Browsing Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change by Author "Donnellan, Brian"
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...