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An exploratory framework for the successful commercialisation of combination products
(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: ...
Towards Empathic Design in the Irish Medical Device Industry
(2012-05)
The goal of this study is twofold (a) to identify whether empathic design methods are used in the medical device industry in Ireland and (b) to identify the challenges faced by designers when implementing empathic design ...
Knowledge Management Practices in Service SMEs
(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 ...
Design for experience: An analysis of the Irish Creative Industry
(2012)
In this paper we report on the results of an exploratory study that investigated the experiences of key informants from SMEs in the Irish creative sector that are involved in design. A purposive sample of 56 small firms ...
Sustaining multi-national subsidiaries operations in the electronics industry in Ireland
(2010-09)
US multi-national corporations' (MNC) subsidiaries operating in the electronics industry represent a significant and important grouping of the high tech manufacturing sector in Ireland based on the number of people employed, ...
Key challenges for inter and intra enterprise knowledge transfer
(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 ...
Managing enterprise networks: Support structures for SMEs
(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 ...
The development of a supplier performance evaluation tool
(2005)
As product life cycles continue to shrink and global competition increases, manufacturers are outsourcing what they consider to be non-strategic activities in order to focus on their core competencies. Consequently these ...
Developing a self assessment audit to support product innovation management
(2000)
Product innovation is critical to the success of most design and manufacturing enterprises. It is widely recognised that effective co ordination, organisation and management affects product innovation success rates. Self ...
Enterprise knowledge management
(2000)
The knowledge-based theory of a firm suggests that knowledge is the only remaining sustainable resource that can provide competitive advantage in dynamic environments. Knowledge is a key resource that must be actively ...