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12
Mar
2010

Drawing out the Essential Business of Ports

IBIMA Business Review
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…
09
Mar
2010

Teenagers Reaction towards Mobile Advertising: Role of “Permission Marketing” concept

Journal of Mobile Technologies, Knowledge and Society
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…
20
Feb
2010

Towards eGovernment Interoperability: Lithuania Case

IBIMA Business Review
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…
10
Feb
2010

Formulation and Implementation of Operation Strategies Used in Solid Waste Management: Case Study of City Council of Nairobi

Journal of African Research in Business & Technology
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…
02
Feb
2010

Conceptual Framework for the Adoption of Islamic Retail Banking Services in Malaysia

Journal of Electronic Banking Systems
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…
08
Jan
2010

ERP Training and Evaluation: ERP Life-Cycle Approach to End-Users’ Characterization and Competency Building in the Context of an Oil & Gas Company

IBIMA Business Review
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…
31
Dec
2009

What is knowledge and how it can be evaluated?

Communications of the IBIMA
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…
30
Dec
2009

Fuzzy Knowledge Base System for Fault Tracing of Marine Diesel Engine

Communications of the IBIMA
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,…
26
Dec
2009

An Exploration of Individual Student Perceptions of Mastery of Knowledge in an Online Collaborative Context

Communications of the IBIMA
  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…
25
Dec
2009

Software projects’ most important activities of quality management: A Delphi study

Communications of the IBIMA
Quality management is a very important contributor for the success of software project management. In quality management area we can find multiple activities to carry out, however organizations cannot always execute all those tasks and many times it is indispensable to make choices about what…