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27
Sep
2009

Semantic Data Integration: Overall Architecture

Communications of the IBIMA
The information has always been a valuable patrimony for the information systems that every company tries to capitalize as much as possible. With the web, the amount of information is increased and several problems arise for instance for the safety of the exchanged data but…
25
Sep
2009

Modeling the Effects of E-Commerce Adoption On Business Process Management: Case Study of Commercial Banks in Kenya

Communications of the IBIMA
The general objective of this study was to model the effects of e-commerce adoption on business process management. This was a census study on modeling the effects of e-commerce adoption on business process management in commercial banks in Kenya. Out of the sixty (60) respondents…
24
Sep
2009

Attitudes towards the use of E-banking: Result of a Pilot Survey

Communications of the IBIMA
Electronic Banking (EB) is the use of banking services, conducted via electronic media and Internet technology. With the rapid increase in the development and availability of information and communications technologies, EB has become a reality. People are beginning to sell and purchase goods via the…
23
Sep
2009

Synergies between SOA and Grid Computing

Communications of the IBIMA
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an architectural style for developing and integrating enterprise applications to enable an enterprise to deliver self-describing and platform independent business functionality. Grid Computing (GC) is a framework that allows pooling of physical resources to enable virtualisation of distributed computing, enterprise…
23
Sep
2009

The Moderating Effect of Switching Costs on the Customer Satisfaction-retention Link: Retail Internet Banking Service in Hong Kong

IBIMA Business Review
The objective of this research was to develop a model that examines the direct effects of customer satisfaction and switching costs on customer retention as well as the moderating effect of switching costs on the relationship between customer satisfaction and customer retention in the segments…
22
Sep
2009

The Significance of Customer Value within the Project Portfolio Management

Communications of the IBIMA
In most companies project work becomes more and more important. In order to optimize the alignment of projects with company strategy, adequate management of the project portfolio is required. In addition to the growing importance of projects and project portfolio management, a paradigm shift within…
21
Sep
2009

The Development of myGeo-RS: a Knowledge Management System of Geodiversity Data for Tourism Industries

Communications of the IBIMA
The development of MyGeo-RS, a geodiversity information and repository system is a valuable solution that can assure the management and preservation of geological datasets more interesting, accessible and shared to the public at large. This research is embarked based on the realization that with the…
20
Sep
2009

Transforming Organisational Culture through the Impact of Information Integration

Communications of the IBIMA
Over the last 2-3 decades, investments in the new information technology (NIT) have left a deep impression on the life of organisations, that goes beyond ample differences in each organisation’s degree of automatisation. Furthermore, although the generalisation of NIT investment has not produced, on short…
19
Sep
2009

Organizational Readiness and its Contributing Factors to Adopt KM Processes: A Conceptual Model

Communications of the IBIMA
The main purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptual model that can be used to assess the organizational readiness and its contributing factors for KM process adoption. The authors propose that the organizational readiness should be assessed considering both organizational and individual factors.…
18
Sep
2009

Information Technologies in the Calm Technologies Era

Communications of the IBIMA
Information and communication technologies met a culminant evolution even since they appeared, with major achievements that became established in various fields of activity. Currently, one can notice an increased tendency to upgrade from classic computers to other types of equipment, much smaller in size, able…