japan can be considered as a very important and successful example for transfering management methods, for all countries in the world, whether it is developed or in the developing stages, in our country also great attentions have been paid to japanese management techniques, but unfortunately some of these interpretations have been incomplete, blind- foldness and without knowing the -suitability...

The integration of customer relationship management (CRM) and supplier relationship management (SRM) to facilitate supply chain management in the areas of supplier selection using a help desk approach has become a promising solution for manufacturers to identify appropriate suppliers and trading partners to form a supply network on which they depend for products, services, and distribution. In ...

Waste policy is increasingly moving on from the 'prevention of waste' to a 'sustainable materials policy' focused agenda recognising individual wastes as a resource. In order to comparatively analyse policy developments in enhanced waste management, three case studies were selected; San Francisco's Zero Waste Program, Flanders's Sustainable Materials Management Initiative and Japan's Sound Mate...

Introduction: This research was part of a wider Innovation Forum (IF) research project which was an initiative to improve services and bring about a 20% reduction in the unscheduled use of acute beds by older people (aged over 75) through a range of initiatives. This research considers the developments made in the provision of services for long-term conditions. Aims and objectives: The research...

Existing instruments for measuring risk perception have focused on an abstract version of the concept, without diving into the the details of what forms the perception of likelihood and impact. However, as information security risks become increasingly complex and difficult for users to understand, this approach may be less feasible. The average user may be able to imagine the worst case scenar...

Making secure a software system is a very critical purpose, especially because it is very hard to consolidate an exhaustive body of knowledge about security risks and related countermeasures. To define a technological infrastructure for exploiting this knowledge poses many challenges. This paper introduces a system to capture, share and reuse software security knowledge within a Software Organi...