In the technology-driven industries like automotive industry, the success of the companies depends on their ability to provide new and continuous innovations to the market. In this regard, technological capabilities lead to a competitive advantage. The purpose of this study is to identify the effective factors in the technology assessment based on the dynamic capabilities of small and medium au...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the simultaneous effect of Corporate Culture and market orientation on the performance of small to medium-sized industrial manufacturing firms. To this end, a cross-sectional survey and variance based structural equation modeling was used for testing the hypotheses. The samples were selected based on a stratified sampling of commodity and specialty indust...

Small-business adoption of electronic business has been analyzed largely in conventional business terms such as benefits and costs, returns on investment, and competitive advantage. While these factors are important, small businesses are also embedded in social contexts which shape the rationalities with which they approach e-business. These rationalities are different from those that character...

While the process by which Information Technology enables growth in medium and large enterprises has been wellresearched, the corresponding processes in micro-enterprises are poorly understood. In fact, such micro-enterprises lie at the heart of many economies. This insight is important as information technology enables businesses to connect with each other through knowledge networking to carry...

OVERVIEW: Growing concern about environmental problems caused by thermal power plants is making the reduction of CO2 through more efficient power generation and the reduction of NOx and other emissions a top priority. The deregulation of the electric power industry, meanwhile, is helping to expand the demand for medium-capacity, high-efficiency thermal power plants geared toward IPP (independen...

banking access is a broad concept that examines issues such as physical availability of banking services for people and businesses, terms and conditions and ease of access to these services, diversity of services and financial regulatory scope .in this paper, based on global data and indicators, we survey the status of countries in the middle east and north africa in terms of various banking de...

The phenomenon of global software development Only a decade ago, the number of entities engaging in global software development was small—but this has rapidly changed. Today, 203 of the US Fortune 500 engage in offshore outsourcing.1 In a recent study, we found that within the largest US firms, the median ratio of IT work outsourced—but consumed largely in the US— is 6.5 percent.2 Meanwhile, in...

The phenomenon of global software development Only a decade ago, the number of entities engaging in global software development was small—but this has rapidly changed. Today, 203 of the US Fortune 500 engage in offshore outsourcing.1 In a recent study, we found that within the largest US firms, the median ratio of IT work outsourced—but consumed largely in the US— is 6.5 percent.2 Meanwhile, in...