Browsing Mechanical Engineering by Author "Cormican, Kathryn"

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    • An exploration of open innovation in university technology transfer 

      Coleman, Maébh; Cormican, Kathryn (2010)
      In addition to their well established teaching and research missions, universities are increasingly seen as essential contributors to economic development . The vanguard of this movement is the push toward technology ...

    • An exploratory framework for the successful commercialisation of combination products 

      Cormican, Kathryn; Masterson, Fiona (2012-06)
      Combination products are at the forefront of innovation in the biomedical technology sector technology sector. The successful commercialisation of these products, which combine two or more different single-entity products: ...

    • A framework to support knowledge transfer in the service sector 

      Cormican, Kathryn; Gill, Simrn; Folan, Paul (2010)
      This paper introduces a framework for supporting and analysing knowledge transfer in the service sector, which centres on the individual in the process. It argues that the individual is at the centre of the transfer process ...

    • Groupware architecture for R&D managers 

      Cormican, Kathryn; O'Sullivan, David (2004)
      The business environment is changing at an accelerated pace. Contemporary business systems are becoming more knowledge intensive. This is particularly evident in areas such as product innovation where knowledge centric ...

    • A groupware system for product innovation management 

      Cormican, Kathryn; O'Sullivan, David (2004)
      We are experiencing a radical shift in the way organisations are designed, structured and organised. New organisational forms such as strategic partnerships and networks are replacing simple market based transactions and ...

    • A groupware system for virtual product innovation management 

      Cormican, Kathryn; O'Sullivan, David (Wiley Interscience, 2007)
      We are experiencing a radical shift in the way organisations are designed, structured and organised. New organisational forms such as virtual strategic partnerships and networks are replacing traditional bureaucratic, ...

    • A happy threesome: Innovation, Creativity and Business Support 

      Cormican, Kathryn (2009)
      Businesses, whether for-profit and nonprofit, are facing change like never before. Numerous driving forces to this change include a rapidly expanding marketplace (globalization), and increasing competition, diversity among ...

    • ICT as an Opportunity for Regional Development: the Extremadura Case 

      Cormican, Kathryn (2007)
      The present paper describes the case of Extremadura Region as well as the lessons that can be learned from the processes of re-focussing its regional growth strategy. A brief introduction will show the way many regions or ...

    • Idea management for organisational Innovation 

      Cormican, Kathryn; O'Sullivan, David (World Scientific, 2003-12)
      Modern organisations are under ever increasing competitive pressure to maintain market share, enhance product range, improve efficiency and reduce cost. The process by which organisations attain these improvements is ...

    • Implementation of an ambient intelligence (AmI) system in a manufacturing SME 

      Gill, Simrn Kaur; Cormican, Kathryn (IOS Press, 2008)
      SME are facing greater challenges due to increased labour cost and reduced cycle times. To adapt to this change more effectively and efficiently they need systems in place that adapt to change easily and seamlessly. This ...

    • Implementation of an AmI system in a Manufacturing SME 

      Gill, Simrn; Cormican, Kathryn (2008)
      SME's are facing greater challenges due to increased labour cost and reduced cycle times. To adapt to these challenges they need systems in place that will enable them to be flexible, effective and efficient. This is the ...

    • The influence of technology on the development of partnership relationships in the Irish construction industry 

      Cormican, Kathryn (2013)
      This paper investigates the potential for improvement in the construction supply chain management (SCM) given the current crisis in the Irish construction industry. The research was undertaken because of the need to improve ...

    • Innovation management for product and process development 

      Cormican, Kathryn; O'Sullivan, David; Browne, Jim; Yu, Ming; Dooley, Lawrence (2000)
      Industry we are told manages change poorly. Surveys indicate that over 50% of change programmes fail to meet objectives. The reasons cited are all too familiar: poor goal definition, poor alignment of actions to goals and ...

    • Key challenges for inter and intra enterprise knowledge transfer 

      Cormican, Kathryn (2004)
      Knowledge is a key resource that must be managed if improvement efforts are to succeed and businesses are to remain competitive in global markets. In recent years, researchers, consultants and practitioners have developed ...

    • Knowledge Management Practices in Service SMEs 

      Cormican, Kathryn (2012-01)
      Knowledge management is a critical component of competitive success in service organizations. Knowledge management centers on creating new knowledge and utilizing existing knowledge. While utilizing existing knowledge ...

    • Knowledge sharing in a collaborative networked environment 

      Cormican, Kathryn (2007)
      Knowledge is a key resource that must be managed within organisations and across collaborative enterprise networks. In particular, the two major challenges that face such organisations are; ensuring that they have the ...

    • Knowledge sharing in manufacturing SMEs 

      Cormican, Kathryn (2007)
      This paper reports on a study of European manufacturing SMEs in the metallurgical sector. The goal of the research is to ascertain the extent and nature of knowledge sharing that takes place within these organisations; the ...

    • Knowledge sharing in manufacturing SMEs: survey findings and analysis 

      Cormican, Kathryn; Van Leeuwen, Manon (IOS Press, 2006)
      This paper reports on it study of European manufacturing SMEs in the metallurgical sector. The goal of the research is to ascertain the extent and nature of knowledge sharing that takes place within these organisations; ...

    • Managing enterprise networks: Support structures for SMEs 

      Cormican, Kathryn (2005)
      In an increasingly competitive global economy, small to medium sized enterprises (SME) realise that they must work together in order to survive. They must learn to share their experiences and knowledge and pool their ...

    • Measuring and benchmarking digital literacy strategies and efforts: the BENTLI project 

      Cormican, Kathryn (2006)
      There are numerous interesting strategies in place in Europe, a large majority of them initiated and executed by regional or local government institutions, more or less successful in addressing groups with a high risk of ...