Mary Trainor
Biographic Data
| ID | 5108296 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Trainor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Trainor |
| SIGNATURE | TRAINOR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University Belfast |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Impact of Government Intervention on Employment Change and Plant Closure in Northern Ireland, 1983–97
Harris R. and Trainor M. (2007) Impact of government intervention on employment change and plant closure in Northern Ireland, 1983–97, Regional Studies 41, 51–63. Financial assistance to manufacturing industry is an important element of the industrial development policy in Northern Ireland. This paper uses the individual plant-level records of the Annual Respondents Database (ARD) for the Northern Ireland manufacturing sector (1983–97) matched to…
Plant‐level Analysis Using the Ard
This study uses the Annual Respondents Database to test whether Gibrat's law of proportionate effect holds for the UK manufacturing industry during the period 1973–1998. For a sample of manufacturing industries, four different panel unit root tests were carried out to test the relationship between growth and size for three measures of size: gross output, employment and gross value added. The tests were applied to unbalanced plant‐level panel data…
Environmental Performance, Competitiveness and Management of Small Businesses in Europe
Is it the case that more competitive SMEs have greater capacity to adopt environmental initiatives? The answer is no, according to this study which tried to link small firm environmental performance to factors such as profitability, growth, skills and research and development. This study focuses on three interrelated propositions that are concerned with the impact of environmental initiatives on firm competitiveness; the relevance of management's…
Manufacturing Industries in the UK
This paper uses detailed industry level time‐series data for the UK regions which suggests that convergence (at least in terms of output‐per‐employee) was not occurring during the period 1968–92. Based on testing for unit roots, it is found that in a majority of industries and regions growth was divergent, and consequently there is little empirical support for the neoclassical ‘long‐run catch up’ model
Public Sector Relocation and Regional Development
The drive for efficiency in national government has given an increased impetus to Civil Service relocation away from London and the South East. This provides opportunities for regional development similar to those in business support operations in the private sector. In assessing such opportunities, the paper looks at the economic benefits and costs of public sector relocation. The history of Civil Service relocation and the motivating factors ar…
Innovations and R & D in Northern Ireland Manufacturing
HARRIS R. and TRAINOR M. (1995) Innovations and R & D in Northern Ireland manufacturing: a Schumpeterian approach, Reg. Studies 29, 593–604. Given the importance of R & D and innovative outputs, and the change in regional policy in the 1980s to encourage an enterprise culture based inter alia on a high rate of innovations, this paper attempts to explain the determinants of inventive activities in one of the most disadvantaged regions of the Unite…
Public Sector Employment in Regional Development
In this paper, the role of public sector employment in regional development is examined, an area which has been neglected in regional science journals and textbooks. The public sector in all regions is large and diverse, and, consequently, changes in national policy may have major and differing implications for regional economies. The national expansion of public sector employment and the debate on its effects on national economies are considered…
Northern Ireland
Public Sector Relocation and Regional Development
The drive for efficiency in national government has given an increased impetus to Civil Service relocation away from London and the South East. This provides opportunities for regional development similar to those in business support operations in the private sector. In assessing such opportunities, the paper looks at the economic benefits and costs of public sector relocation. The history of Civil Service relocation and the motivating factors ar…
Innovations and R & D in Northern Ireland Manufacturing
HARRIS R. and TRAINOR M. (1995) Innovations and R & D in Northern Ireland manufacturing: a Schumpeterian approach, Reg. Studies 29, 593–604. Given the importance of R & D and innovative outputs, and the change in regional policy in the 1980s to encourage an enterprise culture based inter alia on a high rate of innovations, this paper attempts to explain the determinants of inventive activities in one of the most disadvantaged regions of the Unite…
Northern Ireland
Impact of Government Intervention on Employment Change and Plant Closure in Northern Ireland, 1983–97
Harris R. and Trainor M. (2007) Impact of government intervention on employment change and plant closure in Northern Ireland, 1983–97, Regional Studies 41, 51–63. Financial assistance to manufacturing industry is an important element of the industrial development policy in Northern Ireland. This paper uses the individual plant-level records of the Annual Respondents Database (ARD) for the Northern Ireland manufacturing sector (1983–97) matched to…
Environmental Performance, Competitiveness and Management of Small Businesses in Europe
Is it the case that more competitive SMEs have greater capacity to adopt environmental initiatives? The answer is no, according to this study which tried to link small firm environmental performance to factors such as profitability, growth, skills and research and development. This study focuses on three interrelated propositions that are concerned with the impact of environmental initiatives on firm competitiveness; the relevance of management's…
Plant‐level Analysis Using the Ard
This study uses the Annual Respondents Database to test whether Gibrat's law of proportionate effect holds for the UK manufacturing industry during the period 1973–1998. For a sample of manufacturing industries, four different panel unit root tests were carried out to test the relationship between growth and size for three measures of size: gross output, employment and gross value added. The tests were applied to unbalanced plant‐level panel data…
Public Sector Employment in Regional Development
In this paper, the role of public sector employment in regional development is examined, an area which has been neglected in regional science journals and textbooks. The public sector in all regions is large and diverse, and, consequently, changes in national policy may have major and differing implications for regional economies. The national expansion of public sector employment and the debate on its effects on national economies are considered…
Northern Ireland
Public Sector Employment in Regional Development
In this paper, the role of public sector employment in regional development is examined, an area which has been neglected in regional science journals and textbooks. The public sector in all regions is large and diverse, and, consequently, changes in national policy may have major and differing implications for regional economies. The national expansion of public sector employment and the debate on its effects on national economies are considered…
Innovations and R & D in Northern Ireland Manufacturing
HARRIS R. and TRAINOR M. (1995) Innovations and R & D in Northern Ireland manufacturing: a Schumpeterian approach, Reg. Studies 29, 593–604. Given the importance of R & D and innovative outputs, and the change in regional policy in the 1980s to encourage an enterprise culture based inter alia on a high rate of innovations, this paper attempts to explain the determinants of inventive activities in one of the most disadvantaged regions of the Unite…
Public Sector Relocation and Regional Development
The drive for efficiency in national government has given an increased impetus to Civil Service relocation away from London and the South East. This provides opportunities for regional development similar to those in business support operations in the private sector. In assessing such opportunities, the paper looks at the economic benefits and costs of public sector relocation. The history of Civil Service relocation and the motivating factors ar…
Manufacturing Industries in the UK
This paper uses detailed industry level time‐series data for the UK regions which suggests that convergence (at least in terms of output‐per‐employee) was not occurring during the period 1968–92. Based on testing for unit roots, it is found that in a majority of industries and regions growth was divergent, and consequently there is little empirical support for the neoclassical ‘long‐run catch up’ model
Plant‐level Analysis Using the Ard
This study uses the Annual Respondents Database to test whether Gibrat's law of proportionate effect holds for the UK manufacturing industry during the period 1973–1998. For a sample of manufacturing industries, four different panel unit root tests were carried out to test the relationship between growth and size for three measures of size: gross output, employment and gross value added. The tests were applied to unbalanced plant‐level panel data…
Environmental Performance, Competitiveness and Management of Small Businesses in Europe
Is it the case that more competitive SMEs have greater capacity to adopt environmental initiatives? The answer is no, according to this study which tried to link small firm environmental performance to factors such as profitability, growth, skills and research and development. This study focuses on three interrelated propositions that are concerned with the impact of environmental initiatives on firm competitiveness; the relevance of management's…
Impact of Government Intervention on Employment Change and Plant Closure in Northern Ireland, 1983–97
Harris R. and Trainor M. (2007) Impact of government intervention on employment change and plant closure in Northern Ireland, 1983–97, Regional Studies 41, 51–63. Financial assistance to manufacturing industry is an important element of the industrial development policy in Northern Ireland. This paper uses the individual plant-level records of the Annual Respondents Database (ARD) for the Northern Ireland manufacturing sector (1983–97) matched to…
Economics (6 works) · Economy (4 works) · Firm Innovation and Growth (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Civil service (2 works) · Econometrics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)