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31
Dec
2008

From Virtual Teams to Online Communities: Fostering Group Based Collaboration for Innovation and Knowledge Management

Communications of the IBIMA
This paper contrasts the characteristics of Virtual Teams and Online Communities with regard to their potentials for fostering Open Innovation Management. We develop scenarios to illustrate the potentially most effective usage for Virtual Teams and Open Innovation Communities in an enterprise and analyze how discontinuous…
26
Dec
2008

The effects of Knowledge Process for Customer on the achievement of Customer Knowledge Retention

Communications of the IBIMA
It is evident that there is a strong competition among organizations and a sort of rapid change in the business environment is taking place. Therefore; organizations start thinking of how to improve their processes to stay competent. Knowledge has become a strategic resource and a…
19
Dec
2008

Use of ICT to design a teaching tool in heat conduction field

Communications of the IBIMA
This work aims to achieve a teaching tool using ICT to help engineering students in their learning of heat transfer by conduction mode. A numerical simulation based on the finite volume method was necessary, followed by the achievement of an interface which aims to achieve…
10
Dec
2008

Cyberterrorism: The Next Arena of Confrontation

Communications of the IBIMA
This paper presents a research conducted over the increasing dangers of cyberterrorism. It discusses the cyberterrorism parameters - the cyberterrorists, the attacks, and the countermeasures — as well as the Internet’s physical security.  The paper sounds an alarm over the current accessibility of critical intranets…
05
Dec
2008

Analysis Study of Culture’s Impact on E-Readiness Assessments in Developing Countries

Communications of the IBIMA
Nowadays the world is witnessing huge and rapid developments in Information and Communication Technology [ICT] systems which can affect all aspects of our daily lives. Therefore, no country in the world can live in an environment isolated from the rest of the world. This paper…
01
Dec
2008

An Algorithm for Mining Large Sequences in Databases

Communications of the IBIMA
Frequent sequence mining is a fundamental and essential operation in the process of discovering the sequential rules.  Most of the sequence mining algorithms use apriori methodology or build the larger sequences from smaller patterns, a bottom-up approach. In this paper, we present an algorithm that…
30
Nov
2008

Text Entry Factors and Texting Satisfaction: An Analysis among Malaysian Users

Communications of the IBIMA
This paper investigates the effect of respondents’ age in relation to the experience of using mobile phone for sending text messages. The text entry factors considered in the study were speed, special character selections, case conversions, simplicity, learnability, menu traversals and audio feedback. One hundred…
28
Nov
2008

A Dual Loop Model for Managing Information Resource

Communications of the IBIMA
With the rapid development of information and communication technology, modern business activities become increasingly dependent on Information Resource Management (IRM). To manage implemented information resources successfully in practice, one great challenge facing the management team is how to deal with various mismatches between information provider…
25
Nov
2008

Aligning Knowledge Management Processes And Innovation Management Capability in A Global Business

Communications of the IBIMA
Today, it is well recognized that sustainability and competitiveness of global organizations can be insured only if they concentrate on managing knowledge processes in an effective way. It is as well, commonly agreed that the most innovative companies are the one being able to take…
19
Nov
2008

Instructors’ Perspective on E-Learning Adoption in Sri Lanka: A Preliminary Investigation

Communications of the IBIMA
E-Learning has become an increasingly popular mode of instruction in higher education due to advances in the Internet and multimedia technologies.  The purpose of the study is to gauge the perception and views of the lecturers at South Eastern University (SEUSL). As it is an…