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Austerity and Irish local government expenditure since the Great Recession
(Sciendo, 2018-12-31)This paper sets out to establish the extent of austerity in the Irish local government system during and after the Great Recession. Austerity is measured by the adjusted change in local government expenditure from peak to ... -
Automatic enrolment to pension plans in small organisations: a research agenda
(Emerald, 2019-01-07)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse how firm size impacts pension workforce coverage with a particular focus on automatic enrolment (AE) to pension plans in small organisations. Design/methodology/approach The ... -
Autonomy and prenuptial agreements in Ireland: A relational analysis
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-04-03)Unlike England and Wales, Ireland has not yet moved from the traditional common law rejection of prenuptial agreements. Nevertheless, similar policy concerns continue to be debated in both jurisdictions, particularly regarding ... -
Banking compliance and dependence corruption: towards an attachment perspective
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2015-05-07)Why did banking compliance fail so badly in the recent financial crisis and why, according to many, does it continue to do so? Rather than point to the lack of oversight of individuals in bank compliance roles, as many ... -
Being Agile When It Really Matters: How ICT can Facilitate Rapid Response to Cardiac Emergencies
(2010)Sudden cardiac death is a serious public health issue in Ireland, especially within rural communities that cannot be quickly reached by emergency ambulance services. When a person suffers a cardiac ... -
Benchmarking the financial performance of local councils in Ireland
(De Gruyter Open, 2016-04)It was over a quarter of a century ago that information from the financial statements was used to benchmark the efficiency and effectiveness of local government in the US. With the global adoption of New Public Management ... -
Benefits and Costs of Methane Emission Reduction in the Irish National Herd
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2004)In this paper, we compare many of the widely available estimated global benefits of abatement with the costs to Irish agriculture, as estimated by the CAPRI model. We apply the model to Ireland only, in a simple comparative ... -
Between Boston and Berlin: American MNCs and the shifting contours of industrial relations in Ireland
(Routledge, 2008)Drawing on detailed qualitative case studies and utilizing a national business system lens, we explore a largely underrepresented debate in the literature, namely the nature of change in a specific but critical element of ... -
Bilateral FDI and Canadian Export Activity
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010)This study examines how Canadian exports to a specific trading partner are influenced by outward and inward direct investment flows to/from that country. A gravity-type empirical model guides a dynamic panel analysis which ... -
Biodiversity Conservation in Managed Landscapes
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Bitten by the Celtic Tiger: Immigrant Workers and Industrial Relations in the New 'Glocalized' Ireland
(Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2007)The growth of global economic activity has resulted in a worldwide increase in migration. Despite the growing interest in migratory labour flows, there remains little detailed empirical research about the labour relations ... -
Blockchain adoption: Technological, organisational and environmental considerations
(Implications of the Blockchain, 2018)Information technology (IT) innovation is rapidly reshaping organisations, affecting fundamental aspects of their everyday business activities and processes. This development is accompanied by benefits as well as challenges. ... -
The Brand Inside: The Factors of Failure and Success in Internal Branding - Special Issue on Irish Perspectives on Marketing Relationships and Networks
(2007)Internal branding seeks to achieve consistency with the external brand and encourage brand commitment and the possibility of brand championship among employees. It is the concerted, inter-departmental and multi-directional ... -
Brand tribalism and self-expressive brands: social influences and brand outcomes
(Emerald, 2015)Purpose - This study aims to examine the relationship between social influence and consumers' self-expression through brands. It considers susceptibility to interpersonal influence and social network influence on self-expressive ... -
Burnout and counterproductive workplace behaviours among frontline hospitality employees: the effect of perceived contract precarity.
(Emerald, 2022-08-12)Purpose: This study aims to investigate affective commitment (ACS) and leader¿member exchange (LMX) as resources mitigating against burnout and counterproductive work behaviours (CWBs) in the hospitality sector, and ... -
"Calling passengers" - an ethical problem in the design of self-service websites amongst low-cost airlines in Ireland.
(Springer, 2007)Ethics on the Internet has been a widely debated topic in recent years covering issues that range from privacy to security to fraud. Little, however, has been written on more subtle ethical questions such as the exploitation ... -
Cambridge Distribution in a World Economy
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1999)The paper outlines a two-country Cambridge model of growth and distribution. The condition for the Cambridge equation to apply to the world economy is outlined. When this is satisfied, a dual theorem holds in one of the ... -
Can housing rights be applied to modern housing systems?
(Emerald, 2010-05)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to outline and examine the growing corpus of housing rights and assess their relevance and applicability to complex contemporary housing systems across the world. Design/methodo ... -
Can international housing rights based on public international law really impact on contemporary housing systems?
(Ashgate, 2010-12)The concept of home advances a new basis for evaluating housing rights, emphasising their human and personal benefits. Housing rights address, at a national, regional and global level, displacement and dispossession, as ... -
Captive Offshoring by U.S. Multinationals: Measuring the Domestic Employment Impacts of Vertical FDI
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010)The pervasive and complex nature of "international outsourcing" has hampered efforts to quantify the importance of this phenomenon for national economies. Indeed, available evidence on the extent of "offshoring" associated ...