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The Readiness of High-Technology Manufacturing Companies to Adopt and Use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): A Case Study of the Medical Device Sector in Ireland
(2008)
The decision to undertake this Masters programme was difficult enough in it¿s own right but the completion of it, and particularly this Thesis, would not have been possible were it not for the support and assistance ...
A study of innovation measurement and innovation management at Irish medical device SME's
(2009-09)
The objective of this dissertation is to discuss the current state of innovation
measurement and innovation management at Irish medical device SME's.
Irish medical device SME's are often founded as spin-out companies ...
A study of Irish medical device companies best practice new product development tools and methodologies
(2009)
The aim of this study is to investigate what New Product Development (NPD) process methodologies and what NPD tools are in use by Irish medical device companies, and to then recommend an adapted NPD process with the ...
Investigating intellectual property protection of a company¿s spare part business
(2009-09)
The following thesis looks at Intellectual Property Rights available to companies for the protection of spare parts.
The author reviews Intellectual Property, Patent, Copyright, Trademark and Design Right Legislation in ...
Is absorptive capacity significant for innovation at firm level?
(2008)
The current research literature proposes that absorptive capacity is a crucial dynamic capability in knowledge-based competition (Zahra and George, 2002). Cohen and Levinthal define absorptive capacity as: the ability of ...
Motivation- The Irish and non Irish Workers: Using the psychological contract to understand the reasons behind perceived different performance levels from the Irish and non Irish employees on the same manufacturing floor.
(2008)
The objective of this investigation was to ascertain if a different psychological contract was in existence among shop floor employees in a small to medium enterprise. This thesis sought to answer three research questions. ...
Conflict between Radical and Incremental innovation: Perceptions and behaviours of actors caught in the cross fire
(2007)
The `great fear¿ is according to Ansoff (1998) is that the organizational decision makers who fail to anticipate the trends and discontinuities in the wider environment will be `left behind¿. Innovation and new product ...
Evaluating the development of metrics within the new product development process to reduce time to market
(2008)
The manufacturing landscape is changing in Ireland. Ireland has enjoyed huge prosperity through the ¿Celtic Tiger¿ years as large multinational organisations set up manufacturing plants in Ireland. With the ...
Investigation into the implementation of the CANDO methodology of visual workplace organisation in company X
(2009)
The purpose of this research was to investigate the
implementation of the CANDO methodology for Visual
Workplace Organisation in the Manufacturing areas in Company
X. The primary objective was to give a detailed ...
Reaching a crossroads: a strategic roadmap for the small to medium size enterprises
(2009)
Globalisation is now well and truly upon us and the barriers of
entry no longer hold bounds on the larger organisations, the big
corporations are now looking for new opportunities for
expansion. For the Small and Medium ...