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04
Jun
2008

Research on Integrating the Information and Communication Technologies within the Process of Teaching-Learning

Communications of the IBIMA
Rapid development of the informational technology and communications, directly connected to the Internet development and the attached communications ways, leaded to a more intense implication of those in education. New terms such as: on-line education, e-learning educational systems are more and more met.. In this…
03
Jun
2008

Status of e-Business in Two Popular Retail Chains: A Review of Opportunities

Communications of the IBIMA
In the present era e-business has become the powerful tool to have a competitive advantage and also give greater customer value. How is the status in Malaysia where the retail chain is growing at a phenomenal pace? What are the attitudes of the retail chain…
01
Jun
2008

The Role of Centralized Knowledge Development Centre for Success of SME Sector

Communications of the IBIMA
The aim of the current study was to asses the importance of a Centralized Knowledge Development Centre for the progress of the SMEs’ in Malaysia and factors that influence SMEs’ favorable attitude and barriers that hinder them from adopting this usage in their business. SME…
31
May
2008

Development of Customer Value Model for Healthcare Services

Communications of the IBIMA
The economic and the living standard have been improved dramatically in Taiwan over the last decade. People become more health conscious and demand for high quality healthcare service consequentially. Due to the conduction of National Health Insurance and its improved policy of insurance payment, competition…
30
May
2008

The Necessity to Have An Integrated National Information System in The Public Health Care System: A Case Study from Romania

Communications of the IBIMA
In the last few years in Romania started a complex project in order to create an effective informational structure in the public health system. The aim of the project also tries to demonstrate the utility of this informational system for the deliverance of European Health…
29
May
2008

Progress towards the Implementation of the National Innovation System in Tunisia

Communications of the IBIMA
In the beginning of the nineties, Tunisia, along with many other developing countries, recognized the need to develop specific policies for science and technology. New institutional and governmental structures were created with a mission to encourage and support scientific and technological research and development. About…
28
May
2008

An Integrative Model Linking IT-Business Strategic Alignment and Firm Performance: The Mediating Role of Pursuing Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategies

Communications of the IBIMA
While researchers have encouraged more research on the causal chains between IT investments and firm performance, results of empirical studies have been non-conclusive. This is partly due to the exclusion of IT-business strategic alignment. Further, scholars have continuously called for research that addresses the antecedent…
27
May
2008

Evaluation of the Telematics Network Consortium La Silsa-La Moran

Communications of the IBIMA
In the continuous and rapid growth that the technology has, people are all engaged, even without realizing it, the important thing is to exploit all the advantages that it gives to them. In these times much is what it has been said about the knowledge…
26
May
2008

Implications of Knowledge Transfer and ICT on the Level of Labor Productivity in Mexico: An International Comparative Analysis

Communications of the IBIMA
The leading role information and communications technologies (ICTs) and knowledge dissemination plays in labor productivity has been the object of attention of many authors (1a). However, few empirical studies exist that support the proposed elements in the Mexican context. This study, one in a series…
25
May
2008

Customer Satisfaction Fuzzy Cognitive Map in Banking Industry

Communications of the IBIMA
Customer satisfaction is one of the key factors in modern marketing and customers’ behavior analysis. Banking industry is one of the numerous services in which the customer satisfaction has had an ever increasing importance in the corresponding research areas. The problem here is the complexity…