Aston Business School

Research output

Research output per year 1966 2021

• 3896 Article
• 715 Paper
• 712 Conference publication
• 559 Chapter
• 1619 More
  • 236 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
  • 221 Working paper
  • 216 Book
  • 158 Editorial
  • 114 Commissioned report
  • 88 Other report
  • 79 Abstract
  • 68 Book/Film/Article review
  • 57 Edited Book
  • 47 Other contribution
  • 46 Conference abstract
  • 41 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
  • 41 Special issue
  • 32 Letter, comment or opinion
  • 24 Review article
  • 22 Discussion paper
  • 19 Scholarly edition
  • 18 Other
  • 15 Foreword/postscript
  • 13 Other chapter contribution
  • 12 Poster
  • 12 Conference article
  • 10 Doctoral Thesis
  • 6 Blog Post
  • 6 Technical report
  • 4 Correction
  • 4 Digital or Visual Products
  • 3 Software
  • 3 Project report
  • 2 Manual
  • 1 Obituary
  • 1 Featured article

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2020

  An initial exploration on the drivers for integrating small-farmers in supply chains and networks: Propensity to collaborate

  Michel-Villarreal, R. & Vilalta-Perdomo, E., 1 Jan 2020, Proceedings of the 2016 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, ISERC 2016. Institute of Industrial Engineers, p. 352-357 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

  • Supply chains
  • Food supply
  • Complex networks

• Architectures for combining discrete-event simulation and machine learning

  Greasley, A., 10 Jul 2020, SIMULTECH 2020 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications. De Rango, F., Oren, T., Obaidat, M., Obaida, M. & Obaidat, M. (eds.). SciTePress, p. 47-58 12 p. (SIMULTECH 2020 - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Discrete Event Simulation
  • Machine Learning
  • Architecture
  • Discrete event simulation
  • Machine learning

• Are the Knowledge Management Times “A-Changin’”?

  Edwards, J., 1 Dec 2020, Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Knowledge Management ECKM 2020. Garcia-Perez, A. & Simkin, L. (eds.). Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing International, p. 212-221

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

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  • Knowledge Management
  • Process Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Data Base
  • Linkage

• A simulation of autonomous robot movement directed by reinforcement learning

  Greasley, A., 18 Sep 2020, 32nd European Modeling and Simulation Symposium, EMSS 2020. Affenzeller, M., Bruzzone, A. G., Longo, F. & Petrillo, A. (eds.). p. 10-15 6 p. (32nd European Modeling and Simulation Symposium, EMSS 2020).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

  • Autonomous Robots
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Reinforcement learning
  • Movement
  • Discrete Event Simulation

• Commercial pressure, local responsiveness and synergies in globalised engineering services

  Koch, C. & Bennett, D., 1 Jan 2020, 26th International Association for Management of Technology Conference, IAMOT 2017. IAMOT & University of Pretoria, p. 166-174 9 p. (26th International Association for Management of Technology Conference, IAMOT 2017).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Service Engineering
  • Synergy
  • Responsiveness
  • Nordic
  • Environmental Consulting

• Embedding industry 4.0 in operations management education using a Challenge-based Learning approach

  Michel-Villarreal, R. & Vilalta Perdomo, E., 30 Jun 2020, 27th EurOMA Conference. Book of proceedings. p. 602-611 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Operations Management
  • Industry 4.0
  • Management Education
  • Operations research
  • Education

• 'Industry 4.0' awareness and readiness within the vento region (Italy)

  Ali, S. S., Bailey, D., de Propris, L. & Nunes, B., 1 Sep 2020, Towards the Digital World and Industry X.0 - Proceedings of the 29th International Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2020. Pretorius, L. & Pretorius, M. W. (eds.). IAMOT & University of Pretoria, p. 990-1007 18 p. (Towards the Digital World and Industry X.0 - Proceedings of the 29th International Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2020).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Industry 4.0
  • Readiness
  • Italy
  • Public Sector Organizations
  • Private Sector

• Leveraging Information Systems Outsourcing for Innovation

  Gambal, M., Asatiani, A. & Kotlarsky, J., 19 Jun 2020, SIGMIS-CPR 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 Computers and People Research Conference. ACM, p. 20-21 2 p. (SIGMIS-CPR 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 Computers and People Research Conference).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Information Systems Outsourcing
  • Innovation
  • Outsourcing
  • Home Care
  • Specific Factors

• Mapping product portfolio of energy service companies in the USA

  Qiu, P., Nunes, B. & Vaidya, K., 1 Jan 2020, 26th International Association for Management of Technology Conference, IAMOT 2017. IAMOT & University of Pretoria, p. 1575-1594 20 p. (26th International Association for Management of Technology Conference, IAMOT 2017).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Product Portfolio
  • Energy
  • Industry
  • Portfolio Management
  • Energy Efficiency

• Purchase Intentions on Social Media as Predictors of Consumer Spending

  Pekar, V., 1 May 2020, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the Fourteenth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media. AAAI, Vol. 14. 12 p. (Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media; vol. 14).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

  File

  • Consumer Spending
  • Predictors
  • Purchase Intention
  • Social Media
  • Consumer behavior

• Toward a conceptual model for cloud computing affordance

  Kalpravidh, P., Nunes, B. & Gholami, R., 1 Jan 2020, 26th International Association for Management of Technology Conference, IAMOT 2017. IAMOT & University of Pretoria, p. 1290-1309 20 p. (26th International Association for Management of Technology Conference, IAMOT 2017).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Cloud Computing
  • Cloud computing
  • Conceptual Model
  • Business Performance
  • Business Management

• Trends of digitalization and adoption of big data analytics among UK SMEs: Analysis and lessons drawn from a case study of 53 SMEs

  Mohamed, M. & Weber, P., 16 Sep 2020, Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation, ICE/ITMC 2020. IEEE, 9198545. (Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation, ICE/ITMC 2020).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Data Science
  • Big Data
  • Data Analytics
  • Big data
  • Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
• 2019

  3D printing, makerspaces and innovation: a bricolage perspective

  Beltagui, A., Sesis, A. & Stylos, N., 11 Jun 2019, International Product Development Management Conference. Leicester

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

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  • Bricolage
  • Innovation
  • Resource Constraints
  • Innovators
  • Software Development

• AI in Smart Cities Development: A Perspective of Strategic Risk Management

  Rodriguez, E. & Edwards, J., 31 Oct 2019, Proceedings of the European Conference on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ECIAIR 2019. Griffiths, P. & Nowshade Kabir, M. (eds.). Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing International, p. 277-286

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Risk Management
  • Smart Cities
  • Strategic Risk
  • Smart city
  • Risk management

• A study on improving transport efficiency in multi-tier retail supply chains

  Venegas Vallejos, M., Matopoulos, A. & Greasley, A., 6 Sep 2019, 2019 Logistics Research Network Annual Conference. p. 12-17

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

• Business Development as Internal Strategic Partner

  Oues, F., Dörfler, V. & Pyrko, I., 4 Sep 2019, British Academy of Management Conference Proceedings. British Academy of Management , 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • strategic alliance
  • strategic management
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Greece
  • candidacy

• Communication over social media: Promoting resilience and enhancing recovery in refugee crises

  Jdaitawi, A., Uren, V. & Rodriguez-Espindola, O., 14 Jun 2019, Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Social Media, ECSM 2019. Popma, W. & Francis, S. (eds.). p. 127-134 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Recovery
  • Communication
  • Disasters

• Customer Decision Journey: A Regulatory Focus Perspective

  Naz, F., Farrell, A., Schmidt, K. & Jaakkola, M., 4 Dec 2019, Australia New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference (ANZMAC).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

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  • Regulatory Focus
  • Focus Groups
  • Customer Behavior
  • Marketers
  • Regulatory Focus Theory

• Harnessing the power of experimentation through design thinking and agile methods

  Beltagui, A., Bell, A. & Candi, M., 11 Jun 2019, International Product Development Management Conference. Leicester

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

  File

  • innovation
  • toy
  • communication
  • intuition
  • qualitative research

• If Blockchain is the answer what is the question?

  Chowdhury, S., Rodríguez-Espíndola, O., Beltagui, A. & Mackenzie, L., 19 Jun 2019, EUROMA 2019.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

  File

  • Automation
  • Interoperability
  • Rule-based
  • Software
  • Supply Chain

• Information Visualisation for Project Management: Case Study of Bath Formula Student Project

  Mogles, N., Emmanuel, L., Snider, C., Gopsill, J., Joel Edgar, S., Robinson, K., Hicks, B., Jones, D. & Newness, L., 8 Jan 2019, Design Computing and Cognition DCC’18. Gero, J. S. (ed.). Springer, p. 651-667

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

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  • Information Visualization
  • Engineering Project
  • Visualization
  • Project Manager
  • User-centered Design

• Risk and self-disclosure in sustainable persuasive smart home technologies

  Shevchuk, N., Benson, V. & Oinas-Kukkonen, H., 17 Aug 2019, 25th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2019. Association for Information Systems

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Smart meters
  • Systems analysis
  • Information systems
  • Application programs

• The Impact of Language Competencies of International Business Performance: Small and Medium Enterprise Perspective

  Tibrewal, A., de Jong, A., Parkes, G., Haji, I. & Backhaus, C., 14 Oct 2019, 42nd Annual Conference of the Institute for Small Business and Entreprenuership. ISBE, 147

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Business Performance
  • Competency
  • International Business
  • Language
  • International Marketing

• The influence of social media on purchase decision-making by young Nigerians

  Mohammed, K. & Uren, V., 1 Apr 2019, Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Social Media, ECSM 2018. Corcoran, N. & Cunnane, V. (eds.). p. 471-475 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

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  • Decision making
  • Communication

• Understanding Value of Social Media in Supply Chain Management

  Chowdhury, S., Rodríguez-Espíndola, O., Uren, V. S., Albores, P. & Dey, P. K., 19 Jun 2019, Proceedings of the 26 th EurOMA Conference. Helsinki, Finland, 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

  File

  • Social Media
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Value Capture
  • Global Supply Chain
  • Managers
• 2018

  A Delphi Study to Develop Graduate Employability in Higher Education

  Asiri, A., Bocij, P. & Greasley, A., 6 Sep 2018, Proceedings of 2018 British Academy of Management Conference.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

• An assessment of the simulation capabilities of process mining

  Greasley, A., 22 Dec 2018, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence (ICBAI).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

• Can 3D Printing address operations challenges in Disaster Management?

  Rodríguez-Espíndola, O. & Beltagui, A., 26 Jun 2018, 25th Annual Euroma Conference. Budapest, Hungary, 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

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  • Disasters
  • Printing
  • Managers

• Contextualising servitization – the shaping of the organisational transformation

  Dmitrijeva, J., Ziaee Bigdeli, A., Schroeder, A. & Baines, T., 26 Jun 2018, Proceedings of the 25th EurOMA Conference.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

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  • Organizational Transformation
  • Service Economy
  • Organizational Environment
  • Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
  • Service Provision

• Enabling strategic technological innovations in IS outsourcing relationships: Towards an innovation-molding framework

  Gambal, M. J., Kotlarsky, J. & Asatiani, A., 31 Dec 2018, International Conference on Information Systems 2018, ICIS 2018. Association for Information Systems

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

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  • Outsourcing
  • Molding
  • outsourcing
  • technical innovation
  • Innovation

• Green information systems adoption: A reflection about meta-theoretical assumptions towards a research Agenda

  De Araujo MacHado, P., Ramos, A. S. M. & Nunes, B., 25 Apr 2018, Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018. Aston University

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Adoption Studies
  • Information Systems
  • Positivism
  • Research Agenda
  • IT Adoption

• Innovative technologies in branded-service encounters: How robot characteristics affect brand trust and experience

  Blut, M., Wünderlich, N. V. & Brock, C., 31 Dec 2018, International Conference on Information Systems 2018, ICIS 2018. Association for Information Systems

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Brand Experience
  • Brand Trust
  • Robot
  • Service Encounter
  • Innovative Technologies

• IoT-enabled Advanced Services: exploring the IoT-artefact as a socio-technical construct

  Schroeder, A., Naik, P., Ziaee Bigdeli, A. & Baines, T., 26 Jun 2018, Proceedings of the 25th EurOMA Conference.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

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  • Information Systems
  • Systems Theory
  • Qualitative Methods
  • Subsystem
  • Multinationals

• Mining for Signals of Future Consumer Expenditure on Twitter and Google Trends

  Pekar, V., 7 Sep 2018, Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Advanced Reserach Methods and Analytics (Internet and Big Data in Economics and Social Sciences). Valencia, Spain, p. 157-165 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

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  • Consumer Expenditure
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • Consumer Spending
  • Search Engine

• Potential advantages and drawbacks to electronic medicine management systems for UK long-term care facilities: A literature review

  Kothari, M., Maidment, I. & Dey, P., 25 Apr 2018, Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018. Nunes, B., Emrouznejad, A., Bennett, D. & Pretorius, L. (eds.). Aston University, (Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Long-term Care
  • Health Information Technology
  • Literature Review
  • Medicine
  • Information technology

• Product essentiality: an introduction

  Alamino, R. C., Nunes, B. & Bennett, D., 26 Jun 2018, Proceedings of 25th International EurOMA Conference. 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

• Production management and smart manufacturing from a systems perspective

  Machado, C. G., Kurdve, M., Winroth, M. & Bennett, D., 13 Sep 2018, Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXXII - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, ICMR 2018, incorporating the 33rd National Conference on Manufacturing Research. Vol. 8. p. 329-334 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Production Management
  • Systems Perspective
  • Manufacturing
  • Production Systems
  • Manufacturing Systems

• Riches to Rags to “Riches” – Consumers’ Identity (Re-) Construction After Having Overcome a Spell of Poverty

  Stephan, J., Hamilton, K. & Jafari, A., 2018, E - European Advances in Consumer Research . Geuens, M., Pandalaere, M. & Vermeir, I. (eds.). p. 59-62

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

  • reconstruction
  • poverty
  • narrative

• Servitization business value: An ego-network perspective

  Garcia Martin, P. C., Schroeder, A., Ziaee Bigdeli, A. & Baines, T. S., 24 Jun 2018, EurOMA 2018 Conference Proceedings.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

  File

• Servitization in manufacturing: A business model perspective

  Ziaee Bigdeli, A., Dmitrijeva, J., Schroeder, A. & Baines, T., 26 Jun 2018, Proceedings of the 25th EurOMA Conference.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

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  • Service Economy
  • Business Model
  • Manufacturing
  • Service Business

• Strategic-Temporal Framing As Impression Management: Managing Investment Analysts’ Temporal Focus

  Radfard, A., 9 Jul 2018, Academy of Management Proceedings. 1 ed. Academy of Management, Vol. 2018. p. 1 (Academy of Management Proceedings).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Impression Management
  • Analysts
  • Firm Performance
  • Information Asymmetry
  • Uncertainty

• The contribution of the road transport projects of the NSRF 2007-2013 to the development of a Greek region

  Mavraki, C., Arabatzis, G., Kantartzis, A. & Malesios, C., 2 Nov 2018, The contribution of the road transport projects of the NSRF 2007-2013 to the development of a Greek region.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

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  • road transport
  • cohesion
  • project
  • road
  • policy implementation

• The role of social media in promoting resilience in postdisaster recovery context: The Syrian Crisis

  Jdaitawi, A., Uren, V. & Rodriguez-Espindola, O., 25 Apr 2018, Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018. Nunes, B., Emrouznejad, A., Bennett, D. & Pretorius, L. (eds.). Aston University, (Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Refugees
  • Refugee Crisis
  • Resilience
  • Social Media
  • Recovery

• The role of social media in promoting resilience in post-disaster recovery context: The Syrian crisis

  Jdaitawi, A., Uren, V. S. & Rodríguez-Espíndola, O., 26 Apr 2018, 27th International Conference on Management of Technology: Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • resilience
  • refugee
  • disaster
  • social media
  • social capital

• The Use of Social Media by NGOs to Promote Social Resilience: The Case of Syrian Crisis

  Jdaitawi, A., Uren, V. S. & Rodríguez-Espíndola, O., 15 Mar 2018, The Third international conference for Refugees in the Middle East : International Community: Opportunities and Challenges. p. 425-438

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

  • non-governmental organization
  • resilience
  • social media
  • refugee
  • social capital

• Understanding user requirements in context: A case study of developing a visualisation tool to map skills in an engineering organisation

  Joel Edgar, S. & Gopsill, J., 29 Mar 2018, 2018 International Conference on Information Management and Processing (ICIMP). IEEE

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

  File

  • Visualization
  • Knowledge management

• Using analytics with discrete-event simulation

  Greasley, A., 12 Jul 2018, Proceedings of the 2018 Summer Computer Simulation Conference. SCS

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

• Verifying concepts for complex Product-Service System (COPSS) design

  Dehn, T., Chicksand, D. & Knight, L., 25 Apr 2018, Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018. Nunes, B., Emrouznejad, A., Bennett, D. & Pretorius, L. (eds.). Aston University, (Towards Sustainable Technologies and Innovation - Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2018).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Product-service Systems
  • Complex Product
  • System Design
  • Systems analysis
  • Complex Systems
• 2017

  A gamified approach to improving customer service delivery in a train operating company

  Orme, R., Clegg, B. T., Poole, A., Yeoman, A., Owen, C. D., Petridis, P. & Albores, P., 5 Jul 2017, EurOMA 2017 Conference Proceedings.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  Open Access

  File

• All or nothing? Strategizing practices and outcomes in strategy tool development processes

  Burke, G. T. & Wolf, C., 1 Jan 2017, 2017 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2017. Academy of Management, Vol. 2017-August. (Academy of Management Proceedings; vol. 2017, no. 1).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference publication

  • Strategizing
  • Development Process
  • Construction Companies
  • Enablers
  • Industry