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08
May
2008

Australian Newspaper Blogs

Communications of the IBIMA
Blogs have become one of the most prominent forms of social media on the Web. This paper reports on the first part of a comprehensive study of how a mainstream Australian media organisation is integrating blogs into their business. The research used a qualitative approach…
07
May
2008

Knowledge Spillovers: The Virtual Generation

Communications of the IBIMA
This paper highlights features of the Web 2.0 and its evolution into Web Societies, the Virtual Generation, or Generation V’s, major contrivance for knowledge diffusion (knowledge spillovers). Web 2.0 has set the bases for a highly intensive environment for knowledge creation and collaboration processes, with…
06
May
2008

Modern Project Management: Essential Skills and Techniques

Communications of the IBIMA
Modern project management is a well-understood discipline that can produce predictable, repeatable results. The methodologies of modern project management are highly analytical, usually requiring automated tools to support them on large projects. Like most other disciplines, it is learned through both practice and past experience.…
05
May
2008

A Multimodal Automated Fare Collection Solution for Facilitating Strategic Information Technology Planning of Public Transportation in Malaysia

Communications of the IBIMA
This paper explores the essential to integrate effective information technology management into the public transportation strategic information technology planning and recommend a framework for constructing a strategic information technology planning for multi-modal automated fare collection solution, which it will be adaptable to allow the public…
04
May
2008

An Insight into E-health Programs in Morocco: what is the Realistic Solution?

Communications of the IBIMA
This communication brings into light some theoretical and conceptual aspects on e-health as an ICT application area. Actually, various definitions are successively presented in order to clarify such a concept. By offering an insight into Morocco, the focus is given on a case of a…
04
May
2008

Project Management Practices: The Criteria for Success or Failure

Communications of the IBIMA
Often, software managers have to monitor and manage many projects concurrently. Unfortunately, some projects were completed successfully but some were not completed on time, over budget or being cancelled. Some of the reasons of this project failure are: lack of user involvement, lack of planning,…
03
May
2008

The Impact of Information Infrastructure Capabilities on Knowledge Manipulation Skills: A Conceptual Framework

Communications of the IBIMA
The globalisation of business, the growing use of information and communications technology (ICT) and, the shift from production-based to knowledgebased economy have given knowledge management (KM) a critical position across firms. However, there is limited empirical link between KM and information infrastructure capabilities [IICs] [1,…
02
May
2008

Fuzzy Trust Approach for Wireless Ad-hoc Networks

Communications of the IBIMA
A wireless Ad-hoc network is a group of wireless devices that communicate with each other without utilising any central management infrastructure. The operation of Adhoc networks depends on the cooperation among nodes to provide connectivity and communication routes. However, such an ideal situation may not…
01
May
2008

Factors Influencing South African Attitudes toward Digital Piracy

Communications of the IBIMA
Digital piracy has become an important issue in today’s technology-driven world. This research looks at the factors that cause South Africans to choose digital piracy as a means of obtaining digital media. We tested a revised Digital Piracy Attitude Model incorporating individual and situational constructs…
30
Apr
2008

TAM vs. PCI: An Analysis on the Theoretical Model Parsimony and Robustness across Cultures

Communications of the IBIMA
This paper aims to evaluate the suitability of two classic models of technology acceptance applied in studying e-commerce adoption in Malaysia. Compared with Western countries, Malaysia is a multi racial and multi cultural society. Since established model of technology acceptance evolved from Western countries, there…