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Wind Europe annual report for 2019 shows that a significant amount of installed
offshore wind turbines will reach their design service life in the next decade. Most
of these structures will remain in service if granted ...
Hamer, Alex Matthew(Cranfield UniversitySWEE, 2021-12)
This work investigates the use of advanced image classification techniques for
improving the accuracy and efficiency in determining agricultural areas from
satellite images. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ...
Potato tubers are stored for up to ten months. Therefore, controlling the
conditions (temperature and relative humidity) in the storage environment is
essential to reduce the risk of appearance of potato diseases. ...
Research into autonomous control and behavior of mobile vehicles has become increasingly widespread.
In particular, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have seen an upsurge of interest and of the many UAVs
available, the ...
As the demand for energy in our world today continues to increase and
conventional reserves become less available, energy companies find themselves
moving further offshore and into more remote locations for the promise ...
Although good supply chain management can drive large companies’ financial
performance, its effectiveness in improving financial performance of small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is still inconclusive, which results ...
Wijaya, Ibrahim Fatwa(Cranfield UniversitySOM, 2020-12)
Islam religiosity and trust are inextricable linked since Islamic teachings promote
trustworthy behaviour. Existing literature has shown that perceived trustworthiness of a
party has positive impacts on the business-to-business ...
This thesis focuses on the research question why and how do middle managers (MMs)
use autonomy in strategy. Building on the literature about MM autonomy and flexibility
in strategy, I focus on the concept of autonomy in ...
Van Maldegem, Ageeth(Cranfield UniversitySOM, 2020-12)
It is widely recognized that Radical innovation drives growth in Small and Medium-sized firms
(SMEs). However, relatively few SMEs develop highly innovative new products and services.
An underlying cause of this could ...
Unmet societal needs require social innovation from various actors and agents.
Social intrapreneurs, the corporate sibling of social entrepreneurs, are relatively
understudied in management and organisational academic ...
The limited experience of practising monetary and macroprudential policies at the same
time raises a question about the extent to which a macroprudential instrument - as a
complement to monetary policy - affects the ...
Natural resources (NR) serve as useful inputs and vital raw materials for domestic industries,
which stimulate and secure sustained economic growth and development. However, the
notion that the richness of NR can be ...
Corporate governance (CG) has attracted much public interest in the last three decades
because of its apparent importance for the financial health of corporations, for the
economy, and society in general. Most prior ...
Renshaw, Phil St John(Cranfield UniversitySOM, 2019-08)
Our theoretical understanding and knowledge of the field of international
assignments (IAs) has expanded enormously since Edström and Galbraith’s
(1977) seminal paper evaluating the reasons that organisations use ...
This thesis contributes towards an understanding of how neoliberalism and
postfeminism have become entrenched within organisations as a gendered form of
governance. The study contributes to current debates by adopting a ...
This thesis sets out the results of a mixed methods research project comprising three separate
studies that look to address the overarching research question: how do trigger events in the form
of crises and legislation ...
Management and organization studies indicate that motherhood can change
women’s working lives and that the transition to motherhood contributes to the
leaky pipeline for female talent. The extant literature suggests that ...
Kelleher, Leonard L.(Cranfield UniversitySOM, 2019-11)
The UK Higher Education sector’s emphasis on research “impact” (economic,
social, environmental and cultural benefits) leads to tensions which academics
are often ill-equipped to navigate. Our understanding of such ...
Corporate annual reports have increased in size over time, not only to contain financial
data but a plethora of narrative explanations concerning the firm’s current performance
and their prospects. This thesis attempts ...