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Multinational enterprises, repeat investment and the role of after-care services in Wales and Ireland
No full textFuller C. and Phelps N. A. (2004) Multinational enterprises, repeat investment and the role of aftercare services in Wales and Ireland, Regional Studies 38, 783-801. Repeat investment by multinational enterprises (MNEs) at 'foreign owned establishments' has become an important form of investment in recent years and, as such, can be considered a significant aspect of the nexus between corporate processes and host territorial economies. In terms of the latter, socio-institutional factors, operating within regional contexts, have increasingly been cited as underpinning prosperous 'economic spaces'. The paper examines the role of regional aftercare assistance (in the case of Wales), defined as services provided directly to MNEs (such as local sourcing initiatives) in comparison with central government aftercare services (in the case of Ireland) and general supply-side conditions. By examining MNEs in the 'electronics-related' sector in Wales and Ireland, it is found that while regional aftercare has a relative level of significance compared with national aftercare and certain supply-side conditions, particular labour market factors are of far greater importance. Further case study analysis examines the corporate processes determining the importance of aftercare services in Wales and Ireland, with the findings indicating that a heterogeneous range of corporate processes and sector dynamics influence the significance of this form of support
Fuller, C J, 407028
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/386510Surname: FULLER. Given Name(s) or Initials: C J. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: 407028. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 4600.208280
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Rising Concentration: The UK Grocery Trade 1970-1980
No full textThis chapter examines the barriers facing entrants into UK grocery retailing generally, with special attention to the phenomenon of increased retailer advertising expenditures. In the UK, there has been a significant increase in concentration in grocery retailing. The four-firm concentration ratio has risen from 26 percent in 1970 to 40 percent in 1980. The chapter also examines the causes and effects of this rise in concentration. In the UK grocery trade, the UK Monopolies and Mergers Commission has concluded that rising concentration has been associated with buying power; the chapter re-examines that evidence. It describes the barriers facing entrants into UK grocery retailing generally, with special attention to the phenomenon of increased retailer advertising expenditures. UK grocery trade has revealed a substantial increase in concentration over the years 1970–1980, which trend appears to be continuing into the 1980s. The increases in concentration, and buying power, appear to have had an appreciable effect on suppliers
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Fitness determinants in creative industries: A longitudinal study on the Hollywood film-making industry, 1992-2003
No full textIt is often overlooked that fitness is a multidimensional concept, and that its components are context-specific. The multifaceted nature of fitness is most evident in cultural/creative industries, because firms are confronted with the challenge of balancing seemingly conflicting needs: artistic performance and commercial imperatives have to be satisfied for long term survival. In this study we examine two important component-traits that make up the fitness function for the Hollywood motion picture industry, which we argue are human capital and network capital. Although many studies have recognized the critical role of 'creative' human capital - which is typically embedded in individuals and groups - and network capital - that is, inter-organizational networks - we do not have many studies that empirically analyze their complex relationships using large scale data sets. We situate the analysis within the period 1992-2003, one in which we have good data and the industry appears relatively stable and very productive. While still exploratory, our paper shows how such human capital and network resources interact with the structure of the industry and influence different dimensions of the fitness function. We show how the traits work differently on the different dimensions of fitness to create a dynamic tension between creativity and performance. © 2007 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
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