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Dynamic capability in action at PharmaCorp
Hilliard, Rachel (Tilde University Press, 2012)PharmaCorp is a subsidiary of one of Japan's largest pharmaceutical companies, employing 60 people in its Dublin bulk pharmaceutical manufacturing plant. The plant makes the active ingredients for four products, supplying ... -
Dynamic capability in action at PharmaCorp
Hilliard, Rachel (Tilde University Press, 2012)Crann Iorrais Teoranta (CIT) was established in 1987 in Co Mayo in Ireland as a forestry company engaged in a wide range of forestry-based activities for the private, commercial and semi-state sectors throughout Ireland. ... -
E-Government in the Irish Revenue: the Revenue On-Line Service (ROS) - a success story?
Robbins, Geraldine; Mulligan, Emer; Keenan, Fiona (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 ... -
Economics, politics and democracy in the age of credit-rating capitalism
Raghavendra, Srinivas (Sameeksha Trust, 2013-02-02)Unlike in earlier major economic crises, the current turmoil in the global economy has seen the consolidation of orthodoxy as the dominant paradigm. This essay traces the political economy of change in the current situation ... -
Employment sub-centres and travel-to-work mode choice in the Dublin region
Vega, Amaya (2008)In this paper, travel-to-work patterns are analysed for a number of key employment sub-centres in the Dublin region. Geographical information system (GIS) visualisations and regression analysis are used to identify a small ... -
Environmental performance and practice across sectors: methodology and preliminary results
Hilliard, Rachel; Parker, Valerie (2011)This paper introduces a new methodology for measuring and modeling manufacturers' environmental performance and the managerial and technological practices that affect it. Facility level licensing data are used to develop ... -
The Eurozone: Saved by the Bell
Twomey, Cian (Institute of Bankers, Dublin, 2012)The article focuses on the European Central Bank (ECB) as a lender of last resort (LOLR) for the government bond markets of the Eurozone. It states that the increase of bond yields in the European crisis changed the liquidity ... -
An eye tracking pilot study of optional decision constructs in B2C transactional processes
Hogan, Mairéad; Torres, Ann; Barry, Chris (14th International Conference on WWW/INTERNET (ICWI), 2015-10)Previous research indicated the design of certain decision constructs could be unclear to users in the business to consumer (B2C) transactional process. This pilot study, using eye tracking and cued retrospective think-aloud ... -
Financial policies and practices of companies listed on the Irish Stock Exchange
Robbins, Geraldine (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: ... -
Framing or gaming? Constructing a study to explore the impact of option presentation on consumers
Barry, Chris; Hogan, Mairéad; Torres, Ann (2016-02-18)The manner in which choice is framed influences individuals’ decision-making. This research examines the impact of different decision constructs on decision-making by focusing on the more problematic decision constructs: ... -
From boom to bust? The financial performance of city and county councils
Turley, Gerard; Robbins, Geraldine; McNena, Stephen (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 ... -
Global human resource development: landscaping the anatomy of an evolving field
Garavan, Thomas N.; McCarthy, Alma; Morley, Michael J. (Routledge, 2016)[No abstract available] -
Have Exchange Traded Funds influenced commodity market volatility?
Twomey, Cian (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 ... -
How do firms present choice to consumers? Some unusual decision constructs along the B2C transaction process
Torres, Ann; Barry, Chris; Hogan, Mairéad (2015)Certain features amongst some online retailers are atypical of ‘good’ design; the transaction process presents consumers with optional extras that not only slowed the process down, but also stressed and agitated consumers. ... -
How have contracts for difference affected Irish equity market volatility?
Corbet, Shaen; Twomey, Cian (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 ... -
How have Contracts for Difference affected Irish equity market volatility?
Corbet, Shaen; Twomey, Cian (2013)Contracts for Difference (CFDs) have existed for less than twenty years and the market has grown significantly up to the period before the recent international crises. This paper presents an analysis of how CFDs have ... -
Human resource development in Ireland and the UK
McCarthy, Alma (Routledge, 2016)[No abstract available] -
Human Resource Development in Multinational Organisations: Introductory Forward to Special Issue
Sheehan, Maura (2013)[no abstract available] -
The identification of decision constructs in online transactional processes
Torres, Ann M.; Barry, Chris; Hogan, Mairéad (2014)From prior research, the authors found that certain design features amongst some online retailers were atypical of ‘good’ design elsewhere. It was apparent the transactional process was being used to present consumers with ... -
Identifying and categorizing decision constructs used in business-to-consumer commercial transactions - an exploratory study
Hogan, Mairéad; Barry, Chris; Torres, Ann M. (2013)[no abstract available]