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Cost competitive places: shifting fortunes and the closure of Dell's manufacturing facility in Ireland
(2011)
In the early days of 2009 the city of Limerick in the mid-west region of Ireland was dealt a massive blow by the PC manufacturer Dell. After months, if not years, of speculation, the company had finally decided to move all ...
The moral dimension of third world development
(Irish Province of the Society of Jesus, 1997)
The 1987 Encyclical of Pope John Paul II, Solicitudo Rei Socialis is a most remarkable statement on the problem of development, particularly in relation to the Third World. While following the tradition of the social ...
Big Pharma's internationalization of R&D to China
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-04-18)
China's increasing integration into the global pharmaceutical value chain is occurring at a time when big pharma's traditional R&D model has entered a period of crisis, and when China faces significant challenges in providing ...
Implications of China's on-going dependence on foreign technology
(Elsevier, 2014-05-04)
This paper examines the on-going high level of dependency of China's economy on foreign sources of technology during the period since accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Because this dependency is a major cause ...
School choice and school catchment: Post‐primary education in Galway city
(Taylor & Francis, 1984)
While research to date at the national level has
adequately illustrated the nature and extent of class
bias in Irish education, there has been little attempt
to examine the spatial organisation of the system at the
local ...
Interview with Séamus Grimes, Emeritus Professor, NUI Galway, Ireland
(IDATE DigiWorld, 2017)
[No abstract available}
China's increasing participation in ICT's global value chain: A firm level analysis
(Elsevier, 2015-07-07)
This paper synthesises evidence from international trade data of China-based ICT companies in order to map their involvement in the ICT global value chain (GVC). The ICT GVC is divided into three types of companies: Own ...
From foreign technology dependence towards greater innovation autonomy: China's integration into the information and communications technology (ICT) global value chain (GVC)
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-03-30)
China s integration into the information and communications technology global value chain has taken place as global technology corporations outsourced and offshored an increasing range of functions, including manufacturing, ...
China's evolving role in Apple's global value chain
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-07-27)
Using Apple s 2015 published list of supplier companies and their subsidiaries, this paper analyses how one
of the world s most significant lead technology companies and its network of core and non-core suppliers
have ...
The emerging dynamic structure of national innovation studies: a bibliometric analysis
(Springer Verlag, 2016-10-26)
The state is still the significant unit for innovative studies during the age of R&D globalization and innovation regionalization. Using the bibliometric method, this paper attempts to provide a comprehensive picture of ...