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Key activity indicators: critical review and proposal of implementation criteria
(2022)Purpose This paper discusses the concept, definition and usage of Key Activity Indicators (KAIs) and their integration within a Performance Measurement and Management system (PMM). Design/methodology/approach The ... -
Key components of consumer engagement : a firm-hosted virtual customer environment perspective
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Trinity Business School, 2015)The overarching objective of this research was to develop and test a model of consumer engagement in a virtual customer environment (VCE) in an attempt to advance substantive theory on the key determinants of this engagement. ... -
Key factors and underlying mechanisms for the enterprise systems lifecycle in public service organisations
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2017)This is a longitudinal Critical Realist case study in the Enterprise Systems (ES) area within the Information Systems (IS) domain. Based on the literature review, it is identified that the majority of the ES research is ... -
Learning How: Body techniques and the consumption of experience
(2018)Although the skilful body has been ever-present in research accounts of consumption experiences, no sustained attention has been given to the acquisition of skills necessary for successful engagement with those experiences. ... -
A Life-Cycle Model of Habitual Dependence in Leisure Demand
(2008)This model proposes an extension of the traditional habits in consumption literature to encompass the time-persistence of leisure demand. The model establishes a link between the habitual leisure and income effects, which ... -
The Lights and Shadows of Family Involvement in Small and Medium-Sized Firms
(2023)This study analyzes the influence of human capital (HC) and altruism on small- and medium-size firms’ (SMEs) performance, contingent upon the effect of family involvement in management. HC, understood as the abilities, ... -
Limited Incontestability for Small-Firm Patents
(Sweet and Maxwell, 2006)The remarkable success of the US 1983 Orphan Drug act might be replicated for small-firm patents by adopting its provision of a limited term during which the protection cannot be questioned. -
Linking Drivers and Outcomes of Innovation in IT Firms: The Role of Partnerships
(2020)A better understanding of the linkage between the objectives and outcomes of innovation will enable firms to plan better for effective utilization of their resources for generation of innovation. The current study enhances ... -
A long and winding road: The hard graft of scaling social change in complex systems
(2024)Advice abounds on how to implement large-scale social change, much of which emphasizes a simplistic linear process, led by a heroic central actor. Rigorous case studies have shown that social change is far more complex: ... -
A Longitudinal Perspective on Critical Issues in the Management of Information Systems in Large Organisations
(Logos Verlag, 2009-10)Since the early 1980s, critical issues research has been a focus for many researchers with a view to contributing to both academia and practice. Critical issues in IS management were first studied in the United States, ... -
Making Patents Useful to Small Firms
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The management and organization of philanthropy: New directions and contested undercurrents.
(2021)The case for theoretical scrutiny of philanthropy's achievements and problems, in the institutional settings in which it operates, has never been stronger. In this introduction to IJMR’s special issue on philanthropy, we ... -
Management of Product Recall in the Automobile Industry
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Business. Discipline of Business & Administrative Studies, 2024)A product recall occurs when products fail to meet certain safety standards or contain a defect that could cause serious harm to consumers. The objective of the thesis is to explore the sources of product recalls and the ... -
Managing customer-centric information
(IGI Global, 2010)Despite many years of business-orientated information and communication technology (ICT) deployment, contemporary organisations continue to struggle with customer-centric implementation of new technologies that are profitable ... -
Markets Within the Limit of Feasibility
(2023)The ‘limits of markets’ debate broadly concerns the question of when it is (im)permissible to have a market in some good. Markets can be of tremendous benefit to society, but many have felt that certain goods should not ... -
Measuring the Diversification Benefits of Investing in Highly Internationalised Firms
(2019)A vast literature exists investigating if Multinational Companies (MNCs) provide indirect international exposure to investors. These studies produce mixed results. Unlike previous studies, we distinguish between various ...
