Niall Piercy
Biographic Data
| ID | 3738869 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Niall Piercy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Niall |
| FAMILY NAME | Piercy |
| SIGNATURE | PIERCY N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bath |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Operations Management
Compared to the other areas of modern business, operations management is the least understood and worst defined.
Operations Management History
Identifications of early operations management (OM) activities have included the labor specialization resulting in greater productivity mentioned in Plato's “The Republic” in 300 BC (Schroeder 1993) or the management practices described by Machiavelli in “The Prince” (Devargas 1995).
Modeling Consumers’ Adoption Intentions of Remote Mobile Payments in the United Kingdom
Mobile payments (MPs) are predicted to be one of the future's most successful mobile services but have achieved limited acceptance in developed countries to date. PCs are still the preferred technology for online shopping in the United Kingdom but the continued growth of mobile commerce (MC) is highly correlated with the success of remote MPs (RMPs). Currently MP research has largely ignored the variations between different MP solutions, and exis…
Towards a model of the intervention process
This paper explores the challenging circumstances when one part of government decides that the performance of a subsidiary part is unacceptable and arranges some kind of remedial intervention. Following the detailed analysis of a series of four central local government interventions we develop a model of the intervention process that combines the type of problem addressed (service-specific and/or corporate) and approach to intervention available …
When companies get caught
We report on the findings of an exploratory set of experiments designed to test the effect of negative firm actions online. Findings point to firms suffering a loss of consumer attitude toward the brand when legal action is threatened against the creator of a consumer generator advertisement. Similarly, consumers also lowered their attitude toward a brand when confronted with information suggesting that a brand was linked to secretly posting “con…
Business history and operations management
Operations management is a key function in the modern organisation and an important area of study in the business school. Like many subjects it remains separated from the business history community. The practice of operations management can gain meaningful and significant lessons from proper consideration of the historical antecedents of current practices. Unfortunately, more than any other business area, operations management has a habit of forg…
When companies get caught
We report on the findings of an exploratory set of experiments designed to test the effect of negative firm actions online. Findings point to firms suffering a loss of consumer attitude toward the brand when legal action is threatened against the creator of a consumer generator advertisement. Similarly, consumers also lowered their attitude toward a brand when confronted with information suggesting that a brand was linked to secretly posting “con…
Business history and operations management
Operations management is a key function in the modern organisation and an important area of study in the business school. Like many subjects it remains separated from the business history community. The practice of operations management can gain meaningful and significant lessons from proper consideration of the historical antecedents of current practices. Unfortunately, more than any other business area, operations management has a habit of forg…
When companies get caught
We report on the findings of an exploratory set of experiments designed to test the effect of negative firm actions online. Findings point to firms suffering a loss of consumer attitude toward the brand when legal action is threatened against the creator of a consumer generator advertisement. Similarly, consumers also lowered their attitude toward a brand when confronted with information suggesting that a brand was linked to secretly posting “con…
Business history and operations management
Operations management is a key function in the modern organisation and an important area of study in the business school. Like many subjects it remains separated from the business history community. The practice of operations management can gain meaningful and significant lessons from proper consideration of the historical antecedents of current practices. Unfortunately, more than any other business area, operations management has a habit of forg…
Operations Management
Compared to the other areas of modern business, operations management is the least understood and worst defined.
Operations Management History
Identifications of early operations management (OM) activities have included the labor specialization resulting in greater productivity mentioned in Plato's “The Republic” in 300 BC (Schroeder 1993) or the management practices described by Machiavelli in “The Prince” (Devargas 1995).
Modeling Consumers’ Adoption Intentions of Remote Mobile Payments in the United Kingdom
Mobile payments (MPs) are predicted to be one of the future's most successful mobile services but have achieved limited acceptance in developed countries to date. PCs are still the preferred technology for online shopping in the United Kingdom but the continued growth of mobile commerce (MC) is highly correlated with the success of remote MPs (RMPs). Currently MP research has largely ignored the variations between different MP solutions, and exis…
Towards a model of the intervention process
This paper explores the challenging circumstances when one part of government decides that the performance of a subsidiary part is unacceptable and arranges some kind of remedial intervention. Following the detailed analysis of a series of four central local government interventions we develop a model of the intervention process that combines the type of problem addressed (service-specific and/or corporate) and approach to intervention available …
Business (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Accounting and Organizational Management (2 works) · Digital Marketing and Social Media (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Marketing (2 works) · Operations management (2 works) · Operations Management Techniques (2 works) · Process management (2 works)