Papers 2nd EuroCINet Conference, Enschede, Netherlands, 1998

The following papers were included in the proceedings of this 2nd EuroCINet conference:

• Abrahamsson, Gun & Sven Helin, Accounting and Continuous Improvements - some notes on how accounting can support or hinder establishment of Continuous Improvement.
• Albors, José, Mecoval. The experience of implementing a CI project with SMES in the East of Spain.
• Alstrup, Lotte, Continuous improvements in small enterprises. How do we make activities continuous?
• Avella, Lucía, Esteban Fernández & Camilio Vázquez, Appropriation and barriers to imitation of continuous improvement results.
• Bessant, John & David Francis, Policy deployment and beyond.
• Bicheno, John, Kaizen and Kaikuku: can they be made continuous?
• Boerner, Sabine, Work alienation and continuous improvement - the effects of leadership style.
• Caffyn, Sarah, Measuring continuous improvement: the circa CI self-assessment tool.
• Chapman, Ross & Paul Hyland, Manufacturing strategy and continuous improvement: an examiniation of several small to medium companies in Australia.
• Comblé, Karin & Alain Finet, Reengineering, continuous improvement and downsizing: an assessment on N.Y.S.E. and N.A.S.D.A.Q.
• Coughlan, Paul, Tony Dromgoole, Dermot Duff & Andy Harbison, Continuous improvement through collaborative action learning in five Irish firms.
• Eklund, Jörgen, Participative problem solving and organizational congruence.
• Gertsen, Frank, How continuous improvement developes as companies gain experience.
• Gieskes, José, Harry Boer & Frank Baudet, Performance improvement and CI: policy deployed to action through analysis as supported by CUTE.
• Guadamillas Gomez, Fátima, The implementation of continuous improvement in Spanish enterprises. An empirical research.
• Harrison, Alan, Continuous improvement: the tradeoff between self management and discipline.
• Heisig, Peter, Knowledge management and Kaizen.
• Jagiello, Jolanta, Organisational theatre of continuous learning: the application of the forum theatre technique to continuous improvement.
• Jammernegg, Werner & Gerald Reiner, Evaluation of continuous business process improvements by using performance measurement models.
• Kavunenko, Lidiya, Continuous improvement and efficiency: approach to management evaluation.
• Kerrin, Máire, Operating the continuous improvement (CI) process - a case study of a top down approach.
• Kock, Henrik G., Jörgen Eklund & Liselott Lindström, Learning, working conditions and continuous improvement in an organizational change process.
• Koeditz, Franka, Topics and common aspects of suggestion scheme, continuous improvement and small group activities in German manufacturing plants.
• Kuhn, Joachim, CI as a methodology for global player companies.
• Kvalfors, Thor & Henning Neerland, Practical experience with quality improvement programmes in some Norwegian small and medium size companies.
• Lange-Ros, Ellen & Harry Boer, Continuous improvement in teams: a review of literature and an examination of the problems in practice.
• Leede, Jan de & Jan Kees Looise, Continuous improvement and the mini-company concept.
• Murray, Peter & Ron Beckett, Strategic orientations of continuous improvement and learning: a conceptual approach.
• Olivari, Paola, Riitta Smeds & Mariano Corso, Continuous learning in product development: a cross-cultural comparison between Finland and Italy.
• Olsson, Maria & Johan Wass, Leadership style and action routines - best practice manufacturing and R&D project.
• Oster, Marcel & Ulrich Friemuth, A concept for process based continuous improvement for logistics service providers.
• Rijnders, Sander & Roel Schuring, Understanding improvement processes: relating activities to required skills.
• Savolainen, Taina, Cycles of continuous improvement: realizing competitive advantages through quality - a longitudinal case study. Winner Best Paper Award 1998!
• Schippers, Werner A.J., Continuous improvement: goals, tools and contingencies.
• Schuring, Roel & Harald Luijten, Re-inventing suggestion schemes for continuous improvement.
• Taskinen, Tapani & Riitta Smeds, Measuring the efficiency and effectiveness of change project management in manufacturing processes.