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E-Government in the Irish Revenue: the Revenue On-Line Service (ROS) - a success story?
(Wiley, 2015-09-16)e-Government in the Irish Revenue: The Revenue On-Line Service (ROS) a success story? AbstractThe Revenue Online Service (ROS) is one of the first e-government initiatives introduced in Ireland. The primary purpose of ... -
E-learning and Business Models: An Exploratory Study
(2008-10-20)The debate on the usefulness of business models to the IT/IS and strategy domains is fraught with confusion and contradictory views. However, recent research has indicated a convergence of ideas and a solid role for ... -
The Effectiveness of Decision Support Systems on Mobile Devices
(2008-11-26)This paper reports the results of an experiment as part of a study assessing the impact of decision aid use on performance-based decision-making. We examine the effect of a single- user decision support mechanism for ... -
Effects Of See-Through Interfaces On User Acceptance Of Small-Screen Information Systems
(2008-11-26)Small-screen devices such as mobile phones are increasingly pervasive. Reduced screen areas compromise the ease-of-use of such devices, and consequently, a concern for system designers becomes the maximization of ... -
Energy Management Information Systems: An Exploratory Study Of Implementations Using Adaptive Structuration Theory
(2008-11-26)This research is focusing on the implementation of an Information System (IS), more specifically a building energy management system (BEMS) within several organisations. One of the EU's 7th Framework Programme's (FP7) ... -
Financial policies and practices of companies listed on the Irish Stock Exchange
(vLex Ireland, 2010-12)This paper reports the results of a recent comprehensive survey of the chief financial officers of companies listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. The survey focused upon three major areas of financial policy and practice: ... -
Gender and proposed Auto-enrolment in the Republic of Ireland: Lessons from the UK
(Wiley, 2020-06-18)The introduction of “soft” compulsion in the form of Auto‐enrolment into non‐state pensions has been seen as a key policy response to the challenges presented by an ageing population and concerns about under‐saving for ... -
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 ... -
Implementation Strategies for E-Government: A Stakeholder Analysis Approach
(2004)This paper reports from a comprehensive study of e-government implementation in Ireland, conducted over the last two years. An in-depth case study is presented detailing the development of a dual strategy for implementation ... -
Ireland's introduction of transfer pricing: a new institutional theory perspective
(Irish Accounting and Finance Association, 2014)This article explores the rationale for Ireland’s introduction of transfer pricing legislation in 2010. For most multinational corporations, tax planning involves structuring the business in a way that justifi es the ... -
Management control practices and pragmatism
(Emerald, 2023-06-28)Purpose Pragmatism is very relevant to workplace management and performance measurement, yet in the accounting literature, it is a term used loosely and in a colloquial manner. By drawing on a framework based on classical ... -
Managing different types of innovation: Mutual reinforcing management control systems and the generation of dynamic tension
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-11-17)Using a single case study of a highly innovative medical device company engaged in two types of innovation (technological and customer-oriented), this paper examines the nature of the relationship between mutually reinforcing ... -
Managing Lean Supply and Innovation: Cross-cultural Knowledge Transfer in an Multi-national Company
(2008)There is growing evidence that organisations are increasingly using the concept of lean supply to foster innovation. This paper considers key factors that influence this management approach in the context of the ... -
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 ... -
Perceptions of information system success in the public sector: Webmasters at the steering wheel?
(Emerald, 2012)Purpose - This study explores the relationships between constructs of Information System (IS) success in the public sector, as perceived by webmaster intermediaries, and investigates how user testing affects these ... -
Performance measurement systems as generators of cognitive conflict in ambidextrous firms
(Elsevier, 2018-06-21)This study explores the decision-facilitating role of performance measurement systems (PMSs) in firms attempting to translate competence ambidexterity (i.e., the simultaneous pursuit of exploration and exploitation) into ... -
Presenting the un-presentable: how to display data for decision making
(2008-10-20)A concern with computer systems is how best to present onscreen data. This can be particularly problematic for large quantities of data and in contexts of organisational and managerial decision making. Another concern ... -
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 ... -
Risk mitigation and risk absorbsion in IOS: A proposed investigative study
(2004)This study examines the risk consequences of participation in inter-organisational information systems (IOS). The research aims to identify the risk mitigation and risk absorption impacts of IOS participation and ...