Giving the fact that hi-tech products as a trade product have become quite crucial and critical in the growth of economies in many nations, the paper took electronic equipment manufacturing industry as an example. The aim of this study is to investigate the competitiveness of the selected electronic equipment manufacturing sectors in China in comparison with selected 19 countries in the world b...

Handheld load has been reported to enhance horizontal jump performance, however little is known about its influence on ground reaction forces (GRF), especially in female athletes. This study investigated the effects of individualized optimal handheld loading on the technical and physical ability to apply GRF during horizontal jumping in female netball players. Maximal effort, single standing, h...

in this paper the issue of evaluating iranian oil refineries performance has been discussed. the research is based on math modelling by operational research techniques. to do so, of the proposed scenarios and different math programming models, a model is made by combining dea with goal programming techniques that compared with the old classical dea models which measures the efficiency and produ...

The task of designing software to support e-learning is complex. In particular, it requires careful consideration of social factors of adoption and use by communities. The tradition of engineering in America is too exclusively focused on the individual user; German philosophy provides a foundation for developing new methodologies oriented to groups of people learning collaboratively.

Engagement by the higher education sector in standardisation of the technology that supports e-learning is hardly a mainstream activity. For many stakeholders, processes associated with standardisation are both perceived as opaque and tedious. Reasons for a lack of engagement are canvassed; among them, the perception that ‘secret standards business’ is conducted only by those individuals and co...

This paper presents a method for increasing the level of formalization of the description of a problem situation and obtaining a “big picture” of the problem situation in order to be solved by TRIZ and OTSM instruments. The main output of the method is a list of problems to be turned into contradictions. Elements concerning computer support for this approach

Information technology (IT) benefits are often indirect and are not easy to demonstrate. Often the problem associated with IT investments magnifies because IT-enabled benefits tend to dissipate over time. In this paper we develop the concept of sustainable IT-enabled benefits. First we develop the concept of sustainability as it applies to IT. Following that, we base our conceptual framework to...