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The competition environment is characterized by significant market shifting, rapid development and introduction new technologies and global competition with the focus towards customer need. In order to play in such an environment, enterprises need to build reactive and agile manufacturing systems capable of adapting to…

The research presented in this paper proposes an innovative agent-based approach for planning and “no-negotiation” approach in catalogue based emarketplace. In e-marketplace, production planning tools allow creating a link between commercialization and production activities providing a better service for the customer and for the supplier.…

The growth of telecommunication and electronic commerce has led to a growing commercial market for digital encryption technologies. Business need encryption to protect and to establish secure links with their customer .Law enforcement needs it to stop those under investigation from intercepting police communications. Individuals…

Adoption of RFID technology in Australia is only recently escalating, due mainly to the new standards that have emerged which have more acceptance as opposed to the previous ones which were application specific and had narrow usability. This paper provides an application of RFID technology…

Electronic banking, particularly internet banking has revolutionized the banking industry making transactions faster and more convenient. But security issues present a pressing concern. Even with the best supervisory and security devices losses may occur. This paper examines the regulatory framework in Malaysia as set out…

A major challenge facing the IT outsourcing industry is the high rate of turnover among IT professionals.  Skilled and talented IT professionals are assets to organizations.  When they leave, loses in the forms of human, knowledge, and social capital can be so substantial that it…

Innovation in healthcare through information systems can be seen as the land of opportunities. Ehealth promises both quality improvements and higher efficiency but many of these systems end up as “successful pilots”. Although end users are satisfied and initial objectives are reached in terms of…

This paper reports the results of a descriptive study which investigates usage of accounting information and computerized accounting information system (AIS) among non-manufacturing bumiputra small and medium sized firms (SMEs) in Malaysia. Using mail questionnaire survey, data was collected from 136 firms. Findings from this…

SMEs domestically and globally are encountering tough competition. Globalization, liberalization, information revolution and ICT phenomena have brought about many challenges for all organizations more seriously for SMEs. The only way to cope with these impediments is to be strategically flexible and adaptable to environmental changes…

Theories explaining adoption of technology have developed significantly over the last few decades. From the initial interest on individual’s adoption of innovative technology, some studies have implicitly and explicitly applied the theories to examine a firm’s decision to adopt technology. This study argues that individuals…