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Managing lean supply and innovation: cross-cultural knowledge transfer in an multi-national company
(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 ...
Supply chain transformation in APC Ireland: lean thinking, opposing logics and bricolage
(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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Empathy and teamwork: reflections on the legacy of Claudio Ciborra through the phenomenology of Edith Stein
(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 ...
The diffusion of WOZ: expanding the topology of IS innovations
(2007)
The growth and diffusion of self-service technology (SST) over the last decade has resulted in an increasing number of business and government transactions being completed without human assistance. One innovation in this ...
Linking the triple helix model of innovation to enterprise innovation processes
(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 ...
A dialogical action research approach to innovation as organisational change
(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 ...
Innovation management in a multi-national corporation’s subsidiary of Ireland’s evolving knowledge economy
(2006)
Innovation management is now seen as an important competitive advantage for Multi-national Corporation (MNC) subsidiaries located in Ireland’s changing economy. This paper reports on the initial stages of a case study in ...
Short interval management and the quest for process innovation: something new or déjà vu
(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 ...