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Identification and managing of variety of risks during the complete product design, development and delivery process are challenging. It covers the ‘product value stream’ in engineering projects including partners, suppliers, research and development, design and manufacturing, marketing, purchasing, service and support personnel and customers. This,…

In assessment of site, contractors have a lot of routine jobs such as checklists, daily reports, collection of construction data and the inspection. Contractor needs to access the real construction site to manage the construction project progress. They usually use sheets of paper or field…

Recent developments in the quality of e-Learning tools now make it possible to integrate such technology into teaching programs to provide added value to the learning experience. This paper describes the experiences of Victoria University in adopting e-Learning technologies to teach students in a totally…

This research in progress explores organizational culture from a project context. The paper takes the form of a case study with two projects, one from an oil company and the other from a bank, presented and analysed using Hofstede’s Six Dimensions of Organizational Culture. Data…

Do consumers behavior different on the Internet from other marketing channels? This study investigates impulse buying behaviors in both traditional store and online shopping contexts. The results show that impulsive buying tendency and involvement with clothing products is positively associated with impulse buying behavior of…

Technology implementation involves understanding of the structure of the technology, the reasons for choosing particular technology and its implementation approaches, assumptions about the context in which technology is to be used, and previous experiences with technology adoption. However, information systems implementation in engineering organizations generally…

Healthcare is provided to patients by caregivers who give in complex organizational arrangements but the overwhelming amount of their own daily work is part of a clinical microsystem. The concept of clinical microsystem places medical error and harm reduction into the broader context of safety…

The concept of trusted services forms a key issue for any kind of electronic services. Third Party Certification (TPC) endorsement has been used as one of the methods to instill consumers’ trust. Creating initial trust through implementation of TPC is very important because the consumer…

Global competition requires usage of local and global research and innovation networks; transfer of innovative ability to new products, services and processes. Large scale companies have the ability to cope with the dynamics of the fierce global competition whereas, SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises)…

The adoption of mobile services has achieved a spectacular growth in many countries around the world. However, regulators in these countries are finding that existing regulatory frameworks are not suitable for dealing with these services. This paper employs qualitative evidence to investigate how regulation can…