Browsing Mechanical Engineering (Scholarly Articles) by Author "Cormican, Kathryn"
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Auditing best practice for effective product innovation management
Cormican, Kathryn; O'Sullivan, David (Science Direct, 2004-10)Over the past number of years, researchers and industrialists have recognised the need for and the importance of developing approaches to enhance competitive advantage in new product development. However, the product ... -
A collaborative knowledge management tool for product innovation management
Cormican, Kathryn; O'Sullivan, David (Inderscience Publishers, 2003)Contemporary business systems are becoming increasingly competitive. Faster and smarter technology, although imperative, is not enough to survive in dynamic environments. Modern enterprises must adopt a deliberate and ... -
Developing a scorecard for enterprise knowledge management
Cormican, Kathryn (2002-05-19)Enterprise knowledge management is becoming a critical component of competitive success. Managers must ensure that they can successfully generate, leverage and reuse knowledge assets in their organisations. In this view, ... -
Groupware architecture for R&D managers
Cormican, Kathryn; O'Sullivan, David (2004)The business environment is changing at an accelerated pace. Contemporary business systems are becoming more knowledge intensive. This is particularly evident in areas such as product innovation where knowledge centric ... -
A groupware system for virtual product innovation management
Cormican, Kathryn; O'Sullivan, David (Wiley Interscience, 2007)We are experiencing a radical shift in the way organisations are designed, structured and organised. New organisational forms such as virtual strategic partnerships and networks are replacing traditional bureaucratic, ... -
Idea management for organisational Innovation
Cormican, Kathryn; O'Sullivan, David (World Scientific, 2003-12)Modern organisations are under ever increasing competitive pressure to maintain market share, enhance product range, improve efficiency and reduce cost. The process by which organisations attain these improvements is ... -
Knowledge sharing in a collaborative networked environment
Cormican, Kathryn (2007)Knowledge is a key resource that must be managed within organisations and across collaborative enterprise networks. In particular, the two major challenges that face such organisations are; ensuring that they have the ... -
A review of the last ten years of research presented at the annual International Concurrent Enterprising (ICE) conference
Cormican, Kathryn (2004)The 10th International Conference on Concurrent Enterprising (ICE) provides an excellent opportunity to reflect on the history of the conference and how it has developed and evolved over the last 10 years. The purpose of ... -
A scorecard for supporting enterprise knowledge management
Cormican, Kathryn; O'Sullivan, David (2003)Enterprise knowledge management is becoming a critical component of competitive success. Managers must ensure that they can successfully generate, leverage and reuse knowledge assets in their organisations. In this view, ... -
Supplier performance evaluation: Lessons from a large multinational organisation
Cormican, Kathryn; Cunningham, Michael (2007)Purpose - Progressive organisations are developing proactive supplier-based strategies in order to integrate key suppliers into their processes and systems. The purpose of this paper is to present an approach that helps ... -
Supporting systems innovation
Dooley, Lawrence; Cormican, Kathryn; Wreath, Siobhan; O'Sullivan, David (World Scientific Publishing, 2000)Many researchers and practitioners contend that organisations should respond to changing market need and create competitive advantage through innovation and creativity. Each year, organisations expend significant resources ... -
Technology Transfer for Product Life Cycle Extension: A Model for Successful Implementation
Cormican, Kathryn; O'Connor, Michael (2009)This paper examines the logistical and operational issues relating to technology transfer. It documents the specific problems encountered as well as the solution designed to overcome these problems. The paper presents a ... -
Towards holistic goal centered performance management in software development: lessons from a best practice analysis
Murphy, Thomas; Cormican, Kathryn (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 ... -
User acceptance of mandated technology: An analysis of the role of moderating factors
Keane, Robert; Cormican, Kathryn; Flynn, Paul (Elsevier, 2020-01-28)This research assesses how the characteristics of age, gender and personality influence user acceptance of a software system in a mandated industrial setting. Guided by a conceptual framework based on the Unified Technology ... -
Value chain migration from production to product centred operations: an analysis of the Irish medical device industry
Cormican, Kathryn (2006)The medical device industry in Ireland is largely confined to manufacturing operations. This narrow focus limits the competitiveness of the industry in Ireland and consequently poses a threat to development and growth. ... -
Virtual team environment for collaborative research projects
Precup, Lavinia; O'Sullivan, David; Cormican, Kathryn (2006)One of the main limiting factors that reduce the potential output the innovation projects, involving different organisations and individuals from different geographical areas, is the poor communication and knowledge sharing ...