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Tight Clusters or Loose Networks? The Critical Role of Inward FDI in Cluster Creation
(CISC, 2010-03)
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in instigating a clustering process. In particular, the study examines the situation in which FDI is initially attracted to a ...
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 ...
The Role of MNCs in Knowledge Accumulation, Absorption and Utilization in Indigenous Irish firms: A case study of the Galway Medical Technology Cluster
(CISC, 2010-06)
This study examines the multifaceted role of MNCs in capabilities development of indigenous firms within a high-tech industrial cluster. The paper explores how MNCs and indigenous firms are involved in producing related ...
The role of work-life balance policies in healthcare human resources management
(2011)
Currently a European wide study has surveyed some 1,406 nurses in 115 units within over 30 hospitals as part of a longer study. This study looks at nurses' qualifications, productivity, their working environment as well ...
People Management and innovation in Ireland
(2008-01)
The People Management and Innovation survey reports findings from 165 of the top
performing organisations in Ireland. The picture that emerges from the analysis suggests a moderate to low take-up of a full-blown High ...
Glorified administrators or eminent research leaders: the inhibiting factors that publicly funded principal investigators experience in leading collaborative research projects
(CISC, 2011-07)
Publicly funded research continues to be an important and critical source of research funding for Higher Education Institutions, public research organisations and industry with many benefits accruing to the various ...
Knowledge Exchange in Electronic Networks of Practice; Towards a Conceptual Framework
(CISC, 2005-11)
The recently developed knowledge-based view of the firm argues that knowledge is the firm's most valuable resource. Within this field of study, informal social networks are rapidly gaining attention as mechanisms which ...