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"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 ... -
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 ... -
Capturing complexity: developing an integrated approach to analysing HRM in SMEs
(Human Resource Management Journal, 2006)This article presents a framework to evaluate HRM in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), using an open systems theoretical perspective. In presenting an open systems perspective the objective is to overcome the ... -
Caring and disability in long-stay institutions
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1995-09)The paper investigates the empirical relationship between the dependency characteristics of elderly residents and the amount of care provided by health care professionals in a selected number of long-stay institutions in ... -
Caring and Theories of Welfare Economics
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1995-11)This paper explores the relationship between theories of welfare economics and our understanding of the care of old people within families. It is difficult to make sense of family care relationships within the framework ... -
A case study investigation of the efforts of a subsidiary of a US-based multinational corporation to promote pension savings
(2010-09-01)The pension situation faced by all Irish workers is complex and uncertain. Further, it is possible that the state will be unable to maintain the current level of pension provision in real terms. This is based on demographic ... -
A casino in my pocket: Gratifications associated with obsessive and harmonious passion for mobile gambling
(Public Library of Science, 2021-02-24)Mobile gambling differs from land-based and traditional forms of gambling in that the opportunity to place bets and engage with casinos is constantly present and easily accessible. Instead of going to a physical bookmaker ... -
Censored: Whistleblowers and impossible speech
(SAGE Publications, 2017-11-10)What happens to a person who speaks out about corruption in their organization, and finds themselves excluded from their profession? In this article, I argue that whistleblowers experience exclusions because they have ... -
Changing patterns of employee voice: Case studies from the UK and Republic of Ireland
(Journal of Industrial Relations, 2004)In this paper we examine a wide range of employee voice mechanisms from a total of 18 case studies from the UK and Republic of Ireland. We examine how voice is defined by managers and how they link voice with improved ... -
Changing patterns of global staffing in the multinational enterprise: Challenges to the conventional expatriate assignment and emerging alternatives
(Elsevier, 2007)We argue that many MNCs continue to underestimate the complexities involved in global staffing and that organisations and academics must take a more strategic view of staffing arrangements in an international context. We ... -
A choice experiment versus a contingent valuation approach to agri-environmental policy valuation
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-07)The non-market value accruing from an agri-environmental scheme can be examined by assessing the public's willingness to pay for the policy outputs as a whole or by modelling the preferences of society for the component ... -
A Click And Bricks Strategy For eGovernment
(2004)Two of the central challenges of e-government are the need for "joined-up" government through agency collaboration, and the need to provide "citizen-centred" government, where services and information are integrated ... -
Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): A viable alternative for Irish e-Government
(AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2013-06-09)Irish e-Government has long endured a myriad of issues associated with traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation, hampering their ability for fiscal accountability, to control budgets and adhere to ... -
Cloud security consciousness: a need for realisation in entrepreneurial small firms
(AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2014-04-09)Cloud computing represents a fundamental shift in the way information services are provided but with its unique architecture comes additional security challenges, many of which are technical in nature. However, the ... -
Club 2.0: Investigating the social media marketing strategies of nightclubs in the midlands and west of Ireland
(Irish Academy of Management, 2012-10)Social media is already an established feature in the marketing strategies of large global brands. This study explores how the social media success stories of large global brands may be emulated on a smaller scale by ... -
Cluster Versus Firm Specific Factors in the Development of Dynamic Capabilities in the Pharmaceutical Industry in Ireland: A Study of Responses to Changes in Environmental Protection Regulations
(2011)Cluster versus firm specific-factors in the development of dynamic capabilities in the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland: a study of responses to changes in environmental protection regulations, Regional Studies. This ... -
Cohabitation in Ireland: evidence from survey data
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)Cohabitation has grown strongly in Ireland over the last decade. We use large-scale surveys to characterise its extent and nature. We find it has almost tripled in incidence between 1994 and 2002. It is associated with ... -
Cointegration Tests of the Profit-maximising Equilibrium in Greek Manufacturing 1958-1991
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1997-05)This paper applies the recently developed cointegration techniques to test for a long-run equilibrium among real wages and the average productivity of labour as implied by profit maximisation in the Greek manufacturing ... -
Cold water coral ecosystems and their biodiversity: a review of their economic and social value
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008)Despite the growing scientific literature on cold-water corals (CWC) there appears to be no research of an economic nature applied to the resource. This paper presents an overview of the goods and services of CWC and their ...