Management (School of ): Recent submissions
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The poetics of quality : an anthropological exploration of quality improvement in Scottish healthcare
(University of St Andrews, 2014) - ThesisThis thesis is an ethnographic exploration of how “quality” is made into an object of improvement in healthcare. Focusing on a specific method and brand of quality improvement (that of the Boston-based Institute of ... -
Corporate governance and product innovation in the machine-tool sector in Italy
(University of St Andrews, 2002) - ThesisIn this thesis we study the influence of corporate governance on product innovation in the machine-tool sector in Italy. The theoretical framework employed in the analysis is part of the Systems of Innovation literature. ... -
The impact of World Bank and International Monetary Fund programme lending on health care delivery, health conditions and health status in sub-Saharan Africa, 1980 to 1992
(1996-07) - ThesisThe World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have been active in Africa for several decades. In the early 1980s both institutions expanded the role that they play in the restructuring of African economies through ... -
The clinical paradigm in organisational analysis : with reference to Beamish and Crawford Plc
(University of St Andrews, 2001) - ThesisThere has been much discussion in the literature in the past decade as boards of directors worldwide have faced increasing stakeholder demands for accountability. The conventional wisdom that stakeholders were passive ... -
Building careers, managing capitals
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06) - ThesisI sought to find out whether this was a tension between artistic and commercial in the career of visual artists, and if so, how this tension was managed. In attempting to uncover information which could address the ...