Browsing Mechanical Engineering by Subject "Best practice"
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Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment: An analysis of Japanese Investment in Ireland using the Kano model
(IEEE, 2013-06)This paper presents findings from an analysis of the location-specific foreign direct investment (FDI) factors that attract Japanese multinational companies (MNCs) to Ireland. Data was collected from 11 Japanese MNCs and ... -
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 ... -
Product portfolio management: An analysis of a large medical device company
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013-07)This paper focuses on product portfolio management in a large multinational medical device organisation. The contribution of this research is to provide insights into the nature, composition and decision making processes ... -
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 ... -
Towards holistic goal centered performance management in software development: lessons from a best practice analysis
(SciKA, 2015)There are strong motivating factors for more effective performance measurement practices in software development. Astute practices in this domain are lauded to improve efficiency and effectiveness. However previous studies ...