New Governance and the Case of Activation Policies: Comparing Experiences in Denmark and the Netherlands
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., Lindsay, C., & McQuaid, R. W. (2009)
New Governance and the Case of Activation Policies: Comparing Experiences in Denmark and the Netherlands. Social Policy and Administration, 43(5), 445-463. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.2009.00673.x
This article explores the importance of new forms of governance in active labour market policies (activation) in two countries: Denmark and the Netherlands. Drawing on researc...
Employability, services and unemployed job seekers and the digital divide.
Journal Article
Lindsay, C. (2005)
Employability, services and unemployed job seekers and the digital divide. Urban StudieS, 42, 325-339. https://doi.org/10.1080/0042098042000316173
Summary Providing accurate and accessible labour market information is a key priority for policies targeted at improving the employability of unemployed people. In an attempt ...
British Tata Steel Collapse What Happened?
Journal Article
Jaworski, P. M. (2016)
British Tata Steel Collapse What Happened?. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist, May 2016,
Any firm, large or small, must generate profit. The only difference between them is that the former can sustain the losses for
longer. However, is a 2 billion pounds loss in f...
The Role of Skills in the Transition from Worklessness into Sustainable Jobs with Progression
Report
Devins, D., Bickerstaffe, T., Nunn, A., Mitchell, B., McQuaid, R. W., Egdell, V., & Lindsay, C. (2011)
The Role of Skills in the Transition from Worklessness into Sustainable Jobs with Progression
This study is shaped by the recognition that while there has been a great deal of policy development around the transition from unemployment and inactivity to employment over ...
Active Labour market policy in Scotland: does it make a difference?
Journal Article
Adams, J. (2007)
Active Labour market policy in Scotland: does it make a difference?. International Journal of Manpower, 28, 30-41. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720710733456
The paper aims to show that active labour market policies in Scotland over a nine-year period have failed to meet key policy objectives. Design/methodology/approach - The pape...
Promoting Jobs Growth to Benefit Disadvantaged People and Communities – An International Review of Best Practice.
Report
McQuaid, R. W., Fuertes, V., Egdell, V. & Bergmann, A. (2011)
Promoting Jobs Growth to Benefit Disadvantaged People and Communities – An International Review of Best Practice
This report sets out the findings from a study into strategies that link the promotion of investment and the employment of economically inactive groups. The aim is to ascerta...
The concept of employability and the experience of unemployment
Thesis
Lindsay, C. The concept of employability and the experience of unemployment. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3877
This research sought to develop and deploy a new framework for analysing employability as a means of exploring: the barriers to work faced by unemployed people; differences i...
Government Export Promotion Organisations and SME Internationalisation: A case study of Ghana’s Non-Traditional Export Sector
Thesis
Sasu, E. Government Export Promotion Organisations and SME Internationalisation: A case study of Ghana’s Non-Traditional Export Sector. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2090149
Internationalisation has been identified as one of the major dimensions of firm growth (Peng and Delios, 2006). Karadeniz and Gocer, (2007) argue that exporting activities, fo...
PROMOTING INVESTMENT AND INCREASING EMPLOYMENT AMONG THE ECONOMICALLY INACTIVE – A REVIEW OF BEST PRACTICE Final report to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland Final Report November 2010
Report
Mcquaid, R., Fuertes, V., Egdell, V., Bergmann, A. & Green, A. E. (2010)
PROMOTING INVESTMENT AND INCREASING EMPLOYMENT AMONG THE ECONOMICALLY INACTIVE – A REVIEW OF BEST PRACTICE Final report to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland Final Report November 2010. Northern Ireland: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland.Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland
Final report to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and
Investment, Northern Ireland.
This report sets out the findings from a study into strategies that link the
promotion o...
Catching two European birds with one renewable stone: Mitigating climate change and Eurozone crisis by an energy transition
Journal Article
Creutzig, F., Goldschmidt, J. C., Lehmann, P., Schmid, E., von Blücher, F., Breyer, C., …Wiegandt, K. (2014)
Catching two European birds with one renewable stone: Mitigating climate change and Eurozone crisis by an energy transition. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 38, 1015-1028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.028
The threat of climate change and other risks for ecosystems and human health require a transition of the energy system from fossil fuels towards renewable energies and higher ...