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Bananas Ethical Quality: Multi-stakeholders, Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance
(CISC, 2005-11)
This paper examines a recent and very specific development in the field of corporate governance. The regulation of "corporate social responsibility," that is corporate compliance with society's expectations in regard to ...
A Balancing Act: Managing the global-local dimensions of industrial clusters through the mechanism of 'lead' organisations
(CISC, 2008-12)
The purpose of this paper is to investigate 'leading' organisations in a region to understand
how the balance between the global and local dimensions can be managed by clusters. Two cases of industrial clusters are employed ...
Exploring geographic variation in corporate broadband adoption; evidence from Irish small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs)
(CISC, 2007-12)
We explore the context-speci c determinants of broadband takeup among small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), attempting to shed some light on the sources of the considerable geographic variation in particular. We ...
The Irish National Innovation System: Structures, Performance and Challenges
(CISC, 2009-07)
This paper deals with three elements of the Irish National Innovation System namely structures, performance and challenges. The paper begins by outlining the policy context and then focuses on technology trajectories and ...
Inward foreign investment and the clustering process: the case of the medical technology sector in Ireland
(CISC, 2008-12)
This paper investigates how, if at all, inward foreign investment can instigate a clustering
process when such investment is initially attracted to a region as a result of targeted public
policy rather than the existence ...
Health promoting school indicators: schematic models for children.
(Emerald, 2007-06)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to outline a three-stage process for engaging with students to develop school level indicators of health; in sequential class groups students first generated, then categorised indicators ...