Browsing Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change by Author "Costello, Gabriel"
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Building a dolmen: an ISD approach to the management of innovation
Costello, Gabriel; Conboy, Kieran; Donnellan, Brian (Springer, 2008-10-24)This paper addresses a ¿challenge in practice¿ by describing the initial stage of an information systems development (ISD) project to support the management of innovation within a subsidiary of APC-MGE. To begin with, a ... -
A dialogical action research approach to innovation as organisational change.
Costello, Gabriel; Donellan, Brian (Action in Language, Organisations and Information Systems (ALOIS), 2008-05)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 ... -
The diffusion of WOZ: expanding the topology of IS innovations
Costello, Gabriel (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006-12-05)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 ... -
Empathy and teamwork: reflections on the legacy of Claudio Ciborra through the phenomenology of Edith Stein.
Costello, Gabriel; Donnellan, Brian (European Conference on Information Systems, 2007-06)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 ... -
Innovation management in a multi-national corporation's subsidiary of Ireland's evolving knowledge economy.
Costello, Gabriel; Whelan, Eoin; Donnellan, Brian (Springer Verlag, 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 ... -
Managing Lean Supply and Innovation: Cross-cultural Knowledge Transfer in an Multi-national Company
Donnellan, Brian; Xu, Susanna Xin; Costello, Gabriel; Golden, William (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 ... -
Mobilising IS to support the diffusion of energy management practices outside of Ireland¿s LIEN (Large Industry Energy Network)
Costello, Gabriel (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 ... -
Proposing a formalised model for mindful information systems offshoring
Costello, Gabriel; Donnelan, Brian (Springer Verlag, 2009-10-26)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 ... -
Seeking the face of innovation with the ethical compass of Emmanuel Levinas.
Costello, Gabriel; Donnellan, Brian (Springer Verlag, 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 ... -
Supply chain transformation in APC Ireland: lean thinking, opposing logics and bricolage.
Costello, Gabriel; Donnellan, Brian (ECIS, 2007-06)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.
Costello, Gabriel; Donnellan, Brian (Springer Verlag, 2007-01-07)This paper examines the implications for research on 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 national ... -
The wizard of OZ: instilling a resilient heart into self-service business applications
Costello, Gabriel (Springer, 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 ...