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Benchmarking has been used as a tool, a methodology and a technique for continuous improvements in sectoral operations to gain and maintain competitive advantage. This was a survey of benchmarking practices in higher education in Kenya, the case of public universities, whose objectives were; to…

This paper presents a new hashing algorithm in discovering association rules among large data itemsets. Our approach scans the database once utilizing an enhanced version of priori algorithm, Direct Hashing and Pruning algorithm (DHP). The algorithm computes the frequency of each k itemsets and discovers…

Recently knowledge sharing (KS) becomes the focus of attention from many practitioners and academics. Knowledge transfer is an integral part of knowledge sharing. In order to build on the knowledge asset, organizations need to share knowledge and transfer this knowledge within organizational networks. Nowadays, managers…

In this paper, we describe the BONSAI approach and how Small-Medium Enterprises can take advantage of it. BONSAI consists of a set of behaviors, best-practices and guidelines which help professionals to develop better software. Conceived as an iterative and incremental process, it helps to integrate…

While researchers have encouraged more research on the causal chains between information technology investments and Business performance, the results of empirical studies have been inconclusive. This is partly due to the exclusion of IT-business strategic alignment. This study has examined the impact of IT-business strategic…

This paper examines the relationship between three contingency factors and the sophistication of AIS design. Questionnaires were distributed to 220 companies listed on Amman Stock Exchange, Jordan. The results reveal significant and positive relationships between four dimensions of IT sophistication and AIS design, and between…

It has become increasingly more important with the rapid progress of internationalization to have a broad view based on the awareness that we live in an international society that requires us to achieve mutual understanding beyond our own borders. We are enmeshed in a global…

For most modern networked systems, the traditional element-based management views are replaced by integrated management structures that take the nature of the enterprises and the services they provide into account. These complex systems need capabilities to accommodate for diverse areas, ranging from administration of elements…

The financial crises that have shaken global economy have largely been the result of a discretionary influence abuse of managers and administrators, as well as a consequence of the lack of independence of the auditors, to the detriment of other subjects. This paper aims at…

Economic models play a significant role in performance of grid implementation. In this paper, we studied Double auction and Contract-Net-Protocol, which are two of the widely used economic models in grid computing. Economic models facilitate harnessing grid resources across distributed ownerships. However, dynamic nature of…