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More than just a game: the role of simulation in the teaching of product design and entrepreneurship to mechanical engineering students
(2016-09-08)
The purpose of this work is to contribute to the debate on the best pedagogical approach to developing undergraduate mechanical engineering skills to meet the requirements of contemporary complex working environments. The ...
The triple helix, open innovation and the DOI research agenda
(Springer, 2007)
This paper examines the implications for research into the diffusion of innovations (DOI) arising from a growing body of literature in two related fields. The first area concerns the debate on the role of regional and ...
Thermo King Carbon Neutral Production Line Project
(2019-03)
This paper describes an ongoing collaboration between Thermo King and the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, in the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT). The company has an operation in Galway where ...
The Philosophy of Innovation in Management Education: A Study utilising Aristotle’s Concept of Phronesis
(2019)
While much has been written on phronesis, there is a dearth of empirical work on the how the concept can be developed and implemented in practice, particularly in an educational setting. To address this problem, characteristics ...
The wizard of OZ: instilling a resilient heart into self-service business applications
(2006)
Speech enabled business applications are characterized by complex implementations that bring together language processing technologies, applications development, and end-user psychology. Resilience is critical to maintaining ...
Proposing a formalised model for mindful information systems offshoring.
(2010)
The central thesis of this paper is that Mathematical Economics can provide a novel approach to the examination of offshoring business decisions and
provide an impetus for future research in the area. A growing body of ...
Open innovation: the case of the Innovation Value Institute (IVI) Service Innovation Yearbook.
(2012-01-28)
Over the last decade, significant research has emerged in two areas related to innovation: firstly at the macroeconomic level with the debate on the role and composition of national innovation systems (NIS) and secondly ...
Towards an innovation-based view of the firm
(2011)
The central thesis of this paper is that the resource-based view of the firm and the knowledge based view of the firm require updating to an innovation-based view. This novel hypothesis of the firm is informed by a review ...
Proposing an Innovation-Based View of the Firm
(2018-12-12)
The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature on theories of the firm and argues for the importance of an innovation based view (IBV). In doing so, it examines the incumbent management theories of the firm, ...
Seeking the face of innovation with the ethical compass of Emmanuel Levinas
(2008)
A recent biographer has described the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas as being permeated by one simple but profound theme: western philosophy has at best ignored and at worst suppressed the “Other”. The approach of this ...