Browsing by Author "Goffin, Keith"

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  • Management processes in projects of organizational change: case studies from four industries 
    Partington, David (Cranfield UniversitySchool of Management, 1997-06)
    Recent decades have seen a sustained growth of interest from academics and practicing managers in structural change in the contemporary workplace. Some of this attention has been directed at the implementation of initiatives ...
  • Managers' Perceptions of Learning in New Product Development 
    Koners, Ursula; Goffin, Keith (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2007-01-01)
    Companies need to ensure that each and every new product development (NPD) project results in not only a successful new product but also generates learning for the organization. Post-project reviews (PPRs) are widely ...
  • 'Managing the transition' : supplier management in international joint ventures in China 
    Zhang, Lihong; Goffin, Keith (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2001-01-01)
    Attracted by the easier access to local markets, many foreign companies have formed manufacturing joint ventures in China. One of the key elements of successful international joint venture (IJV) manufacturing in China ...
  • Manufacturer-supplier relationships : An empirical study of German manufacturing companies 
    Szwejczewski, Marek; Lemke, Fred; Goffin, Keith (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2005-01-01)
    Effective management of suppliers is one of the ways manufacturing companies can improve their performance. Typically, it has been argued in the literature that close relationships with suppliers should be developed, in ...
  • New product development portfolio management : a systematic literature review 
    Tjaturpriono, Hendro Adiarso (Cranfield University, 2013-07)
    Product innovation is a key driver of any company’s growth. The biggest challenge in managing product innovation is in determining the most promising new product development (NPD) projects from the many ideas generated, ...
  • Operations management teaching on European MBA programmes 
    Goffin, Keith (1996-01-01)
    This study investigates the teaching of operations management on MBA core courses at ten of Europe’s leading business schools. A review of the operations management (OM) literature showed that no previous publication has ...
  • Operations management teaching on European MBA programmes 
    Goffin, Keith (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 1998-01-01)
    A comprehensive review of the literature established that several investigations have been made of operations management teaching in the USA, whereas almost nothing has been published on European teaching. Therefore, an ...
  • Planning Product Support for Medical Products 
    Goffin, Keith (Cranfield University, 1992-10)
    Product support is a key aspect in the marketing of high-technology products, since it strongly influences customer satisfaction and can also be an important source of revenue. Typical forms of support include ...
  • Product innovation in UK manufacturing companies 
    Goffin, Keith; Szwejczewski, Marek; Sweeney, Michael; New, Colin (Inderscience, 2000-01-01)
    In many sectors of the manufacturing industry, product innovation is an important way for companies to achieve competitive advantage. Regular introductions of new products can be essential, especially in fast-moving markets. ...
  • Product support and the new product development process 
    Anagnostopoulos, Z. (2006)
    Product support is a key aspect in the industrial marketing of not only high-technology products but also heavy goods and software applications, since it strongly influences customer satisfaction and can also be an important ...
  • Public sector innovation : The role of commercial partnerships 
    Baxter, David; Schoeman, Magnus; Goffin, Keith; Micheli, Pietro (Cranfield University School of Management, 2010-10)
    The global economic situation is putting increasing pressure on public sector funding and so innovation is now being recognised as an essential mechanism for maintaining the quality and scope of services whilst reducing ...
  • Repertory grids in market research : an example 
    Goffin, Keith (1994-01-01)
  • Roads to Resilience: Building Dynamic Approaches to Risk to Achieve Future Success 
    Goffin, Keith; Hopkin, Paul; Szwejczewski, Marek; Kutsch, Elmar (Airmic, 2014-01-28)
    In complex and constantly changing business environments with ever more complex risk, one of the key questions that boards ask of themselves is: “What can we do to future-proof ourselves against the growing array of ...
  • Service Documentation and the Biomedical Engineer: Results of a Survey 
    Goffin, Keith; Price, D (Hanley and Belfus Inc, 1996-05-01)
    It is essential that medical equipment manufacturers provide high quality service documentation for their products. Without it, the maintenance and repair of equipment becomes difficult and inefficient for biomedical ...
  • State-of-the-Art: the quality of case study research in innovation management 
    Goffin, Keith; Åhlström, Pär; Bianchi, Mattia; Richtnér, Anders (Wiley, 2019-05-08)
    The practice of innovation management is developing fast. As new concepts emerge, exploratory studies are needed and case study research is often appropriate. To investigate the usage and quality of case study research in ...
  • Supplier Base Management: Experiences from the UK and Germany 
    Lemke, Fred; Goffin, Keith; Szwejczewski, Marek; Pfeiffer, Rolf; Lohmüller, Bertram (Mcb, 2000-01-01)
    Streamlining the supplier base is a common approach in many US and UK manufacturing companies. However, is this approach being adopted in Germany as fast as it has in the UK? This paper describes research that answers ...
  • Supplier management in German manufacturing companies : An empirical investigation 
    Szwejczewski, Marek; Goffin, Keith; Lemke, Fred; Pfeiffer, Rolf; Lohmüller, Bertram (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2001-01-01)
    A key issue for manufacturers is supplier management, i.e. organising the optimal flow of high quality, value-for-money materials or components from appropriate innovative suppliers. Many companies now recognise the ...
  • Supply base management : an empirical investigation 
    Goffin, Keith; Szwejczewski, Marek; New, Colin (1996-01-01)
    Manufacturing companies place a strong emphasis on the role of supply chain management-the management of supplies, suppliers, inventory and distribution. Supplier management is key and much of the literature talks about ...
  • Tacit knowledge and situated practice in NPD : an in-depth case study 
    Baxter, David; Goffin, Keith; Szwejczewski, Marek; Koners, Ursula (2010-06-13)
    This paper describes a study of knowledge and learning in NPD. For the empirical data collection, one organization took part in an in-depth case study. Multiple sources of data were used, including interviews, repertory ...
  • Tacit knowledge development in a new product development teaching simulation 
    Goffin, Keith; Baxter, David; Szwejczewski, Marek; Cousens, Alan; van der Hoven, Christopher (2010-06-13)
    This paper describes our evaluation of whether participants perceive that they have developed new tacit knowledge during a New Product Development simulation. We assess this by asking the participants their key lessons ...