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11
Jan
2011

Will You Still Trust Me Tomorrow? Lessons Learnt in Maintaining Trust for SME, B2C E-commerce

Journal of Internet and e-business Studies
The introduction of e-commerce holds substantial potential for marketing and selling products and services online while also introducing a plethora of risks and concerns for consumers. In the context of business-to-consumer (B2C) electronic commerce (e-commerce), the consumer compares not only product and pricing alternatives, but…
10
Jan
2011

Optimization of Layout Using Discrete Event Simulation

IBIMA Business Review
This contribution focuses on optimizing the layout of the two production lines for Daimler (hereinafter referred to as DA) and VW Group (hereinafter referred to as VAG) products in the company BOS Automotive Products ltd. The main reason for this optimization is the reduction of…
06
Jan
2011

Inward Strategy: An Optimal Solution to Build a Software Industry in Saudi Arabia

IBIMA Business Review
Employing the appropriate strategy was critical in building successful software industry in many developing countries. Through innovative strategies, a number of developing nations were able to create unique software industry models that emerged as strong software exporters at the global level. The main similarity among…
02
Jan
2011

Communication Environment for Small and Medium Enterprises

IBIMA Business Review
This paper deals with description and suggestion of an appropriate communication environment to support cooperation between large number of small and medium enterprises (SME’s). Goal of my work is to make communication between larger number of subjects as effective and transparent as possible. From a…
31
Dec
2010

Elaboration of A Process for Mapping between Ontology Concepts and Objects Model Concepts

Communications of the IBIMA
The principal idea of the framework in this paper is to use ontologies to convert a problem domain text description into an object model. The object model of a system consists of objects, identified from the text description and structural linkages corresponding to existing or…
29
Dec
2010

Measurements of Key Success Factors on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Implementation

IBIMA Business Review
Competitive Advantage is important thing that have to be considered when implement the ERP system. Most of the organization only gain operational benefit rather than create the competitive advantage. A lot of factors that influenced the success of ERP implementation in order to gain  competitive…
21
Dec
2010

Analyzing the Usage of IT in SMEs

Communications of the IBIMA
Nowadays, rapid changes in information technology (IT) force enterprises to adapt new developments. IT is critical to the success of most businesses especially small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). In recent years, the information technologies are started to be used frequently by SMEs in Turkey…
21
Dec
2010

Innovation and Performance: An Empirical Study of Tunisian Service Firms

Journal of Innovation and Business Best Practice
It has long been recognized that innovation plays a crucial role to support the economic performance of manufacturing firms. By contrast, the innovation in service is considered to be a less-studied topic and the empirical frameworks in this context are rather rare. As a way…
06
Dec
2010

National models of public (e)-procurement in Europe

Journal of e-Government Studies and Best Practices
Public Procurement of goods and services is a strategic activity for Governments for at least three reasons: a) it has a relevant economic impact b) it is relevant for Governments’ public services and c) it affects both Nations’ competitiveness and citizens’ welfare. Moreover, observing the…
01
Dec
2010

Creating Sustainable and Competitive Employees through the Design of Innovative Higher Education Curriculum

Communications of the IBIMA
The employability of graduates is dependent on their possession of relevant attributes needed in their respective industries. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the gap between the important elements of Higher Education Institutions’ graduates’ attributes and their actual performance when employed by industry. The dimensions…