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Testing for real interest rate convergence in European countries
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-01)We use cointegration tests that determine endogenously the regime shift to test for bilateral short-term and long-term real interest rate convergence in the European Monetary System in the 1979-1993 period. The results ... -
Testing for the sustainability of the current account deficit in two industrial countries
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1996-07)The objective of this paper is to test for the sustainability of the current account deficits in the U.S. and Canada over the 1973-1994 period. Using various unit root and cointegration tests some of which allow for ... -
Tests for Interest Rate Convergence
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1997-05)We use a new test for cointegration that allows for structural breaks in the cointegrating relationship to test for bilateral interest rate convergence in the European Monetary System. Contrary to previous studies that ... -
Thatcherism delayed? The Irish crisis and the paradox of social partnership
(Industrial Relations Journal, 2010)This article reviews the state of Irish industrial relations in light of the current economic crisis. It argues that social partnership, paradoxically, was rooted in the continuation of a tradition of permissive voluntarism ... -
A theoretical framework for examining IT governance in living laboratory ecosystems
(Springer Verlag, 2014-06-02)In recent years Living Labs, which embody an open innovation milieu, have gained currency as representing a salient catalyst for Smart City research and development. However, the current body of Living Lab research, in ... -
Theorizing digital experience: Four aspects of the infomaterial
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2021-03-22)With the goal of finding new philosophical foundations upon which indigenous theory can be built in information systems (IS), this chapter proposes building around the notion of infomateriality inspired from Henri Bergson’s ... -
Thinking critically about affect in organization studies: Why it matters
(SAGE Publications, 2017-01-06)Affect holds the promise of destabilizing and unsettling us, as organizational subjects, into new states of being. It can shed light on many aspects of work and organization, with implications both within and beyond ... -
The times they are a-changin for ICT service provision: A cloud computing business model perspective
(AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2016-06-12)Cloud computing has accelerated business model evolution for delivering information, commu-nication and technology (ICT) solutions. In transitioning from traditional to cloud-based service provision, some ICT vendors have ... -
To Plough or Play? Modelling Recreational Pursuits on Irish Farm Commonage
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2007)In the last decade the demand for rural recreation has increased in Ireland as the population has become increasingly urbanised. Increased affluence, mobility and changing values have also brought new demands with respect ... -
Toolkit on best practice for health and social care professionals to respect the rights of persons with disabilities in public health emergencies
(Centre For Disability Law And Policy, University of Galway, 2023)Introduction & purpose of toolkit. The Covid-19 pandemic put health and social care services under unprecedented strain. Before the development of effective vaccines, hospitals and intensive care units were pushed to the ... -
Toolkit on best practice for states to respect the rights of persons with disabilities in public health emergencies
(Centre For Disability Law And Policy, University of Galway, 2023)Introduction & purpose of toolkit. The Covid-19 pandemic exposed the speed at which the rights of persons with disabilities can be either deprioritised or forgotten altogether in times of public health emergencies. The ... -
Towards a common standard of protection of the right to housing in Europe through the charter of fundamental rights
(Wiley, 2019-12-17)The trend towards the financialisation of housing since the 1980s and the global financial crisis exposed a dramatic lacuna in the legal protection of the right to housing. Yet, the right to housing features not only in ... -
Towards earlier discharge, better outcomes, lower cost: stroke rehabilitation in Ireland
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2014)'Towards Earlier Discharge, Better Outcomes, Lower Cost' is a new and valuable study which adds to our understanding of how to better patient outcomes within the budgetary realities of our current healthcare system. This ... -
Trade Unions and Bargaining For Skills
(Employee Relations Journal, 1998-03)This article seeks to locate the role of trade unions in bargaining for vocational, education and training (VET) within the context of workplace industrial relations. Drawing on the experiences and findings of a TUC project ... -
Trails or Timber? A Contingent Behaviour Model of Recreational Facilities in Irish Forestry
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2007)This research utilises a contingent behaviour valuation technique to value a number of improvements to recreational facilities in small-scale forests in Ireland. Willingness¿to-pay estimates have previously been made for ... -
Training and organisational performance: A meta-analysis of temporal, institutional, and organisational context moderators
(Wiley, 2020-02-03)Drawing on systems theory, we conducted a moderated meta-analysis of the training and organisational performance relationship using 119 primary studies. We examined the moderating effects of quality versus quantity of ... -
Translating popular sovereignty as unfettered constitutional amendability
(Cambridge University Press, 2019-12-03)Popular sovereignty translated as unfettered constitutional-amendment power - Weakness of constituent power as justification for unfettered amendability - Alternative concept of sovereignty as unaccountability of constituted ... -
Tricks and clicks - how low-cost carriers ply their trade through self-service websites
(Springer Verlag, 2009)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 ... -
Twin Deficits, Real Interest Rates and International Capital Mobility
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2000)We argue that the interactions among the current account and budget balances and the real interest rate can provide more information about the effective degree of financial openness of an economy than simple saving-investment ... -
A typology of conspicuous donation on Facebook
(Emerald, 2021-02-05)Purpose This study aims to present a typology of Facebook followers of charities, drawing on theories of value co-creation, impression management and conspicuous donation behavior. Design/methodology/approach Data ...