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Today’s  firms  are  residing  in  a  hypercompetitive  environment  in  which  operational  supremacy undisputedly is a fulcrum of competitiveness. However, under tough competitive circumstances posed by globalized  business  milieu  achieving  this  end  apparently  requires  a  comprehensive  and  systematic approach to understand and strategize operation in a…

Systems that help to find answers to suitable experts have received the attention of many researchers. Pioneer researchers on the development of search system for experts emphasized the importance of a search system that required returning a list prioritizing the names of individuals. Among the…

Social infrastructure projects (SIP), as the name implies, is defined as those buildings, structures and facilities specifically constructed to serve the community at large. The most apparent form of the social infrastructure projects are hospitals, schools and community facilities. Consequently, the nature of the infrastructure…

For a very long period of time, universities were institutions that offered education to those who could meet their prescribed entry criteria and were operating in a supply-side market, which meant that their marketing efforts were limited to a few actions, and the communication efforts…

The clusters with agro-industrial profile were developed within this scientific paper, based on a new conception of the capitalization of agricultural production at a regional level. In this approach "the agricultural farms" are more than basic links of the agro-industrial chain, they are the "essential…

Commercializing university research outputs or intellectual property is an imperative facet in the National Economic Model of the 10th Malaysian Plan (2011-2015) whereby innovation-based economy is the vehicle identified to drive Malaysia into becoming a high-income nation. A vital aspect of this innovation-based economy is…

Recently the use of blog as an e-commerce site has become popular in Malaysia. Significant changes can be seen in e-commerce usage as more people are connected to the Internet through faster broadband connection. Nonetheless, trust remains a major issue when it involves online transaction.…

The structural changes that occurred in Romania after 1990 generated significant socio-economic disparities. The North-East region stands out from the other regions through a reduced level of economic development, but with an important occupation potential. In this paper, the researchers will estimate the Cobb-Douglas type…

An equal access to the higher education in terms of gender has been successfully promoted in Malaysia. An increasing number of women succeeded in having secured places and graduating from local private and public universities in this country. This shows that more and more women…

Marketing environment has changed due to the advent of the internet, the subsequent globalization and the hence ensuing greater competition. These environmental dynamics cause serious challenges for marketers. First, a strong marketing orientation is more important than ever to promote products and services successfully. It…