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Investigating the Effects of Interaction of Single-Tine and Rotating-Tine Mechanisms with Soil on Weeding Performance Using Simulated Weeds (2019)
Journal Article
Kshetri, S., Jiken, J. J., Steward, B. L., Tang, L., & Tekeste, M. Z. (2019). Investigating the Effects of Interaction of Single-Tine and Rotating-Tine Mechanisms with Soil on Weeding Performance Using Simulated Weeds. Transactions of the ASABE, 62(5), 1283-1291. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.13301

Mechanical weeding augmented with automation technology should result in highly effective weeding systems. However, the interaction between weeding mechanisms and soil is not well understood. Moreover, soil is highly variable, which makes studying th... Read More about Investigating the Effects of Interaction of Single-Tine and Rotating-Tine Mechanisms with Soil on Weeding Performance Using Simulated Weeds.

Female and Male Entrepreneurship During the Economic Crisis: An Institutional Tale of European Countries (2019)
Journal Article
Aparicio, S., Urbano, D., Audretsch, D., & Noguera, M. (2019). Female and Male Entrepreneurship During the Economic Crisis: An Institutional Tale of European Countries. Revista de economía mundial, 51, 163-184

This study evaluates the influence of institutions on the probability to become a woman and man entrepreneur during the recent European economic crisis. We approach institutional factors affecting entrepreneurial decisions through a post-materialist... Read More about Female and Male Entrepreneurship During the Economic Crisis: An Institutional Tale of European Countries.

Fostering of Entrepreneurship Competencies and Entrepreneurial Intentions in a Weak Ecosystem (2019)
Journal Article
Solesvik, M., & Westhead, P. (2019). Fostering of Entrepreneurship Competencies and Entrepreneurial Intentions in a Weak Ecosystem. https://doi.org/10.17323/2500-2597.2019.4.60.68

This exploratory study conducted in the transitional context of Ukraine explores whether students drawn from a supportive entrepreneurship education (EE) reported higher intensity of entrepreneurial intention (IOEI) than students that did not partici... Read More about Fostering of Entrepreneurship Competencies and Entrepreneurial Intentions in a Weak Ecosystem.

Mindfulness and Taking Action to Start a New Business (2019)
Journal Article
Van gelderen, M., Kibler, E., Kautonen, T., Munoz, P., & Wincent, J. (2019). Mindfulness and Taking Action to Start a New Business. Journal of Small Business Management, 57(sup2), 489-506. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12499

Mindfulness, meaning a receptive attention to and awareness of present events and experience, is reported to have a wide range of benefits, but it has been suggested that it could prove costly in terms of task performance. This article analyzes how d... Read More about Mindfulness and Taking Action to Start a New Business.

Will the Belt & Road Initiative Prove to be the Global New Deal for Inclusive Globalisation Needed to Overcome Gridlock and Achieve the UN SDGs? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hirst, J. (2019, May). Will the Belt & Road Initiative Prove to be the Global New Deal for Inclusive Globalisation Needed to Overcome Gridlock and Achieve the UN SDGs?. Presented at PRME Regional Chapter UK and Ireland, 6th Annual Conference, Leeds, England

If neo-liberal mechanisms are allowed to dominate future world economic governance, global social contradictions will become increasingly prominent, and global sustainable development goals will be difficult to achieve” (Liu et al., 2018:10). There i... Read More about Will the Belt & Road Initiative Prove to be the Global New Deal for Inclusive Globalisation Needed to Overcome Gridlock and Achieve the UN SDGs?.

The Prevention Effect of the Trade Union on Collective Disputes in Overcapacity Company——A Dual-Route Perspective of Democratic Participation and Human Capital Promotion (2019)
Journal Article
Zhang, J., Pan, M., & Ma, Y. (2019). The Prevention Effect of the Trade Union on Collective Disputes in Overcapacity Company——A Dual-Route Perspective of Democratic Participation and Human Capital Promotion. https://doi.org/10.16471/j.cnki.11-2822/c.2019.08.007

Based on the employees survey data of 67 overcapacity enterprises in 12 provinces,this paper empirically studies the prevention effect of the trade union on collective disputes.It shows that,in overcapacity enterprises,the trade union,through increas... Read More about The Prevention Effect of the Trade Union on Collective Disputes in Overcapacity Company——A Dual-Route Perspective of Democratic Participation and Human Capital Promotion.

Beyond Work Intensification: the contradictions and ironies of the changing nature of ‘unskilled’ work in a context of austerity and organisational change (2019)
Journal Article
McBride, J., & Martinez Lucio, M. (2019). Beyond Work Intensification: the contradictions and ironies of the changing nature of ‘unskilled’ work in a context of austerity and organisational change. Capital & Class, 45(1), 145-164. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816820924413

This paper argues, through a study of cleaning workers, a need to reconsider the changing nature of unskilled work. In particular, how it has, ironically, become more complex and challenging in some cases due to economic and political developments. F... Read More about Beyond Work Intensification: the contradictions and ironies of the changing nature of ‘unskilled’ work in a context of austerity and organisational change.