Dr Valerie A. Martin

Senior Lecturer

Department: Business and Management

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Qualifications

PhD, MSc, Dip. RSAMD (Hons)

 

Research Interests

  • Small firm collaborative networks
  • e-Entrepreneurship
  • Networking processes and behaviours
  • Entrepreneurial social networks and business relationships
  • Social capital
  • Knowledge transfer and management
  • e-Business opportunities and scams

 

Teaching Interests

  • eEntrepreneurship
  • Small Firm Networks
  • Knowledge Management
  • eBusiness Start-ups and Implementation
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Small Business Management

Biography

PhD (Cranfield)
MSc (Strathclyde)
Dip. RSAMD (Hons) (Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama)

Industrial Collaborations:

Small firms; small firm networks; manufacturing; financial services.

Distinctions:

Ratcliffe-Martin, Valerie and Sackett, Peter (1999). Focusing Through the Information Fog. Manufacturing Engineer, Feb-March - (This paper won the Manufacturing Engineer Premium for year 1999).

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Articles in refereed journals:

  • Basnet, C., Childerhouse, P., Foulds, L. R. and Martin, V. (2006). Sustaining Supply Chain Management in New Zealand. (International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 3, 2).
  • Martin, Valerie A., Hatzakis, Tally, Lycett, Mark and Macredie, Robert (2005). Cultivating Knowledge Sharing through the Relationship Management Maturity Model. (The Learning Organization - An International Journal, 12, 4)
  • Hatzakis, Tally, Martin, Valerie A., Lycett, Mark and Macredie, Robert (2005) Change Management Evaluation: the Case of Relationship Management. (European Journal of Information Systems, special issue on From Technical to Socio-technical Change: Tackling the Human and Organisational Aspects of Systems Development Projects, 14, 1).
  • Martin, Valerie A., Hatzakis, Tally, Lycett, Mark and Macredie, Robert (2004). Building the Business/IT Relationship through Knowledge Management. (Journal of Information Technology Cases and Applications, Special Issue on the User/IT Gap and the Reputation of the IT Shop, 6, 2).
  • Martin, Valerie and Sackett, Peter (2000). Information and Small Companies: Chaos with Intent. (Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Society, Vol 15, Issues 1 and 2).

Articles in Non-Refereed Journals:

  • Ratcliffe-Martin, Valerie and Sackett, Peter (1999). Focusing Through the Information Fog. Manufacturing Engineer, Feb-March - (This paper won the Manufacturing Engineer Premium for year 1999).

  • Ratcliffe-Martin, Valerie; Coakes, Elayne and Sugden, Gill. (2000). Knowledge Management Issues in Universities.Vine, Special Issue on Knowledge Management, September.

Book Chapters:

  • Martin, Valerie A., Hatzakis, Tally and Lycett, Mark (2004). Building a Community of Practice through Relationship Management; in Knowledge Networks: Innovation through Communities of Practice, edited by Paul Hildreth and Chris Kimble, Idea Group Publishing.
  • Martin, Valerie A., Lycett, Mark and Macredie, Robert (2002). Integrating Information Systems: a Semiotics Approach; in Organizational Semiotics: Evolving a Science of Information Systems. Edited by Kecheng Liu, Rodney J. Clarke, Peter Bogh Andersen, Ronald K. Stamper, Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Conference Proceedings

Full Written Papers:

  • Basnet, C. B, Childerhouse, P., Foulds, L. R, Ma, Y. X, Martin, V.(2006). Identifying Barriers to Supply Chain Management Adoption in New Zealand. (Proceedings of ISL 06 Conference, Beijing. July 9th - 12th ).
  • Martin, V., Basnet, C., Childerhouse, P., Foulds, L. R. (2006). Knowledge Management for SMEs in the Sustainable Supply Chain: a Literature Review. (Proceedings of 6th European Conference on Knowledge Management, Budapest, September 4th - 6th.
  • Ratcliffe-Martin, Valerie and Sackett, Peter (1999). Managing Information Intensity in the Customer Focused Small Manufacturing Company. (Proceedings of the Second International SMESME Conference, March 1999, Plymouth University)
  • Ratcliffe-Martin, Valerie and Sackett, Peter (1998). Information Resources Management for Customer Focus in Small Manufacturing Companies. (Proceedings of the IFIP Conference on strategic Management of the Manufacturing Supply Chain, Troon, August 1998)
  • Ratcliffe-Martin, Valerie and Sackett, Peter (1998). Information Resource Management for the Customer Focused Small Manufacturing Company. (Proceedings of the ASI '98, the Annual Conference of ICIMS-NOE, Bremen, Germany, June 1998)
  • Nelder, G., Martin, V., and Skandalakis, A. (1998). Integrated Business Support for SMMEs. (Proceedings of the First SMESME conference, Sheffield University, April 1998)
  • Nelder, G. and Martin, V.(1997). Achieving World Class Manufacturing Through Facilitated Clusters. (Proceedings of the 13th National Conference on Manufacturing Research, Glasgow Caledonian University, September 1997)
  • Martin, V. (1996). Whatever Happened to MRP11? (Proceedings of the Conference on Managing Integrated Manufacturing, Leicester University, June 1996)
  • Martin, V. (1996). The Role of MRP11 in Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. (Proceedings of the British Academy of Management Conference, Aston University, September 1996)
  • Martin, Valerie A. (2005). The Status of the IT Organization and its Effect on the Business/IT Relationship. (Proceedings of the Ninth Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2005), Bangkok, Thailand).
  • Martin, Valerie A., Hatzakis, Tally, Lycett, Mark and Macredie (2004). Bridging the Business/IT Gap through the Relationship Management Maturity Model. (Proceedings of the 15th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2004), University of Tasmania, Hobart)
  • Martin, Valerie A., Hatzakis, Tally, Lycett, Mark and Macredie (2004). Building a Knowledge Sharing Culture through the Relationship Management Maturity Model. (7th Australian Conference on Knowledge Management and Intelligent Decision Support (ACKMIDS 2004), Monash University, Melbourne)
  • Martin, Valerie A., Hatzakis, Tally, Lycett, Mark and Macredie (2003). Exploring the Gap between Business and IT: an Information Culture Approach. (Proceedings of ALOIS 2003, Action in Language, Organisations and Information Systems, University of Linkping, Sweden, March 2003).
  • Martin, Valerie A., Hatzakis, Tally, Lycett, Mark and Macredie (2001). Integrating Information Systems: a Semiotics Approach. (Proceedings of the IFIP WG8.1 Working Conference: Organizational Semiotics: Evolving a Science of Information Systems, Concordia University, Montreal, July 2001)
  • Ratcliffe-Martin, V., Coakes, E. and Sugden, G. (2000). Enhancing Knowledge Acquisition and Transfer in the University Sector (Proceedings of BIT 2000, Manchester Metropolitan University, November 2000)
  • Ratcliffe-Martin, V., Coakes, E. and Sugden, G. (2000).Issues of Knowledge Management and Learning in Universities (Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on Knowledge Management, Bled School of Management, October 2000)
  • Smith, S., Tranfield, D., Whittle, S. and Martin, V. (1994). A Thematic Approach to The Regeneration of Manufacturing Competitiveness. (Report on EPSRC/ACME Grant GR/J/21316 Jan 1995)
  • Smith, S., Tranfield, D., Whittle, S. and Martin, V. (1994). Regenerating Competitive Performance: Strategy or Capability Building? (Proceedings of the First European OMA Conference, Churchill College, Cambridge, June 1994)
  • Smith, S., Tranfield, D., Whittle, S. and Martin, V. (1994). Cognitions and Capabilities in Manufacturing Change. (Proceedings of the EIASM 2nd International Workshop on Managerial and Organisational Cognition, Brussels, May 1994)
  • Martin, V., Smith, S., Tranfield, D. and Whittle, S. (1994). Strategies for Regenerating Manufacturing Competitiveness - Management by Perception (Proceedings of the IEE Factory 2000 Conference, University of York, October 1994)
  • Martin, V. (1994). The Role of Production Managers Today. (Proceedings of the British Academy of Management conference, Lancaster University, September 1994)

 

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