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 ...

In the Garda Síochána Act of 2005, the Irish Government established a new oversight body, the Garda Inspectorate, to drive reform in its national police service, An Garda Síochána. Appointed in 2006 as the first Chief ...

In this paper, we examine the scope for international stock portfolio diversification, from the viewpoint of a United States representative investor, in regard to both the Asian and the European stock markets. Our findings ...

Is there any volatility spillover from key macroeconomic variables towards the price returns in gold and silver markets? What is the stylized fact between return and volatility of the auctions in gold and silver markets? This ...

Using panel regression estimates from the IMF?s CPIS survey of foreign debt and equity portfolios across 174 originating and 50 destination countries from 2001 to 2007, we clarify the role of culture and extend the set of ...

This paper presents a model of endogenous growth in the presence of habit formation in consumption. We argue that in addition to the traditional disutility effects of habitual consumption, the past history of consumption ...

We investigate five major financial asset classes, examining how and under what circumstances each may act as a hedge or a safe haven to each other. Using the approach of Baur and Lucey (2010) and Baur and McDermott (2010) ...

Interactions with peers have been identified, in the IS management literature, as being the most influential source of external contact for the Chief Information Officer (CIO), supporting them in their role as the most ...

This thesis explores the question of how far the data on patents may be used for an international comparison of innovation, measured by technological achievement. The literature supports the use of raw patent data as a ...