The purpose of this study is to understand factors that affect Blog continuance intention. The expectation-confirmation theory (ECT) model is adapted with perceived enjoyment and user involvement. Data was collected via an online survey which results 430 valid samples. The research model was assessed by structural equation modeling (SEM) as performed in LISREL program. The results show that con...

There has been a growing interest in looking upon the MNC as a differentiated network in the sense that subsidiaries have access to different types of resources and therefore perform differently in its market-place and within the MNC. Yet, even though subsidiaries are the object of intense interests, remarkably little have been written about assessment of subsidiary performance. In short, the p...

In This Issue Bert R. Boyce IN MEMORIAM Jean Tague-Sutcliffe, 1931-1996 Mike Nelson RESEARCH Design and Implementation of Automatic Indexing for Information Retrieval with Arabic Documents Ismaii Hmeidi, Ghassan Kanaan, and Martha Evens Information Using Likeness Measures Martin FrickP Types and Levels of Collaboration in Interdisciplinary Research in the Sciences Jian Qin, F. W. Lancaster, and...

Following an empirical investigation among 244 respondents in India, the paper deploys path analysis via LISREL. The conceptual construction of Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) framework is used to assess the behavioral intention to use and accept OGD. Multiple regression analysis informs the relationship of demographic variables with the behavioral intention to use an...

BACKGROUND One of the stakeholders in tackling the rise and health consequences of overweight and obesity is the general practice physician (GP). GPs are in a good position to inform and give nutrition guidance to overweight patients. OBJECTIVE Assessment of working mechanism of determinants of the nutrition guidance practice: noticing patients' overweight and guidance of treatment by GPs [li...

A method is introduced to test the hypothesis that both the phenotypic means and the phenotypic covariances can be modeled with the same common genetic and environmental factors. LISREL can be used to implement the method. An illustration is given with simulated twin data.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to survey, systemize and analyse the e-readiness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and determine which new technologies can be applied to build a digital business ecosystem (DBE) for SMEs. Based on the results of a survey, the authors’ objectives are to propose an adequate solution system that uses open source solutions for the SME through the d...

The electronic commerce (EC) has been widely studied in the academic as well as practical fields. Especially, a lot of special topics regarding the EC such as B2C and B2B have been investigated in literature. However, there are much less studies about the EC sites themselves. Besides, only a few studies exist about the issues regarding how to adjust the design factors of the EC sites. The main ...