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14
Dec
2012

The Portrait of Persistent Innovators in Greece

Journal of EU Research in Business
Persistence in innovation is very important for national and firm growth. This paper contributes to the study of innovation persistence at firm level, focusing on Greece. Empirical research uses patent and survey data for this purpose. In this context, innovation persistence is examined for a…
10
Dec
2012

Framework of Social Customer Relationship Management in E-Health Services

Journal of e-health Management
Healthcare organization is implementing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) as a strategy for managing interactions with patients involving technology to organize, automate, and coordinate business processes. Web-based CRM provides healthcare organization with the ability to broaden service beyond its usual practices in achieving a complex patient…
10
Dec
2012

Exploring Facilitators and Challenges Facing ICT4D in Tanzania

Journal of e-Government Studies and Best Practices
Successful implementation of Information and Communication Technology for development requires a sound understanding of the implementation-context. Interestingly, limited knowledge is available regarding issues potential to facilitate or challenge ICT4D implementation in developing countries. This study aims at establishing such issues in a framework of a…
08
Dec
2012

Human Papillomavirus Infection and Human Cancer

Journal of Virology and Microbiology
The article is a review and the aim is to discuss human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated human cancers. In the text, the concept of Harald zur Hausen plays an essential role. Cervical, vulval, vaginal, penile, anal, orophrayngeal and conjunctival cancers are important neoplasias induced by HPVs. HPVs…
04
Dec
2012

Demographic and Clinical Features of Patients with Dengue in Northeastern Region of India: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study during 2009-2011

Journal of Virology and Microbiology
The incidence of fever cases of unknown origin has increased in Northeastern Region of India in recent years. We conducted passive surveillance and performed laboratory testing on suspected cases for the presence of dengue infection during 2009—2011. We estimated the incidence by applying age, sex…
02
Dec
2012

Critical Factors and Multisite Implementation of ERP: A Case Study in the UAE

Communications of the IBIMA
Despite extensive studies in the ERP literature, little empirical understanding has been reached in relation to ERP implementation experiences in developing markets, particularly in the UAE context. Derived from the notions of critical successful factors and multisite implementation, two of widely researched areas in ERP…
30
Nov
2012

E-banking Adoption in Romanian Companies: Determining Factors and Model

Communications of the IBIMA
This paper investigates factors that influence Romanian companies to use Internet as a means to conduct their banking activities. The research model in this study was developed based on previous works that utilized technology acceptance theories and related empirical studies on the adoption of information…
29
Nov
2012

Public Accounting in the New Millenium: On the Edge of Chaos

Journal of Accounting and Auditing: Research & Practice
Change is a constant feature of organizational existence. Successfully managing change requires an understanding of the environment in which an organization operates. The complex and interconnected world in which public accounting operates presents many challenges to the traditional neo-classical view of research and management. Awareness…
28
Nov
2012

Estimation and Forecasting of Continuous Time Stochastic Volatility Model

Journal of Financial Studies and Research
This paper improves the estimation of continuous time stochastic model that treats volatility as a latent variable and compares the forecasting performance of the Kalman filter procedure with Exponential model of Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedastisity. Our empirical study examines the stock indice TUNINDEX by using the…
27
Nov
2012

A Quality Matrix to Improve the Knowledge Product Management

Communications of the IBIMA
The paper presents a quality matrix, some strategies and different tools for product evaluation using IT programs. The paper presents some solutions obtained with different programs and the influence upon the life cycle of the product, especially from design stage of technological manufacturing until the…