• Government policy failure in public support for research and development 

  Haapanen, Mika; Lenihan, Helena; Mariani, Marco (Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2014)

  Promoting Research and Development (R&D) and innovative activity is a key element of the EU Lisbon Agenda and is seen as playing a central part in stimulating economic development. In this paper we argue that, even allowing ...
• Empowering citizens in international governance of nanotechnologies 

  Malsch, Ineke; Subramanian, Vrishali; Semenzin, Elena; Hristozov, Danail; Marcomini, Antonio; Mullins, Martin; Hester, Karena; McAlea, Eamonn; Murphy, Finbarr; Tofail, Syed A.M. (Springer, 2015)

  The international dialogue on responsible governance of nanotechnologies engages a wide range of actors with conflicting as well as common interests. It is also characterised by a lack of evidence-based data on uncertain ...
• The what, how, where and when of resilience as a dynamic, episodic, self-regulating system: a response to Hill et al. (2018) 

  Bryan, Christopher; O'Shea, Deirdre; MacIntyre, Tadhg E. (American Psychological Association, 2018)

  Resilience research is undergoing a shift away from trait approaches, acknowledging the inherent process and dynamism of stress interactions. Hill et al. (2018) suggest that to understand the iterative nature of the ...
• A fragmented field: deinstitutionalisation and competing logics in the reorganisation of art and design higher education in Ireland and the United Kingdom 

  Flynn, Orla (University of Limerick, 2017)

  The provision of art and design higher education at the formerly-independent art colleges in Ireland and the United Kingdom is examined from an organisational and institutional perspective. It is argued that the historic ...
• Outperformance in exchange-traded fund pricing deviations: generalized control of data snooping bias 

  Kearney, Fearghal; Murphy, Finbarr; Cummins, Mark (Elsevier, 2014)

  An investigation into exchange-traded fund (ETF) outperforrnance during the period 2008-2012 is undertaken utilizing a data set of 288 U.S. traded securities. ETFs are tested for net asset value (NAV) premium, underlying ...
• Man thou art dust: rites of passage in austere times 

  O'Loughlin, Deirdre M.; Szmigin, Isabelle; McEachern, Morven; Barbosa, Belem; Karantinou, Kalipso; Fernadez-Moya, María Eugenia (SAGE Publications, 2017)

  In response to recent calls for further cross-disciplinary research on austerity and a deeper sociological understanding of the impact and aftermath of the economic crisis on individuals and societies, this article builds ...
• Gas storage valuation under multifactor Lévy processes 

  Cummins, Mark; Kiely, Greg; Murphy, Bernard (Elsevier, 2018)

  A practical problem for energy companies is instituting a consistent framework across its supply and trading activities to deliver on all-important P&L and at-Risk reporting requirements. With a focus on storage assets and ...
• Forecasting implied volatility in foreign exchange markets: a functional time series approach 

  Kearney, Fearghal; Cummins, Mark; Murphy, Finbarr (Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2018)

  We utilise novel functional time series (FTS) techniques to characterise and forecast implied volatility in foreign exchange markets. In particular, we examine the daily implied volatility curves of FX options, namely; ...
• The impact of Brexit on the stock markets of the greater China region 

  Morales, Lucía; Andreosso-O'Callaghan, Bernadette (MDPI, 2018)

  An examination of Brexit and its initial impact on the main stock markets in the Greater China Region (GCR) was conducted using augmented market models that integrate Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) and implied volatility ...
• Liminal consumption of 'The Cosmic Ballet': an authoethnography 

  Kapoor, Kapoor; Patterson, Maurice; O'Malley, Lisa (Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2018)

  .This study explores the consumption of dance during the identity transition of a homosexual man as a means of appreciating the role of dance in identity management. The account explicates how consumption of a transcendental ...
• Wii are family: consumption, console gaming and family togetherness 

  Nash, Catriona; O'Malley, Lisa; Patterson, Maurice (Emerald, 2018)

  Purpose – This paper aims to understand the relationship between family togetherness and consumption. This is important given the inherent tension permeating discourses of family consumption and a lack of a critical ...
• More than clothes hangers: cultural intermediaries in the field of fashion 

  Lonergan, Patrick P.; Patterson, Maurice (Emerald, 2018)

  Purpose – This paper aims to elucidate how cultural intermediaries shape the subjectivity of other marketplace actors in fashion, thus preserving the illusio underpinning this field of cultural production. Design/meth ...
• Road bowling in Ireland: social space and the context of context 

  O'Leary, Killian; Patterson, Maurice; O'Malley, Lisa (Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2018)

  Consumer research has offered a multitude of understandings of space. While these insights have contributed both to absolute and relativistic appreciations, the discourse has tended more often towards absolute representations. ...
• Listening to consumption: towards a sonic turn in consumer research 

  Patterson, Maurice; Larsen, Gretchen (SAGE Publications, 2018)

  In seeking to orient consumer research towards the sonic, this article has three objectives. First, to chart the emergence of the ‘sonic turn’ in the social sciences and, relatedly, to register the echoes of such a turn ...
• Recruitment and retention in the European hospitality sector: a comparative study 

  Sheikh, Haaris Ahmed (Univeristy of Limerick, 2013)

  This exploratory study documents recruitment practices and retention strategies of hospitality organisations that existed during the economic boom time drawing on data collected between 2004-2006 in 5 participating ...
• The role of human, economic and social capital for first-generation Polish entrepreneurs in their pursuit of self-employment in Ireland 

  Hession, Jane (University of Limerick, 2013)

  Immigrant entrepreneurship studies have frequently overlooked the opportunity to analyse the diverse forms of capital and instead focus on isolated forms of capital, primarily social capital to understand immigrant ...
• An exploration of how organizational members construct the concept of person organization fit through the lens of organizational discourse 

  Hennessy, Jennifer Mary Katherine (University of Limerick, 2013)

  This study is concerned with how organizational members construct the concept of PO fit through discourse. The way in which the fit between the person and the organization has been researched to date has mainly focused on ...
• Reasonable, adequate and efficient allocation of liability costs for automated vehicles: a case study of the German liability and insurance framework 

  Pütz, Fabian; Murphy, Finbarr; Mullins, Martin; Maier, Karl; Friel, Raymond; Rohlfs, Torsten (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

  In general, a functioning liability and insurance framework should ensure an adequate level of third party claimant protection and a reasonable and adequate final allocation of liability costs for the involved parties. ...
• An investigation of the factors influencing the location decisions of Chinese multinational enterprises in Ireland, with particular focus on exploring the impact of human resource and industrial relations considerations 

  Wang, Yanyi (University of Limerick, 2018)

  Despite its small scale and peripheral geographical location, Ireland has been remarkably successful in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). This achievement is essentially predicated on a blend of incentives for ...
• At the bottom of the heap: the experiences, influencing factors and job characteristics of older female part-time workers 

  O'Sullivan, Nuala Maeve (University of Limerick, 2018)

  Disparate labour market theories have sought to explain the increase in women’s labour force participation in the developed world in recent decades. This participation has been characterised as part-time and segregated ...

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