Whereas many philosophers take backwards causation to be impossible, the few who maintain its possibility either take it to be absent from the actual world or else confined to theoretical physics. Here, however, I argue ...

The book 'Industry and Policy in Independent Ireland, 1922-1972' identifies the leading indigenous and foreign-owned manufacturing firms engaged in production in Ireland at any stage over the period from the establishment ...

The momentous Brexit has been attracting worldwide attention since the United Kingdom announced its intention to leave the European Union after the national referendum on 23 June 2016. Despite the tortuous negotiations ...

This thesis provides an empirical investigation of how buyer and supplier teams make sense of collaboration. Specifically, this thesis explores how buyer and supplier parties interpret collaboration and how their interpretations ...

This introduction argues that the use of the concept of deliberative democracy in corporate social responsibility (CSR) research needs to be theoretically extended. We review three developments that have recently occurred ...

The main purpose of this article is to explore the role that informal organisations play in the legitimisation of regime change and the failure of key modern theories of globalisation and international relations (I.R.) to ...

Many authors (e.g. Handfleld and Nichols, 2002, Laseter, 1998, Hartley et al., 1997, Ross, 2003) argue that organisations working closely in collaboration with suppliers can reduce costs, improve quality and shorten ...

This paper examines residential sale mechanisms from an appraisal perspective and empirically tests for differences in the valuation process for auctioned and private treaty sales. We test the hypothesis that agents use ...