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E-Government in the Irish Revenue: the Revenue On-Line Service (ROS) - a success story?
(Wiley, 2015-09-16)e-Government in the Irish Revenue: The Revenue On-Line Service (ROS) a success story? AbstractThe Revenue Online Service (ROS) is one of the first e-government initiatives introduced in Ireland. The primary purpose of ... -
E-learning and Business Models: An Exploratory Study
(2008-10-20)The debate on the usefulness of business models to the IT/IS and strategy domains is fraught with confusion and contradictory views. However, recent research has indicated a convergence of ideas and a solid role for ... -
Early indicators of very long term venture performance: A 20 year panel study
(Academy of Management, 2020-04-17)This paper discovers early indicators of very long term performance of high technology new ventures (HTNVs). We tracked the progress of a sample of 142 HTNVs founded at the Israeli government s Technology Incubator Program ... -
Economics, politics and democracy in the age of credit-rating capitalism
(Sameeksha Trust, 2013-02-02)Unlike in earlier major economic crises, the current turmoil in the global economy has seen the consolidation of orthodoxy as the dominant paradigm. This essay traces the political economy of change in the current situation ... -
The effect of external contextual factors on the choice and usage of methods in Web development projects
(2009)The decision of which Web development method to choose, and how that method is enacted for a particular project, is subject to the influence of a number of factors. This paper looks specifically at ... -
The effect of organisational and national culture on employee security behaviour: A qualitative study
(Centre for Security, Communications & Network Research, Plymouth University, 2016-07)An increasing number of information security breaches in organisations presents a serious threat to the confidentiality of personal and commercially sensitive data. Recent research shows that humans are the weakest link ... -
Effective versus Statutory Taxation: Measuring Effective Tax Administration in Transition Economies
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2000)Wide differences between effective or realised average tax rates and tax yields that would result if statutory tax rates were strictly applied indicate tax compliance and collection problems. Due to the greater politicisation ... -
The Effectiveness of Decision Support Systems on Mobile Devices
(2008-11-26)This paper reports the results of an experiment as part of a study assessing the impact of decision aid use on performance-based decision-making. We examine the effect of a single- user decision support mechanism for ... -
The effects of implementing a Lean Six Sigma tool, Visual Process Controls, to improve month-end activities in a finance department - An Empirical Case Study
(2010-08-31)The world that companies operate in today forces them to continually seek out and strive for new cost savings and where possible create a competitive advantage. Lean, Lean Thinking and Lean Six Sigma has seen tools and ... -
Effects Of See-Through Interfaces On User Acceptance Of Small-Screen Information Systems
(2008-11-26)Small-screen devices such as mobile phones are increasingly pervasive. Reduced screen areas compromise the ease-of-use of such devices, and consequently, a concern for system designers becomes the maximization of ... -
Eliciting Individual Preferences for Pension Reform
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2009-09)Pension systems have recently been under scrutiny because of the expected population ageing threatening its sustainability. This paper¿s contribution to the debate is from a political economic perspective as it uses data ... -
The Emerald or Yellow Isle? Estimating the welfare impacts of agricultural landscape change in Ireland
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-01)In this paper we exploit a discrete choice modeling framework to estimate the potential non-market welfare impacts of alternative hypothetical rural Irish landscapes that could become real by the year 2030 depending both ... -
An Emergent Theory of HRM: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration of Determinants of HRM among Irish Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
(Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, 2006-11)Utilizing data drawn from 18 in-depth case studies the authors explore in detail the factors shaping employment in a diverse range of Irish Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Existing theory in HRM is deemed inadequate ... -
An empirical analysis of inward foreign direct investment flows in the European Union with emphasis on the market enlargement hypothesis
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1995-09)We use a cross-section, time-series approach to study the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the European union with particular emphasis on the expectations of a Single Market following the Single European ... -
An empirical analysis of short-run and long-run Irish export functions : does exchange rate volatility matter?
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-04)We analyse the long-run and short-run relationship between merchandise export volume and its determinants, foreign income, relative prices and exchange rate variability, using the techniques of cointegration and ... -
An empirical study of ransomware attacks on organizations: an assessment of severity and salient factors affecting vulnerability
(Oxford University Press, 2020-12-28)This study looks at the experiences of organizations that have fallen victim to ransomware attacks. Using quantitative and qualitative data of 55 ransomware cases drawn from 50 organizations in the UK and North America, ... -
Employer Hostility to Union Organising in the UK
(Industrial Relations Journal, 2002)This paper presents empirical evidence about the shape and pattern of non-union employer strategies to remain union free. The data are collected from seven case studies across different industrial sectors and organisational ... -
Employment sub-centres and travel-to-work mode choice in the Dublin region
(2008)In this paper, travel-to-work patterns are analysed for a number of key employment sub-centres in the Dublin region. Geographical information system (GIS) visualisations and regression analysis are used to identify a small ... -
Energy Management Information Systems: An Exploratory Study Of Implementations Using Adaptive Structuration Theory
(2008-11-26)This research is focusing on the implementation of an Information System (IS), more specifically a building energy management system (BEMS) within several organisations. One of the EU's 7th Framework Programme's (FP7) ... -
Enterprise personal analytics: A research agenda
(NUI Galway, 2018-08-16)There have been increased calls by academics to investigate the individuation of information systems (IS) which has largely gone unnoticed in the IS research discipline. Thus, we focus on an emergent category of analytics ...