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THE INFLUENCE OF THE WASHINGTON CONSENSUS PROGRAMME ON THE TRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES OF EASTERN EUROPE - A FIRM-LEVEL ANALYSIS
ThesisThis research explores the effectiveness of the Washington Consensus (WC) programme as a mechanism for improving national welfare in transition and emerging economies.

The Influence of the Washington Consensus Programme on the Transitional Economies of Eastern Europe – a firm level micro economic analysis
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Determinants of foreign direct investment into sub-saharan Africa and its impact on economic growth.
ThesisThe aim of this research has 3 main objectives. The first objective is to examine the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Tourism development in transition economies: an evaluation of the development of tourism at a Black sea coastal destination during political and socio-economic transition.
ThesisThe present research addresses a gap in the academic literature on the transformation and development of coastal destinations in the transition economy of Bulgaria.

An Exploration of the potential for the development of culturally sustainable tourism in Kuwait.
ThesisIn recent decades, sustainable tourism has emerged as an alternative to traditional mass tourism approaches to tourism development, as the latter has struggled to cope with many detrimental impacts to the socio-cultural and natural environments and, indirectly, the broader tourism economy.

Towards corpo-nationalism: a Bourdieusian study exploring the relationship between national branding and the reproduction of Polishness (1999 - 2010).
ThesisThis thesis interrogates the relationship between the emerging transnational field of nation branding practice and Polish national identity discourse.

Human-in-the-Circular-Loop: A consumer attributions-based approach for investigating the effect of enterprise greenwashing on wishcycling.
ThesisWith increasing consumers awareness of environmental problems, corporate greenwashing practices have become common for companies to gain, sustain, and improve a competitive advantage without bearing the costs of moving to more sustainable practices.

University-industry collaboration, innovation and firms’ performance: the context of China.
ThesisThe objective of this thesis is to investigate how different patterns of University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) affect firms’ innovation outputs and economic performance.

Responsible China: A critical discourse analysis of soft power projection through transnational media
ThesisThis research attempts to fulfil three major research objectives situated in the context of China’s media going-global project from 2009: firstly, clarifying China’s political articulation of China-related economic responsibilities; secondly, uncovering China’s media representation of the same issue; thirdly, examining Western countries’ media representation of the same issue and detecting the potential influence of China’s media discourse on Western journalistic representations.

Colonial matriarchs in the British slavery economy: exploring the socioeconomic landscape of mixed-heritage women in Jamaica from 1750 - 1850.
ThesisThis thesis explores the lives of mixed-heritage women in Jamaica from the mid-eighteenth century to the emancipation period; the abolition of slavery in 1834 and the apprenticeship period to 1838.

Gender, class and 'binge' drinking: an ethnography of drinkers in Bournemouth's night-time economy.
ThesisIn early 21 SI-century Britain there is a focus by media, government and academia on young people's consumption of alcohol - often using the term 'binge' drinking - and how this should be understood and regulated.

Digital Forensic Readiness in Smart, Circular Cities.
ThesisCities all around the world strive to evolve in order to respond to the upcoming challenges that the increase of population brings. The integration of technological solutions addresses these challenges and facilitates citizens’ needs.

Brand consumption in contemporary Vietnam .
ThesisThis study aims to explore the features of a particular transnational consumer culture in Vietnam – the younger generation of urban consumers a consumer culture that is shaped by the recent political history of post-socialist era in Vietnam and the country’s economic transition.

Essays on the Economic Consequences of International Pension Accounting Standard IAS19
ThesisThis thesis examines the economic consequences of the adoption of international pension accounting standard IAS19 Revised (IAS19R) on pension asset allocation decisions by applying a difference-in-differences with propensity score matching method.

Analysing the effect of taxation on consumer behaviour in the tourism industry.
ThesisThis research explores the impact of tourism taxes on tourist behaviour. Research to date has tended to focus on the impact of tourism taxes on consumer behaviour only in terms of willingness to pay and the nature of the demand curve (Seetaram et al.

A model for managing the variability of care processes – A quality improvement method for introducing Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) within an orthopaedic elective care clinical microsystem
ThesisBackground and purpose – The National Health Service (NHS) continues to face economic and capacity challenges. Quality improvement (QI) interventions such as Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) that can improve clinical and economic outcomes are needed.

Realising potential? The challenges of widening participation for students, further education and higher education.
ThesisThis thesis, and the focus of my research, has emerged from my own practice and some of the challenges I have faced as a practitioner involved in developing widening participation initiatives and Foundation Degrees.

Digital privacy and new media: an empirical study assessing the impact of privacy seals on personal information disclosure.
ThesisAdvances in technology have facilitated the rapid growth of a global new media industry. Many new media firms rely heavily on networked technologies to enable a primary income driver based on advertising revenues.

A critical analysis of the effectiveness of the United Kingdom soil protection legislation from an ecosystem services perspective.
ThesisThis research seeks to critically analyse the effectiveness of the United Kingdom (UK) legal framework for protecting soil and soil ecosystem services (ES).

Imperialism and Empire in Iraq: Britain’s Informal Colony.
ThesisThis thesis explores informal Empire and illustrates how Iraq is defined as such during the interwar period, from 1919-1939. This is achieved through a study of how the British Empire interacted with Iraq.

Strategies for digital inclusion: towards a framework for embracing student diversity and sustaining engagement with blended learning.
ThesisEducators have long sought to use appropriate teaching methods in the classroom to improve learner outcomes and to address the diversity of learners by designing teaching and learning activities to complement different learner characteristics.

Enabling marketing and innovation capability in the digital economy.
ThesisThe present study examines the impact of marketing capabilities through a network perspective on innovative capabilities and firm performance. The market orientation and the resource-based view that underpin marketing capabilities have mainly treated marketing as internal capability of the firm.

An analysis and critique of evolving conference venue styles and structures from post war to the present day within the UK
ThesisThis thesis provides an analysis and critique of the U.K. conference sector during the post-war period, in response to five hypotheses and research objectives.

Exploring brand management practices within UK media organisations: the role of brand co-creation and its influence on brand identity.
ThesisThe UK media industry is dynamic and complex in nature yet is significantly important in terms of its economic, societal and cultural contribution. Branding is increasingly recognised as critical for the future success of UK media organisations to strengthen their position in a cluttered industry environment.

SMEs and environmental taxation: a mixed methods analysis.
ThesisThe aim of the study is to understand the perceptions of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) towards environmental taxation in UK. The study is based on the premise that environmental taxes are applicable to SMEs just as they are applicable to larger businesses because SMEs operate in almost all sectors of the economy.

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