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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…

The analysis of monetary policy impact - via interest rate as instrument of intervention - on the evolution of stock market prices has gained more popularity during the current crisis due to the accumulation of financial imbalances. This article investigates the impact of monetary policy…

Sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) could be defined as the type of investment which aims to achieve financial returns while performing in terms of extra-financial aspects, such as social, environmental, governance and ethical objectives. In recent years, interest in SRI funds has been growing. It…

The theory on the adoption and use of information technology (IT) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is abundant. However, methodologically speaking, action-research (AR) has been little explored as a method of construction of this theory, despite the use of this methodology could improve understanding…

In this paper, a model for information intelligence and knowledge management, in the context of audit and advisory companies in the field of information technologies, is proposed. This model is founded on the exploitation, structuring, analysis and optimisation of strategic information in organisation. The implementation…

As one of the national vision 2020’s implementation programs, the establishment of a national Quality Assurance system focusing on the quality of the programs offered in terms of the general criteria of the structure and process of higher education is timely. In relating to the…

This paper reviews the role played by a company’s internal R&D in stimulating operational performance of a manufacturing company, which is moderated by intellectual property rights (IPR), particularly patents, in Malaysia. The constructs of this paper are based on a comprehensive review of recent literature…

Generation of electronic waste is concurrent with higher demand for equipments consumed by households and business institutions. Exponential growth of waste that enters landfill is a valuable secondary resource that presents cost-saving opportunities for OEMs through take back programs, because recoverable assets would otherwise be…

Renal squamous cell carcinoma is a rare form of renal cancer which is considered incurable once metastases develop. Prognosis is poor and average survival of advanced stage disease is typically in the range of several months, despite all available conventional therapies.We describe the case of…

We all know that buying a car is an act of consumption under constraint. It is subjected to a process of identical co-construction joining a socioeconomic context in perpetual transformation. This looks a little bit hard to understand! But the semiotic analysis of 28 interviews…