The moderating effect of social media involvement and brand love on the consumer perceived values and purchasing intention of fast-fashion products See

The concept of “customer perceived value” has been evolving as an essential area within the marketing discipline for decades. Knowing what shapes consumer perception towards a product or service is vital for businesses (Sweeney and Soutar, 2001), especially for fashion products whose tr...

Knowledge-sharing management in the context of higher education institutions See

Competitive advantage does not depend solely on the creation and storage of existing and new knowledge. Rather, it requires sustained exploitation and production. The challenge becomes driven towards maintaining some mechanisms to help in producing new, and sharing existing knowledge. Harnessing&...

A comparison of behavioural and functional neuroanatomical correlates of executive functions in multitasking and working memory See

This thesis aims to explore the role of executive functions in multitasking. Research has shown that severe performance decrements often arise in dual-task performance, also called multitasking, as compared to single task performance. This reflects a limitation in processing temporally overlappin...

Investigating the roles of leaders, managers and their mutual roles in aligning strategy and project management in public sector organisations: the case of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia See

The focus of this thesis is to investigate the roles of leaders, managers, and mutual roles in aligning strategy and project management (ASPM) in public sector organisations (PSOs) in developing countries (DCs). ASPM as a phenomenon has emerged to support organisations to improve t...

Critical analysis of determining induction motor operating power factor using measurement and estimation techniques See

Induction motors are the most used in commercial and industrial areas that consume the majority of generated electrical energy. The induction motors always create a low power factor. The low power factor not only create a penalty charge for industrial customers, but also produces&#...

Crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) in single edge notched bend (SEN(B)) See

This thesis investigates the quantity Crack Tip Opening Displacement (CTOD) as a means to assess fracture toughness when measured in the Single Edge Notched Bend (SENB) specimen setup. A particular objective is to assess the effectiveness of the test when used for high strain-harde...

EU Payment Surcharges Rules Lacking Teeth - Evidence from empirical studies into the control of surcharges in the EU and UK travel industry See

This article explores the effectiveness of EU legislation controlling the use of payment surcharges. Using original empirical studies conducted in the travel industry, it demonstrates that, not only have the successive attempts of EU legislation failed to tackle the problem, but the lat...

Measurement of the Lambda(b) polarization and angular parameters in Lambda(b) -> J/psi Lambda decays from pp collisions at root s=7 and 8 TeV See

Hybridised Performance: Disruption and Deferment in Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde See