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The paper contains a report on survey research that was conducted in informal businesses during hours of operation in Gauteng, the biggest of the nine South African provinces. The purpose of the study was to ascertain whether the owners or employees in the informal sector…

Process modelling is used to reveal the structure of business processes in a port. The method of process modelling used is Ould’s Riva method and the port it is applied to is Alexandria Port in Egypt. The main advantages of this method are that an…

The popularity of SMS (Short Messaging Service) among youth, especially adolescents, offers a new opportunity for advertisers, called "Mobile Advertising". However, the success of this type of campaign needs the use of "permission marketing" concept. Given that teenagers are hooked to their phones and use…

The interoperability problems have been faced by many countries governmental institutions at international, national and local levels. eGovernment Interoperability Frameworks act as the mechanisms that prescribe the prerequisites for one-stop, web-enabled e-Government Services and support their deployment in the vast number of public administration information…

The major purpose of this study was to document the operations strategy used in solid waste management, alongside the challenges facing implementation. This was a case study. Data was collected from fifty- (50) members and managers from the City Council of Nairobi and analyzed using…

The aim of this study is to identify factors that influence the adoption of Islamic retail banking services among the banking consumers in Malaysia, specifically in the urban and sub urban regions of Malaysia. Islamic banking has evolved as a new reality in the international…

This paper highlights the criticality of the ‘End-Users’ factor to the success or failure of the ERP venture. This descriptive case highlights the ineffectiveness of the current approaches to ERP end-users’ “training and competency building”, that are commonly applied in ERP implementations. We propose as…

In this paper, we present a conceptual model for knowledge evaluation. After a literature review, over various definitions on knowledge, we first extracted the main plausible features of knowledge both its nature and meaning. The main features are amount of information, verification of information and…

Marine diesel engine provides the prime mover for the majority of ship propulsion systems and as such plays a fundamental role in ship operational and economy. Ship owners and operators focuses to the development of improved method of analysis, operation, fault condition diagnosis, performance monitoring,…

  Technology-supported learning environments no longer need to conform to the traditional classroom environment where information is uniformly disseminated. Instead, the application of technologies means that learners can participate actively in their own knowledge acquisition process. Over the years teaching and learning practices have moved…