Formal collaboration and informal information flow (2009)
The current enthusiasm for technological collaboration among firms is almost overwhelming. What reservation is expressed is on the grounds that competition may be reduced, and that this may have a...
Nothing either good or bad: industrial espionage and technology transfer (2009)
Industrial espionage may be an ineffective form of technology transfer, but it is a form none the less. When industrial espionage is perceived as a totally distinct and completely undesirable...
Formal collaboration and informal information flow (2009)
The current enthusiasm for technological collaboration among firms is almost overwhelming. What reservation is expressed is on the grounds that competition may be reduced, and that this may have a...
Nothing either good or bad: industrial espionage and technology transfer (2009)
Industrial espionage may be an ineffective form of technology transfer, but it is a form none the less. When industrial espionage is perceived as a totally distinct and completely undesirable...
Informal information flow and strategy in the international firm (2009)
The demands of structure and control in the organisation accord information from official channels an importance beyond its value in sustaining operations. Yet, formal mechanisms seem unable to...
Informal information flow and strategy in the international firm (2009)
The demands of structure and control in the organisation accord information from official channels an importance beyond its value in sustaining operations. Yet, formal mechanisms seem unable to...
MacDonald, Stuart, Watkins, John D, Bull, Steven D, Davies, Iwan R, Gu, Yonfeng, Yunus, Kamran, ...
A microfluidic double channel device is employed to study reactions at flowing liquid-liquid junctions in contact with a boron-doped diamond (BDD) working electrode. The rectangular flow cell is...
Open Data, Open Minds - Web 2.0 Data Visualisation Tools (2008)
Presentation given at the Edinburgh Repository Fringe 2008.
Data librarianship – a gap in the market (2008)
Hyams, Elspeth, Martinez-Uribe, Luis, Macdonald, Stuart
Stuart Macdonald and Luis Martinez-Uribe have humorously described themselves as ‘accidental’ data librarians, but they have a serious message for the research community. They talked to Elspeth...
Measurement or Management?: Revisiting the Productivity Paradox (2008)
Stuart Macdonald, Pat Anderson, Dieter Kimbel
authors find that the discussion of the productivity paradox took place largely in the United States and particularly in Massachusetts. Two quite separate strands were evident: the literature of the...
Libraries in the Converging Worlds of Open Data, E-research, and Web 2.0 (2008)
MacDonald, Stuart, Martinez-Uribe, Luis
See article
DISC-UK DataShare: Web 2.0 Data Visualisation Tools: (2008)
Part 1 of this briefing paper will highlight some examples of new collaborative web services using Web 2.0 technologies which venture into the numeric data visualisation arena. These mashups allow...
The use of ASBOs against young people in England and Wales: lessons from Scotland (2007)
MacDonald, Stuart, Telford, Mark
The Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) is one of the best known measures used to tackle anti-social behaviour. In keeping with the popular conception, the order is frequently used against young...
ASBOs and Control Orders: Two Recurring Themes, Two Apparent Contradictions (2007)
When the Government first proposed the creation of the Control Order, many commented on its apparent similarity with the Anti-Social Behaviour Order. Looking beyond the obvious similarities, the aim...
Loyalty or betrayal? Information for innovation in the organisation (2006)
Established wisdom is that the organisation benefits from retaining information, and loses if any of this information escapes. The employee who helps guard this information fortress is seen as loyal...
Loyalty or betrayal? Information for innovation in the organisation (2006)
Established wisdom is that the organisation benefits from retaining information, and loses if any of this information escapes. The employee who helps guard this information fortress is seen as loyal...
The paper combines two basic arguments. The first is that collusion cements the relationship between management consultant and hiring manager, often to the cost of the organisation that pays them...
The paper combines two basic arguments. The first is that collusion cements the relationship between management consultant and hiring manager, often to the cost of the organisation that pays them...
Supporting local data users in the UK academic community (2005)
Martinez, Luis, Macdonald, Stuart
Data collection in the UK can be traced back to Roman times with the introduction of 5-yearly population censuses however it is only in recent history that the acquisition, distribution and analysis...
Supporting local data users in the UK academic community (2005)
Martinez, Luis, Macdonald, Stuart
Data collection in the UK can be traced back to Roman times with the introduction of 5-yearly population censuses however it is only in recent history that the acquisition, distribution and analysis...
Supporting Local Data Users in the UK Academic Community (2005)
MacDonald, Stuart, Martinez-Uribe, Luis
This article will report on existing local data support infrastructures within the UK tertiary education community. It will discuss briefly early methods and traditions of data collection within UK...
Supporting local data users in the UK academic community (2005)
Martinez, Luis, Macdonald, Stuart
Data collection in the UK can be traced back to Roman times with the introduction of 5-yearly population censuses however it is only in recent history that the acquisition, distribution and analysis...
Forgetting numbers in old age : strategy and learning speed matter (2005)
Derwinger,Anna, Stigsdotter Neely,Anna, MacDonald,Stuart, Bäckman,Lars
Forgetting numbers in old age : strategy and learning speed matter (2005)
Derwinger, Anna, Stigsdotter Neely, Anna, MacDonald, Stuart, Bäckman, Lars
The Local Data Support Landscape in the UK (2005)
MacDonald, Stuart, Martinez-Uribe, Luis
This paper will report on existing data support infrastructures within the UK tertiary education community. The paper will then discuss early methods and traditions of data collection within UK...
Stuart Macdonald, Tim Turpin, Amelia Ancog
The views expressed in this report are those of the authors, and not necessarily those of the ASEAN
A low-cost open-source SNP genotyping platform for association mapping applications (2005)
Macdonald, Stuart, Pastinen, Tomi, Genissel, Anne, Cornforth, Theodore, Long, Anthony
Association mapping aimed at identifying DNA polymorphisms that contribute to variation in complex traits entails genotyping a large number of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a very large...
The IT productivity paradox revisited: technological determinism masked by management method? (2003)
The productivity paradox in information technology is that investment in IT does not seem to be reflected in increased productivity. There is a host of possible explanations, but little consensus on...
The IT productivity paradox revisited: technological determinism masked by management method? (2003)
The productivity paradox in information technology is that investment in IT does not seem to be reflected in increased productivity. There is a host of possible explanations, but little consensus on...
In recent years a controversy has arisen in the scholarship dealing with St. Anselm of Canterbury. Since R. W. Southern published his biography of Anselm, his views have been widely accepted. In his...
Written for the Dept. of History.
In recent years a controversy has arisen in the scholarship dealing with St. Anselm of Canterbury. Since R. W. Southern published his biography of Anselm, his views have been widely accepted. In his...
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Thesis--University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Thesis (doctoral)--University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1974.
Measurement or Management? : Revisiting the Productivity Paradox of Information Technology
Stuart Macdonald, Pat Anderson, Dieter Kimbel
1999 gab das Department of Trade and Industry in London einen umfassenden Literaturüberblick über das Produktivitätsparadox in der Informationstechnologie in Auftrag. Der vorliegende Beitrag...
Ring a Ring o' Roses: Quality Journals and Gamesmanship in Management Studies
Stuart Macdonald, Jacqueline Kam
A paper in one of the quality journals of Management Studies is much more important as a unit of measurement than as a contribution to knowledge. It measures academic performance and determines much...
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND SMEs IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA: INNOVATION POLICY AND INNOVATION PRACTICE
The paper is derived from a study carried out among the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), comprising of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam,...