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Software development is considered as a knowledge-intensive set of activities. Therefore, several business concepts are usually used to support it. Product management is not an exception. However, qualitative and quantitative characteristics of its application are influenced by the size of an organization, since small and…

Thanks to the study of 124 firms listed on the SBF 250 index, the researchers were able to identify the determinants of information asymmetry between firms' managers and investors, using panel data over the period ranging from 1999 to 2008. The results of the random…

Being a popular social network type, online dating sites provide a platform for people to find partners for establishing a relationship. In this study, a recommendation engine for one of the prominent online dating sites of Turkey is developed. It works as a support system…

Purpose - For this research, the concept of sustainability had been divided into two different perspectives which include the financial sustainability performance (economics aspect) and non financialsustainability performance (environment and social aspect).Design/methodology/approach — A survey method was employed due to the reason that  it is…

The complexity of the nature of construction makes it one of the most adverse businesses that has ever existed. Construction projects have often suffered from high fragmentation, large waste, poor productivity, cost and time overruns, and conflicts and disputes for a long time. Thus, many…

This paper focuses mainly on the analysis of the current situation in the Czech Republic in relation to the possible introduction of a complementary currency system, as well as suggestions to the adaptation of existing complementary currency systems which are already working in the world…

The issue of interest here is the behaviour of decision agents in supply chain management. The study uses a managerial framework to organize supply-related tasks to the behaviour of specific instantiations of decision agents.  The reasons why organizations might elect to invest supply chain management…

The traditional printed paper based product catalogue is restricted to customers and places, which is difficult to handle in addition to time and cost of printing, storage area and shipping. Thus, this study attempts to present the results of a business process re-engineering of a…

Since the early 2000s, the conversation on CSR in Malaysia has been moving ahead rapidly. Whereas commentators tended to understand CSR in the 1990s as exclusively dealing with supplying chain issues, the last few years have seen changing expectations on company performance when it comes…

This study uses expectancy theory in an experimental setting to explain student motivation in adopting e-Learning technology. Data gathered from 173 students, having classroom exposure to e-Learning technologies, suggest that expectancy theory is appropriate for evaluating and understanding a student’s motivation to adopt an e-Learning…