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The 2007 Crisis and Countercyclical Policy
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2009-11)The purpose of the paper is to outline the global financial and economic crisis that began in 2007, together with the macroeconomic policy changes that were put in place as a result. Design : The content is partly descriptive ... -
Academic activism: Pasts, presents and futures of critical publishing
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Accounting for Skill Levels in Recreational Demand Modelling using a Clustered RUM approach
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)We adapt the standard random utility model to take account of the heterogeneity of recreational preferences by using what we call a 'clustered conditional logit framework'. By separating out our sample of whitewater ... -
Advanced Computational Complexity Theory from an Elementary Standpoint
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2007)A computable economist's view of the world of computational complexity theory is described. This means the model of computation underpinning theories of computational complexity plays a central role. The emergence of ... -
Affective disruption: Walter Benjamin and the 'history' of Ireland's industrial schools
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-02-19)What role do organizations play in writing history? In this paper, I address the part played by organizations in the enactment of large-scale violence, and focus on the ways in which the resulting histories come to be ... -
The Affects of Behaviour Control Mechanisms On Trust in Virtual Teams
(2007)Virtual Team members are characterised by a lack of face to face interaction resulting from the globally distributed nature of multinational networked organisational structures. This research examines the affect that ... -
Aggregating partitions
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-02)Consider the following social choice problem. A group of individuals seek to partition a finite set X into two subsets. The individuals may disagree over the partition and an aggregation rule is applied to determine a ... -
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 ... -
Agricultural entrepreneurs as entrepreneurial partners in land use management: a policy-based characterization
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1999)An organizational economic analysis of the agricultural enterprise illustrates that agricultural entrepreneurs are not the independent capitalist entrepreneurs they are often assumed to be. This paper offers an alternative ... -
Ahead of the tide: Exploring a unique change agenda at the Armada Hotel
(University of Galway, 2023-05)This report presents a detailed analysis of a hotel case study. The Irish family-owned hotel gained media attention in late 2021/early 2022 for claiming to be undergoing a change process that would offer staff a better ... -
Analysing mobile advergaming effectiveness: The role of game repetition, flow, and brand familiarity
(Emerald, 2019-01-16)This paper seeks to explain the effect of flow, game repetition, and brand familiarity on players brand attitude and purchase intention in the context of mobile advergaming. Data from 227 participants who played a ... -
Analysing Preference Heterogeneith using Random Parameter Logit and Latent Class Modelling Techniques.
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005)Multi-attribute revealed preference data is used to investigate the heterogeneity of tastes in a sample of kayakers, in relation to eleven whitewater sites in Ireland. The paper focuses on a comparison of the analysis ... -
An analysis of local public finances and the 2014 local government reforms
(Economic and Social Studies, 2016)In this paper we set out to analyse changes in local government expenditures and income in the context of central government austerity measures, local government budgetary adjustments and, most especially, the 2014 local ... -
An Analysis of Model-Driven Web Engineering Methodologies
(2012)In the late 1990's there was substantial activity within the 'Web engineering' research community and a multitude of new Web approaches were proposed. However, numerous studies have revealed major gaps in these approaches, ... -
An analysis of the 2016 American presidential nominees' tweets: A magical realism perspective
(NUI Galway, 2017)Twitter is the latest social networking tool said to be reshaping political presidential campaigns. In order to maximize the influence of their messages to voters, presidential nominees often use various techniques to ... -
An analysis of the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)The Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) was introduced under Council Regulation 2078/92 in order to encourage farmers to carry out their activities in a more extensive and environmentally friendly manner. This paper ... -
Analyzing gender-based differential advantage: a gendered model of emerging and constructed opportunities.
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 1998-10)This paper develops and uses the Model of Emerging and Constructed Opportunities (MECO) to analyze the emergence of systematic institutional and gender-based differential advantage. Using an evolutionary process ... -
Applying the SOBC paradigm to explain how social media overload affects academic performance
(Elsevier, 2019-09-10)Research suggests University students are more disposed than others to develop problematic social media use. Social media overload, the phenomenon where users are exposed to a massive amount of information and communication ... -
Are Economic Growth and the Variability of the Business Cycle Related? Evidence from Five European Countries
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)We use a long series of annual data that span over 100 years to examine the relationship between output growth and output growth uncertainty in five European countries. Using the GARCH methodology to proxy output growth ...