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The Build for Purpose Canvas

Presentation / Conference
Weaver, M., Fonseca, A., Tan, H., & Pershina, E. (2022, September)
The Build for Purpose Canvas. Paper presented at OR64 The Annual Operational Research Conference, University of Warwick
The paper proposes the “Build for Purpose Canvas” (B4PC) to help organisations to put purpose at the heart of their business, build meaningful relationships with communities a...

Mind the Gap: Public Equity as a Financing Solution for Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Influence of National Culture

Journal Article
Koch, L., Crossan, K., & Jaworski, P. (2022)
Mind the Gap: Public Equity as a Financing Solution for Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Influence of National Culture. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 28(7), 1800-1827. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-04-2021-0247
Purpose This research focuses on the demand from medium-sized firms to access public equity as a source of finance. The acceptance of public equity differs strongly between co...

Empowering Organisations To Embrace UN Sustainable Development Goals: Post-Covid-19 Scotland

Book Chapter
Fonseca, A., Crossan, K., Weaver, M., Tan, H., Bratton, A., & Pershina, E. (in press)
Empowering Organisations To Embrace UN Sustainable Development Goals: Post-Covid-19 Scotland. In W. Leal Filho (Ed.), SDGs in the European Region. Springer
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) argues that the global coronavirus pandemic has caused unimaginable consequences to the global community's economy, social stru...

Empowering SMEs to embrace the SDGs in a Post-Covid Scotland

Conference Proceeding
Fonseca, A. P., Crossan, K., Hock, T., Bratton, A., & Weaver, M. (2021)
Empowering SMEs to embrace the SDGs in a Post-Covid Scotland. In ISBE Conference Papers
The United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP argues that the global coronavirus pandemic has caused unimaginable consequences to the global community's economy, social stru...

Strategic repositioning of Export Promotion Organisations in Ghana: A framework for the internationalisation of SMEs

Journal Article
Sasu, E., & Crossan, K. (2021)
Strategic repositioning of Export Promotion Organisations in Ghana: A framework for the internationalisation of SMEs. Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics and Business Law, 10(1), 88-114

Scottish independence: could wind power Scotland back into the EU?

Other
Jaworski, P., & Crossan, K. (2021)
Scottish independence: could wind power Scotland back into the EU?. https://theconversation.com/scottish-independence-could-wind-power-scotland-back-into-the-eu-157985

Systems and Systemic Approaches for Attaining the SDGs Across Partnerships

Book Chapter
Weaver, M., Tan, H., & Crossan, K. (2020)
Systems and Systemic Approaches for Attaining the SDGs Across Partnerships. In W. Leal Filho, A. M. Azul, L. Brandli, A. Lange Salvia, & T. Wall (Eds.), Partnerships for the Goals: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71067-9
Weaver, M., Tan, H., & Crossan, K. (in press). Systems and Systemic Approaches for Partnership Working for the Goals. In W. Leal Filho, A. M. Azul, L. Brandli, A. Lange Salvia...

Developing Your ‘North Star’ to Clarify Purpose

Presentation / Conference
Weaver, M., Crossan, K., & Tan, H. (2018, September)
Developing Your ‘North Star’ to Clarify Purpose. Presented at OR60: Annual Conference of the Operational Research Society
There is widespread acceptance that business “can do well, by doing good” leading to the rise in organisations defining themselves as ‘purpose-driven’. In the context of Scotl...

Corporate Governance in small and medium sized firms: A study of Scottish enterprises

Journal Article
Crossan, K., Pershina, E., & Henschel, T. (2018)
Corporate Governance in small and medium sized firms: A study of Scottish enterprises. Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics and Business Law, 7(2),
There have been a large number of studies examining how firms are governed and how they should be governed. However, these studies have mainly concerned themselves with large ...

A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland

Journal Article
Weaver, M. W., Crossan, K., Tan, H., & Paxton, S. (2018)
A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland. European Journal of Operational Research, 268(3), 1149-1167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.11.050
The purpose of this paper is to present an application of community O.R. (COR), using soft system methodology (SSM) to help a grant-maker to understand how to unlock and relea...
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Education-job mismatch: A comprehensive analysis of vertical and horizontal mismatch among university graduates in Saudi Arabia

2019 - date
Halah Alattas | Director of Studies: Prof Maura Sheehan | Second Supervisor: Dr Kenny Crossan

Public charging infrastructure as the key enabler for electric mobility in Germany: The future electric vehicle charging point and the provision of parameters for a sustainable business model concept

2017 - 2021
Judith Karl | Director of Studies: Dr Kenny Crossan

Mind the gap: Public equity as a financing solution for medium-sized enterprises and the influence of national culture

2017 - 2021
Lisa Koch | Director of Studies: Dr Kenny Crossan | Second Supervisor: Dr Piotr Jaworski

Ethical funds and risk: Evidence from the United Kingdom

2017 - 2021
Shaikh Hasan | Director of Studies: Dr Marizah Minhat | Second Supervisor: Prof Richard Whitecross

The awareness of biases in our intuition: Understanding influences on decision-making in user-centred agile requirements engineering

2017 - date
Robert Krombholz | Director of Studies: Dr Kenny Crossan

A critical examination of the procurement function in selected organisations in Jamaica - contribution to competitive advantage as perceived by key decision makers and procurement practitioners

2017 - date
Flo Angus | Director of Studies: Dr Kenny Crossan | Second Supervisor: Dr Fawad Khaleel

How autopoietic cybernetics can contribute to humanitarian supply network operations

2016 - date
David Duddy | Director of Studies: Dr Miles Weaver | Second Supervisor: Dr Damian Stantchev

Platform business modelling for enhancing the efficiency of freight logistics in the maritime supply chain

2015 - 2019
Oliver Weisshuhn | Director of Studies: Dr Kenny Crossan

Rising to the top: Exploring the role of political skill, career self-efficacy and perceived organisational support in the career success of women in Germany

2014 - 2020
Caprice Oona Weissenrieder | Director of Studies: Prof Jane Ali-Knight | Second Supervisor: Dr Kenny Crossan

Establishing a framework for partnerships between third sector and SME business in Scotland

2013 - 2022
Elena Pershina | Director of Studies: Dr Kenny Crossan | Second Supervisor: Dr Miles Weaver

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