Economic activities are considered as embedded in the social structure by many sociologists. Not very often though, is there a measurement of the kinship network on business performance by economists themselves. It is the ...

The aim of this study is to investigate the existence of Knowledge Management (KM) within the Limerick’ local authorities, Limerick City and Limerick County Councils. Further it explores the prevalence of KM, the types of ...

Large portion of the key research in the Knowledge Management field has been conducted in the large organisational setting. In contrast, this thesis focuses on Knowledge Management practices utilised by small-scaled ...

This thesis aims to understand, via lattice Boltzmann simulations, the rheological behaviour of charged monodisperse particle suspensions in hydraulic transport lines. Therefore, a three-dimensional, in-house numerical ...

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are a class of solar cells of the third generation. DSSCs are cheap and simple to fabricate, exhibit flexible properties, and are not limited by the Shockley-Queisser limit of semiconductor ...

Safe air travel is an expectation that we often invest little or no thought in. Fortunately, the industry has evolved to a stage where major air accidents are rare. Numerous lessons in aviation safety have unfortunately ...

This research is about the Committee of the Regions advisory role and the influence of its Opinion in the EU’s decision-making process, particularly in the co-decision procedure. For this purpose, this study attempts to ...

The state established the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) in 2013 to respond to an arrears crisis involving almost 150,000 mortgages. The ISI’s strategy has focused upon teaching financial skills to insolvent debtors ...

My thesis began with an interest in large forms in the landscape and how they might be designed sustainably. These artifices are gigantic pieces of infrastructure that are generally have short lives and have little if any ...