Business School: Recent submissions
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Some aspects of financial management in farming
(The University of Edinburgh, 1970-09)The chapter makes a general approach to the capital situation in agriculture, which is significantly different from industry. This is basically due to the inevitable weak position of agriculture in its product market. ... -
Dynamic multi-state delinquency models: incorporating repeated events, stress testing analysis and multiple lending products
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-09-13)Credit risk modelling has become crucial for impairment and capital calculations. Every day, financial institutions deal with internal and regulatory requirements to determine and assess the components that influence their ... -
Towards an ecosystem view of legitimacy of third sector organisations
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-08-29)The study aims to provide a better understanding of the legitimacy and legitimation of third sector organisations (TSOs). It does so by integrating insights from contemporary legitimacy literature and public administration ... -
Impact of institutional complexity on the role of middle managers as agents of change in the public sector
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-08-15)The last 30 years has seen a rise in international public sector reform, as governments attempt to reduce public expenditure, and this trend shows little sign of abating. In the UK public sector reform has led to the ... -
Performative perspective on organisational change and stability: a case study of embodiment, inclusion, and temporality in changing routines in the Royal Air Force
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-07-21)Modern organisations face constant disruptions in an ever-changing environment that continually challenges their steady state. Although stable routines and predictability are usually desirable traits to improve performance, ... -
Trickster characters: the tomboy & the girlboss, or gender as a thin-centred ideology inherent to technological innovation under capitalism
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-07-06)This doctoral thesis explores the persistence of gendered oppression as inherent to capitalism and technological innovation or progress. To better elucidate these entanglements, I propose a novel theorization of gender ... -
Understanding roles in a broker retail venture in the creative industries
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-06-29)We Built this City (WBTC) is a broker venture trading innovative London-themed goods in a pop-up shop in the emblematic Carnaby Street in central London. WBTC was born by founder Alice Mayor's vital purpose to support ... -
Three essays on modern microstructure
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-06-29)In classical market microstructure, adverse selection risk is driven by private information or information asymmetry; thus, market-makers tend to widen their bid-ask spreads when confronted with this risk. Traditionally, ... -
Mathematical programming for single- and multi-location non-stationary inventory control
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-06-14)Stochastic inventory control investigates strategies for managing and regulating inventories under various constraints and conditions to deal with uncertainty in demand. This is a significant field with rich academic ... -
Essays on empirical corporate finance
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-11-29)This thesis contains three essays on empirical corporate finance. The first chapter focuses on the issue of underfunded corporate pension schemes and examines whether sponsors of defined-benefit schemes choose discount ... -
Impacts of environmental regulations, emissions trading system and climate transition risks: evidence from China
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-05-23)This Ph.D. thesis consists of three empirical studies on environmental transition risks and corporate decisions and performance. The first empirical study examines the impact of environmental regulation stringency on ... -
Understanding the challenges of blockchain technology adoption: evidence from China’s developing carbon markets
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-05-16)Blockchain promises to be a globally disruptive technology for industry and society. Although academic researchers and practitioners have engaged with and supported this prediction for years, actual adoption rates of ... -
International entrepreneurial opportunities: roles of networks, knowledge and serendipity
(The University of Edinburgh, 2015-07-01)Business relationship networks are of critical importance to firms (Forsgren & Johanson, 1992; Johanson & Vahlne, 2009). Competitive advantages of individual firms and their ability to internationalise may be dependent ... -
New version of us: the integration of personal communications technology into family network consumption practices
(The University of Edinburgh, 2016-11-23)Previous family studies in consumer research have tended to focus on individual family dyads within an often traditional, nuclear family structure. Furthermore, the third generation is often excluded from family, studied ... -
Possibility of local-expatriate equality in international development
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-04-19)This thesis contemplates the persistence of local-expatriate difference and inequality in international development organizations. The persistence of such a condition, which I term the local-expatriate circumstance, is ... -
Sustainable investing, social preferences and ESG commitment
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-03-08)This thesis examines sustainable investment and social preferences of investors and fund managers. The first chapter examines individuals’ social preferences and the potential drivers behind such preferences. Although ... -
Enrolment, technical mediation, and the obligatory passage point: a socio-technical examination of the Canada Green Building Council
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-02-07)Building Movements significantly impact society, promoting ideals such as sustainability, modernity, innovation, and well-being, and fundamentally shaping our built environment. In turn, these movements are shaped by society ... -
Opportunity at the crossroads, where do we go from here? Evidence and conceptualisation of a non-dichotomous emergent opportunity
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-01-24)Intended as a counterargument, this thesis evaluates the premise of several key arguments that have been made against the opportunity construct. As a result, several issues were recognised and distilled into a root ... -
Accounting for resilience capabilities: structuring rationales for decision-making
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-12-16)Organisational processes which address disruption such as risk management, business continuity and disaster management have acknowledged limitations in that they do not cater for disruptions which cannot be imagined or ... -
Accelerators and acceleration: a development policy in entrepreneurial contexts of an emerging economy
(The University of Edinburgh, 2023-01-16)Despite the increasing popularity of business accelerators to support entrepreneurial ventures in emerging economies, there is still limited research on how accelerators interact and operate within diverse entrepreneurial ...
