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The rise of the ‘network organisation’ and the decline of discretion (2003)
Journal Article
Grugulis, I., Vincent, S., & Hebson, G. (2003). The rise of the ‘network organisation’ and the decline of discretion. Human Resource Management Journal, 13(2), 45-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-8583.2003.tb00090.x

This article explores the implications of ‘networked’ and ‘flexible’ organisations for the work and skills of professionals/ Drawing on material from four different case studies, it reviews work that is outsourced (involving IT professionals and hous... Read More about The rise of the ‘network organisation’ and the decline of discretion.

Putting skills to work: learning and employment at the start of the century (2003)
Journal Article
Grugulis, I. (2003). Putting skills to work: learning and employment at the start of the century. Human Resource Management Journal, 13(2), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-8583.2003.tb00087.x

Skills are central to employment, yet they are often poorly understood in theory and underdeveloped in practice. The articles in this issue of HRMJ were originally presented at an ESRC-funded seminar in Manchester in 2001 and show how working practic... Read More about Putting skills to work: learning and employment at the start of the century.

Political Business Cycles and Central Bank Independence (2003)
Journal Article
Hadri, K., Maloney, J., & Pickering, A. (2003). Political Business Cycles and Central Bank Independence. The Economic Journal, 113(486), C167-C181. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0297.00115

This paper develops a dynamic model of Rational Partisan Business Cycles in which wage contracts overlap elections and wage setters have to make a prediction about the election result. Empirical analysis of 20 OECD countries supports the theoretical... Read More about Political Business Cycles and Central Bank Independence.

Parente and Prescott’s Theory may work in practice but does not work in theory (2003)
Journal Article
Cozzi, G., & Palacios, L. (2003). Parente and Prescott’s Theory may work in practice but does not work in theory. BE Journal of Macroeconomics, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.2202/1534-6005.1116

In this paper we challenge Parente and Prescott's (1999) theoretical framework, which establishes that unions use their control of "work practices" to thwart the efficient use of technology in the firms. We argue instead that unions, despite endowing... Read More about Parente and Prescott’s Theory may work in practice but does not work in theory.

In the bud ? disk array producers as a (possibly) emergent organizational form (2003)
Journal Article
McKendrick, D., Jaffee, J., Carroll, G., & Khessina, O. (2003). In the bud ? disk array producers as a (possibly) emergent organizational form. Administrative Science Quarterly, 48(1), 60-93. https://doi.org/10.2307/3556619

This article develops and tests theory on when and where a new organizational form will emerge. Recent theory holds that as the number of organizations using a particular external identity code first increases beyond a critical minimal level, the cod... Read More about In the bud ? disk array producers as a (possibly) emergent organizational form.

Embedding the multinationals? Institutions and the development of overseas manufacturing affiliates in Wales and North East England (2003)
Journal Article
Phelps, N., Mackinnon, D., Stone, I., & Braidford, P. (2003). Embedding the multinationals? Institutions and the development of overseas manufacturing affiliates in Wales and North East England. Regional Studies, 37(1), 27-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/0034340022000033385

The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) upon host regions is a topic of perennial interest within the fields of regional economics, industrial geography and regional development. Much of the early literature here draws negative conclusions rega... Read More about Embedding the multinationals? Institutions and the development of overseas manufacturing affiliates in Wales and North East England.

Estimation of Technical Inefficiency Effects Using Panel Data and Doubly Heteroscedastic Stochastic Production Frontiers (2003)
Journal Article
Hadri, K., Guermat, C., & Whittaker, J. (2003). Estimation of Technical Inefficiency Effects Using Panel Data and Doubly Heteroscedastic Stochastic Production Frontiers. Empirical Economics, 28(1), 203-222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001810100127

In previous studies, measures of technical inefficiency effects derived from stochastic production frontiers have been estimated from residuals which are sensitive to specification errors. This study corrects for this inaccuracy by extending the doub... Read More about Estimation of Technical Inefficiency Effects Using Panel Data and Doubly Heteroscedastic Stochastic Production Frontiers.

Strategies for agility: an evolutionary and configurational approach (2003)
Journal Article
McCarthy, I., & Tsinopoulos, C. (2003). Strategies for agility: an evolutionary and configurational approach. Integrated manufacturing systems, 14(2), 101-113. https://doi.org/10.1108/09576060310459401

Configurational theory can significantly enhance understanding of organisational strategy and diversity. Despite this, there have been limited efforts to examine the value and utility of configurational research as a method for realising manufacturin... Read More about Strategies for agility: an evolutionary and configurational approach.