Browsing by Subject "Business, Ph.D."
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A behavioural and non-behavioural analysis of the London gold market
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2015)This thesis makes a number of contributions to the literature on the economics and finance of the gold market, with a special emphasis on the London gold market. It provides the first effort to produce a substantiate ... -
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 ... -
A tripartite investigation of the Gold Market : pricing influences, intraday patterns and daily seasonality
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A typology for strategic supply-chain management : bridging the gap between operations and strategy
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2007)Over the last decade, supply-chain management (SCM), a field that emerged from the operational areas of purchasing and logistics, has become a focal area in business studies. However, efforts to move SCM from an operational ... -
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 ... -
An exploration into the relationship between brand and industry evolution
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2015)There is still much to discover about the evolution of whole industries, their boundaries and the influence of the final consumer on the products and services industries create. Brands have become integral to the contemporary ... -
An exploration of client-supplier relationship dynamics within Business Process Outsourcing
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2017)Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is the term used to describe the commissioning by client firms of specialist providers to fulfil certain services on their behalf. These services are generally integral to the client ... -
An investigation into the indirect diversification benefits of US equity products
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2014)The benefits of international diversification for portfolio investors have long been highlighted, as historically, low correlations among national stock markets have allowed investors to reduce their risk for a given return. ... -
Analysis of the distribution and stationarity of real estate returns and assessment of the relationship between real estate and the financial asset markets
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2013)Notwithstanding the importance of real estate assets to the general economy and the significance of housing assets in the balance sheets of households, there is a relatively small body of research examining the distribution ... -
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) ... -
Approaches to IS strategic planning in public sector organisations
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2007)The strategic planning of information systems (IS) involves the development of functional-level IS strategies which contain activities and applications to assist an organisation in managing the IS area, executing its ... -
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 ... -
CIO perspectives of their role in information systems strategy : an application of grounded theory in a health care context
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Diversity in marketing practice
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2009)Theory development in marketing has received periodic debate. In the spirit of reappraisal, this thesis endeavours to explain the nature of diversity in marketing practice found among firms and the manner in which marketing ... -
Emergence and evolution of entrepreneurship in the Galway Gaeltacht
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2008)This thesis studies and analyses how entrepreneurship emerged and evolved in a peripheral rural community from a pre-industrial stage at the end of the 19th century to a stage in the early 21st century when a transition ... -
Essays on environmental shocks and economic development
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2013)This thesis investigates the effects of environmental shocks, in the form of natural disasters and rainfall volatility, on economic development. I pursue both theoretical and empirical investigations of these issues. In ... -
Exploring the impact of franchising on industry evolution : fast food / quick service restaurants (QSR) and real estate industries in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2015)The principal aim of this study was to explore and describe the role of franchising in terms of its emergence and impact on industry structure. The justification for the research was based on a number of theoretical and ... -
Exploring the role of the Chief Information Officier (CIO) during a failing IS initiative : a process inquiry in a public sector setting
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2015)This research is situated in the field of Information Systems (IS) and explores the role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) over the course of a failing IS initiative. IS failure is a recurring theme in both academic ... -
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., ... -
Fast-growth firms and entrepreneurial teams : an investigation of the structures and strategies employed by firms in the U.S. and Irish software industry
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2001)A body of research exists which suggests that firms founded by entrepreneurial teams are more likely to be fast-growing than firms founded by individuals. The objective of this work was to investigate the structures and ...