Browsing School of Business and Economics by Subject "Ireland"

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    • Remote working during COVID-19: Ireland's national survey - Phase II report 

      McCarthy, Alma; Bohle-Carbonell, Katerina; Ó Síocháin, Tomás; Frost, Deirdre (National University of Ireland Galway, Whitaker Institute and Western Development Commission, 2020-10)
      Introduction & Background The national remote working project is undertaken by NUI Galway and the Western Development Commission (WDC). This report sets out the findings of Phase II of the Remote Working during COVID-19 ...

    • Remote working during COVID-19: Ireland’s national survey initial report 

      McCarthy, Alma; Ahearne, Alan; Bohle-Carbonell, Katerina; Ó Síocháin, Tomás; Frost, Deirdre (National University of Ireland Galway, Whitaker Institute and Western Development Commission, 2020-05)
      Introduction & Background The COVID-19 crisis catapulted hundreds of thousands of employees and their employers into a work pattern and routine vastly different to their normal daily work experience. This radical change ...

    • The role of extension in dynamic economic adjustments: the case of Irish dairy farms 

      Läpple, Doris; Barham, Bradford L.; Chavas, Jean-Paul (Oxford University Press, 2019-01-11)
      European Union dairy policy eliminated milk production quotas in 2015, inducing major adjustments in the European dairy industry. This article explores the role of farm extension services in dynamic adjustments on Irish ...

    • Subsidies in Irish fisheries: saving rural Ireland? ( 

      Wiium, Vilhjalmur (National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-12)
      Subsidies in the world's fishing industry have long been considered to have harmful effects on fish stocks. The fishing industry has suffered from overcapacity for many years, and subsidies encourage investment, leading ...

    • Thatcherism delayed? The Irish crisis and the paradox of social partnership 

      McDonough, Terry; Dundon, Tony (Industrial Relations Journal, 2010)
      This article reviews the state of Irish industrial relations in light of the current economic crisis. It argues that social partnership, paradoxically, was rooted in the continuation of a tradition of permissive voluntarism ...

    • Trails or Timber? A Contingent Behaviour Model of Recreational Facilities in Irish Forestry 

      Cahill, Brian (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2007)
      This research utilises a contingent behaviour valuation technique to value a number of improvements to recreational facilities in small-scale forests in Ireland. Willingness¿to-pay estimates have previously been made for ...

    • When care is left to roam: Carers' experiences of grassroots nonprofit services in Ireland 

      Power, Andrew; Kenny, Kate (Elsevier, 2010-03-20)
      Increasingly countries are turning to nonprofit organisations to provide health and social care, particularly for people with disabilities. Alongside this change, debates continue about how states should manage the ...