospital trusts. Participants: Data consisted of 91 semistructured interviews with four primary categories of managers [junior clinical (JC), junior non-clinical (JNC), middle clinical (MC), and middle non-clinical (MNC)], shadowing of a small subsample, observations of meetings. For some analyses the four categories were broken down into finer-grained 'work groups'. The data were analysed both qualitatively, using the constant comparative method, and quantitatively, using the method of 'quantitising' (the numerical translation of qualitative data). Results: Respondents' identities as managers were not particularly strong. Results reveal a more nuanced and widely spread portrait of the 'reluctant manager' than hitherto reported. The picture of what managers do was complex and multifaceted. On some dimensions, such as 'span of responsibility', 'span of control' and cross-site working, internal variations by 'work group' indicate that comparisons between the four primary categories were not particularly meaningful. Variety was added to by internal diversity even within 'work groups'. Analyses of self-reported effectiveness revealed that 'hard', demonstrable measures of performance ('transactional effectiveness') were important to all four categories of managers; however, many were also concerned with 'softer' indicators involving enabling, supporting and developing a team ('processual effectiveness'). Many felt 'processual effectiveness' fed 'transactional effectiveness'. It was also regarded as a form of effectiveness in its own right that could be compromised by undue attention to 'transactional effectiveness'. Across all categories respondents mobilised both managerial identities and 'other' professional identities (e.g. nurse, doctor, accountant or scientist) for effectiveness. Although mobilisation capacities of 'other' identities were fairly explicit, managerial identity often appeared 'in disguise'. There was a tendency to refer to experience or tenure within the organisation as a resource to influence others and to cite ability to communicate as their personality trait, yet this implies skilled knowledge of organisational context. Equally, identifying, for example as a 'people person', encompasses a raft of management skills such as the ability to translate specific demands placed on their subordinates by the organisation in terms that are clear and meaningful. The research also revealed that the 'mobilising capacities' of the 'facets of identity' of the various 'work groups' were subject to identity constraints arising from others 'above', 'below' and 'laterally', as well as from the wider organisation (such as culture, resources) and their workload. For clinical managers, it was also constricted by juggling clinical and non-clinical work within time constraints. Conclusions: Many respondents struggled with their identities as managers. Given that a strong identity is associated with uncertainty reduction and employee strengthening, more work is needed to improve how positive identities can be fostered both among managers themselves and amongst those with whom they interact. To fully comprehend the relationship between self-perceived identities and how managers carry out their work it is recommended that future research gives attention not only to variation across but also within primary categories and work groups. Funding: The National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research programme. 2016-04-14T08:51:19Z Labour Standards and Capacity in Global Subcontracting Chains: Evidence from a Construction MNC http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37281 Title: Labour Standards and Capacity in Global Subcontracting Chains: Evidence from a Construction MNC Authors: Hammer, Nikolaus; Davies, S.; Williams, Glynne; Raman, R.; Ruppert, C. S.; Volynets, L. Abstract: This article investigates how fundamental labour rights specified in international framework agreements are implemented and monitored in subcontracting chains. It shows how labour's capacity for workplace-based monitoring is influenced by factors such as ownership structures, the societal context, and, most importantly, the institutions and dynamics of local labour control. 2016-04-13T09:35:40Z Rational Religion : Economic Patterns in Biblical Thought http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37257 Title: Rational Religion : Economic Patterns in Biblical Thought Authors: Wagner-Tsukamoto, Sigmund Abstract: The paper addresses the call for a concept of 'rational religion', as early on identified by Smith. To do so, the article returns to the very origins and foundations of religion, especially Judaism and Christianity: the biblical text itself. By tracing in institutional and constitutional economic terms economic patterns to biblical thought, especially so to the oldest and best-known stories of the Torah, the thesis of a rational economic structure of the biblical text can be advanced. In this way the actual nature and substance of religion is conceptualised in economic terms. The paper questions in this respect the dualistic conception of ancient ethics, the way it is conventionally derived by biblical and theological research from the Old Testament, and the widespread assumption that it will be radically different from modern ethics ('economics as ethics') in the tradition of the Scottish Enlightenment. I even contest the explicit claims of Smith or modern institutional economists like Buchanan in this regard that a concept of rational religion or 'modern ethics' necessarily is or had to be completely separated from the Bible. On the basis of these arguments, the paper outlines why (Old Testament-based) religion still has and could have a persistent and pervasive influence in contemporary, capitalist society. An institutional economic theory of religion is set out. 2016-04-12T09:06:27Z Employers, young people and gender segregation (England) http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37236 Title: Employers, young people and gender segregation (England) Authors: Fuller, A.; Beck, Vanessa; Unwin, L. Abstract: Working Paper Series No. 28, Manchester: Equal Opportunities Commission in England. 2016-04-11T10:18:01Z Work–life Balance And Austerity: Implications Of New Ways Of Working In British Public Sector Organisations http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37224 Title: Work–life Balance And Austerity: Implications Of New Ways Of Working In British Public Sector Organisations Authors: Lyonette, C.; Anderson, D.; Lewis, S.; Payne, N.; Wood, Stephen J. Abstract: x 2016-04-11T08:56:39Z Employer Support For Work–life Balance In Recession: Findings For Britain From The Workplace Employment Relations Survey http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37222 Title: Employer Support For Work–life Balance In Recession: Findings For Britain From The Workplace Employment Relations Survey Authors: Stokes, L.; Wood, Stephen J. Abstract: x 2016-04-11T08:53:17Z Exploring The Meaning Of Securitisation For 'Gender And Disaster' http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37215 Title: Exploring The Meaning Of Securitisation For 'Gender And Disaster' Authors: Ray-Bennett, Nibedita Shankar Editors: Racioppi, L.; Rajagopalan, S. 2016-04-08T11:39:47Z Selected aspects of price formation in commodity markets http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37174 Title: Selected aspects of price formation in commodity markets Authors: Omar, Ayman M. A. A. Abstract: The thesis is driven by the strategic importance of crude oil, and aims to contribute to the knowledge on crude oil pricing and markets by conducting three investigative undertakings. The first examines the ability of crude petroleum to act as a safe haven asset for investors in equity markets around the start of international violent conflicts and wars. The second investigates the price differentials between US domestic benchmark crudes and the global marker Brent around the start of upstream production disruptions. The third empirical examination explores the presence of abnormal behaviour in the vicinity of the start dates of US sanctions on net exporting and importing nations, and builds on these findings to estimate gains accrued to, and losses inflicted on, the US economy. The thesis reports a number of findings. First, it shows that crude oil prices register a significant abnormal rise around the start of violent conflicts and wars. The significant portion of this abnormal increase accumulates well before the outbreak of crises. The thesis also reports a significant abnormal decline in the valuations of US and international equities around the start of these events. Secondly, the thesis builds on these findings, and demonstrates that crude oil possesses the ability to act as a safe haven from stock markets around the start of these events. Third, the thesis reports significant tightening in the price spreads around the start of unscheduled production outages. These findings are shown to be robust even after accounting for extreme weather conditions, changes in petroleum stocks, and costs of logistics. Fourth, the thesis reports significant abnormal changes in the valuations of crude oil around the start of US sanctions. The direction and magnitude of these changes depend on whether the targeted nation is a net exporter or importer. Fifth, the thesis builds on these findings, and reports gains and losses to the US economy due to the imposition of sanctions. These findings contribute to the academic literature, and highlight a number of implications for equity investors, insurance companies, oil traders, and policy makers in the US and other net importing and exporting nations. These implications concern the energy security of the US and other nations, the use of oil in hedging and diversification, the role of benchmarks in pricing, and the economic consequences of the US foreign policy. 2016-04-06T15:32:18Z Impact of the Allowance Submissions in European Carbon Emission Markets http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37166 Title: Impact of the Allowance Submissions in European Carbon Emission Markets Authors: Shi, Yukun; Philip, D. Abstract: This paper studies the impact of the April allowance submissions mandate under the European Union emission trading scheme (EU ETS) in carbon emission markets. Using intraday order flow data, we test for the cross-market efficiency of spot-futures dynamics and find that the equilibrium level, adjustment speed and no-arbitrage boundaries of the spot and futures relationship shift subsequent to the submission date. In addition, our results show that the allowance submissions affect the price discovery process, with the carbon spot market providing stronger price leadership in the periods before the submission date and the futures market playing the predominant informational role thereafter. Using the heterogeneous autoregressive realized volatility (HAR-RV) model, we also find a change in volatility spillovers before the submission date, particularly from the spot to the futures market. Overall, the results suggest that the April allowance submissions have significant impact on the time series dynamics of spot and futures carbon emission markets. Description: The file associated with this record is under a 36-month embargo from publication in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The full text may be available through the publisher links provided above. 2016-04-06T11:37:56Z Arbitrage Opportunities and Feedback Trading: Evidence from Emissions and Energy Markets http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37165 Title: Arbitrage Opportunities and Feedback Trading: Evidence from Emissions and Energy Markets Authors: Shi, Yukun; Chau, F; Kuo, J Abstract: This paper extends Sentana and Wadhwani (SW 1992) model to study the presence of feedback trading in emissions and energy markets and the extent to which such behaviour is linked to the level of arbitrage opportunities. Applying our augmented models to the carbon emission and major energy markets in Europe, we find evidence of feedback trading in coal and electricity markets, but not in carbon market where the institutional investors dominate. This finding is consistent with the notion that institutional investors are less susceptible to pursuing feedback-style investment strategies. In further analysis, our results show that the intensity of feedback trading is significantly related to the level of arbitrage opportunities, and that the significance of such relationship depends on the market regimes. Description: The file associated with this record is under a 36-month embargo from publication in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The full text may be available through the publisher links provided above. 2016-04-06T11:31:41Z Optimal hedging in carbon emission markets using Markov regime switching models http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37164 Title: Optimal hedging in carbon emission markets using Markov regime switching models Authors: Shi, Yukun; Philip, D. Abstract: This paper proposes a Markov regime switching framework for modeling carbon emission (CO2) allowances that combines a regime switching behavior and disequilibrium adjustments in the mean process, along with a state-dependent dynamic volatility process. We find that all regime switching based hedging strategies significantly outperform single regime hedging strategies (both in-sample and out-of-sample), with the newly proposed framework providing the greatest variance reduction and the best hedging performance. Our results indicate that risk managers using state-dependent hedge ratios to manage portfolio risks in carbon emission markets will achieve superior hedging returns. Description: The file associated with this record is under a 36-month embargo from publication in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The full text may be available through the publisher links provided above. 2016-04-06T11:25:50Z Vertical capitalism: Skyscrapers and organization http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37152 Title: Vertical capitalism: Skyscrapers and organization Authors: Parker, Martin Abstract: This paper employs the skyscraper to show how culture and economy are necessarily intertwined. I begin with the idea of the sublime, and then move on to consider representations of the tall building from the 1870s to the present day in order to illustrate what these artefacts are understood to 'mean'. But skyscrapers are not merely symbols of modern organization, they are themselves forms of economic organizing and the second section of the paper notes the various ways in which the tall building, and the divisions of labour that enabled it, began by 'making the land pay' in cities with a burgeoning rental market for small firms. This shift involves partly displacing the architect and the corporation, and instead focussing on project organization and rental values. I conclude by suggesting that the term 'organization', because of its mutability, can provide a bridge between culturalist and economic representations. 2016-04-06T09:01:29Z University, Ltd: Changing a business school http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37149 Title: University, Ltd: Changing a business school Authors: Parker, Martin Abstract: This article recounts two years in the change management of a European business school. Using evidence gained whilst I was an employee, I describe the conditions and institutional mechanisms which allowed an 'earth shattering' change programme to take place. This involved discounting the past and claiming that anyone who is against change is either self-interested or doesn't understand the 'real world'. The lack of collective and successful resistance is of particular concern here, since it suggests that (in certain contexts) academics are incapable of preventing their own institutions changing around them. Exit appears to be the only choice, when loyalty is questioned and voice impossible. I conclude with some observations on the relationship between the managerial business school and the idea of the university. 2016-04-05T12:03:21Z Work, Employment and Society sans frontières: extending and deepening our reach http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37107 Title: Work, Employment and Society sans frontières: extending and deepening our reach Authors: Beck, Vanessa; Brook, Paul; Carter, Bob; Clark, Ian; Danford, Andy; Hammer, Nik; Kanji, Shireen; Simms, Melanie Abstract: Work, employment and society (WES ) was launched in 1987 in a period in which a number of features of British society were changing rapidly. The vibrancy and the optimism of the 1960s looked increasingly remote and sociology and the study of work reflected the more straitened times that came with the social transformations wrought by Thatcherism. The early 1980s had seen savage deflation, a consequent sharp contraction of the manufacturing industry and a series of set piece confrontations with unions (in the print and steel industries and on the docks) culminating in the defeat of the miners' union after a year-long strike (1984–5). A further result was rapid contraction of the numbers of trade union members and the demoralization of those that remained. One focus of industrial sociology, shopfloor trade unionism epitomized by Beynon's (1984) study of Ford's Halewood plant, became difficult if not impossible to repeat. The differences to and implications for the current sociology of work are discussed in the recent WES book review symposium of Beynon's study. Richard Brown's editorial introduction to the first issue drew upon these societal developments to explain the rationale for the journal. Reviewing the sociology of work he noted that it had traditionally focused on male, manual workers in manufacturing industries and to a lesser extent on those who supervised and managed them, exactly the constituency hit hardest by the ongoing changes. The limitations of the focus on one gender, in one predominantly UK-based sector, became obvious with the relative and absolute decline in UK manufacturing and the new international division of labour; the growth of unemployment; the increase in women's employment; and employer attempts to establish more flexible patterns of employment. The limitations of more traditional approaches were also heightened by developments in other areas of social science with broader concerns. … 2016-03-31T14:44:02Z Links between fluid mechanics and quantum mechanics: a model for information in economics? http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37088 Title: Links between fluid mechanics and quantum mechanics: a model for information in economics? Authors: Haven, Emmanuel E. Abstract: This paper tallies the links between fluid mechanics and quantum mechanics, and attempts to show whether those links can aid in beginning to build a formal template which is usable in economics models where time is (a) symmetric and memory is absent or present. An objective of this paper is to contemplate whether those formalisms can allow us to model information in economics in a novel way. Description: The version associated with this record is under embargo for 12 months from date of first publication. 2016-03-18T14:11:03Z What is Quantum? Unifying Its Micro-physical and Structural Appearance http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37082 Title: What is Quantum? Unifying Its Micro-physical and Structural Appearance Authors: Aerts, Diederik; Sozzo, Sandro Editors: Atmanspacher, H.; Bergomi, C.; Filk, T.; Kitto, K. Abstract: We can recognize two modes in which 'quantum appears' in macro domains: (i) a micro-physical appearance, where quantum laws are assumed to be universal and they are transferred from the micro to the macro level if suitable quantum coherence conditions (e.g., very low temperatures) are realized, (ii) a structural appearance, where no hypothesis is made on the validity of quantum laws at a micro level, while genuine quantum aspects are detected at a structural-modeling level. In this paper, we inquire into the connections between the two appearances. We put forward the explanatory hypothesis that, 'the appearance of quantum in both cases' is due to 'the existence of a specific form of organisation, which has the capacity to cope with random perturbations that would destroy this organisation when not coped with'. We analyse how 'organisation of matter', 'organisation of life', and 'organisation of culture', play this role each in their specific domain of application, point out the importance of evolution in this respect, and put forward how our analysis sheds new light on 'what quantum is'. 2016-03-16T16:36:53Z Application of quantum master equation for long-term prognosis of asset-prices http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37077 Title: Application of quantum master equation for long-term prognosis of asset-prices Authors: Khrennikova, Polina Abstract: This study combines the disciplines of behavioral finance and an extension of econophysics, namely the concepts and mathematical structure of quantum physics. We apply the formalism of quantum theory to model the dynamics of some correlated financial assets, where the proposed model can be potentially applied for developing a long-term prognosis of asset price formation. At the informational level, the asset price states interact with each other by the means of a "financial bath". The latter is composed of agents' expectations about the future developments of asset prices on the finance market, as well as financially important information from mass-media, society, and politicians. One of the essential behavioral factors leading to the quantum-like dynamics of asset prices is the irrationality of agents' expectations operating on the finance market. These expectations lead to a deeper type of uncertainty concerning the future price dynamics of the assets, than given by a classical probability theory, e.g., in the framework of the classical financial mathematics, which is based on the theory of stochastic processes. The quantum dimension of the uncertainty in price dynamics is expressed in the form of the price-states superposition and entanglement between the prices of the different financial assets. In our model, the resolution of this deep quantum uncertainty is mathematically captured with the aid of the quantum master equation (its quantum Markov approximation). We illustrate our model of preparation of a future asset price prognosis by a numerical simulation, involving two correlated assets. Their returns interact more intensively, than understood by a classical statistical correlation. The model predictions can be extended to more complex models to obtain price configuration for multiple assets and portfolios. 2016-03-16T14:25:24Z Quantum Dynamical Modeling of Competition and Cooperation between Political Parties: the Coalition and Non-coalition Equilibrium Model http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37075 Title: Quantum Dynamical Modeling of Competition and Cooperation between Political Parties: the Coalition and Non-coalition Equilibrium Model Authors: Khrennikova, Polina Abstract: x Description: This file is under embargo for 24 months from the date of first publication. 2016-03-16T11:39:17Z Statistical and subjective interpretations of probability in quantum-like models of cognition and decision making http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37068 Title: Statistical and subjective interpretations of probability in quantum-like models of cognition and decision making Authors: Haven, Emmanuel Eugeen; Khrennikov, A. Abstract: The paper starts with an introduction to the basic mathematical model of classical probability (CP), i.e. the Kolmogorov (1933) measure-theoretic model. Its two basic interpretations are discussed: statistical and subjective. We then present the probabilistic structure of quantum mechanics (QM) and discuss the problem of interpretation of a quantum state and the corresponding probability given by Born's rule. Applications of quantum probability (QP) to modeling of cognition and decision making (DM) suffer from the same interpretational problems as QM. Here the situation is even more complicated than in physics. We analyze advantages and disadvantages of the use of subjective and statistical interpretations of QP. The subjective approach to QP was formalized in the framework of Quantum Bayesianism (QBism) as the result of efforts from C. Fuchs and his collaborators. The statistical approach to QP was presented in a variety of interpretations of QM, both in nonrealistic interpretations, e.g., the Copenhagen interpretation (with the latest version due to A. Plotnitsky), and in realistic interpretations (e.g., the recent Växjö interpretation). At present, we cannot make a definite choice in favor of any of the interpretations. Thus, quantum-like DM confronts the same interpretational problem as quantum physics does. Description: The file associated with this record is under a 24-month embargo from publication in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The full text may be available through the publisher links provided above. 2016-03-16T10:13:11Z Consumption and Identity http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37009 Title: Consumption and Identity Authors: Munro, Rolland James Bruce Description: The file associated with this record is under a permanent embargo while permission to archive is sought from the publisher. The full text may be available through the publisher links above. 2016-03-09T10:42:10Z Extension and the Disposal of the World: Systems, Culture, Self and Language http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37007 Title: Extension and the Disposal of the World: Systems, Culture, Self and Language Authors: Munro, Rolland James Bruce Abstract: x Description: The file associated with this record is under a 12-month embargo from publication in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The full text may be available through the publisher links provided above. 2016-03-09T10:24:49Z Uprooting Class? Culture, World-making and Reform http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37006 Title: Uprooting Class? Culture, World-making and Reform Authors: Munro, Rolland James Bruce; Latimer, J. Abstract: The paper opens up the issue of how to relate culture to class in the UK. First, problematizing the conflation of class with status – inherent to stratification models like the GBCS – we theorize culture as 'world-making' rather than limit culture to artistic or individual possession. Second, exploring culture in the wake of reforms aimed at local and institutional 'cultures' that are said to hold back economic growth, we examine power relations between class and culture. After clarifying how Weber's analysis of stratification keeps economic relations underpinning class distinct from the cultural mores of status groups, we point to a third dimension in his emphasis on parties – those groupings locked in the struggle for dominance across all levels and modes of life – as the 'house of power'. Contrary to his supposition of homogeneity, however, we suggest legitimation today requires contesting parties, including factions and interest groups, to recruit from across class and status groups. Arguing recruitment to parties is enhanced by a mood of endless reform – in which modernity appears bent on tearing up its own foundations – we indicate how the resulting sense of precariousness is augmented by the stratifying technologies of grading and ranking. The pertinent question is: Who benefits from endless reform? And if the answer is no more than to recognize how benefits are skewed to an 'elite' working on behalf of owners of capital, then it is time to put aside stratification for an analysis of class relations that pointedly attends to wider notions of culture by asking: Who gets the say in world-making? Description: The file associated with this record is under a 12-month embargo from publication in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The full text may be available through the publisher links provided above. 2016-03-09T10:20:21Z


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"ESF has been focused on sustainability and environmental stewardship for more than 100 years. As we move forward we bring a renewed focus with the formation of the Office of Energy and Sustainability," said ESF President Cornelius B. Murphy, Jr.
The new administrative office facilitates efforts to make the ESF campus more sustainable through improved communication of sustainability resources to the ESF community, increased student involvement, and projects such as solar panels, a wind turbine and a biomass combined-heat-and-power plant in the nearly completed Gateway Center.
The office is led by Executive Director Michael Kelleher, who also serves as a faculty member for the just-launched sustainable energy management major housed in the college's Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management. Kelleher, who joined the college staff in 2007, previously served as ESF's director of renewable energy systems. Kelleher came to ESF from National Grid where he was senior vice president.
The new position of sustainability coordinator will be staffed by graduate students with one-year appointments. The first sustainability coordinator is Andrea Webster, a master's student in the Department of Environmental Studies. Webster earned her bachelor's degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, and previously worked for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.
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