This paper examines key strategic issues in the financing of e-business firms. E-business firms form part of what is called the "new economy". The paper focuses on seven Irish e-business firms quoted on NASDAQ. The paper argues that the nature of the assets of e-business firms' labour intensive...

We construct the historical development of the term "human resource development" (HRD) within the United Kingdom (UK). We argue that HRD has been introduced and employed extensively by academics but not taken up with such enthusiasm by professionals and governments. We trace the development of...

Public sector pay and pensions have been subject to large cuts in Ireland, and at the same time net pay has been reduced by increased tax and other charges. The main reason is the economic and fiscal crisis, and an agreed EU/IMF programme of expenditure cuts, tax rises, and loans. In addition,...