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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the nature of the incubator manager (IM)-client, client-client and client-IM-client relationships that facilitate incubation activity. Design/methodology/approach – A case study methodology was adopted for undertaking the empirical work. The case organization was an Irish Dublin-based university campu...
The global economic environment of the last 10 years has been characterized as the “age of the entrepreneur.” As large corporations continue downsizing, employing fewer people, outsourcing more functions to smaller, more nimble enterprises, the small, entrepreneurial firm has come to dominate the business landscape. In the United States, for exampl...
In this article entrepreneurial literature is combined with industrial district literature to try and explain regional success in an Irish industrial sector. A new concept called `interpreneurship' is introduced as an explanatory concept for regional success in an Irish manufacturing case study, the wooden furniture industry in County Monaghan. A n...
Examines different approaches that can be utilised to introduce a Six Sigma Black Belt programme. Compares and contrasts the implementation strategies used in both Motorola and General Electric. Provides information based on a literature review as well as interview evidence from employees in both firms. Concludes by defining the overall approach us...
Analysis of the total quality management (TQM) and related literature leads to the conclusion that firms introduce TQM principles and practices using different overall approaches. It is argued in this paper that these approaches or modes can be characterised as strategic, philosophical, selective adoption and continuous improvement. The purpose of...
The measurement of performance in manufacturing organizations is moving away from being primarily financially oriented, and being realigned towards the use of ''balanced'' systems that mix both financial and non-financial measures. The extent to which a balance of measurement is being achieved in practice is examined within one segment of the Irish...
