Preface to the Focus Theme Section: 'eRegion Emergence and Impact'

The Use of ICT to support Regional Developments: Contributions from the Bled eConference

The Bled eConference quite often gets connected to the notion of eRegion. Therefore in this paper we will have a closer look at how the idea of an eRegion has been addressed by the conference over the past. After briefly looking at the emergence of the term eRegion, we summarize the contribution of the Bled eConference to the field of eRegion in the Research Track as well as in the Business Tra...

Preface to the Focus Theme Section: 'Electronic Markets and e-Government'

Preface to the Focus Theme Section: 'eMergence: Merging and Emerging Technologies, Processes and Institutions'

This conference attracts speakers and delegates from business, government, information technology providers and universities and is the major venue for researchers working in all aspects of “e”. There will be a variety of keynote speakers from industry, government and academe. The conference venue is the alpine village of Bled, 30 km south of the Austrian border one of the most beautiful spots ...

Preface to the Focus Theme Section: 'E-Business Impacts Revisited'

Only a few years ago, the emergence of online markets and electronic business was expected to revolutionize market structures, supply chains and company performance. The fact that the cost of information and communication would become very low led to the assumption that markets would show increased transparency and reaction speeds would reach hitherto unknown levels. Ebusiness and its sub-categ...

The Impact of Developing Thinking Instructional Design Model on Aggression as a basis for Adolescent Immoral Behaviors

Background: Aggression is one of the factors underlying immoral behaviors. Thinking education can prevent aggression. The goal of this research, developing a thinking instructional design model based on Vigotsky's Social-Cultural Theory and assessing its impact on reducing aggression is one of the factors underlying students' immoral behaviors. Method: The research method is mixed and the resea...