The Small Business Service commissioned BMRB Social Research to conduct a qualitative study to explore the small business experience of interacting with government services. The research is designed to map the channels of information and support used by small businesses, to explore their...

Evidence that a company’s innovation performance, Knowledge Management capability, and its corporate and operational performance are inextricably linked has been the focus of numerous academic studies over recent years. Whilst a significant body of research exists focusing on learning at...

This paper investigates the exploring of situated knowledge within manufacturing organisations, with employees from a four-tier supply chain utilising a form of Group Consensus Theory (GCT). The implementation of GCT through focus groups as well as individual interviews with participants and...

The adoption of Smart Manufacturing Systems in manufacturing companies is often seen as a strategy towards achieving improvements in productivity. However, there is little evidence to indicate that UK manufacturing SMEs are prepared for the implementation of such systems. Through the employment...

When presented with the term “organizational politics,” most people immediately think of a negative connotation. However, some scholars believe that organizational politics can have a positive impact in the workplace. Positive organizational politics is a relatively underdeveloped field when...

When presented with the term “organizational politics,” most people immediately think of a negative connotation. However, some scholars believe that organizational politics can have a positive impact in the workplace. Positive organizational politics is a relatively underdeveloped field when...

The adoption of Smart Manufacturing Systems in manufacturing companies is often seen as a strategy towards achieving improvements in productivity. However, there is little evidence to indicate that UK manufacturing SMEs are prepared for the implementation of such systems. Through the employment...

In the first half of the nineteenth century, the wheat oriented agrarian economy of Lower Canada (the French-speaking modern-day province of Quebec) saw a rapid collapse in wheat production dubbed the “wheat crisis.” In a single decade, Quebec went from being an exporter of wheat to an...

This study investigates the effects of electric utility deregulation on (a) the cost of generated electricity, (b) shifts in revenue sources toward the regulated portions of customers’ bills, and (c) changes in average all-in electricity cost in deregulated states relative to similar states...

Organizational politics is a force that is always present in organizations (Cropanzano, Howes, Grandey, and Toth, 1997; Kacmar and Baron, 1999). For many years, negative connotations of self-interest, divisive behavior, and illegitimate actions branded the construct. However, recent scholars...