One of the main challenges in E-commerce is how to calculate the maximum acceptable time for response to the customer from the business firms. This case has a direct impact on many business concepts such as customer loyalty, satisfaction, and trust. In this paper, a mathematical model is presented to calculate the maximum acceptable time. In this regard, based on a set of functions, while inves...

in recent years, following the rapid industrialization of communities is of great interest to environmental deficiencies and governments have started to enforce environmental laws. according to requirements of today's world, green supply chain management is inevitable. this study was aimed to identify and prioritize the factors affecting green supply chain in the automotive industry companies, ...

E-government adoption is the focus of many research studies. However, few studies have compared the adoption factors to identify the most salient predictors of e-government use. This study compares popular adoption constructs to identify the most influential. A survey was administered to elicit citizen perceptions of e-government services. The results of stepwise regression indicate perceived u...

The 2003 survey among Slovenian companies was studying the factors affecting the formal evaluation of e-business projects. The corresponding causal model revealed that the perceptions and the attitudes towards e-business strongly affect the corresponding evaluation practice. In particular, the recognition of the needs for corresponding evaluation had the strongest effect. On the other hand, the...

With the advent of e-commerce, opportunities have arisen for students to obtain course textbooks from sources other than the traditional campus bookstore(s). This research seeks to understand the factors motivating students to select e-commerce or traditional vendors for their textbook purchases. It surveys student perceptions of e-commerce textbook purchases from the perspectives of product pe...

This paper presents an integrative theoretical model of public trust in government by distinguishing the factors directly related to government activities and contextual factors. Especially, new variables that reflect the current discussions on trusting-relationships with government are introduced – such as process-oriented performance, bureaucratic politics in citizens’ perspective, and consta...

The phenotype of E-beta-thalassemia is affected by several genetic factors. The aim of this study was to analyze severity of E-beta-thalassemia and correlate with HbE, HbF, E/F ratios, beta-mutation and Xmn I polymorphism. Thirty cases of E-beta-thalassemia (23 with childhood onset) were studied. HbE levels were quantitated by HPLC. Xmn1 polymorphism and beta-mutations were studied by PCR-RFLP ...