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Technological Capability And Logistical Reality, Randal Faulkner, Edward Sweeney Jan 2002

Technological Capability And Logistical Reality, Randal Faulkner, Edward Sweeney

Other Resources

No abstract provided.


Integrating The Activities Required To Recruit And Retain Profitable Customers In Contemporary Retail Banking, Susan Walsh Jan 2002

Integrating The Activities Required To Recruit And Retain Profitable Customers In Contemporary Retail Banking, Susan Walsh

Articles

Today’s high street retail bank faces a major challenge in integrating the marketing activities required both to recruit new customers and to retain existing profitable ones. The challenge involves a judicious mix of “transaction marketing” – mainly aimed at winning new clients – and of “relationship marketing”- largely aimed at retaining present ones. Evidence from a detailed qualitative study of marketing practice in a UK high street bank, a subsidiary of an Irish headquartered bank, demonstrates just how problematic achieving this balance can be. The date indicates that this bank underinvested in a number of activities that are of primary …


The Future Of The Forestry Sector In Ireland, Siobhan Mccarthy Jan 2002

The Future Of The Forestry Sector In Ireland, Siobhan Mccarthy

Articles

The most recent government strategy statement on forestry sets a planting target of 20,000 hectares annually for the Republic of Ireland, but in recent years this target has not been met. Public afforestation is now limited to the management and replacement of existing forests, so private afforestation must increase if this target is to be achieved. This article quantifies the relative importance of competing forestry and agricultural policy incentives in explaining trends in private afforestation. Several policy reforms to encourage forestry planting are proposed, including greater integration of forestry with the Rural Environment Protection Scheme and increasing the upfront payments …


Dublin Visitor Suvery 2002, Gerard Dunne, Sheila Flanagan Jan 2002

Dublin Visitor Suvery 2002, Gerard Dunne, Sheila Flanagan

Datasets

Each annual report contains data relating to a survey of 1000 overseas visitors to Dublin which look at their attitudes, motives and touristic behaviour. The key objectives of the survey was to improve the quality of urban tourism information within a Dublin City context and to provide those engaged in a wide range of tourism activities within Dublin city with the necessary information to make management decisions.


Supply Chain Management And The Business Model Of The 21st Century, Edward Sweeney, Randall Faulkner Dec 2001

Supply Chain Management And The Business Model Of The 21st Century, Edward Sweeney, Randall Faulkner

Practitioner Journals

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Centralised Distribution On Distributors And Agents, Edward Sweeney Nov 2001

The Impact Of Centralised Distribution On Distributors And Agents, Edward Sweeney

Practitioner Journals

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Centralised Distribution On Distributors And Agents, Edward Sweeney, Randal Faulkner Oct 2001

The Impact Of Centralised Distribution On Distributors And Agents, Edward Sweeney, Randal Faulkner

Practitioner Journals

No abstract provided.


Evaporative Cooling Availability In Water Based Sensible Cooling Systems, Ben Costelloe, Donal Finn Sep 2001

Evaporative Cooling Availability In Water Based Sensible Cooling Systems, Ben Costelloe, Donal Finn

Conference Papers

Recent developments have prompted a review of evaporative cooling technology as an effective means of cooling modern deep plan buildings. Prominent among these developments is the success of high temperature sensible cooling systems, such as chilled ceilings, which require a supply of cooling water at 14 to 18°C. Crucial to the success of evaporative cooling technology, as a significant means of cooling in modern applications, is the ability to generate cooling water, in an indirect circuit, at a temperature which closely approaches the ambient adiabatic saturation temperature or wet bulb temperature. Recent research in this area has shown that it …


Developing Supply Chain Management Professionals, Edward Sweeney Sep 2001

Developing Supply Chain Management Professionals, Edward Sweeney

Practitioner Journals

No abstract provided.


People – Logistics’ Missing Link, Edward Sweeney Sep 2001

People – Logistics’ Missing Link, Edward Sweeney

Practitioner Journals

No abstract provided.


Re-Engineering The Supply Chain: A Systems Approach For The Electronic Commerce Age, Edward Sweeney Jun 2001

Re-Engineering The Supply Chain: A Systems Approach For The Electronic Commerce Age, Edward Sweeney

Conference papers

No abstract provided.


Local Development And The Creation Of The Enterprise Culture, Corrina Smart Jun 2001

Local Development And The Creation Of The Enterprise Culture, Corrina Smart

Masters

This thesis sets out to explore how cultural values of enterprise are negotiated between state sponsored bodies and their agents of limited economic, social and cultural capital, within a localised framework. More specifically, this qualitative research study centres the attention on one such government agency, namely the Northside Partnership, and investigates how this agency promotes and creates entrepreneurial activity within its catchment area; an area of high unemployment, social exclusion and marginalisation. A topical area of research, with limited knowledge and previous research opens up various avenues for this research study to explore. Data collection involves the administration of various …


The Web Development Process: Hits And Misses, Patrick Horan Feb 2001

The Web Development Process: Hits And Misses, Patrick Horan

Conference papers

This presentation involves an in-depth investigation into the uses, and possible uses, of the Internet in the Tourism Industry. It outlines the techniques involved in the planning and development of a Web Site. Ir examines the stages involved in the planning, designing, implementing and maintaining an effective web presence.


Supply Chain Management In The Irish Clothing And Textile Sector, Edward Sweeney Jan 2001

Supply Chain Management In The Irish Clothing And Textile Sector, Edward Sweeney

Other Resources

No abstract provided.


Irish Marketing Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2001, Unknown Jan 2001

Irish Marketing Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2001, Unknown

Issues

The Irish Marketing Review deals with issues, developments, research and practice in marketing.


Industrial Districts And Netwoks: Different Modes Of Development Of The Furniture In Ireland, David Jacobson, Kevin Heanue, Ziene Mottiar Jan 2001

Industrial Districts And Netwoks: Different Modes Of Development Of The Furniture In Ireland, David Jacobson, Kevin Heanue, Ziene Mottiar

Books / Book chapters

No abstract provided.


Irish Marketing Review, Vol.14, No. 1, 2001, Unknown Jan 2001

Irish Marketing Review, Vol.14, No. 1, 2001, Unknown

Issues

The Irish Marketing Review deals with issues, developments, research and practice in marketing.


Education, Training And The Role Of Logistic Managers In Ireland, John Mangan, Orla Gregory Jan 2001

Education, Training And The Role Of Logistic Managers In Ireland, John Mangan, Orla Gregory

Articles

The paper is based on the analysis of the responses of a questionnaire survey of logistics managers working in manufacturing firms in Ireland. The objectives of the survey were to establish the educational and training needs of the practicing logistics manager. The questionnaire was designed to address issues including the various logistics practices undertaken by the respondents' company and the time spent by respondents on these activities; the skills currently required by logistics managers; the attitude to logistics in respondents' companies; the qualifications held and nature of training received by logistics managers; the effectiveness of training received; future training requirements …


A System Design Framework For Project Cost Control In The Irish Construction Industry, Tomás Kelly Jan 2001

A System Design Framework For Project Cost Control In The Irish Construction Industry, Tomás Kelly

Masters

The construction industry is a major contributor to the Irish economy. The common denominator of the of the industry’s business is the “construction project”. Construction projects by their very nature are unique being influenced by many variables such as weather, location, design and personnel. This situation demands strong management to fulfil the cost control function. The primary aim of this project has been the illustration of a system design framework for project cost control in the Irish construction industry. This system design should be based upon a general principle identified for the design of an overall project management system. Whilst …


Working Up A Tan, Gerry Mortimer Jan 2001

Working Up A Tan, Gerry Mortimer

Case studies

Ann McLean looked down again at the brochure on her desk. The blue-eyed, white toothed blond, complete with her glowing tan, stared back at her. She opened the small A4 sized brochure and quickly scanned its contents. It was typical ‘Americanese’ and was obviously targeted at the beauty saloons and beauticians. It extolled the virtues of a tanning system called ‘Sunkissed’. She had promised her friend, Susan, that she would at least give her an indication later that week, of whether she was prepared to invest in a project to launch the tanning system in Ireland, and possibly the UK.


The Competence Trap: Exploring Issues In Winning And Sustaining Core Competence, Aidan O'Driscoll, David Carson, Audrey Gilmore Jan 2001

The Competence Trap: Exploring Issues In Winning And Sustaining Core Competence, Aidan O'Driscoll, David Carson, Audrey Gilmore

Articles

The organisational struggle to maintain and refine, yet also necessarily to renew and replace core capabilities, is a complex, and at times paradoxical, challenge. This paper reflects on this managerial task and on the difficulties and tensions inhering in its possible resolution. In sum, it asks how can the need to leverage competence for today be balanced with the requirement to build competence for tomorrow?


The Strategic Response Of Dublin's Traditional Department Stores To Intensifying Competition, Edmund O'Callaghan, Mary Wilcox Jan 2001

The Strategic Response Of Dublin's Traditional Department Stores To Intensifying Competition, Edmund O'Callaghan, Mary Wilcox

Articles

In Dublin city competition within the retail sector is intensifying and city-centre department stores, in common with other traders, face many challenges. Indigenous retailers must contend not only with each other, but also with an on-going invasion of international retailers who have been attracted by Ireland’s booming economy. UK multiples have made major in-roads into Dublin's retail scene and the city centre's latest shopping mall, The Jervis Centre, is so dominated by UK retailers that it has been christened 'Little Britain' In the past fifty years, many of Dublin's once dominant department stores have succumbed to the vagaries of retailing. …


The Implementation Of Strategic Planning In Irish Hotel Groups., Frances Alexandra Keys Jan 2001

The Implementation Of Strategic Planning In Irish Hotel Groups., Frances Alexandra Keys

Masters

The primary objective of this research was to examine the relative importance and success of forty factors over the past five years (1994-1999) that have facilitated and/or impeded the implementation of strategic plans within Irish hotel groups. This research studied twenty-four hotel groups, which consisted of ninety-five strategic business units. An extensive review of strategic management literature by theorists such as Andrews(1971); Ansoff (1990); Chandler (1962); Cole (1997); Day (1984); Drucker (1969); Greenley (1986, 1989); Gupta (1986); Hayes (1985); Hofer (1973, 1976); Mintzberg (1978, 1987, 1990, 1994); Ohmae (1988); Porter (1980, 1985, 1991); Schaffer (1984); Schendel and Hatten (1972); Thompson …


Facilitators And Inhibitors Of Supply Chain Innovation-Prospects For Supply Chain Managment In The Irish Grocery Sector, Joan Keegan, Edmund O'Callaghan, Mary Wilcox Jan 2001

Facilitators And Inhibitors Of Supply Chain Innovation-Prospects For Supply Chain Managment In The Irish Grocery Sector, Joan Keegan, Edmund O'Callaghan, Mary Wilcox

Articles

Supply chain management is one of the most significant strategic challenges currently facing the Irish grocery sector. The UK grocery market with its emphasis on composite deliveries via regional distribution centres is extremely sophisticated; the Irish grocery sector, however, is in the embryonic stage of implementing central distribution. The potential to develop innovative supply chain systems is mediated by both national logistic-related variables and company characteristics. In addition to competitor activity and market forces, drivers and inhibitors such as economic growth, consumer preferences, the regulatory environment and physical and technological infrastructure influence the evolution of supply chain systems. This paper …


Knowing Your Web Customers: Mission Impossible, Patrick Horan, Peter O'Connor Oct 2000

Knowing Your Web Customers: Mission Impossible, Patrick Horan, Peter O'Connor

Conference papers

Eventually, nearly every business with a web site wants to know how much traffic their site is getting. Other information, such as how long your visitors are staying on your site, where they come from, which pages they are visiting, and how often they return will also help develop a better site. This presentation identifies the various methods of finding this information, analyses the depth of information provided by each method and ascertains which method may be right for the operation of your web site.


The Design And Performance Of An Evaporative Cooling Test Rig For A Maritime Climate, Ben Costelloe, Donal Finn Sep 2000

The Design And Performance Of An Evaporative Cooling Test Rig For A Maritime Climate, Ben Costelloe, Donal Finn

Conference Papers

Recent developments have prompted a review of the use of cooling tower based evaporative cooling technology as an effective means of cooling modern buildings. Prominent among these developments is the success of high temperature cooling systems such as radiant ceiling panels and chilled beams. At present, however, there is little published literature which gives a quantitative, in depth analysis of the performance or energy efficiency of cooling towers, used in maritime climates, in conjunction with heat exchangers and run at low approach and low wet bulb temperatures throughout the free cooling season. This lack of knowledge has meant that many …


The Systems Approach To Supply Chain Re-Engineering, Edward Sweeney Jun 2000

The Systems Approach To Supply Chain Re-Engineering, Edward Sweeney

Practitioner Journals

No abstract provided.


Irish Marketing Review, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2000, Unknown Jan 2000

Irish Marketing Review, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2000, Unknown

Issues

The Irish Marketing Review deals with issues, developments, research and practice in marketing.


National Irish Bank: Coping With A Crisis And Beyond, Gerard Mortimer Jan 2000

National Irish Bank: Coping With A Crisis And Beyond, Gerard Mortimer

Case studies

As March 1998 drew to a close, management at National Irish Bank (NIB) would have been forgiven for believing that the bank’s situation could not get any worse. The bank had just issued a robust defence of its position in relation to an off shore bond scheme which had been the subject of much media and political debate for the previous two months. In particular, it had severely criticised RTE, the state owned television and radio corporation, and the two RTE journalists who had broken and dominated the story.


Developing Marketing Competence And Managing In Networks: A Strategic Approach, Aidan O'Driscoll, David Carson, Audrey Gilmore Jan 2000

Developing Marketing Competence And Managing In Networks: A Strategic Approach, Aidan O'Driscoll, David Carson, Audrey Gilmore

Articles

Two important domains of scholarly investigation over the last decade, competency development and networks, share important common ground. These domains are also comprehended gainfully in terms of their wider strategic underpinning. This paper first contends that competence is considered best in terms of the particular strategy–structure–shared values constellation of a firm. This enables competence, including marketing competence, to be understood in terms of competency deepening (within the conventional marketing function), broadening (marketing activity which must be shared and co-managed with other parts of the firm), and of partnering (essentially, the ability to manage alliances, networks and relationships between the firm …