Working Paper Archive

It is current policy that working papers are deposited on USIR (the University's repository). Below is a list of working papers published before this policy came into effect. If you would like a copy of one of these papers please email: s.j.sharples@salford.ac.uk.

• 110/13 Do Malaysian Focus-Increasing Spin-Off Firms Underperform? (Nadisah Zakaria and Glen Arnold)
• 110/12 Do Malaysian Politically-Linked Companies Underperform? (Nadisah Zakaria and Glen Arnold)
• 110/11 Do Malaysian Spin-offs Create Value? (Nadisah Zakaria and Glen Arnold)
• 341/11 Imperfect replacement, false alarms and maintenance scheduling of a protection system (M.D. Berrade, Cristiano Cavalcante, Phil Scarf)
• 342/11 Spare parts management: a distribution-based approach (D. Lengu, A.A. Syntetos, M.Z. Babai)
• 408/11 Spare parts classification and inventory management: a case study (A. Bacchetti, F. Plebani, N. Saccani, A.A. Syntetos)
• 336/10 On the distribution of runs scored and batting strategy in test cricket (Philip Scarf, Xin Shi and Sohail Akhtar)
• 337/10 An analysis of strategy in the first three innings in test cricket: declaration and the follow-on (Philip Scarf and Sohail Akhtar)
• 338/10 A study of a two-phase inspection policy for a preparedness system with a defective state and heterogeneous lifetime (Cristiano A.V. Cavalcante, Phil Scarf, Adiel Almeida)
• 339/10 Modelling warranty extensions: a case study in the automotive industry
• 340/10 Forecasting test cricket match outcomes in play
• 329/09 Top-down, bottom-up and middle-out seasonal forecasting (H. Chen & JE Boylan)
• 330/09 ADIDA: An Aggregate-Disaggregate Intermittent Demand Approach to Forecasting (K Nikolopoulos, A A Syntetos, J E Boylan, F Petropoulos & V Assimakopoulos)
• 331/09 Hybrid block replacement and inspection policies for a multicomponent system with heterogeneous component lives (P. Scarf & C.A.V. Cavalcante)
• 332/09 A Note on the incorrectness of the formulas used for the calculation of steady state system availability (W. Wang).
• 333/09 Intermittent Demand: Classification and Distributional Assumptions (D. Lengu and A.A. Syntetos)
• 334/09 A stochastic model for joint spare parts inventory and planned maintenance optimisation (W. Wang)
• 335/09 Modelling quality in replacement and inspection maintenance (Phil Scarf and Cristiano A.V. Cavalcante)
• 607/09 Can a Successful Performance Management Strategy Assist in the Retention of Employees (N.L. Armes and D. Redfern).
• 608/09 How Can Employee Engagement Be Improved at the RRG Group? (C. Evans and D. Redfern).
• 609/09 The Route to Work-Life Balance Along the Path of Flexible Working (D. Flinn and D. Redfern).
• 328/08 An age-based inspection and replacement policy heterogeneous items 328-08 (Phil Scarf, Cristiano Cavalcante, Richard Dwight, Peter Gordon)
• 107/07 "Return Reversal in UK Shares" October 2006 (Glen C. Arnold and Rose D. Baker)
• 108/07 Financial Statement Analysis and Return Reversal (Glen C. Arnold and Ying Xiao)
• 109/07 Testing Benjamin Graham’s Net Current Asset Value Strategy in London (Ying Xiao and Glen Arnold)
• 326/07 Continuous review inventory control systems with non-stationary demand and lead time uncertainty: analysis and empirical investigation (M Z Babaï, A A Syntetos, Y Dallery & K Nikolopoulos)
• 327/07 Distributional assumptions for parametric forecasting of intermittent demand (N Altay, A A Syntetos & M Z Babai)
• 406/07 The effects of integrating management judgement on intermittent demand forecasts (A A Syntetos, K Nikolopoulos, J E Boylan, R Fildes & P Goodwin)
• 407/07 Dynamic versus Static Control Policies in Single Stage Production-Inventory Systems (MZ Babai & Y Dallery)
• 606/07 The Impact of Enlargement on EU Labour Market Regulation: A Review of the Issues (JR Dobson)
• 319/06 The importance of a match in a tournament (P Scarf & X Shi)
• 320/06 The optimal design of sporting contests (P Scarf & M Bilbao)
• 321/06 Modelling soccer matches using bivariate discrete distributions (Ian McHale and Phil Scarf)
• 322/06 Forecasting international soccer match results using bivariate discrete distributions (Ian McHale and Phil Scarf)
• 323/06 On the development of decision rules for bar quiz handicapping (David Percy and Phil Scarf)
• 324/06 A smashing analysis of badminton scoring systems (David Percy)
• 325/06 Bayesian methods for testing the randomness of lottery draws (David Percy)
• 405/06 Classification theory for forecasting and stock control: A case study (J. Boylan, A. Syntetos & G. Karakostas)
• 603/06 European Works Councils in British Workplaces (D. Redfern)
• 604/06 The Place of European Works Councils in the Historical Debate Over Employee Involvement (D. Redfern)
• 605/06 Divergent Developments of European Works Councils (D. Redfern)
• 106/05 Real Options Analysis of Capital Equipment Replacement under Revenue Uncertainty (R Adkins)
• 206/05 Why did Greece win? An Analysis of Team Performance at EURO 2004 (F Carmichael & D Thomas)
• 207/05 The impact of informal care on carers' lives; health, wealth and relationships, Management and Management Science Research Institute Working Paper, University of Salford, Anderson G., Carmichael F.,
• Connell C., Hulme C., and Sheppard S., (2005)
• 208/05 ‘Meeting the Needs of Carers; government policy and social support' submitted to Journal of Social Policy and Management and Management Science Research Institute Working Paper , University of
• Salford, Carmichael F, Connell G, Hulme C, Sheppard S., (2005(a))
• 209/05 ‘Who cares and what cost? The incidence and opportunity costs of informal care' Management and Management Science Research Institute Working Paper , University of Salford, Carmichael F, Connell G,
• Hulme C, Sheppard S., (2005(b))
• 317/05 Accuracy measures and stock control performance (A A Syntetos & J E Boylan)
• 318/05 On the variability of the lead-time forecast error (A A Syntetos & J E Boylan)
• 404/05 On the statistical properties of EWMA based size- interval estimators (A. Syntetos & J. Boylan)
• 105/04 An Insurance Style Model for determining the appropriate investment level against maximum loss arising from an Information Security Breach (R Adkins)
• 316/04 Sampling on successive occasions to re-estimate future Asset Management expenditure. (A Brint)
• 401/04 Managing food safety via Quality Accreditation Systems (A. Rudder)
• 402/04Measuring supplier performance in the construction industry (Y. Polychronakis and K. Greenough)
• 403/04 On the development of theory-informed "operationalised" definitions of demand patterns (A. Syntetos and J. Boylan)
• 601/04 Strategy implementation and its problems in the Higher Education context (F. Rahimnia Alashloo, Y. Polychronakis and J. Sharp)
• 602/04 Capitalising on Knowledge Management: the case for SMEs in the North- West of England (D. Fletcher and Y. Polychronakis)
• 205/03 Home advantage and within-match performance: Evidence from Association Football (F Carmichael and D Thomas)
• 309/03 Forecasting practice and the role of forecasting at a U.K. University : Pre-Modelling Results (R Aziz-Khairulfazi and D F Percy)
• 310/03 On the equivalence of distance and climb: route choice for walkers, runners and cyclists (P A Scarf)
• 311/03 An empirical basis for route choice in cycling (P A Scarf)
• 312/03 Comparing probabilistic methods for the Asset Management of distributed items (M. Black, A Brint & J Brailsford)
• 313/03 A semi-Markov approach for modelling asset deterioration (M. Black, A Brint & JBrailsford)
• 314/03 A method for generating condition histories for infrastructure items (A Brint)
• 315/03 Modelling match outcomes and decision support for setting a final innings target in test cricket (P A Scarf)
• 307/02 Profit forecasting: Key Behavioural Issues (R Aziz-Khairulfazi and D F Percy)
• 308/02 Age-based replacement with a reliability constraint (P A Scarf and R Dwight)
• 101/01 Information Value with Dependence – a revision of the traditional Bayesian pedagogic model (R Fox)
• 102/01 From Quantitative to Qualitative Assessment : evaluating student questionnaires of teaching effectiveness (R Fox)
• 103/01 A Content Analysis of Student Written Comments (R Fox)
• 202/01 Outcome uncertainty and attendance demand in sport: The Case of English Soccer (D Forrest and R Simmons)
• 203/01 Superstar effects in sport: Evidence from Italian Soccer (C Lucifora and R Simmons)
• 204/01 A spatial cross-sectional analysis of the elasticity of demand for soccer (D Forrest, R Simmons and P Feehan)
• 305/01 A fully subjective approach to capital equipment replacement ( S Apeland and P A Scarf)
• 306/01 Investigating buyer and seller options in online auctions (A Brint)
• 201/00 Is Gambling Immoral? (P.Collins)
• 301/00 A fully subjective approach to modelling inspection maintenance ( S Apeland and P A Scarf)
• 302/00 Block replacement policies for a two component system with failure dependence (P A Scarf and M A Deara)