Current localizationpractices suffer fromanarrowandstaticvisionofculture resulting in usability problems for IT product and design. To address this problem, this article compares user localization efforts of mobile messaging technology in two different cultural contexts with a new methodology of cultural usability. It calls for expanding thescopeof localizationpracticesand linkinguser localizat...

Food justice movement: a movement that believes all communities, regardless of race or income, can have both increased access to healthy food and the power to influence a food system that prioritizes environment and human needs over corporate profits. The food justice movement also stresses that the cultivation of food systems that are both environmentally sustainable and socially just requires...

There are many problems that usually R & D centers and organizations in the decision making and achieve its higher goals, are faced with.Such as the density of information in the administrative departments, human resources information and facilities and equipment. The researcher had to make it investigate effective factors in improving management information systems in private banks according ...

To address the global extinction crisis, both efficient use of existing conservation funding and new sources of funding are vital. Private sponsorship of charismatic 'flagship' species conservation represents an important source of new funding, but has been criticized as being inefficient. However, the ancillary benefits of privately sponsored flagship species conservation via actions benefitin...

Abstract Pursuing multiple goals with limited time often leads to goal conflicts that can be resolved by prioritizing some pursuits over others. This research examines proximal outcomes of two approaches prioritization: Goal shelving (temporarily withdrawing from a goal) and disengagement (permanently goal). We conducted an experiment ( N = 214) compare motivational emotional consequences resol...

Software testing is particularly expensive for developers of high-assurance software, such as software that is produced for commercial airborne systems. One reason for this expense is the Federal Aviation Administration’s requirement that test suites be modified condition/decision coverage (MC/DC) adequate. Despite its cost, there is evidence that MC/DC is an effective verification technique an...

1 We thank seminar participants at the University of Michigan, the Complexity conference in Aix-en-Provence, and the Conference in honor of Sumantra Ghoshal at London Business School for helpful comments and suggestions. Errors and omissions remain our own. Abstract This paper explores the trade-offs inherent in the pursuit and fulfillment of multiple performance goals in complex organizations....

We propose a framework for assessing and realizing the benefits from IT investment and an integrative process for prioritizing, justifying, and evaluating results of IT implementations. IT investments can drive changes in business processes. Our framework emphasizes identifying those changes so that responsibility for realizing benefits (financial and non-financial) can be assigned and evaluate...

There are many problems that usually R & D centers and organizations in the decision making and achieve its higher goals, are faced with.Such as the density of information in the administrative departments, human resources information and facilities and equipment. The researcher had to make it investigate effective factors in improving management information systems in private banks according ...