When looking at the words of Hal Varian, Google’s Chief Economist and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, thinking of Big Data seems natural. Big Data – a dictum which currently seems to be on everyone’s lips – has recently developed into one of the most discussed topics in research and practice. Looking at academic publications, we find that more than 70 % of all rank...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Data quality Utility Cost–benefit analysis Data warehouse CRM Managing data resources at high quality is usually viewed as axiomatic. However, we suggest that, since the process of improving data quality should attempt to maximize economic benefits as well, high data quality is not necessarily economically-optimal. We demonstrate this argument by evaluating a mic...

Assessing people for jobs is the most important task of any organization. The quality of assessment ultimately determines the performance of new hires as well as the ability of the organization to effectively develop employees. It affects every important aspect of the organization’s success including management effectiveness, sales volume, customer retention and productivity. Assessment is not ...

There are several initiatives for quality control in the supply of software and related services. In general, the most known and applied are the result of initiatives on the part of the customer: well defined acquisition processes, supplier selection based on certification or maturity assessment, contract monitoring. All these initiatives are aimed either to give confidence about the supplier c...

An Extended Enterprise (EE) is a new form of organizing Business-to-Business (B2B) cooperation among business partners. Here, independent companies form a network to develop and deliver a product to a customer. An EE extends the concept of a virtual enterprise because it persists even after the product is delivered. Thus, the EE serves as a container for knowledge captured during product develo...

weakness of research & development strategy for technology transfer management in product design activities is one of the most difficulties for local companies in iran. therefore, this paper trying to present a method to indicting research & development strategy for identifying fit technology with requirements of customer and provide a solution for acquisition of needs technologies of companies...

The use of social media as a means marketing is certainly familiar, this happens because the very competitive market situation, changing trends and increasingly complex customer demands. Facebook Instagram are platforms that excel in field advertising also interaction between users. However, with existence two superior media, evaluation needed to find out which has better level engagement. purp...