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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…

Developing an effective human resource system that is compatible with organizational strategy is critical for the functioning and success of an organization in the competitive business arena. The main objectives of the study were to establish the extent of adoption of strategic human resource management…

The aim of this research was to understand the strategic uses of e-business systems and technologies by classifying companies and particularly small and medium businesses according to demographics as well as e-business behavior variables. The study was based on data from a large quantitative survey of…

Social networks are websites which allow users to communicate, share knowledge about similar interests, discuss favorite topics, review and rate products/services, etc. Even though social network marketing is still in its infancy, it holds a potential success for businesses if it is carefully integrated in…

At the heart of software requirements elicitation lies the communication between customer and developer. There are several valuable components of communication such as medium, sender, receiver, and messages, which relates to the input and output from both parties. Most of these messages are delivered through…

The research presented in this paper concerns the development of a methodology for monitoring and continuous performance improvement. The proposed approach is derived from the classical Deming cycle adapted to a real industrial environment. The approach consists of four phases: Monitor, Analysis, Action and Review…

This study attempts to test the applicability of relationship marketing concepts within the self-financed tertiary education (SFTE) industry. Building on the well-established relationship marketing concepts, a conceptual model is proposed in this study to investigate the casual relationship between relationship commitment and student loyalty, and…