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13
Jan
2012

Estimating the Romanian Economic Sentiment Indicator Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques

Journal of Eastern Europe Research in Business and Economics
The subject of the present paper represents the result of a research that uses artificial intelligence, through the artificial neural networks, in order to simulate the Romanian Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI-mentioned by The Economist and provided by the European Commission — Economic and Financial Affairs…
09
Jan
2012

Virtual Collaboration: The Skills Needed to Collaborate in a Virtual Environment

Journal of Internet Social Networking and Virtual Communities
With support from the scholarly literature, the author of this paper argues that to succeed in virtual collaborative teams (VCTs) individuals need to have relationship building skills, which include the ability to establish trust, familiarity, a positive environment/context, and embracing diversity, as well as communication…
03
Jan
2012

Goldratt’s Theory Applied to the Problems Associated with the Mode of Transportation, Storage and Sale of Fresh Fruits & Vegetables in Nigeria

Journal of African Research in Business & Technology
Current practices used in the cultivation, harvesting, handling, transportation of fresh fruits and vegetables in Nigeria have resulted in vast losses especially due to the seasonality and perishability of these produce, with the resulting situation being that there are times when there are excess produce,…
02
Jan
2012

A Review of E-Financial Reporting Research

Journal of Internet and e-business Studies
Internet is a very exciting medium to look into especially with regards to presentation, disclosure and financial reporting. The Internet also has become one of users’ most frequently used sources of information. Consistent with the innovation of the Internet as a cheap but powerful communication…
31
Dec
2011

Business Intelligence Model for Sustainability of the Malaysian Rural Telecenters

Journal of Southeast Asian Research
The objective of this paper is to galvanize research on rural telecenters sustainability.  The research explores the sustainability of the Malaysian rural telecenters with the support of business intelligence (BI).  It is posited that BI methods and tools could play vital role in assisting telecenters…
31
Dec
2011

Knowledge Management to Promote Occupational Safety and Health at the Malaysian Manufacturing Workplace: Reposed in Occupational Safety and Health Committees?

Journal of Organizational Knowledge Management
Occupational safety and health committees (OSHCs) have been mandated in Malaysian workplaces regardless of type by section 30 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (OSHA 1994).  Workplaces with 40 or more employees must establish OSHCs.  They are a form of employee involvement in…
30
Dec
2011

IT Politics in the Domain of Knowledge Workers: A Chronological Analysis of Learning Management Systems

IBIMA Business Review
Markus’s study of IT politics has been influential for the IT implementation literature since the 1980s. However, mistakes of the top-down implementation approach could still be easily found in many organizations. Derived from Markus’s notion of interaction theory and Drucker’s work on knowledge workers, this…
30
Dec
2011

A Study on Ethical Investment Behaviour among Malaysian General Insurance Fund Managers

Journal of Financial Studies and Research
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the Ethical investment behaviour and predictors which is relatively new field of study among a General Insurance Fund Manager in Malaysia in order to refine in an ethical behavioural scope. A questionnaire-based survey was used to collect…
29
Dec
2011

Investigating the Relationship Between Knowledge Sharing Strategies and Organizational Excellence Pillars

Communications of the IBIMA
Although it is generally accepted that only organizations with a commitment to knowledge sharing and organizational excellence will remain competitive, there are an alarmingly low number of public organizations that have been identified as having the basics of excellence in the fourth cycle (2008/2009) of …
29
Dec
2011

Determining the Career Success among the Hotel Managers in Northern States: The Role of Personality Traits

Journal of Southeast Asian Research
This study looks at the role of personality towards career success among the hotel managers in Northern states of Malaysia. Although, there is a growing body of literature on managers and their career success, this growing literature is rather prescriptive and logic-deductive in career success.…