Service Industries Research Centre

Working Paper Series

This series of Working Papers deals with a wide range of important aspects of services industries including, employment, trade, measurement, taxation and the value of embodied services.  While the series focuses upon Irish needs and circumstances, these are set  in the wider community and international context, with an emphasis upon the exploration of theoretical issues and their policy implications.  The following titles are presently available from the Centre at IR£10.00 each.

No. 1:  M.J. Bannon and K. Moore, A Bibliography of Irish Service Sector Publications.

No. 2: M.J. Bannon and T.R. Martin, Trade in Services.

No. 3: M.J. Bannon, K. Moore and A. O'Keefe, The Growth and Importance of Producer Services in National Development.

No. 4: A. Bourke, International Trade in Services: A Review of Higher Education.

No. 5: E. Drew, Part-Time Working and the Service Sector.

No. 6: W.K. O'Riordan, The Decline of Government Services in the OECD.

No. 7: D. de Buitleir, Services and the Internal Market: Taxation Implications for Ireland.

No. 8: M.J. Bannon and J. Tarbatt, Skill Requirements and Skill Shortages in Business Services in the Dublin Area.

No. 9: Orio Giarini, The Service Economy and the Management of Risk: Major Themes and Propositions.

No. 10: R. T. Harrison & M. Hart, Business Services, External Assistance and SME Development: The Impact of Policy Support in a Peripheral Regional Economy.

No. 11: A.E. Burke, A Statistical Analysis of the Recording Industry, Home Taping and Intellectual Property Rights.

No. 12: T.R. Martin, Policies to Encourage New Firm Start-Ups in the European Community

No. 13: R. Brian Woodrow, The Implications of the Uruguay Round Services Agreement for Smaller Countries.

No. 14: David Donovan, Factors Affecting Competitiveness in Services.

No. 15:  Bernadette M. Quinn, The Value of the Live Music Industry - A Case Study of Temple Bar Blues Festival.

No. 16:  Irish Coalition of Service Industries and the Service Industries Research Centre, Issues in the Development of a Services Policy.

No. 17:  Bernadette M. Quinn, The Blues Sector in Ireland - recent change and future development prospects.

No. 18:  Bernadette M. Quinn, Tradition, Creativity and Change in Traditional Irish Music.

No. 19:  Bernadette M. Quinn, Musical landscapes in the representation of place – the case of Irish Tourism.

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