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Managing Lean Supply and Innovation: Cross-cultural Knowledge Transfer in an Multi-national Company
(2008)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 ... -
Managing tacit and explicit knowledge in organisational teams
(2008)In this article we analyse how tacit and explicit knowledge are managed in teams. Tacit knowledge is located in human persons and it can not be described formally as data or any other form while explicit knowledge is public ... -
Measuring knowledge transfer success by D&M
(2008)DeLone & McLean's success model has been actively used since its first introduction in 1992. In this article the model is extended to describe the success of knowledge sharing in an information system that included a part ... -
Measuring safety climate in aviation: A review and recommendations for the future
(2011)This paper reviews 23 studies that have examined safety climate within commercial and military aviation. The safety climate factors identified in the aviation safety climate questionnaires were found to be consistent with ... -
Measuring safety climate in the aviation industry: A review and recommendations for the future.
(Elsevier, 2011)This paper reviews 23 studies that have examined safety climate within commercial and military aviation. The safety climate factors identified in the aviation safety climate questionnaires were found to be consistent with ... -
A methodology for identifying human error in U.S. Navy diving accidents
(2007)Objective: To better understand how human error contributes to U.S. Navy diving accidents. Background: An analysis of 263 U.S. Navy diving accident and mishap reports revealed that the human factors classifications were ... -
Methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of CRM training: A literature review.
(Ashgate, 2002)This review paper examines the methods used to evaluate Crew Resource Management (CRM) training in 48 published studies from aviation (40) and other industries. The training evaluation techniques are categorised in terms ... -
Methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of CRM training: A survey of UK aviation operators.
(2002)This study examines the techniques which UK aviation operators are employing to evaluate crew resource management (CRM) training. A questionnaire designed to elicit information on the methods used in industry to evaluate ... -
Mobilising IS to support the diffusion of energy management practices outside of Ireland¿s LIEN (Large Industry Energy Network)
(Association Information et Management, 2010-05)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 ... -
Model for the Benefit Analysis of ICT
(ACIS, 2011)The ratio between success and failure in ICT projects suggests a need for improved understanding of the ICTimplementations. New methods to evaluate the ICT projects are sought. While process modeling has been under way ... -
Modelling preference relaxation in e-commerce.
(IEEE, 2010-09-23)In multi-attribute decision choice scenarios, although decision-makers desire access to very large sets of possible choice options (alternatives), their cognitive resources are limited. They may simply be unable to process ... -
Modelling the Effects of Decision Tools in Online Shopping
(2009)The provision of tools to focus user interaction in analysing data to come to a decision is the core principle of a decision supporting system. This became the inherent characteristic of decision support systems to ... -
National Innovation Systems and Entrepreneurship
(2008-09-26)Porter (1990) argues that the future battles for competitiveness will not be fought just between organisations but also between nations. Looking at the nation as the unit of analysis, one way to become more competitive ... -
Network Enabled Capabilities and Competitive Technology Clusters in Ireland
(CISC, 2010-06)The Network approach is a useful heuristic tool that enables us to focus on the network structure, inter-linkages between actors and help determining how the networks change over time. The present study used the network ... -
"Nonsense?" - ICT perceived by the elderly
(EMCIS, 2011)This paper describes a feasibility study of ICT and social media as perceived by elderly people. Until lately, very little research has been done on social media from the perspective of older people. This is surprising as ... -
The nontechnical causes of diving accidents: Can U.S. Navy divers learn from other industries?
(Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Society, 2007)Although U.S. Navy diving is remarkably safe, because of the high-risk environment in which military divers work, accidents and mishaps do occur. Failures in leadership and situation awareness (particularly in risk and ... -
Open innovation in secondary software firms: an exploration of managers' perceptions of open source software
(Association for Computing Machinery, 2010-02)Open source software (OSS) is probably the best known exemplar of open innovation, with many practitioner-oriented publications having debated the merits and drawbacks of OSS in recent years. Nevertheless, much of the ... -
Optimal Product Information Display Formats in Online Shopping Scenarios: Implications for Management Practice and Policy Formation
(2009)The second key challenge noted by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (2004) eBusiness Strategy report is the building of confidence among Irish SME's and Micro-enterprises in the development of online ... -
Organizing for Agility: a Complex Adaptive Systems perspective on Agile Software Development Process
(2006)Agile software development has caught the attention of both practitioners and academics in recent years. In spite of many anecdotes and papers describing lessons learnt the theoretical foundation of agile software development ... -
Overcoming Barriers to Well-Being in Ireland: 2012 Conference Report
(Whitaker Institute, NUI Galway, 2013-06-08)[no abstract available]