This paper explores social capital in the context of a social network designed to promote ecotourism among local businesses in an area known as the Greenbox in northwest Ireland. The Greenbox was developed as an ecotourism ...

Ireland has a comprehensive yet complex, statutory framework for the resolution of employment disputes. Various bodies offer conciliation, mediation, arbitration and regulation, however the processes are taking too ...

Businesses all around the globe has been faced with many issues and challenges as a result of the downturn in the economy. This research project focuses in on the rural area of the North West of Ireland to see what issues ...

The Report of the Commission on Taxation 2009 recommends the introduction of an annual property tax on principal private residences while at the same time zero rating stamp duty on the transfer of principal private ...

The recession and current unfolding economic scandals have caused many businesses to become apprehensive and cautious with the money they spend and the service providers they chose. Accounting/auditing firms in particular ...

Manufacturing planning and control (MPC) systems, among a number of sub-systems in an organisation, are the pivotal infrastructures that support the' organisation’s strategy in order to create competitive advantage in ...

This paper examines the impact of business incubation on its participants (incubatees). The research presented enhances the conceptual framework of performance measures for business incubation proposed by Voisey et al ...

OVERVIEW The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the highest ranking official in the company who has the responsibility of formulating and executing strategy. The CEO is ultimately responsible for the performance of the ...

Purpose – The importance of networks with respect to acquiring the resources needed for business creation is one of the main areas within entrepreneurship research. Although there is significant literature on the use of ...