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27
Apr
2008

Framework for Orienting Engineering Undergraduate Final Year Projects towards New Product Innovation Process

Communications of the IBIMA
The traditional framework for undergraduate final year project (FYP) has customarily focused on the sharpening of theoretical principles and the honing of fundamental practical skills. This work sees the pressing need for orienting FYPs at the undergraduate level towards new product innovation. Hence, an unconventional…
26
Apr
2008

Innovation Management: Types, Management Practices and Innovation Performance In Services Industry of Developing Economies

Communications of the IBIMA
Innovation is reshaping the corporate culture of organizations in this present age of competency and service legacy. Innovation in services is getting recognition from the top executives due to its strategic importance and globalize competition, which has escalated the demand of better change and adoption…
25
Apr
2008

Operationalizing Off-task Sociability of Asynchronous Computer Supported Collaborative Learning

Communications of the IBIMA
Many previous studies have emphasized the role of the sociability of the computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments on learning achievements. Also, recent studies have reported that other than on-task interaction, students have considerable off-task interactions in CSCL environments. Yet, more studies are needed to…
24
Apr
2008

Value created, expression and analyze indicator of an enterprise efficiency

Communications of the IBIMA
In order to define the enterprise system efficiency, we have started from the system efficiency concept as being an economic category which defines the system quality, its capacity to transform the input into output at the expected level. We are asking now some questions: What…
23
Apr
2008

Mobile Telephony: New Marketing Object in a Globalized Economy

Communications of the IBIMA
Traditional models of adoption of technologies do not work well for the ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies). Applying these models in the real world, have proven to be quite a burden for specialists in marketing. The cultural argument is also found out not to be…
22
Apr
2008

Innovation and New Service Development in Select Private Life Insurance Companies in India

Communications of the IBIMA
Global life insurance industry is facing major changes and the leading insurers are innovating their services in order to compete. Shifting consumer needs, changing regulatory requirements and the service competition are driving insurers to shift from the traditional ways of doing business to new channels,…
21
Apr
2008

Mobile Data Services Usage – a Methodological Research Approach

Communications of the IBIMA
This paper classifies the existing research methods that are used to study mobile services and applications wishing to put things into an order. The paper examines these methods and proposes a combined methodological technique. This technique has been used as a research tool in a…
20
Apr
2008

E-health Data Privacy: How Far It Is Protected?

Communications of the IBIMA
The ICT advancement in the e-health industry paved the way for diagnosis, analysis and treatment conveniently good for the consumers and the relevant industry players. Consequently, consumer concern over the health information, its collection, use and storage has been on the increase seeking ways to…
19
Apr
2008

Managing the E-Government Adoption Process in Kenya’s Local Authorities

Communications of the IBIMA
Technologies of E-Government have increasingly become one of the alternatives to enable governance at the local levels. The situation is especially poignant in developing countries where there are increasing calls to improve governance to achieve a better life for their citizens. This study sought to…
18
Apr
2008

Mobile Enterprise Resource Planning: New Technology Horizons

Communications of the IBIMA
Mobile ERP is not per se something new or even special. It is an issue growing to become more and more important and enabling mobility due to the technological revolution and more so due to the mobile users. Mobility is about how businesses can provide…