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How have contracts for difference affected Irish equity market volatility?
(The Economic and Social Review, 2014)
Contracts for Difference (CFDs) have existed for less than twenty years and the markethas grown significantly up to the period before the recent international crises. This paper presentsan analysis of how CFDs have affected ...
Work-worlds colliding: Self-reflexivity, power and emotion in organizational ethnography
(SAGE Publications, 2014-06-26)
While organizational ethnographers have embraced the concept of self-reflexivity, problems remain. In this article we argue that the prevalent assumption that self-reflexivity is the sole responsibility of the individual ...
From gendered organizations to compassionate borderspaces: Reading corporeal ethics with Bracha Ettinger
(SAGE Publications, 2014-12-04)
In this article, we propose a new way of approaching the topic of ethics for management and organization theory. We build on recent developments within critical organization studies that focus on the question of what kind ...
From boom to bust? The financial performance of city and county councils
(2014)
A framework to assess the financial performance of
city and county councils in Ireland is applied to the recent boom and bust
period. Based on previous work,
our financial performance measurement framework assesses
...
Irony as discipline: Self-help and gender in the knowledge economy
(Oxford University Press, 2014-06-25)
In this article, we explore the role of self-help literature within the knowledge economy. We point to the recent growth of ironic humour within such texts, and examine how this operates to construct gendered and embodied ...
Towards earlier discharge, better outcomes, lower cost: stroke rehabilitation in Ireland
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2014)
'Towards Earlier Discharge, Better Outcomes, Lower Cost' is a new and valuable study which adds to our understanding of how to better patient outcomes within the budgetary realities of our current healthcare system. This ...
Who Likes You and Why? A typology of Facebook Fans
(2014)
Although many managers
recognize that Facebook fans represent a marketing opportunity, little is known
about fan types. This study explores a typology of fans, drawn from a sample of
438 individuals who Like brands ...
The Determinants of Residential Gas Demand in Ireland
(Department of Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2014)
This paper examines the determinants of residential gas demand in Ireland using a microeconometric analysis of the daily gas consumption panel data from Ireland's Smart Metering Gas Consumer Behavioural Trial. It also ...
Have Exchange Traded Funds influenced commodity market volatility?
(Econjournals.com, 2014)
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) have existed since the late 1980s, but were first traded on commodity markets in the early 2000s. Their inception has been linked by some market analysts with the large commodity price increases ...