Latest articles

24
Jul
2010

A Framework for Designing Usable Localised Business Websites

Communications of the IBIMA
Website localisation is the process of adapting the linguistic and cultural content of an internationalised web design for a specific target audience in a specific locale. With the advent of globalisation, website l ocalisation is becoming a powerful way to attract online customers in a…
14
Jul
2010

E-business Maturity and Information Technology In Portuguese SMEs

Communications of the IBIMA
The latest technological advances made over recent times led to a profound market change, characterized by increased competition. In order to be competitive, organizations have been forced to adapt themselves to this new reality, seeking innovative solutions permitting them to achieve lower costs, greater productivity…
13
Jul
2010

Small Medium Enterprises’ Resources and the Development of Innovation in Malaysia

Journal of Innovation Management in Small and Medium Enterprises
More recent research has shifted attention from tangible to intangible resources as it perceived to be more important from a strategic point of view, since they bring together more frequently the requirements necessary for producing sustainable advantage: to be valuable, rare and difficult to imitate…
09
Jul
2010

Leadership Styles and Management Techniques: An Analysis of Malaysian Women Entrepreneurs

Communications of the IBIMA
Leaders of organizations need to lead and manage effectively to succeed. Thus, women entrepreneurs who are becoming more prominent in the business arena, have to be good leaders and managers. This study aims to identify the relationship of leadership styles which are charismatic and transformational…
07
Jul
2010

The Impact of Label Perception on the Consumer’s Purchase Intention: An application on food products

IBIMA Business Review
Within a context of fears concerning food raised by multiple crises and uncertainties, consumers naturally seek to reassure themselves as to the various components of food products. Here, certification remains a tool capable of reducing the consumers’ doubts about product quality. This paper will try…
07
Jul
2010

Determinants of Mobile Payment Usage in Malaysia: A Conceptual Perspective

Journal of Electronic Banking Systems
The objective of this paper is to develop specific factors that could influence consumers’ intention to use mobile payment systems. Mobile payment system enables users to make payment via Short-Message-Service (SMS). This paper examines potential key determinants of mobile payment in Malaysia through three perspectives:…
02
Jul
2010

Clean Production Strategies Adoption: A Survey on Food and Beverage Manufacturing Sector

Communications of the IBIMA
Clean production strategies are the continuous application of an integrated, preventive environmental strategies applied to process, products and services to increase overall efficiency and reduce risks to humans and the environment. This paper provides an analysis of factors influencing the adoption of clean production strategies…
02
Jul
2010

A Proposed Framework for E-Government Knowledge Infrastructures for Africa’s Transition Economies

Journal of e-Government Studies and Best Practices
This paper proposes an empirically founded framework for building E-Government knowledge infrastructures in transition economies such as those in Africa. The proposed framework builds on the concepts of nomadic information environments. The framework, under the acronym NECE (Nomadic E-Government Co-Evolutionary) framework, caters for the three…
24
Jun
2010

The Control Environment, Employee Fraud and Counterproductive Workplace Behaviour: An Empirical Analysis

Communications of the IBIMA
The increasing use of technology for both productive and managerial business functions raises new issues related to fraud and internal control.  Fraud is on an increasing trend and if left unchecked can cause significant losses to employers. This study therefore investigates the relationship between employees’…
22
Jun
2010

Entertainment and Informativeness as Precursory Factors of Successful Mobile Advertising Messages

Communications of the IBIMA
The use of mobile advertising allows marketers to directly communicate with their consumers anytime and anyplace. However, it is unknown which is the best way to build these advertisements in order to positively affect attitudes’ formation and consumers’ behavior. Thus we suggest utilitarian (informativeness) and…