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Publication date: 1 April 1993

This time last year we published a Vision Statement “Books and Libraries in AD 2001” by Margaret Jane Crawford of Lochgilphead High School (New Library World, Vol. 93 No. 1102…

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This time last year we published a Vision Statement “Books and Libraries in AD 2001” by Margaret Jane Crawford of Lochgilphead High School (New Library World, Vol. 93 No. 1102, 1992, pp. 21–2). Margaret's vision was an entry to the Scottish School Essays Competition. The organizers, the Library of the University of Paisley, and the sponsors, John Smith & Sons (Glasgow) Ltd, encouraged by the response to their experimental launch of the competition, have been rewarded by another excellent range of entries to this year's subject “My Library”. Ten of these were short‐listed. Eight of these, including the three winning entries, are reproduced in Library Review, Vol. 42 No. 3, 1993. The two remaining short‐listed entries are published here by kind permission of the organizers and sponsors. Both these essays are imaginative combinations of technological vision with an appreciation of some of the intangible qualities of today's books and libraries.

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New Library World, vol. 94 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 August 2005

Margaret Crawford and William Stein

This paper aims to put forward for consideration new insights into the creation of “second order” change in local government.

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Purpose

This paper aims to put forward for consideration new insights into the creation of “second order” change in local government.

Design/methodology/approach

In‐depth interviews were carried out in five local authorities to investigate risk management (RM) processes. Interviewees were guided by, but not limited to, outline questions to avoid imposing any preconceived theories about the structure and range of RM processes.

Findings

The extent to which RM was found to be embedded was unexpected, particularly in contrast with observed reactions to previous initiatives. A framework to describe the observed phenomenon is found in the concept of first‐order and second‐order change and a possible explicatory concept in Hood's analysis of administrative design. Part of the explanation may also lie in the alignment of the initiative aims with the interest of front‐line staff.

Research limitations/implications

The reported phenomenon is based on a small sample, as is normal in in‐depth case study research. Further empirical work is required.

Practical implications

If the changes are found to have taken place generally, it may be possible to apply some of the attributes of RM to future initiatives. It may also be possible for individual organisations to build on RM successes in order to develop a “learning culture” which could have a beneficial effect in other areas.

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Changes in culture are notoriously difficult to achieve. The comparison of the effect of introducing corporate risk management with the effect of previous initiatives may provide some insight into ways of encouraging culture change.

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International Journal of Public Sector Management, vol. 18 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0951-3558

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Publication date: 1 October 2004

Margaret Crawford and William Stein

Local authorities in the UK have lagged behind other sectors in developing a sector‐wide approach to the risk management aspects of corporate governance. The governance framework…

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Local authorities in the UK have lagged behind other sectors in developing a sector‐wide approach to the risk management aspects of corporate governance. The governance framework published in 2001, however, goes further than the private sector combined code in its reporting requirements. This paper reviews the guidance documents issued by statutory and professional bodies and evaluates their effectiveness in assisting local authorities to meet corporate governance requirements for risk management. This analysis is supplemented by a study of the risk management structures and procedures in five UK local authorities in a research project funded by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance Accountants through the auspices of the British Accounting Association Public Sector Accounting Special Interest Group. Based on a number of in‐depth individual interviews this study notes several areas of weakness in both the guidance offered and the policies adopted by local authorities.

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International Journal of Public Sector Management, vol. 17 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0951-3558

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Publication date: 17 October 2008

Wes Janz, Timothy Gray and Thalia Mulvihill

The authors have three purposes in writing this paper: to share the authors' experiences “catalyzing” reconstruction of a village in southern Sri Lanka four months after its…

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Purpose

The authors have three purposes in writing this paper: to share the authors' experiences “catalyzing” reconstruction of a village in southern Sri Lanka four months after its destruction by the Indian Ocean tsunami, to suggest that what the authors learned in a “developing world” setting has relevance in the authors' “developed world” classrooms and practices, and to consider the tactics that locals took both to engage and resist the authors' assistance.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors' approach was participatory (working as laborers for ten days), reflective (reconsidering the authors' experiences two years later and finding their influence in the authors' recent work with students), and theoretical (layering an autoethnographic framework over the authors' reflections).

Findings

It is found that traces of the Sri Lankan project can be found in the authors' work with students in the USA and Canada, and that while it is possible to find examples of locals' resistance within the village rebuilding process, incorporating such potentials and perspectives into the authors' everyday work as professors has its own complexities.

Originality/value

It is the authors' hope that this case study will contribute to the reversal of a dominant Western and educated perspective that “we” know what is best for “them” and that “they” must learn to appreciate what “we” have in mind. This challenge is taken by highlighting applications “here” of the authors' lessons learned “there” and by making themselves aware of how locals of all sorts and locations often resist the intentions of others, no matter how considered and shared the plans might be.

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Property Management, vol. 26 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-7472

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Publication date: 1 April 1992

An institution, and a symbol of learning and valuable literature. This is my opinion of a library, and I really don't think that it is going to change in the next ten years.

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An institution, and a symbol of learning and valuable literature. This is my opinion of a library, and I really don't think that it is going to change in the next ten years.

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New Library World, vol. 93 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 16 November 2022

Peter Raisbeck

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Architects, Sustainability and the Climate Emergency
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ISBN: 978-1-80382-292-1

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Publication date: 26 January 2022

Jennifer Murray and Iniobong Enang

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Conceptualising Risk Assessment and Management across the Public Sector
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ISBN: 978-1-80043-693-0

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Publication date: 29 March 2014

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The Sustainability of Restorative Justice
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ISBN: 978-1-78350-754-2

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Publication date: 12 March 2018

Gustavo Ferro and Ignacio Benito Amaro

Given the growing supply of wines and the large number of new consumers with purchasing power but lacking knowledge of the subtleties of high-quality wines, expert opinions are…

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Purpose

Given the growing supply of wines and the large number of new consumers with purchasing power but lacking knowledge of the subtleties of high-quality wines, expert opinions are used for consumers as proxies for quality. This study aims to determine the determinants of prices in top-quality wine market. The authors also seek to estimate the role for country of origin, grape, producing region and winery in prices. And, finally, the authors try to show how countries, regions and wineries can help increase their position in international rankings.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors try to answer: What factors explain the price of top-quality wines (defined as best rated in a standardized ranking)? To some extent, in the hands of producers influence prices, which imply long-term decisions or large investments in land and marketing. Other variables that consumer value does affect prices. The authors try also to detect undervalued or overvalued wines, grapes, regions, wineries or producer countries. The authors estimate an econometric model of hedonic prices using a 14-year sample of the Wine Spectator’s 100 top-rated wines for the American market between 2003 and 2016, totaling 1,400 observations. The sample is a great cross-section because each wine is unique.

Findings

The authors’ contribution is twofold: the determination of the price explanatory values and the identification and attribution of price differences by country, grape, region and winery. Also, the authors detected grapes, countries, regions and wineries which are overvalued or undervalued with respect to the average prediction of the model.

Research limitations/implications

The findings are useful to understand the role of price explanatory variables, as well as for making policy and managerial decisions. From the model, collective or managerial actions can be derived to increase particular wines’ positions in international rankings. The proxy for “quality” in the study is not the only possible definition.

Practical implications

In some cases, managerial choices could be conditioned by the policies or history. There is some room for collective action and public policies to improve regions’ and countries’ reputation.

Social implications

There are clear synergies for policies that can raise the prestige of countries and regions and their spillovers on the brand name reputation of individual wineries.

Originality/value

The results, policy and managerial implications are of interest for business, countries interested in improving their position in international rankings and for consumers to make more informed decisions.

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International Journal of Wine Business Research, vol. 30 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1751-1062

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Publication date: 1 January 2003

Margaret Melrose

This article considers the issues of ‘street prostitution’ and ‘community safety’ in terms of the discursive construction of each. It argues that in the late‐modern age, concepts…

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This article considers the issues of ‘street prostitution’ and ‘community safety’ in terms of the discursive construction of each. It argues that in the late‐modern age, concepts such as ‘community’ and ‘safety’ are problematic and their meaning cannot be taken for granted. The discussion then probes discursive constructions of ‘the prostitute’ and explores the causes of prostitution, its legal regulation and the apparent resilience of street sex markets to various forms of intervention in different places and at different times. The article concludes by considering prostitute women as members of the community and reflects on what this might mean in terms of community safety strategies.

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Safer Communities, vol. 2 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1757-8043

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