The capability of a region to generate advanced technology, information and ultimately knowledge is regarded as the single most important force driving economic growth. This paper provides benchmarks for the innovation performance of manufacturing businesses in the three NUTS 2 regions of Ireland (Border Midlands & West, South & East, Northern Ireland) in 1999, just prior to the start of the cu...

A combination of high internal phase emulsion (HIPE) templating and additive manufacturing technology (AMT) is applied for creating hierarchical porosity within an acrylate and acrylate/thiol-based polymer network. The photopolymerizable formulation is optimized to produce emulsions with a volume fraction of droplet phase greater than 80 vol%. Kinetic stability of the emulsions is sufficient en...

The objective of this study is to assess the critical factors which influence adoption of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (AMTs) and identify hurdles and barriers which prevent smalland medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from accomplishing the desired goals of AMTs utilization. The proposed framework has synthesized previous studies and integrated related studies through conducting a comprehen...