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The current economic environment is characterized by the dependence of the organization on information technology (IT). As in, this dependence on IT has given rise to concerns about how to evaluate investment initiatives. This article focuses on the generic decision process from analysis and planning…

Background: Gallbladder carcinoma spreads commonly by direct invasion. Hematogenous spread to liver, lungs, skin are known but vertebral metastasis has rarely been reported earlier. Method: We are reporting a case of 38 years old male who presented to us with surgical jaundice due to gallbladder carcinoma.…

Our paper reports on an extensive survey carried out amongst marketing managers or people with similar positions and tasks employed by Romanian public institutions, both central and local. We attempted to get a broad picture of how marketing activities are organized within Romanian public institutions…

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.…