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Publications :: Dr. Majella Giblin

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Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Giblin, M. and Ryan, P. (2010) "Tight Clusters or Loose Networks? The Critical Role of Inward Foreign Direct Investment in Cluster Creation", Regional Studies, [online], DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2010.497137, October 2010.

Giblin, M. (2010) "Managing the global-local dimensions of clusters and the role of lead organisations: the contrasting cases of the software and medical technology clusters in the West of Ireland". European Planning Studies.

Martinez-Solano, L., Giblin, M. and Walshe, E. (2006) "KISA in innovation of Irish software firms", International Journal of Services, Technology and Management, 7(2), 137-145.

Ryan, P., Giblin, M. and Walshe, E. (2004) "From subcontracted R&D to joint collaboration: the role of trust in facilitating this process", International journal of Innovation and Technology Management, vol. 1, no. 2 pp. 205-231.

Green, R., Giblin, M., Ryan, P. and Moroney, M. (2002) "Innovation in the Irish Sector: Economy, Culture and Communication", Trends in Communication: Regional Clusters in ICT, 10, pp. 89-113.

Book Chapters

Fahy, J., Giblin, M. and Green, R. (2008) "Regional Innovation Systems and Public Policy: Ireland’s Medical Technology Cluster", in Martinez-Vazquez, J. and Vaillancourt, F, (eds) Public Policy for Regional Development, Oxon: Routledge, 66-88.

Ryan, P., Giblin, M. and Green, R. (2003) "Industrial Clusters The Role of organisations and Institutions", in Genoff, R. and Sheather, G. (eds), Innovation and the Knowledge Economy, Adelaide: Playford Publication, pp 309-332.

Green, R., Cunningham, J., Duggan, I., Giblin, M., Moroney, M. and Smyth, L. (2001) "The Boundaryless Cluster: Information and Communications Technology in Ireland", in OECD Innovative Clusters: Drivers of National Innovation Systems, Paris: OECD, p. 47-64.

Research Reports and Policy Documents

Giblin, M. and Ryan, P. (2011), "Tight Clusters or Loose Networks? The Critical Role of Inward Foreign Direct Investment in Cluster Creation", InterTradeIreland All-Ireland Innovation Programme, Community of Researchers, Research Briefing 04. (Download Briefing)

Best, M. H., Ryan, P., Das, S., Tulum, O., & Giblin, M. (2010). "Capabilities & Competitiveness: A Methodological Approach for Understanding Irish Economic Transformation. The Lucerna Project Report." Centre for Innovation and Structural Change, NUI Galway. (Full report)

Martinez-Solano, L., Giblin, M. and Walshe, E. (2005) "Knowledge Intensive Service Activities in the Irish Software Industry: Country Report for the OECD KISA Project 2002-2005", Paris: OECD Report, March. ([available online])

Green, R., Giblin, M., Ryan, P. and Moroney, M. (2002) "Innovation in the Irish Sector: Economy Culture and Communication", Trends in Communication: Regional Clusters in ICT, 10, P. 89-113.

Conference Papers

Giblin, M. (2009) "A Balancing Act: Managing the global-local dimensions of industrial clusters through the mechanism of 'lead' organistions". DRUID Summer Conference Copenhagen, Denmark.

Giblin, M. (2009) "Regional Innovation and Competitiveness: Global clusters and local systems". IntertradeIreland Innovation Conference 2009, NUI Galway.

Giblin, M. (2009) "A Balancing Act: Managing the global local dimensions of industrial clusters through the mechanism of 'lead' organisations". 39th Annual Conference of the Regional Science Association International: British and Irish Section.

Giblin, M. (2009) "A Balancing Act: Managing the global-local dimensions of industrial clusters". The Irish Economic Association Annual Conference.

Giblin, M. and Ryan, P. (2008) "The significance of ’lead’ multinational firms in regional industry clusters: the case of the medical technology sector in Ireland", EUNIP 2008 Conference, San Sebastian, Spain, 10-12th September.

Giblin, M. and Ryan, P. (2007) "High-technology clusters in a peripheral region of a small, open economy: the role of local and global linkages", EUNIP 2007 Conference, 12-14th September, University of Florence, Department of Economic Sciences and PIN s.c.r.l., Prato, Florence, Italy.

Giblin, M., Walshe, E. and Martinez-Solano, L. (2004) "The role of knowledge intensive business service activities in the innovative capability of the Irish software sector", IAM Conference, September, Oral Conference Presentation National.

Walshe, E., Giblin, M. and Ryan, P. (2004) "R&D Outsourcing: a growth strategy for the SME as a vendor company", EUNIP Conference, December.

Martinez-Solano, L., Giblin, M. and Walshe, E. (2003) "KISAs OECD Project Step 3: Irish Software Industry", Presentation at the OECD KISA meeting, Paris, France, December 7th - 8th.

Giblin, M., Ryan P. and Moroney, M. (2003) "Strategic business networks in industrial clusters", EUNIP Conference, 18th-20th September, Porto, Portugal.

Giblin, M., Ryan, P. and Moroney, M. (2003) "Industrial Clusters: the role of organisations and institutions", SEGERA Conference – Innovation in Europe: Dynamics, Institutions and Values, 8-9th May, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark.

Ryan, P., Giblin, M. and Walshe, E. (2003) "From vertical R&D outsourcing to joint collaboration: the role of trust in facilitating this process", IAM Conference 2003, 2-3rd September, UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business, Dublin, Ireland.

Giblin, M., Ryan, P. and Walshe, E., (2003) "From vertical R&D outsourcing to joint collaboration: the role of trust in facilitating this process", IAM Conference 2003 - Management Theories and Practices in the 21st Century: Time for Reflection?, 2nd-3rd September, Smurfit Business School, UCD.

Ryan, P., Moroney, M. and Giblin, M. (2003) "Strategic Business Networks in Industrial Clusters", EUNIP 2003 Conference, 18-20th September, Porto, Portugal.

Green, R., Giblin, M., Grimes, S., Kane, A., Moroney, M. and Ryan, P. (2002) "Atlantic Technology Corridor: Dynamics of Cluster Development in Ireland", IAM Conference, 5-6th September, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland.

Cunningham, J., Giblin, M., Green, R., Duggan. I. , Moroney, M. and Smyth. L. (2001) "Boundaryless Clusters: Information and Communication Technology in Ireland", Irish Academy of Management Conference, University of Ulster.

Other

Giblin, M. and Ryan, P. (2009) "Industrial Clusters and Competitiveness". ESRI Seminar Series.

Giblin, M. (2009) "From Industrial Clusters to a Regional Innovation System: The Process of Evolution". ISSP Induction. NUI Galway.

Giblin, M. (2009) "Innovation and Competitiveness in a regional context: Employing a case study approach". Irish Social Sciences Platform Summer School. NUI Galway.

Martinez-Solano, L., Giblin, M. and Walshe, E. (2003) "Kisa's OECD Project Step 3: Irish Software Industry", OECD KISA Meeting, Paris, France.

CISC Working Papers

Giblin, M. and Ryan, P. (2010) "Tight Clusters or Loose Networks? The Critical Role of Inward FDI in Cluster Creation", CISC Working Paper No. 35, March. (CISC Working Paper No. 35)

Giblin, M. (2010) "Local Clusters and Global Entrepreneurship: The significance of spatial and relational propinquity in new firm formation" CISC Working Paper 40, October. (CISC Working Paper No. 40)

Giblin, M. (2008) "Inward foreign investment and the clustering process: the case of the medical technology sector in Ireland", CISC Working Paper No. 29, December. (CISC Working Paper No. 29)

Giblin, M. (2008) "A Balancing Act: Managing the global-local dimensions of industry clusters through the mechanism of ’lead’ organisations", CISC Working Paper No. 28, December. (CISC Working Paper No. 28 )

Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change
J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
NUI Galway
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