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Publications :: Professor Seamus Grimes

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Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Grimes, S. and Du, D. (2013) Foreign and indigenous innovation in China: some evidence from Shanghai, European Planning Studies. (Fulltext)

Collins, P. and Grimes, S. (2011) "Cost competitive places: shifting fortunes and the closure of Dell's manufacturing facility in Ireland". European Urban and Regional Studies, pp. 1-21. (Fulltext via Sage Online)

Grimes, S. and Collins, P. (2009) "The contribution of the overseas ICT sector to expanding R&D investment in Ireland." Irish Geography, 42, 45-67.

Collins, P. and Grimes, S. (2008) "Ireland’s Foreign-owned Technology Sector: A new form of embeddedness". Growth and Change, 39(3), 436-463.

Grimes, S. (2006) "Ireland’s emergence as a centre for internationally traded services", Regional Studies, 2006, 40(9), 1041-1054.

Grimes, S. and White, M. (2005) "The transition to internationally traded services in Ireland’s emergence as a ’successful’ European region", Environment and Planning A, 37, 2169-2188.

Grimes, S. (2005) "How well are Europe’s rural businesses connected to the digital economy?", European Planning Studies, 13(7), 1063-1081.

Grimes, S. (2005) "Geography in Ireland - a response to Rob Kitchin", Irish Geography, 135-137.

Roper, S. and Grimes, S. (2005) "Wireless Valley, Silicon Wadi and Digital Island – Helsinki, Tel Aviv and Dublin and the ICT global production network", Geoforum, 36, November, 297-313.

Grimes, S. (2003). "Ireland's emerging information economy: recent trends and future prospects." Regional Studies, 37:1, pp. 3-14.

Grimes, S. and White, M. (2003) "Globalising the Periphery: Ireland's Emergence as a 'Successful' European Region", Environment & Planning A, entitled 'In Celebration of the Ordinary Region'.

Grimes, S. and Collins, P. (2003) "Building a Knowledge Economy in Ireland through European Research Networks", European Planning Studies, 11(4), pp. 395-413.

Grimes, S. (2003) "The digital economy challenge facing peripheral rural areas." Progress in Human Geography, 27:2, pp. 174-94.

Grimes, S. and Collins, P. (2002) "The Role of Telematics in Integrating Ireland into Europe's Information Society", European Planning Studies, 10(8), pp. 971-86.

Book Chapters

Grimes, S. and Collins, P. (2010) "The contribution of the overseas ICT sector to expanding R&D investment in Ireland", In Kirby, P and Carmody, P. The Legacy of Ireland’s Economic Expansion: Geographies of the Celtic Tiger, London, Routledge, 44-66.

Grimes, S. and Roper, S., (2009) "Knowledge-based Competition: Implicatons for Sustainable Development in Rural Norther Ireland and the Republic of Ireland", IN MCDONAGH, J., VARLEY, T., AND SHORTALL, S. (Eds.) A Living Countryside? The Politics of Sustainable Development in Rural Ireland. Ashgate, Farnham.

White, M. and Grimes, S. (2004) "Placing Ireland's transition to a knowledge economy within a global context", in Cooke, P., and Piccaluga, A., (eds) Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories, Edward Algar Publishers, 161-180.

Grimes, S. (2003) "Information Society Technology Programmes, Structural Funds and European Cohesion: The Case of Ireland", in Riukulehto, S. (Ed), New Technologies and Regional Development. University of Helsinki Seinajoki Institute for Rural Research and Training, Finland, 15-32.

Grimes, S. (2002) "Information economy activity in Galway City and region" in McDonagh, J. (ed), Economy, Society and Peripherality - experiences from the West region of Ireland, Arlen House, Galway, pp. 199-214.

Conference Papers

Grimes, S. (2012). Towards an understanding of sub Saharan fertility transition with particular reference to Kenya. Paper presented at the Population Association of Kenya 4th Population Conference.

Grimes, S. (2012). Towards an understanding of sub Saharan fertility transition with particular reference to Kenya. Paper presented at the 9th Ethics Conference. (Conference_Programme)

Grimes, S. (2011) "Innovation in China:Winner Takes All". Innovation in China, 4th International Congress on Innovation, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 16-17 November.

Grimes, S. (2009) "From low cost platform to services hub: the case of Ireland". School of Management, Shanghai University, 20 March 2009.

Grimes, S. (2009) Keynote Address: "Deconstructing Ireland’s Policy Approach to Business Services", Regional Studies Association Research Network Seminar, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, 17-18 Sept 2009.

Grimes, S. (2009) "Innovation in China some evidence from foreign R&D centres in Shanghai". Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers. Manchester.

Grimes, S. (2008) "The role of foreign investment in Ireland’s emerging internationally traded services sector", Staff and Postgraduates of Geography, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 7 January.

Grimes, S. (2007) "The European and Irish experience in e-commerce", MBA Class, The Catholic University of East Africa.

Collins, P. and Grimes, S. (2007) "Ireland’s foreign owned technology sector: A new form of embeddedness?", Conference of Irish Geographers. St Patrick’s Drumcondra.

Grimes, S. (2007) "Ethical aspects of development", The Geography Department, University of Nairobi, 27 June.

Grimes, S. (2007) "Researching Ireland’s Internationally Traded Services Sector", 3rd International Conference on Services and Innovation, 7-8 November, The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin.

Grimes, S. (2007) "The evolution of Ireland’s technology sector and its role in servicing the EMEA region", Strathmore University, Nairobi, MBA Class, 28 and 29 June.

Grimes, S. and Collins, P. (2006) "The evolution of the foreign-owned technology sector in Ireland", School of Management and Economics, Queens University Belfast, 31 March.

Grimes, S. (2006) "ICTs and rural areas: the European experience", EU-China Information Society Project, Jangyuan Informatisation Department, Jangyuan, China, 21 July.

Grimes, S. (2006) "Betwixt and Between: Ireland’s role in servicing TNC markets in the EMEA region", Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University, Sydney, 11 July.

Grimes, S. (2006) "ICTS and rural areas: the European experience", EU-China Information Society Project, Jiyuan’s Municipal People’s Government, Jiyuan, China, 18 July.

Grimes, S. (2006) "ICTS and rural areas: the European experience", EU-China Information Society Project, Handan Informatisation Department, Handan, China, 19 July.

Grimes, S. and Collins, P. (2006) "From manufacturing to services: the recent evolution of Ireland’s foreign-owned technology sector", International Geographical Union Commission on the Geography of the Information Society, Sydney, June 26-30.

Grimes, S. and Collins, P. (2005) "Betwixt and Between: Ireland’s role in servicing TNC markets in the EMEA region", XVth International RESER Conference, 22-24 September, Granada, Spain.

Collins, P. and Grimes, S. (2005) "The evolution of transnational technology subsidiaries in Ireland", Regional Studies Association, NUI, Galway, 15 April.

Collins, P. and Grimes, S. (2005) "The role of transnational subsidiaries in Ireland’s technology sector", Conference of Irish Geographers, NUI, Galway, 6-8 May.

Grimes, S. (2004) "Information and Communication Technologies and Rural Peripherality," Changing Aspects: ICT Supported Development in Rural Areas, South West Regional Authority. Cork, 54-57.

Grimes, S. (2004) "Multiple paths up the value-chain: Corporate influence and services-led development in Ireland", International Geographical Union Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Spaces, Residential Conference, University of Birmingham, 10-13 August.

Grimes, S. (2004) "Ireland's emergence as a centre for internationally traded services", Regional Science Association International (British & Irish Section) 34th Annual Conference, University College Cork, 18-20 August.

Grimes, S. and White, M. (2003) "Globalising the periphery: Ireland’s emergence as a ’successful’ European region", Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, London, 3-5 September.

Roper, S. and Grimes, S. (2003) "Local advantages and global presence: a comparative analysis of the ICT sectors in Ireland, Finland and Israel", European Regional Science Association 2003 Congress, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, August.

White, M. and Grimes, S. (2003) "The Sustainability of Ireland's Knowledge Economy", Regional Studies Association International Conference 'Reinventing Regions in a Global Economy, Pisa, Italy.

Grimes, S. (2003) "The role of internationally traded services in integrating Ireland into the global economy". Invited Lecturer. Mary Immaculate College/University of Limerick, Department of Geograhy, 3rd December.

Grimes, S. (2002) Keynote Address "The emerging information economy in Ireland", 5th Conference on Regional Development in Seinajoki ’New Technologies and Regional Development’, Seinajoki, Finland, November 8-9.

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.

Other

Grimes, S. (2012). Innovation in China: some evidence from multinational R&D centres in Shanghai. MBA programme, Strathmore University Business School, 25 October.

Grimes, S., Can China become an innovation hub? July 2011, EastAsiaForum (Online)

Grimes, S. (2009) "Deconstructing Ireland's Policy Approach to Business Services". Regional Studies Association Research Network Seminar, Krakow.

Grimes, S. (2009) "From low cost platform to services hub: the case of Ireland", Department of Human Geography, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 11 March 2009.

Grimes, S. and Collins, P. (2008) "The Growing Significance of Ireland as a centre for internationally traded business serevices". Regional Studies Association Network Seminar Outsourcing and Offshoring Business Services: Theoretical Perspectives and Global Trends. Centre for Contemporary European Studies, University of the West of Scotland.

CISC Working Papers

Collins, P. and Grimes, S. (2010) "Cost competitive places: the winners and losers in the global flows of foreign direct investment", CISC Working Paper 33, February (CISC Working Paper No. 33)

Hoechtberger, K., White, M. and Grimes, S. (2004) "The Evolution of Multinational Computer Services Affiliates in Ireland", CISC Working Paper No. 13, March. (CISC Working Paper No. 13)

Hoechtberger, K., Grimes, S. and Zademach, HM. (2003) "Aspiring Affiliates, Global Project Networks and Local Embeddedness: Evidence from Bangalore, India". CISC Working Paper No. 7, October. (CISC Working Paper No. 7)

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