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Publication date: 21 September 2022

Tom McLean, Tom McGovern, Richard Slack and Malcolm McLean

This paper aims to explore the development of the accountability ideals and practices of Quaker industrialists during the period 1840–1914.

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This paper aims to explore the development of the accountability ideals and practices of Quaker industrialists during the period 1840–1914.

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The research employs a case study approach and draws on the extensive archives of Quaker industrialists in the Richardson family networks, British Parliamentary Papers and the Religious Society of Friends together with relevant contemporary and current literature.

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Friends shed their position as Enemies of the State and obtained status and accountabilities undifferentiated from those of non-Quakers. The reciprocal influences of an increasingly complex business environment and radical changes in religious beliefs and practices combined to shift accountabilities from the Quaker Meeting House to newly established legal accountability mechanisms. Static Quaker organisation structures and accountability processes were ineffective in a rapidly changing world. Decision-making was susceptible to the domination of the large Richardson family networks in the Newcastle Meeting House. This research found no evidence of Quaker corporate social accountability through action in the Richardson family networks and it questions the validity of this concept. The motivations underlying Quakers’ personal philanthropy and social activism were multiple and complex, extending far beyond accountabilities driven by religious belief.

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This research has originality and value as a study of continuity and change in Quaker accountability regimes during a period that encompassed fundamental changes in Quakerism and its orthopraxy, and their business, social and political environments.

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Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol. 36 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0951-3574

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Leading Educational Systems and Schools in Times of Disruption and Exponential Change: A Call for Courage, Commitment and Collaboration
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-83909-851-2

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Publication date: 28 February 2017

Brian Slack

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Handbook of Logistics and Supply-Chain Management
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-0-8572-4563-2

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Publication date: 5 February 2018

Suvi Nenonen and Kaj Storbacka

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Smash
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78743-798-2

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Publication date: 1 April 1995

Frederick D. Buggie

This methodology takes “thinking outside the box” in a new direction. Expert teams composed of leading thinkers from many disciplines are brought together to suggest creative and…

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This methodology takes “thinking outside the box” in a new direction. Expert teams composed of leading thinkers from many disciplines are brought together to suggest creative and innovative solutions to process problems. By going beyond reengineering, their solutions are truly unique.

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Planning Review, vol. 23 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0094-064X

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Publication date: 5 April 2010

James V. Gelly and Phillip E. Pfeifer

In this case, the situation is a classic duopoly. Two shipping firms are in a price war over the market for containerized shipping to and from a small Caribbean island. The case…

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In this case, the situation is a classic duopoly. Two shipping firms are in a price war over the market for containerized shipping to and from a small Caribbean island. The case presents a table of contributions to both firms as a function of their prices. This table serves as a basis by which the class can explore the concepts of Nash equilibrium, price leadership, and prisoner’s dilemma. It is also available with the case as a student spreadsheet (QA-0355X). See also “Lesser Antilles Lines (B)” (UVA-QA-0641) and “Lesser Antilles Lines (C)” (UVA-QA-0670).

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Darden Business Publishing Cases, vol. no.
Type: Case Study
ISSN: 2474-7890
Published by: University of Virginia Darden School Foundation

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Publication date: 6 September 2012

Arthur M. Diamond

Entrepreneurs have two advantages over credentialed experts. They “know” less of what is false, and they (informally) know more of what is true. They know less of what is false…

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Entrepreneurs have two advantages over credentialed experts. They “know” less of what is false, and they (informally) know more of what is true. They know less of what is false because they are either ignorant of, or willing to ignore, the currently dominant theories. They know more of what is true by having more informal knowledge (whether local, tacit, or inchoate). Funding of projects by firms or governments will rely on expert judgments based on the currently dominant theory. So breakthrough innovations depend on innovative entrepreneurs being able to find funding independent of the insider incumbent institutions, usually self-funding.

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Experts and Epistemic Monopolies
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78190-217-2

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Publication date: 15 September 2022

Wolfgang H. Schulz, Oliver Franck, Stanley Smolka and Vincent Geilenberg

Climate change requires society to focus more strongly on sustainability. This requires an adjustment both on the demand side and on the supply side. Consumers must be given…

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Climate change requires society to focus more strongly on sustainability. This requires an adjustment both on the demand side and on the supply side. Consumers must be given incentives to optimise their consumption according to sustainability aspects. In the supply of capital goods and consumer goods, firms must do their part to ensure that environmental savings are made possible and cost-efficiency. However, there must be doubts that a more resource-efficient production technology leads to the desired environmental effects. Policymakers ignore the Jevon’s paradox. The Jevon’s paradox states that an improved technology that leads to resource savings disproportionately increases the intensity of use. In absolute terms, there is a higher consumption of resources after the technology is introduced. This effect is currently ignored, for example, by all forecasts on demand for lithium for electromobility. Regardless of this, it is fundamentally better to optimise the technologies. However, this raises the question of whether the Jevon’s paradox cannot be undermined by artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence applied to production promises the possibility to replace partial optimisations with total optimisations. By pursuing an absolute maximum (maximum maximorum), the intensity of use is limited. Therefore, this chapter is concerned with understanding the primary effects of artificial intelligence in production and highlighting the potential effects on sustainability.

Purpose: Increasing the sustainability in industrial production is getting more and more important. Furthermore, the technology of artificial intelligence is getting more and more important as well. For this reason, it is time to understand how artificial intelligence and sustainability are linked with one another in the context of production.

Need for the study: This chapter aims to deliver a solid argumentation regarding the prospects and the relevance of the usage of artificial intelligence in the context of production. Moreover, it specifically aims to show how artificial intelligence affects the sustainability of production.

Method: Literature analysis.

Findings: The findings are that artificial intelligence does enforce cooperative action within the industry via the effects on productivity variables, transaction costs, and production elasticities. Furthermore, the Jevon’s paradox does not seem to apply to artificial intelligence. Therefore, it is suggested that more empirical research has to focus on this topic.

Practical Implications: This chapter highlights the importance of artificial intelligence for the topic of sustainability.

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The New Digital Era: Digitalisation, Emerging Risks and Opportunities
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-80382-980-7

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Publication date: 29 June 2021

Michael K. Allio

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Strategy & Leadership, vol. 49 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1087-8572

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Publication date: 12 January 2012

Ada Suk Fung Ng

This chapter explains the impact containerisation has on the various partners of the global supply chain and the challenges companies encounter and the solutions they use in…

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This chapter explains the impact containerisation has on the various partners of the global supply chain and the challenges companies encounter and the solutions they use in dealing with empty container repositioning.

The phenomenon of imbalanced container flows and its impact on shipping lines, shippers, container haulage companies, port development and the economy are presented. Special attention is given to explain the many solutions companies use to reduce the impact of empty container repositioning, hence tracing out the past research that led to these solutions and pointing to potentially new research directions in the future.

Because of the widespread use of containerisation and the imbalanced container flows that results from globalisation, empty container repositioning will be an ongoing issue for the maritime logistics industry. Many solutions are being used, but there is room for improvement and more research is needed.

Empty container repositioning is an important issue but has not been deemed as such in the literature. This chapter explains the reasons it is important and that its impact is not limited to shipping lines only but affects the whole supply chain.

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