Simon Collinson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5244513 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon Collinson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon |
| FAMILY NAME | Collinson |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINSON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5971-2924 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
England’s catch-22
International studies show that relative levels of regional (de)centralisation are associated with more or less balanced patterns of economic growth, well-being and resilience. Alongside supporting specific levels and types of devolution, prior studies emphasise the quality of local institutions as a key factor underlying balanced growth. This study empirically confirms the relative lack of devolution alongside large and growing disparities acros…
Mechanisms of metagovernance as structural challenges to levelling up in England
At the time of writing, the UK government is attempting to tackle place-based inequality through its ‘levelling up’ agenda. To be effective, such interventions require local institutions with the capacity, powers, and budgets to develop and implement long-term strategies. Multi-level metagovernance, the ongoing reorganisation of local governance systems by the central state, has become a salient political process in England, characterised by frag…
Covid-19 disruption, resilience and industrial policy
The Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit have focused attention on the resilience of key sectors and firms. This paper explores the financial resilience of the 50 largest automotive firms in the West Midlands region of the UK in their response to disruption and economic shocks. The findings demonstrate that 22 firms are at high risk due to poor current liquidity ratios, with Coventry and Birmingham emerging as locations most susceptible to firm closures.…
International Business
International Business
International Business
Ensuring skills are available in the right locations
Matching skills supply and demand is critical for economic growth, competitiveness and inclusiveness. Yet, measuring skills is difficult. This paper develops an approach for measuring the gap between demand and supply of skills at the local level in the UK West Midlands region. It uses qualifications as a proxy for skills. By comparing the projected supply of qualifications with the forecast demand for qualifications from occupational forecasts, …
MNE microfoundations and routines for building a legitimate and sustainable position in emerging markets
A number of studies have analysed how multinational enterprises (MNEs) develop appropriate strategies for managing the institutionally different contexts of various markets. However, we still know rather little about how MNEs manage different institutional pressures when they operate in emerging markets. These markets have a higher level of uncertainty as their values and structures undergo change. This paper investigates the microfoundations and…
Foreign Market Entry Analysis
Foreign market analysis improves the chances of success in foreign direct investment (FDI) initiatives through a comparison of potential target foreign markets. Relative costs, benefits (normally in profit terms), opportunities, and risks are assessed to provide strategic guidance on where to invest and which mode of entry (joint venture, Greenfield development, M&A, etc.) to adopt.
Kaizen
Kaizen or “continuous improvement” encompasses a range of practices including just‐in‐time, total quality management and “kanban” systems, that became associated with Japanese manufacturing efficiency during the 1970s and 1980s. Its success partly relies on the wider social and cultural context of Japanese organizations and on the more “predictable” nature of manufacturing processes.
Keiretsu Structures
Keiretsu are corporate groupings of Japanese firms characterized by long‐term relations and cross‐shareholdings. Members of the group maintain their operational independence but co‐ordinate strategy and often exchange assets and resources with other firms in the group. There are two types of keiretsu, the horizontal (kinyu), diversified type and the vertical, manufacturing keiretsu. Both are undergoing change in an era of austerity for Japan.
Kanban
Kanban is a Japanese scheduling system that helps to monitor, regulate, and coordinate the throughput of inventory in a production system. Developed at Toyota between the 1950s and 1970s it is now widely used in manufacturing plants around the world. E‐Kanban is the modern‐day version using computerized component tracking systems.
Building castles from sand
How do successive CEOs use myths in an organization over time? While studies start to provide us with understanding of the discourse employed by particular organizational actors, we lack studies about the discourse used by successive strategic actors over long periods of time and the precise mechanisms of such use. To address this gap we theorise the components of mythopoetical behaviour of CEOs and apply critical discourse analysis to unpack the…
Mechanisms of metagovernance as structural challenges to levelling up in England
At the time of writing, the UK government is attempting to tackle place-based inequality through its ‘levelling up’ agenda. To be effective, such interventions require local institutions with the capacity, powers, and budgets to develop and implement long-term strategies. Multi-level metagovernance, the ongoing reorganisation of local governance systems by the central state, has become a salient political process in England, characterised by frag…
England’s catch-22
International studies show that relative levels of regional (de)centralisation are associated with more or less balanced patterns of economic growth, well-being and resilience. Alongside supporting specific levels and types of devolution, prior studies emphasise the quality of local institutions as a key factor underlying balanced growth. This study empirically confirms the relative lack of devolution alongside large and growing disparities acros…
Covid-19 disruption, resilience and industrial policy
The Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit have focused attention on the resilience of key sectors and firms. This paper explores the financial resilience of the 50 largest automotive firms in the West Midlands region of the UK in their response to disruption and economic shocks. The findings demonstrate that 22 firms are at high risk due to poor current liquidity ratios, with Coventry and Birmingham emerging as locations most susceptible to firm closures.…
MNE microfoundations and routines for building a legitimate and sustainable position in emerging markets
A number of studies have analysed how multinational enterprises (MNEs) develop appropriate strategies for managing the institutionally different contexts of various markets. However, we still know rather little about how MNEs manage different institutional pressures when they operate in emerging markets. These markets have a higher level of uncertainty as their values and structures undergo change. This paper investigates the microfoundations and…
Building castles from sand
How do successive CEOs use myths in an organization over time? While studies start to provide us with understanding of the discourse employed by particular organizational actors, we lack studies about the discourse used by successive strategic actors over long periods of time and the precise mechanisms of such use. To address this gap we theorise the components of mythopoetical behaviour of CEOs and apply critical discourse analysis to unpack the…
Ensuring skills are available in the right locations
Matching skills supply and demand is critical for economic growth, competitiveness and inclusiveness. Yet, measuring skills is difficult. This paper develops an approach for measuring the gap between demand and supply of skills at the local level in the UK West Midlands region. It uses qualifications as a proxy for skills. By comparing the projected supply of qualifications with the forecast demand for qualifications from occupational forecasts, …
Building castles from sand
How do successive CEOs use myths in an organization over time? While studies start to provide us with understanding of the discourse employed by particular organizational actors, we lack studies about the discourse used by successive strategic actors over long periods of time and the precise mechanisms of such use. To address this gap we theorise the components of mythopoetical behaviour of CEOs and apply critical discourse analysis to unpack the…
Foreign Market Entry Analysis
Foreign market analysis improves the chances of success in foreign direct investment (FDI) initiatives through a comparison of potential target foreign markets. Relative costs, benefits (normally in profit terms), opportunities, and risks are assessed to provide strategic guidance on where to invest and which mode of entry (joint venture, Greenfield development, M&A, etc.) to adopt.
Kaizen
Kaizen or “continuous improvement” encompasses a range of practices including just‐in‐time, total quality management and “kanban” systems, that became associated with Japanese manufacturing efficiency during the 1970s and 1980s. Its success partly relies on the wider social and cultural context of Japanese organizations and on the more “predictable” nature of manufacturing processes.
Keiretsu Structures
Keiretsu are corporate groupings of Japanese firms characterized by long‐term relations and cross‐shareholdings. Members of the group maintain their operational independence but co‐ordinate strategy and often exchange assets and resources with other firms in the group. There are two types of keiretsu, the horizontal (kinyu), diversified type and the vertical, manufacturing keiretsu. Both are undergoing change in an era of austerity for Japan.
Kanban
Kanban is a Japanese scheduling system that helps to monitor, regulate, and coordinate the throughput of inventory in a production system. Developed at Toyota between the 1950s and 1970s it is now widely used in manufacturing plants around the world. E‐Kanban is the modern‐day version using computerized component tracking systems.
MNE microfoundations and routines for building a legitimate and sustainable position in emerging markets
A number of studies have analysed how multinational enterprises (MNEs) develop appropriate strategies for managing the institutionally different contexts of various markets. However, we still know rather little about how MNEs manage different institutional pressures when they operate in emerging markets. These markets have a higher level of uncertainty as their values and structures undergo change. This paper investigates the microfoundations and…
International Business
International Business
International Business
Ensuring skills are available in the right locations
Matching skills supply and demand is critical for economic growth, competitiveness and inclusiveness. Yet, measuring skills is difficult. This paper develops an approach for measuring the gap between demand and supply of skills at the local level in the UK West Midlands region. It uses qualifications as a proxy for skills. By comparing the projected supply of qualifications with the forecast demand for qualifications from occupational forecasts, …
Covid-19 disruption, resilience and industrial policy
The Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit have focused attention on the resilience of key sectors and firms. This paper explores the financial resilience of the 50 largest automotive firms in the West Midlands region of the UK in their response to disruption and economic shocks. The findings demonstrate that 22 firms are at high risk due to poor current liquidity ratios, with Coventry and Birmingham emerging as locations most susceptible to firm closures.…
England’s catch-22
International studies show that relative levels of regional (de)centralisation are associated with more or less balanced patterns of economic growth, well-being and resilience. Alongside supporting specific levels and types of devolution, prior studies emphasise the quality of local institutions as a key factor underlying balanced growth. This study empirically confirms the relative lack of devolution alongside large and growing disparities acros…
Mechanisms of metagovernance as structural challenges to levelling up in England
At the time of writing, the UK government is attempting to tackle place-based inequality through its ‘levelling up’ agenda. To be effective, such interventions require local institutions with the capacity, powers, and budgets to develop and implement long-term strategies. Multi-level metagovernance, the ongoing reorganisation of local governance systems by the central state, has become a salient political process in England, characterised by frag…
Business (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Industrial organization (3 works) · Innovation and Knowledge Management (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)