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Having a Customer Focus in Agile Software Development
(2010)
This research looks at the customer focus of agile software development
teams. The study is part of a larger study examining how the twelve
principles of Beyond Budgeting are operationalised in the context of an
agile ...
Examining Customer Focus in Agile Systems Development Teams - Findings from Irish and Norwegian Case Studies
(2011)
While an acute, continuous focus on customer needs is often cited as a key benefit of agile approaches, very little research has examined the customer focus construct in an agile project environment, or looked at the ...
An Analysis of Model-Driven Web Engineering Methodologies
(2012)
In the late 1990's there was substantial activity within the 'Web engineering' research community and a multitude of new Web approaches were proposed. However, numerous studies have revealed major gaps in these approaches, ...
Incorporating Ethics and Social Responsibility in IS Education
(2011)
This paper discusses the importance of ethics and social responsibility in information systems (IS) education. The many public scandals of corporate misconduct have increased the need for more emphasis to be placed on ...
What Determines E-Loyalty? An Analysis of Factors Affecting On-Line Customer Retention
(2012)
The objective of this research was to identify, assess and rank the determinants of e-Loyalty for the benefit of online stores so that they may have a better understanding as to what factors customers consider most important ...
The Emerald or Yellow Isle? Estimating the welfare impacts of agricultural landscape change in Ireland
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-01)
In this paper we exploit a discrete choice modeling framework to estimate the potential non-market welfare impacts of alternative hypothetical rural Irish landscapes that could become real by the year 2030 depending both ...
The role of regional advisory councils in the European Common Fisheries Policy: legal constraints and future options.
(Martinus Nijhoff, 2010-05)
One of the outcomes of the reform of the European common fisheries policy (CFP) in
2002 was the establishment of Regional Advisory Councils (RACs) to enable the European
Commission to benefit from the knowledge and ...
The effects of implementing a Lean Six Sigma tool, Visual Process Controls, to improve month-end activities in a finance department - An Empirical Case Study
(2010-08-31)
The world that companies operate in today forces them to continually seek out and strive for new cost savings and where possible create a competitive advantage. Lean, Lean Thinking and Lean Six Sigma has seen tools and ...
The Marine Strategy Framework Directive: A new European approach to the regulation of the marine environment, marine natural resources and marine ecological services
(International Bar Association, 2011-02)
This article reviews the Marine Strategy Framework Directive which requires the Member States of the European Union (EU) to put in place measures to achieve and maintain good environmental status of marine waters by 2020. ...
What is Waste? - Irish & European Perspectives on Waste Law
(2010-09-20)
Irish and European waste legislation has progressed through a myriad of legislative
waste revisions over the last 35 years. The complex web of legislation includes;
1975- Council Directive on Waste (75/442/EEC)
1991- ...