Cognitive Decision-Making
Cognitive Decision-Making is an interdisciplinary collection of essays in psychology, philosophy, neuroscience and biology. This book provides an overview of current research for scholars interested in the nature, modeling, and evolution of decision-making.
In the 1970s, Romanian tourism was blooming. This book analyzes the evolution of its tourism and hotel industry since 1990. Has Romanian tourism returned to its golden age? Has it built a country brand to differentiate itself from competing nations?
Business Strategies for Economies in Transition
This collection of papers describes business strategies for economies in transition. While focusing on Central and Eastern Europe, the material is relevant to other developing economies facing major change, as many of the problems addressed are universal.
Professional Morality and Guilty Bystanding
Professions are riddled with complexities and ethical conflicts that obstruct the goal of meaningful work. This book explores the reflections of spiritual master Thomas Merton, offering the confidence to transcend these challenges and transform workplaces through moral action.
Sustaining Competitiveness in a Liberalized Economy
This book shares research from the International Management Accounting Conference on the role of accounting in a liberalized economy. It explores challenges in sustaining competitiveness through themes of Cost Management, Performance Measurement, and Strategic Alliance.
Marketing the SME
A significant element in Ireland’s economic transformation was the role of Small and Medium-size Enterprises (SMEs). This volume investigates the sophisticated, diverse and market-efficient strategies they adopted to ensure global success.
European SME’s and Global Business
Most research focuses on large firms, but this volume explores the internationalisation of small enterprises. Using Norwegian case studies, it reveals the factors influencing the speed of going global and its significance for entrepreneurs and governments.
While many financial models are too technical for non-specialists, this study uses the empirical copula to analyze bond structures. The empirical copula is more appropriate for forecasting returns, volatility, and interdependence in risk management.
Women in the Modern Workplace
This research examines venture creation among women in Ireland. It addresses motivations, the start-up process, and the barriers explicit to the nascent female entrepreneur to propose a theory on the challenges that have the most significant effect.
Experience and New Venture Performance
Does an entrepreneur’s experience predict success? Common sense says yes, but current research suggests otherwise. A founder’s prior experience can have a positive or negative impact. This book explores these inconsistencies through in-depth case studies.
Managing Innovation in SMEs
For small tech firms, new product development (NPD) is critical. This study of Irish electronics firms reveals how NPD at small firms differs from large ones, offering unique insights with implications for managers, policy makers, and researchers.
Learning Accountancy
This book takes a different approach to accountancy. It starts with cash flow statements, profit and loss, and balance sheets before introducing the rules of double entry, helping the layman and student to gain a valuable insight into the subject.
Information and Communication Technology and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
ICT can be a source of competitive advantage for SMEs. This book provides a synthesis of the advantages of ICT, illustrating the technologies used with theoretical and practical views. It is an indispensable reference for both academics and practitioners.
SME’s and the Internationalization of Food Exports
As internationalization grows, firms see expansion as an opportunity for growth. This book identifies the internal and external factors associated with exporting foodstuffs into retail, conceptualising internationalization theory to address its unique problems.
Networking in Ireland’s Ethnic Enterprises
Get a thorough insight into the networking practices of ethnic entrepreneurs in Ireland. This book provides a theoretical grounding, real-life examples, and highlights the motivations and challenges they encounter while setting up a business.
“Show us what you’ve got”
This research addresses how owner/managers of Irish service small medium enterprises (SMEs) execute and manage brands. In an area of study in its infancy, this book provides evidence of the importance and relevance of branding to SMEs.
Looking at the Broad Picture
This book is the story of how ten Irish software companies evolved their development processes over the last decade. It discusses specific change-processes, the benefits of each, and suggests developments for the future.
From Critique to Action
This book applies ethical thinking to business, management and computing. Based on the practical experience of researchers and practitioners, it is written in an accessible way with a strong, cross-disciplinary and intercultural flavour.
The Plastic Venuses
Consumerism and virtual reality are transforming archaeology. When ancient sites become theme parks and finds are exhibited in casinos, what is authenticity? This book is an innovative, critical, and stimulating appraisal of our relationship with the past.
Overcoming Knowledge Sharing Barriers through Communities of Practice
This book analyzes the barriers obstructing knowledge flows and their impact on new product development in an automotive R&D supplier. It uses innovative social network analysis to map collaboration, identify problems, and improve organizational performance.