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15
Jun
2011

Is Inward FDI Enhancing or Crowding-out Domestic Innovation Capability in Emerging Markets? Evidence from BRICT Countries

Journal of Financial Studies and Research
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been considered by many development economists as an important channel for the transfer of technology to emerging markets. However, whether it can promote technological progress for the host country depends on the sector specific and country specific characteristics, especially technological…
15
Jun
2011

A Framework for the Governance of Information Security in Banking System

Journal of Information Assurance & Cybersecurity
As modern banking increasingly relies on the internet and computer technologies to operate their businesses and market interactions, the threats and security breaches are highly increase in recent years. Insider and outsider attacks have caused global businesses lost trillions of Dollars a year.  Therefore, that…
15
Jun
2011

Optimal Pricing of a Duopoly Platform with Two-Sided Congestion Effect

Journal of Research in Industrial Organization
We study, in this paper, the impact of two-sided congestion effect on the pricing policy of a two-sided duopoly platform. Relative to Armstrong (2006), we show that, with congestion effect, (i) competition for submarket share is softened, (ii) the divide-and-conquer pricing strategy is modified insofar…
09
Jun
2011

Experimental Study of the Impact of the Media Context Appreciation on the Attitude of Children towards the Advertising Message

Journal of Marketing Research and Case Studies
Despite the importance of the research studies conducted in the field of marketing and children, reflection on this young market and more particularly on the effects of the media context on the children’s persuasion process is rare. Starting from this observation, the current study is…
07
Jun
2011

Syllabus Management System for Academics Practicing Knowledge Management

Journal of Organizational Knowledge Management
Knowledge management, a very popular term which describes a range of practices used by organizations to identify, create, represent, and distribute knowledge for reuse, awareness and learning across the organization. This paper will discuss a practice used by academics in Centre for Diploma Programme (CDP)…
01
Jun
2011

Enablers and Inhibitors of SISP: A Case Study of a Korean Large Corporation

Communications of the IBIMA
Within more turbulent, and increasingly globalized and digitalized environments, Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) has long been recognized as one of the most significant factors for better management. More recently, SISP has been included as one of the important components of IT governance frameworks. However,…
31
May
2011

Graphing Calculator for Probability Students: How Was It Perceived?

IBIMA Business Review
Most students see Mathematics as one of the most challenging and stressful subjects, which if given an option, would rather opt out than undertake it. With low motivation and interest levels, the thought of undertaking a course in Mathematics can be worrying for some. Consequently,…
31
May
2011

IT Enabled Engineering Asset Management: A Governance Perspective

Journal of Organizational Knowledge Management
Engineering asset lifecycle management requires a variety of information as well as operational technologies to keep their asset base in running condition In theory these technologies are used in collection, storage, and analysis of information spanning asset lifecycle processes; providing decision support capabilities through analytic…
27
May
2011

Cognitive Load and Learning Styles of Mobile Workers: Future directions

Communications of the IBIMA
The wide use of mobile information and communication technologies in working practices offers new opportunities to workers to absorb and process information in different ways, different places and consequently to support their learning anytime anywhere. However, owing to this mobilization, mobile devices contribute to work…
19
May
2011

Experienced Benefits and Barriers of E-Business Technology Adoption by SME Suppliers

Communications of the IBIMA
E-business technologies present unique opportunities and challenges for businesses, and Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are no exception. However, there is a rich body of the e-business literature concentrates on adoption concerns from SMEs buyers’ viewpoint, little research has so far been reported from the…