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Concurrent uncertainties and investments: Offset effect of Brexit and COVID‐19 on SME growth
European Management Review, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the impact of uncertainty driven by dual crises, regulatory/institutional uncertainty (illustrated by Brexit) and market/operational uncertainty (illustrated by the COVID‐19 pandemic), on the growth trajectories of SMEs. Using Real Options Theory as a guiding framework, hypotheses are developed to examine how investment
Karolis Matikonis, Byron Graham
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The Challenges of Modern Democracy [PDF]
Elections, referenda and polls are very important processes and instruments for the smooth operation of a modern democracy. They provide means for transferring power from citizens to their representatives.
Kuzelewska, Elzbieta
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Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The United Kingdom is an asymmetric polity, in part because it is a multi‐national state brought together by conquest and voluntary union. The 1998 devolution settlements for Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland were conceived and implemented in the context of UK membership of the European Union (EU).
David Heald
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Rebuilding the Women's Estate: Imaginary Penalities in Scottish Imprisonment, 2012–2023
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores a period during which the Scottish Prison Service aspired to a ‘golden age’ for imprisonment, tracing how a narrative of progress shaped a decade of struggle to close Scotland's national prison for women: ‘Cornton Vale’.
Cara Hunter
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L'Espace Politique, 2007 As an island, Corsica is a finite territory where various political representations and power structures coexist, from the local to the European level. For this reason, Corsica is an important laboratory for electoral analysis. Indeed, an analysis of the
Luc Merchez
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Framing Referendum Campaigns: the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum in the Press [PDF]
, 2016 This article explores the framing of referendum campaigns in the press and its relationship to the framing of elections. Drawing from an empirical analysis of the newspaper coverage of the 2014 Scottish referendum and from previous research on campaigns ...
Dekavalla, Marina +1 more
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External Actors, Pressures and Influences: European Integration and the Outside World
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The European Union (EU) increasingly faces external pressures, ranging from Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine to an economically and politically assertive China to deep changes in the transatlantic relationship with the United States.
Christian Freudlsperger, Lucas Schramm
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Franco‐British Bilateral Diplomacy After Brexit, 2020–2025: Mending the Ties That Bind
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Brexit shook to its very core one of the European Union's (EU's) prominent partnerships, the Franco‐British bilateral relationship (FBBR), disrupting diplomatic routines and shattering interpersonal trust before circumstances changed and the relationship rapidly began to mend. In this article, we analyse the breakdown and restoration of Franco‐
Helen Drake, Pauline Schnapper
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La riforma elettorale e il referendum
, 2007 Problemi di costituzionalità del referendum elettorale sulla legge n.
MORRONE, ANDREA
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Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the 1921–1923 trade war between Norway and Portugal as a historical case for exploring business responses to deglobalization and trade disruption. Focusing on the international supply chains (ISCs) of port wine and salted and dried cod, it investigates how business actors contributed to the recoupling of ISCs after a ...
Rolv Petter Amdam +3 more
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