Several Member States in the European Union (EU)have rolled out electronic identity (eID) tokens for their citizens. The main objective of these eID tokens is to equip citizens with a tool for Identification, Authentication and electronic Signatures (IAS) for online transactions. Member States have invested heavily in building the infrastructure and the e-government services supporting eID toke...

Background: The present study aimed to investigate and rank the effective success factors for e-learning based on the perspectives of the faculty members, students, and technical specialists of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Methods: This descriptive survey was conducted using the qualitative-quantitative method. At the first stage of the qualitative approach, 15 specialis...

The systematic large-scale production of digital scientific objects, the diversity of the processes involved and the complexity of describing historical relationships among them, imposes the need for an innovative knowledge management system capable to handle all the semantic information in order to monitor, manage and document the origins and derivation of products in a flexible manner. We hav...

considering rapid growth and migration, higher accumulation of communities along with the high number of shopping trips in mega cities such as tehran brings environmental consequences like excessive amounts of energy use, air pollution and massive urban congestions in all urban trips ending to shopping areas. the present study has been performed in tehran, capital of iran in 2009-2010. with the...

E-procurement has been identified as an area of B2B e-commerce where IS-enabled transformations of business processes and practices are likely to yield significant benefits. In this paper we present the findings from a recent survey of e-procurement in Australia. The survey is designed around the OECD model of e-business adoption and provides a picture of the readiness, intensity and impact of ...

The popularity of the Internet as an information source has grown extensively. Its shear expanse and convenience is ideal to disperse information. More and more online services have now become available such as online banking, e-government, e-learning and e-commerce. Our interest lies with e-learning and in particular with the delivery of course material online. Strategic management can be unde...

This article examines the role of enabling change factors in information technology (IT) success in the Malaysian e-government implementation. Enabling change factors are defined as the capability of organizations to bring about desired changes in terms of possessing the appropriate mechanisms like human skills, tool, technology, methodology etc. (Nance 1996). Based on previous research, this s...

This paper describes an ongoing research project involving the implementation of e-Government services on the Semantic Web. In particular, the project is aimed at managing the “digital identity” of citizens on the Internet, enabling them to benefit from “personalized” versions of the online services offered by the Public Administration, which can improve and optimize their involvement in the e-...

The rapid of growth in e-Commerce/e-Business provides new opportunities and challenges for next generation Internet and telecommunication service providers. The collective global e-Commerce activities are estimated to exceed $6 trillion dollars in 2004. However, a key element in successful e-Commerce/e-Business operation is the improved integration and management of the e-Business value chains ...