Browsing Conferences - School of Engineering, ATU Galway City by Author "Donnellan, Brian"
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Beyond RBV and KBV to an innovation-based view of the firm
Costello, Gabriel J.; Donnellan, Brian (2011)The quest to understand sources of sustained competitive advantage is still a major area of interest to both researchers and practitioners. The central thesis of this paper is that the resource-based view of the firm and ... -
Development of a prototype knowledge discovery portal for energy informatics
Costello, Gabriel J.; Clarke, Raymond; Donnellan, Brian; Lohan, John (2013)This paper describes the development of a prototype knowledge discovery portal (KDP) for energy informatics. The research domain is Ireland which is increasingly challenged to achieve energy efficiency targets and to ... -
A dialogical action research approach to innovation as organisational change
Costello, Gabriel J.; Rochford, Colm; Donnellan, Brian (2008)This paper argues that dialogical action research (AR) recently proposed by Mårtensson & Lee, provides a novel framework for both relevant and rigorous collaboration between academics and practitioners. The work is presented ... -
Dialogical action research as engaged scholarship: an empirical study
Costello, Gabriel J.; Conboy, Kieran; Donnellan, Brian (2011)The rigor versus relevance debate continues to be a matter of lively discussion in the information systems discipline. The main argument of this paper is that dialogical action research provides a methodology to pursue ... -
Dialogical action research: a case study
Costello, Gabriel J.; Donnellan, Brian (2011)The paper is in the form of a case study, in it the researchers used APC-Ireland, a subsidiary of the American Power Conversion (APC) Corporation. The Corporation entered a major period of transition in the first quarter ... -
An ecological perspective on innovation management
Costello, Gabriel J.; Conboy, Kieran; Donnellan, Brian (2011)Enabling innovation is major challenge for individuals, teams, organizations, regions and economies and the topic is increasingly seen as being crucial not only to success but to survival. The topic of innovation is both ... -
Empathy and teamwork: reflections on the legacy of Claudio Ciborra through the phenomenology of Edith Stein
Costello, Gabriel J.; Cresham, Michael; Donnellan, Brian (2007)Claudio Ciborra argued that the position of information and communications technology (ICT) in organisations requires a shift from the present focus on the scientific paradigm to an alternative centre of gravity: human ... -
Linking the triple helix model of innovation to enterprise innovation processes
Costello, Gabriel J.; Rochford, Colm; Donnellan, Brian (2006)The purpose of this paper is see how the triple helix model of innovation can be linked to enterprise innovation processes. This paper has provided some preliminary results, findings and reflections from an ongoing case ... -
Managing lean supply and innovation: cross-cultural knowledge transfer in an multi-national company
Xin Xu, Susanna; Donnellan, Brian; Golden, Willie; Costello, Gabriel J. (2007)There is growing evidence that organisations are increasingly using the concept of lean supply to foster innovation. This paper considers key factors that influence this management approach in the context of the cross-cultural ... -
Mobilising IS to support the diffusion of energy management practices outside of Ireland's LIEN (Large Industry Energy Network)
Costello, Gabriel J.; Lohan, John; Donnellan, Brian (2010)Ireland is under increasing pressure to reduce energy consumption to meet carbon emission targets and protect an economy that is almost totally dependant on imported energy. The implementation of no cost and low cost energy ... -
A new organisational ecology for open innovation: the Innovation Value Institute
Curley, Martin; Costello, Gabriel J.; Donnellan, Brian (2012)In this paper a new theoretical framework for Innovation Eco-Systems is proposed and the application of the model in the Innovation Value Institute (IVI) is described. The IVI is engaged in the development of the IT-Capability ... -
The phenomenology of time: reflections from the Lebenswelt
Costello, Gabriel J.; Donnellan, Brian (2013)The aim of this study is to reflect on how time was perceived by different actors during a longitudinal study of innovation in the lebenswelt –in this case a multi-national subsidiary (Costello, 2010). It aims to address ... -
Reflections on "reflection" in Action Research
Costello, Gabriel J.; Conboy, Kieran; Donnellan, Brian (2015-06)There is wide agreement in the literature that “reflection” is a critical component of any good research, but certainly in the methodology of action research (AR). Despite consensus regarding its importance, this paper ... -
Short interval management and the quest for process innovation: something new or déjà vu
Costello, Gabriel J.; Donnellan, Brian (2009)Ireland still punches way above its weight internationally attracting 2% of total global foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2008 which amounted to circa €2 billion (IDA, 2009). The focus of the IDA (Industrial Development ... -
Supply chain transformation in APC Ireland: lean thinking, opposing logics and bricolage
Costello, Gabriel J.; Rochford, Colm; Donnellan, Brian (2007)This paper presents a number of observations and findings from an ongoing study of supply chain transformation in a subsidiary of American Power Conversion (APC) located in the West of Ireland. The study is being carried ... -
Symbolic interactionism and the cell information board: challenging the wisdom of systems
Costello, Gabriel J.; Donnellan, Brian (2013)Claudio Ciborra in “The Labyrinths of Information: Challenging the Wisdom of Systems” argues that the position of information and communications technology (ICT) in organizations requires a shift from the present focus ... -
Towards a meta-theoretical framework for innovation and information systems research
Costello, Gabriel J.; Donnellan, Brian (2012)The importance of theory to the IS discipline is the subject of ongoing debate and there have been recent calls for novel conceptualizations to stimulate research. In the area of innovation, one of the main conclusions ...