This paper addresses the extent to which multinational companies (MNCs) deploy practices to facilitate organisational learning and the reasons for inter-organisational variation in sodoing.
Using data from 260 MNCs in ...
Birdthistle, Naomi(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2006)
The aim of this paper is to present research findings which examine the profile of entrepreneurs in the Mid West Region of Ireland. A number of sub-objectives were formed to achieve the above aim, focus being placed on the ...
Birdthistle, Naomi; Fleming, Patricia(National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway Ireland., 2007)
A review of the entrepreneurship and small business literature indicates that little to no research has examined family businesses in Ireland in terms of their structure and composition, the management of the family business, ...
This paper considers the requirements for an industry sector approach to entrepreneurship education – The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Sector. We present a modified Process Framework for Entrepreneurship ...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue, which brings together five papers exploring the changing anatomy of HRM at organisational level.
Design/methodology/approach – This overarching paper ...
Birdthistle, Naomi(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2008)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether small and medium-sized family
businesses in Ireland have the potential to be classified as learning organizations.
Design/methodology/approach – The research ...
Lenihan, Helena(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2004)
Evaluating industrial policy interventions has become a growing theme for academics and policymakers. Evaluation should explore the ‘counter-factual’; this involves examining the related phenomena of deadweight and ...