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Research paper thumbnail of Industrial Districts and Netwoks: Different Modes of Development of the Furniture in Ireland

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Research paper thumbnail of The Introduction of Programmes to Prevent Accidents at Work: A Strategic Analysis

Introduction Every working day in Ireland there are, according to the 1993 Labour Force Survey, 6... more Introduction Every working day in Ireland there are, according to the 1993 Labour Force Survey, 62 work-related accidents, injuries or other incidents damaging to health. These have resulted, among other things, in around 3,000 people being off work for more than 60 days. In 1994, 50 people lost their lives due to accidents in the workplace. It is likely that a large amount of the human suffering inherent in data like the above could be prevented by the introduction into firms of structures and systems designed to obviate work-related accidents and ill-health (WRAIH). Such structures and systems would also have another effect: a reduction of the substantial costs incurred, both directly and indirectly, as a result of WRAIH. In addition, obvious concern on the part of firms' owners or managers for the welfare of staff can prevent the deterioration of morale and may have a positive influence on output. It is clear from the efforts of some firms that they are aware of the need to i...

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Research paper thumbnail of Organizational Proximity and Institutional Learning

International Studies of Management & Organization, 2001

This article differentiates between the evolution of trust in two main situations: where firms ar... more This article differentiates between the evolution of trust in two main situations: where firms are geographically clustered and where they are spatially dispersed. While the former has received a lot of research attention, the latter has not. Drawing on the theoretical literature ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Globalization and modes of interaction in two sub‐sectors in Ireland

European Planning Studies, 1999

ABSTRACT This paper begins with a brief discussion of Ireland's recent economic success, foc... more ABSTRACT This paper begins with a brief discussion of Ireland's recent economic success, focusing on aspects of industrial structure. A theoretical framework is then developed to facilitate comparisons between sub-sectors. Globalization and localization, industries and markets, and ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Industrial Economics and Organization: A European Perspective

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Research paper thumbnail of Regulation of New Economy Markets-The case of Wired Residential Internet Service Provision

... barrier to entry 20 . The potential for any of a number of companies to become competitors to... more ... barrier to entry 20 . The potential for any of a number of companies to become competitors to Eircom and Esat in the ISP market can be taken as a degree of contestability that militates against collusive pricing. It is in fact entirely ...

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Research paper thumbnail of In the Shadow of the Tiger: New Approaches to Combating Social Exclusion

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Research paper thumbnail of The importance of place, space and culture in the development of an industrial agglomeration in Ireland: the furniture industry in Co. Monaghan

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Research paper thumbnail of The Future of the Tourism Industry in Cyprus: Divided or Reunited?

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Research paper thumbnail of 12. Low-tech industries between traded and untraded interdependencies: a dynamic concept of industrial complementarities

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Research paper thumbnail of Globalisation and Ireland

... Ultimately, Ireland is no “showpiece” economy – and it is certainly not a showpiece of global... more ... Ultimately, Ireland is no “showpiece” economy – and it is certainly not a showpiece of globali-sation” (Smith ... Globalisation and Ireland ... the 21st Century, London, Sage, 2003 Elsenhans, H., “Preface”, in Philipp Fink: Purchased Development: The Irish Republic's Export-oriented ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Low-tech innovation in the knowledge economy

Low-tech Innovation in the Knowledge Economy HIRSCH-KREINSEN HartmutJacobso H.Ebn ther.

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Research paper thumbnail of Mind Your Own Business: Economics at Work

Written to provide Irish union members with some of the knowledge and skills they need to partici... more Written to provide Irish union members with some of the knowledge and skills they need to participate in business and the economy at national, international and local level. The book discusses the economy as it relates to working people.

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Research paper thumbnail of Irish Industry, International Trade and European Integration

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Research paper thumbnail of Industrial districts and networks: different modes of development of the furniture industry in Ireland?

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Research paper thumbnail of Theorizing Irish Industrialization: The Case of the Motor Industry

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Research paper thumbnail of Core Periphery Analysis of the European Union: A Location Quotient Approach

Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 1996

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Research paper thumbnail of Innovation-The Case for Multi-Level Research

Ibar, 1998

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Research paper thumbnail of Analyzing an industry in change: the Irish software manual printing industry

New Technol Work Employ, 1994

1. Concepts and questions What causes technological change? How and why do firms introduce more a... more 1. Concepts and questions What causes technological change? How and why do firms introduce more advanced means of producing their products? To what extent are answers to questions like these country-, region-, industry-and/or firm-specific? In this article we address these ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Information Exchange and the Geography of Production Linkages:The Microcomputer Industry in Ireland and Scotland (NIRSA) Working Paper Series. No.26

... David Jacobson Dublin City University Business School Abstract This paper considers the idea ... more ... David Jacobson Dublin City University Business School Abstract This paper considers the idea that technical information exchange in the context of ... It has been argued that the economic crisis of the mid-1970s was a 'crisis of Fordism' (AMIN, 1994; SCHOENBERGER, 1997). ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Industrial Districts and Netwoks: Different Modes of Development of the Furniture in Ireland

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Research paper thumbnail of The Introduction of Programmes to Prevent Accidents at Work: A Strategic Analysis

Introduction Every working day in Ireland there are, according to the 1993 Labour Force Survey, 6... more Introduction Every working day in Ireland there are, according to the 1993 Labour Force Survey, 62 work-related accidents, injuries or other incidents damaging to health. These have resulted, among other things, in around 3,000 people being off work for more than 60 days. In 1994, 50 people lost their lives due to accidents in the workplace. It is likely that a large amount of the human suffering inherent in data like the above could be prevented by the introduction into firms of structures and systems designed to obviate work-related accidents and ill-health (WRAIH). Such structures and systems would also have another effect: a reduction of the substantial costs incurred, both directly and indirectly, as a result of WRAIH. In addition, obvious concern on the part of firms' owners or managers for the welfare of staff can prevent the deterioration of morale and may have a positive influence on output. It is clear from the efforts of some firms that they are aware of the need to i...

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Research paper thumbnail of Organizational Proximity and Institutional Learning

International Studies of Management & Organization, 2001

This article differentiates between the evolution of trust in two main situations: where firms ar... more This article differentiates between the evolution of trust in two main situations: where firms are geographically clustered and where they are spatially dispersed. While the former has received a lot of research attention, the latter has not. Drawing on the theoretical literature ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Globalization and modes of interaction in two sub‐sectors in Ireland

European Planning Studies, 1999

ABSTRACT This paper begins with a brief discussion of Ireland's recent economic success, foc... more ABSTRACT This paper begins with a brief discussion of Ireland's recent economic success, focusing on aspects of industrial structure. A theoretical framework is then developed to facilitate comparisons between sub-sectors. Globalization and localization, industries and markets, and ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Industrial Economics and Organization: A European Perspective

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Research paper thumbnail of Regulation of New Economy Markets-The case of Wired Residential Internet Service Provision

... barrier to entry 20 . The potential for any of a number of companies to become competitors to... more ... barrier to entry 20 . The potential for any of a number of companies to become competitors to Eircom and Esat in the ISP market can be taken as a degree of contestability that militates against collusive pricing. It is in fact entirely ...

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Research paper thumbnail of In the Shadow of the Tiger: New Approaches to Combating Social Exclusion

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Research paper thumbnail of The importance of place, space and culture in the development of an industrial agglomeration in Ireland: the furniture industry in Co. Monaghan

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Research paper thumbnail of The Future of the Tourism Industry in Cyprus: Divided or Reunited?

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Research paper thumbnail of 12. Low-tech industries between traded and untraded interdependencies: a dynamic concept of industrial complementarities

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Research paper thumbnail of Globalisation and Ireland

... Ultimately, Ireland is no “showpiece” economy – and it is certainly not a showpiece of global... more ... Ultimately, Ireland is no “showpiece” economy – and it is certainly not a showpiece of globali-sation” (Smith ... Globalisation and Ireland ... the 21st Century, London, Sage, 2003 Elsenhans, H., “Preface”, in Philipp Fink: Purchased Development: The Irish Republic's Export-oriented ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Low-tech innovation in the knowledge economy

Low-tech Innovation in the Knowledge Economy HIRSCH-KREINSEN HartmutJacobso H.Ebn ther.

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Research paper thumbnail of Mind Your Own Business: Economics at Work

Written to provide Irish union members with some of the knowledge and skills they need to partici... more Written to provide Irish union members with some of the knowledge and skills they need to participate in business and the economy at national, international and local level. The book discusses the economy as it relates to working people.

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Research paper thumbnail of Irish Industry, International Trade and European Integration

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Research paper thumbnail of Industrial districts and networks: different modes of development of the furniture industry in Ireland?

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Research paper thumbnail of Theorizing Irish Industrialization: The Case of the Motor Industry

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Research paper thumbnail of Core Periphery Analysis of the European Union: A Location Quotient Approach

Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 1996

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Research paper thumbnail of Innovation-The Case for Multi-Level Research

Ibar, 1998

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Research paper thumbnail of Analyzing an industry in change: the Irish software manual printing industry

New Technol Work Employ, 1994

1. Concepts and questions What causes technological change? How and why do firms introduce more a... more 1. Concepts and questions What causes technological change? How and why do firms introduce more advanced means of producing their products? To what extent are answers to questions like these country-, region-, industry-and/or firm-specific? In this article we address these ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Information Exchange and the Geography of Production Linkages:The Microcomputer Industry in Ireland and Scotland (NIRSA) Working Paper Series. No.26

... David Jacobson Dublin City University Business School Abstract This paper considers the idea ... more ... David Jacobson Dublin City University Business School Abstract This paper considers the idea that technical information exchange in the context of ... It has been argued that the economic crisis of the mid-1970s was a 'crisis of Fordism' (AMIN, 1994; SCHOENBERGER, 1997). ...

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Research paper thumbnail of International Trade and European Integration

Core Issues in European Economic Integration. Dublin: Oak Tree Press, 1999

This chapter examines Ireland in the context of international trade and European integration.

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