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Biodiversity Conservation in Managed Landscapes
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008)
Conservation Research and Policy with Non-Trivial Transaction Costs and Incomplete Contracting
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008)
Achieving conservation in the agricultural sector is difficult. The primary complicating factor is the large number of public-good environmental services that can potentially be provided by large numbers of individuals ...
A Framework for Testing Algorithmic Trading Strategies
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008)
Algorithmic trading and artificial stock markets have generated huge interest not only among brokers and traders in the financial markets but also across various disciplines in the academia. The emergence of algorithmic ...
Agricultural Biodiversity and Land Fragmentation: the case of Bulgaria
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008)
This paper presents an empirical analysis of the role of land fragmentation, crop biodiversity and their interplay with farm profitability. Original primary date are drawn from a survey conducted in Bulgaria. We present ...
New Estimates of the Cost of Disability in Ireland Using the Standard of Living Approach
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008)
Addressing the extra economic costs of disability seems a logical step towards alleviating elements of social exclusion for people with disabilities. This paper estimates the economic cost of disability in Ireland in terms ...
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 ...
Farming on commonage is it a constraint to recreational access
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2008)
Commonage in the Republic of Ireland has traditionally been used for agricultural activity, mainly livestock grazing. In recent times due to its prevailing common property characteristics and upland landscape, this resource ...
Rethinking the Role of the IS Function
(2008-09-26)
This paper proposes that IS managers need to review what they regard as their
core competencies if they are to be a valuable asset to organisations in the 1990s. The
authors start by questioning whether the IS function ...
National Innovation Systems and Entrepreneurship
(2008-09-26)
Porter (1990) argues that the future battles for competitiveness will not be fought
just between organisations but also between nations. Looking at the nation as the
unit of analysis, one way to become more competitive ...
The Implementation Of Citizen-Centred E-government: a Stakeholder Viewpoint
(2008-09-26)
E-Government provides unprecedented opportunities to improve citize
services and achieve cost efficiencies through process change. As a resul
implementation models have been developed to support the successfu
attainment ...