The widespread contamination of chlorinated paraffins (CPs) of the soil environment has raised global concern due to their highly persistent and toxic properties. However, there is little information is available regarding the spatio-vertical distribution and penetration potentials of these...

We examine the effectiveness of government direct funding of firm innovation through R&D grants on firms future R&D investment, employment, and performance. Using a novel proprietary dataset of 1,825 R&D grants awarded to Irish domiciled firms for the period 2003-2012, we first show that grant...

The post-acquisition growth of high-tech scaleups has received relatively little research attention. This is surprising since buyers are known to target these firms for growth opportunities whilst sellers increasingly seek strategic partners to access resource to scale their ventures. We examine...