RSS 1.0Trinity Business School (Research Theses and Dissertations)
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"Finding the red thread" : The role of the learning space in transformative learning in executive education
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2011)This action research study was conducted over four years and investigates the nature of the teaching-learning environment in executive education in a business school in Scandinavia and its relation to transformative learning. ... -
Tracking the Evolution of Multidimensional Research Focus: An Analytical Perspective
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, Trinity Business School, 2025)This thesis explores the multidimensional evolution of academic research, with a primary focus on finance journals and a broader comparative analysis across other disciplines. By examining 937,162 abstracts and related ... -
Strategy Process in the Multinational Subsidiary
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, Trinity College Dublin, 2025)Subsidiaries that act as channels for knowledge transfer and innovation within multinational enterprises (MNEs) play a central role in strengthening the organisation's competitive advantage. Despite the vast amount of ... -
Enterprise-industry coevolution : a value-based perspective
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2014)The motivation driving this research project was the desire to better understand the interaction of strategy, entrepreneurship and industry evolution. At the outset of this research, there was no integrated conceptual ... -
Corporate Risk Culture, Governance and Foreign Exchange Risk Management
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2025)This thesis investigates the influence of corporate risk culture and corporate governance on firm-level foreign exchange (FX, hereafter) rate risk management. This thesis adopts a three-essay format to explore how managerial ... -
The Role of Incidental Experiences of Leader Identity for Leaders' Well-Being
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2025)This thesis focuses on the phenomenon of incidental leader identity as an understanding that incidental behaviors can shape leader identity. Three studies are presented that enhance our knowledge of incidental leader ... -
Governance Mechanisms and Corporate Green Bond Issuances
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2025)To reorient economies towards climate-resilient trajectories compatible with the goal of the Paris Agreement to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius, vast amounts of capital are needed to be ... -
Impediments to the process of aligning business and information systems strategies in public service organisations
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2017)With the rise of e-business, organisations have become increasingly reliant on information systems (IS). Alignment of IS and business strategies has become a key factor in contributing to the creation of business value for ... -
An exploration on how Information Systems (IS) executives engage in the practice of aligning business and IS strategies in Pubic Service Organisations (PSOs)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2017)This thesis is situated in the domain of Strategic Alignment (SA) within the field of Information system (IS) strategy to explore "How do Information System (IS) executives engage in the practice of aligning business and ... -
Firm-level geographic sales analysis in international equity portfolio diversification'
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2017)Recent research has shown a decrease in the benefits of international diversification for developed market equities and finds that diversifying an equity portfolio across countries offers a lower potential for risk-reduction ... -
Understanding firms' marketing and financial metric use : the impact of contemporary data - evidence from the tourism industry
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2016)Over several consecutive years, the accountability of the marketing function has been amongst the top research priorities of the Marketing Science Institute (MSI) and a core driver of metrics-based research. The objective ... -
An examination of equity market linkages and benefits of international portfolio diversification
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2016)The extent of global equity market integration in a post-crisis world is an important consideration for investors and academics alike. While market integration has received substantial attention in the extant literature, ... -
Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning on Adverse Event detection from real time sources
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2024)The field of pharmacovigilance, which ensures drug and patient safety, faces numerous challenges in detecting and managing adverse events (AEs) associated with pharmaceutical products. Traditional methods of AE detection ... -
Effectiveness in Governance networks - The role of shared identity as a unifying concept
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2024)This study aims to evaluate the relevance of shared identity as a concept linking collaborative behaviours to effectiveness in governance networks. It seeks to refine and enhance our understanding of the essential ingredients ... -
Open innovation is the new currency–Investigating how firms can maximize the effectiveness of open innovation initiatives
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, 2024)Open innovation has gained increasing prevalence not only because of its role in enhancing business performance and new product development success, but also of its potential to tackle complex societal issues. However, ... -
An Investigation into Micro-level Corporate Social Responsibility: An Internal Stakeholder Perspective
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2024)Scholars in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR) have primarily focused on how institutional and firm-level factors influence CSR performance, while individual-level factors (or micro-level), particularly the ... -
The Impact of Multinational Enterprises' Spillovers on Indigenous Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2024)While the symbiosis of entrepreneurial ecosystems (EE) and large-scale businesses is well-established, the landscape shifts dramatically in contexts where established businesses are scarce. The silver lining? The potential ... -
Do Emotions Matter? An Investigation of Human Emotions and Financial Decision Making in the Digital Era
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2024)This doctoral dissertation thoroughly examines the influence of social media sentiment on financial markets, focusing particularly on the GameStop short squeeze and the cryptocurrency market behavior. The dissertation includes ... -
An Alternative Perspective on Multinationality: Integrating Research in International Business and Finance
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2024)The Multinational Company (MNC) is one of the most important concepts across many business research domains. Multinational companies (MNCs) vary significantly in terms of risk exposure, operational activities and financial ... -
Risk Connectedness: Evolution, Intervention, and Application
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2024)In recent years, global uncertainty has surged due to the multi-effects of COVID-19, geopolitical conflicts, energy price fluctuation, downward pressure on the economy, inflation, policy uncertainty, and natural disasters. ...
