Browsing Theses by Subject "Business and Management"
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Advanced heterogeneous video transcoding
(Queen Mary University of London, 2012)Video transcoding is an essential tool to promote inter-operability between different video communication systems. This thesis presents two novel video transcoders, both operating on bitstreams of the cur- rent H.264/AVC ... -
B-Cell Receptor Signalling in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2013)Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) cells may depend on B-cell receptor (BCR) signalling as well as other microenvironmental survival signals. A peculiarity of CLL is that cells preserve IgD signalling in the presence of ... -
Credit risk in the Banking Sector: International evidence on CDS spread determinants before and during the recent crisis.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2015-04)Credit Default Swaps (CDS) instruments - as an indicator of credit risk - were one of the most prominent innovations in financial engineering. Very limited literature existed on the drivers of CDS spreads before the financial ... -
The effects of the ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid dihomo-γ-linolenic acid on platelet function
(Queen Mary University of London, 12/02/2020)Eicosanoids play an essential role in platelet function as they can both stimulate and inhibit platelet reactivity. Current anti-thrombotic therapies include aspirin that inhibits the enzyme COX-1 and thereby the production ... -
Exploring how gay men manage their gay identity in the workplace.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2014-09)In the UK, as in many western nations, there have been a number of progressive pieces of legislation enacted with the intent to eradicate discrimination on the basis of sexuality in the workplace. The pace and scale of ... -
FDI and Technological Upgrading in Chinese Cities: Externalities of Foreign Expansion Process and Industrial Structures
(Queen Mary University of London, 2017-10-23)Technological upgrading, as the key engine of Chinese economic development, does not take place in isolation, but is largely dependent on access to external knowledge sources. FDI has long been regarded as an external ... -
Gender, race and the social construction of leadership in organisations: A South African case study
(Queen Mary University of London, 2017-03-16)This thesis aims to provide a subjectivist account of women and people of colour’s leadership experiences within a specific social context, in order to offer a contribution to the largely acontextual leadership literature. ... -
The Impact of Technological Diversification on Firm Performance: Mechanical, Institutional and Optimal Distinctiveness Views
(Queen Mary University of London, 2018-06-11)Chinese firms are experiencing a rapid increase in technological diversification, which is referred to as maintaining their capabilities in multiple technologies. However, the research on the relationship between technological ... -
The importance of methane derived carbon as a basal resource in chalk stream food webs: the effect of light availability and methane concentration.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2014)Methane is oversaturated relative to the atmosphere in many rivers, yet its cycling and fate is poorly understood. While photosynthesis is the dominant source of autotrophic carbon to rivers, chemosynthesis and particularly ... -
The Mechanistic Link Between Type 2 Diabetes and Colorectal Cancer
(Queen Mary University of London, 24/03/2019)Compared to non-diabetics, type 2 diabetics (T2D) have a 30% increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), which exhibits more serious histopathological features and has an increased risk of recurrence. Cell stress following ... -
Momentum and Contrarian Trading Strategies: Implication for Risk-sharing and Informational Efficiency of Security Markets
(Queen Mary University of London, 2017-02-22)This thesis investigates the profitability of the Momentum and Contrarian strategies in international equity markets. In particular, I introduce for the first time the use of countries’ indices performance to momentum and ... -
Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Experimental Trauma-Haemorrhage.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2013)Haemorrhagic shock (HS) is commonly associated with trauma. Severe haemorrhage causes hypoperfusion of tissues resulting in a global ischaemic state, and resuscitation is performed to restore circulating volume. However, ... -
Racialised ‘price tag’: Intersectional commodification of Central and Eastern European workers in the UK labour market
(Queen Mary University of London, 2014-01-22)This thesis explores the intersectional commodification of migrant labour from post-socialist EU Accession 8 (A8) countries and its effects on Polish and Slovenian migrant workers in the UK. Using historical and macro ... -
Shortest paths to success: Network indicators of performance in innovation ecosystems
(Queen Mary University of London, 2017-04-18)In this thesis I show how various theories and methodologies borrowed from complexity science, organisation science, and network science can be suitably integrated to provide a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach ... -
Studying rentier states over time: the political economy of macroeconomic policymaking in pre- Revolutionary Iran
(Queen Mary University of London, 2016-05-13)This thesis attempts to explain why the Pahlavi regime chose imprudent macroeconomic policies in response to the 1973 oil boom. It argues that the macroeconomic policies that were selected by this regime after 1973 were ... -
The world we desire is one we can create and care for together
(Queen Mary University of London, 2015)Written with a contemporary European context of economic, social and reproductive crisis in mind, this thesis presents research about, from and for social movements that struggle against precarity, austerity and capitalist ...