E-learning tools have profoundly transformed modern pedagogical approaches. Vendors provide different types of systems, such as self-paced (SP) and instructor–student interactive (ISI) elearning tools. Although both types of tools represent promising solutions to facilitate the learning process, it is important to theoretically identify a framework to evaluate the success of these tools and ass...

A strategy for zooming in and out the topological environment of a node in a complex network is developed. This approach is applied here to generalize the subgraph centrality of nodes in complex networks. In this case the zooming in strategy is based on the use of some known matrix functions which allow focusing locally on the environment of a node. When a zooming out strategy is applied new ma...

in the present study, the survey research strategy was used to investigate the effect of factors influencing the success of customer relationship management (crm) considering mediating effects of organizational factors. the population consisted of managers and employees in the sports services sector of six metropolitan hotels of iran and 67 hotels were selected as the study sample. the data wer...

Experts always seek for improving the development and management of multidimensional urban systems, including those sustainability, smartness, resiliency. These dimensions are main keywords in related research to model predict better regional areas; there overlapped concepts, common attributes, parallel processes existing indices designed each keywords, which might not be an ideal option status...

This paper discusses the effect of organization information management environment (IME) maturity and alignment between business strategy and information systems strategic planning (ISSP) on ISSP success. A research model is formulated and tested using data collected from 49 organizations in China. Data shows that that the higher the information management environment maturity, the more success...

in competitive markets, the operations strategies of companies are normally formulated based on their competitive advantages. an effective operations strategy should maintain and improve competitive advantages based on the capabilities of the corporate operations resources. considering the market requirements and the operational performance of the rivals is the key for success and survival of a...

measles is a highly contagious disease. by the end of 2013, 84% of children had received at least a single dose of measles vaccine by their second birthday, and 148 countries had included a second dose as part of routine immunization. in 2002, the iranian ministry of health and medical education developed a comprehensive strategy to eliminate measles including mass immunization campaign for peo...

Maximizing the profit and minimizing the loss notwithstanding the trend of the market is always desirable in any investment strategy. The present research develops an investment strategy, which has been verified effective in the real world, by employing self-organizing map neural network for mutual funds and tracking the trends of stock market indices according to macro-economy indicators, weig...