Trinity Business School (Research Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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Gaps, actors and the process of commercialising applied research from Irish universities
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2010)The recent global economic crisis has increased the levels and frequency of calls by national and region governments for universities to contribute to economic growth (Etzkowitz and Chunyan, 2008). These calls emerge from ... -
An examination of policy change over time in certain sectors of the Irish political system
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2015)This thesis seeks to explain variation in policy outcomes in particular sectors of the Irish political system. The sectors investigated for this research display evidence of significant interest group activity around policy ... -
Outward foreign direct investment by emerging economies in developed countries : the case of India
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2012)The ongoing globalization and liberalization by emerging economies have substantially enhanced foreign direct investment (FDI) activities. Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) from the emerging market economies, such as India, ... -
A dynamic study of the characteristics, predictive power and profitable opportunities underlying takeover prediction models : evidence from the UK and the USA
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2010)Takeover prediction models can be defined as a cross-sectional regression using a firms corporate accounting information in order to measure its likelihood of becoming an acquisition target. Given the theoretical and ... -
Foreign Direct Investment : issues in measurement and analysis
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2015)This thesis consists of three empirical studies exploring issues in the measurement and analysis of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The 'classical form' of FDI is of greenfield, direct one-to-one investment from multinational ... -
Occupational pension schemes in Ireland : costs, governance and regulation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2011)This thesis examines some of the key determinants other than investment strategy in the reported performance of Irish occupational pension schemes and the role that these determinants might play in any comprehensive set ... -
Price and volume distributions in international equity markets
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2009)This thesis examines asymmetry in international equity market returns, in associated trading volume distributions and in returns to funds of hedge funds. The method used in all three of the four empirical chapters is ... -
Applying a practice lens to strategic information systems planning : a senior management perspective
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2015)This study examines the practice of strategic information systems (SISP) planning by senior managers. The research topic was initially formed by the researcher's keen interest in the strategy and information systems (IS) ... -
The nature of workplace Industrial Relations conflict : expression and impact in a healthcare setting
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2015)The purpose of this research is to explore the nature of workplace Industrial Relations (IR) conflict. The inspiration for research was the dominant focus of previous inquiry on strike action. This has two key limitations. ... -
Extending the job demands-resources model of work engagement : the role of demands and resources from other domains
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2015)This study aims to extend the job demands-resources model (JD-R model) of work engagement by proposing that in addition to job demands and job resources, as proposed in the existing JD-R model, non-work factors (e.g., ... -
On IPO Withdrawal
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2019)This doctoral thesis offers insights into the determinants, outcomes and predictions of IPO withdrawal in 21st-century Western Europe by focusing on three distinct investigations. These investigations are motivated by a ... -
How teams progress through the innovation process
The work of any innovation-project team working on an innovation project is a process within a process. The innovation-project team is a group of individuals whom may be working on one of several innovation projects at any ... -
The Financing of High-Tech SMEs: Investigating the Effects of Capital Structure on Performance
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2019)The thesis examines the capital structure of small and medium-sized enterprises which are based in the high-technology sector. Little analysis so far has investigated the impact of financing on this important sector and ... -
Aspects of the European and North and Southeast Asian stock market integration gap
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2006)The principal objective of this thesis is to investigate important aspects of the proposition that the discrepancy between the levels of stock market integration in Europe and North and Southeast Asia might be diminished ... -
A study of values and strategy together in the organisation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2008)This study answers a number of questions inadequately addressed by the literature. How has the history and development of the strategy concept reflected values and particularly, the contribution of the values of individuals? ... -
Implementing service-improvement change in Irish hospitals : exploring facilitating and hindering factors
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2008)The principal objectives of this thesis are (1) to identify who holds change-related roles, how are they enacted in and affected by role-related constraints and what works effectively; (2) To identify the contextual factors ... -
The nature of top management support : a grounded theory exploration of enterprise system implementation in the Irish Health Service
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2007)The promise of a fully integrated enterprise has been an organisational dream for many decades. Such a dream would unite individual departments and functional areas into a single system. As a result management would have ... -
Fairness, outcomes, expectations : exploring drivers of individual reactions to planned organisational change
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2006)The principal objective of this study is to investigate the link between employees' experience of and reactions to organisational change through the frame work of organisational justice . This study differentiates between ... -
Equity market development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. An empirical analysis
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2007)The objectives of this thesis are (i) to clarify the mechanisms uniting equity markets and economic development and (ii) to analyze the equity market development process in the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA) region. ... -
Mood and equity pricing
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2007)This thesis investigates the theoretical and empirical relationship between mood and equity pricing. The theoretical relationship is explored by reference to the relevant psychological, decision-making, behavioural economics, ...
