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The increasing use of the virtual communities as a communication tool, raise interest in understanding the relationship between the information existing in virtual communities and the level of trust in electronic commerce. Given the difference between the traditional websites   and the virtual communities the concept…

Web-enhanced teaching has been widely utilized in many disciplines in US higher education since the development of the internet and the continuous advancement of information technology. The purpose of this study is to investigate the learning effectiveness of web-enhanced teaching in landscape construction studio courses…

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems have always been of interest to researchers across various research disciplines. Recently, the cloud computing paradigm has emerged to become one of most prominent technologies in business and academia alike. These new cloud accessibility and software delivery models have radically…

This paper deliberates on the programming development of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov goodness-of-fit testing of data Normality as a library function in the Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet software, in which researchers normally store data for analysis and processing. The algorithmic program procedure utilised developed implementation of the Normality…

The European funded projects are mainly aimed at the development of the activity sector where they are implemented. In tourism, these projects aim most of the time either at developing some tourist destinations, rehabilitation of certain tourist sights, or at developing certain elements that contribute…

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the new investments and divestments of intangibles companies perform in the context of open innovation. Indeed, the open innovation process exploits knowledge dissemination and considers the external access to intangible resources as a strategic activity. The framework…

This paper is trying to present in a modern manner the absorption of structural funds in Romania vs Central Eastern European countries. The methodology that we used combines quantitative methods with qualitative research. It was made a detailed presentation on the amounts allocated, contracted and…

The paper deals with a comparison of two different approaches (PERT method and Monte Carlo method) for calculation of the probability of a project completion. The PERT method is commonly used in a project management; the Monte Carlo is used less. The base assumption of…

The transfer and reuse of tacit knowledge is important in every organisation. As universities are an important part of our society and play a significant role in the transfer of tacit knowledge, it is vital that teaching staff engage in transferring tacit knowledge not only…

This research aims to quantify the impact that ten years’ worth of development in education and income provision has had on the capacity component of the water poverty index (WPI). It focuses on the southern part of the Gauteng and on the northern part of…