Management Theses: Recent submissions
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Organisational self-renewal : process design
(University of St Andrews, 2004) - ThesisFirms compete based on their relative ability to renew as much as they do on their ability to extract profits from product-markets. Drawing from literature and case studies the research explores how renewal is affected in ... -
Environmental scanning activities of private firms : the case of Saudi Arabia
(University of St Andrews, 2004) - ThesisEnvironmental scanning is an essential activity for organisation's success undertaken by top executives to allow them to be effective in steering the organisation within a changing environment. Organisations exist in an ... -
Menu costs : an overview and a study within a strategic interaction setting
(University of St Andrews, 2003) - ThesisChapter 1 presents the background to the development of macroeconomic models with "menu costs", i.e., the costs of adjusting nominal prices. The debate on microeconomic foundations of macroeconomics is introduced in Section ... -
Globalisation and equality : a libertarian perspective
(University of St Andrews, 2002) - ThesisWhy are some people rich and others poor. Why are some states more prosperous than others. In answering these questions, the public and scholars alike often take the rarely challenged position that economic inequalities ... -
Networks, evidence and lesson-drawing in the public policy process : the case of Sarah Payne and the British debate about sex offender community notification
(University of St Andrews, 2005) - ThesisThis thesis examines the public policy process. It explores the role of and relation between three concepts considered important in defining and shaping the making of policies: policy networks, evidence-use and policy ...