In this paper a set of successful Enterprise Application Integration projects are analyzed and common characteristics are identified. These characteristics are then distilled into a set of key success factors. The empirical foundation for this study is the active participation in a number of successful EAI projects, as a consequence thereof we classify the research method as action research. We...

In this paper a set of successful Enterprise Application Integration projects are analyzed and common characteristics are identified. These characteristics are then distilled into a set of key success factors. The empirical foundation for this study is the active participation in a number of successful EAI projects, as a consequence thereof we classify the research method as action research. We...

With the emergence of phenomena like computer supported cooperative work, and especially with user-generated content and Web 2.0, new opportunities for SMEs occurred in order to collaborate on an employees’ level. As claimed by open innovation researchers, a heterogeneous group of (external) users can increase a firm’s innovative performance. These external users can be found in the form of emp...

abstract in today's competitive business environment, intellectual capital management is widely considered as the main factor in order to gain and maintain organization competitive advantage. the main purpose of this paper is presenting a model to evaluate intellectual capital capacity in organizations. in this regard, first by the survey of the related literature, nine criteria of the int...

Please consider the environment before printing this document In today’s competitive global business environment virtually all firms work diligently to analyze alternatives and to create a business strategy that enables competitive advantage. Once the strategy has been defined however, nine out of ten organizations fail to implement it effectively.1 Trends such as globalization, increasingly em...

More and more companies operate today in a worldwide market under conditions of globalization, increased complexity, and competition. In such an environment, business decisions need to be made quickly yet intelligent, substantiated by the most salient and relevant information available. Under the global competition, with a diligent and measured manner, many companies are increasingly treating b...