This paper investigates the role technology can play in fostering good business practices that would deter economic corruption and extortion in developing countries. This paper first provides a problem statement with a brief description of corruption in form of bribery and extortion based on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and its provisions. Second, we propose a definition of bribery and ...

Continual advances in information technology (IT) have opened new business opportunities in global marketplaces. As a result, many businesses have turned to CRM to gain greater insights into their customers and apply this knowledge toward forging long-term relationships with them. This study examines the relationships of CRM practices (marketing and operational programs) with three antecedent e...

This paper proposes a specific model of business intelligence in relation with SMEs practices, culture and competitive environment. This model is based on the mobilization of corporate tacit knowledge and informal information, aiming at interpreting anticipatory environmental information and assist strategic decision making. An empirical survey assessing the existing business intelligence pract...

This article describes the challenges in applying the Scrum and eXtreme Programming (XP) software development practices, summarising several years of industry experience. The crucial questions are: How applicable are these practices in an enterprise context, and do they show their well-known advantages under today’s characteristic business conditions? The assessment takes the project management...

Enterprise software system (ESS) design is premised upon an embedded business process model, a system model, which embodies the ESS designers’ a priori view of best business practices in the intended context. In contrast, an organization’s existing business model reflects its own a priori view of best practices. This native model is the aggregate of the organization’s business processes and ope...

The escalating deterioration of the environment is a major concern for business organisations today. Green is a strategy implemented to improve the environmental sustainability and with supply chains evolving dynamically towards competitive advantage, Green Supply chain management practices has gained importance in business research. Though sustainability is the major concern in today‟s organis...

from long time ago the shortage of finance in business practices was one of the striking problems for traders and thus there have always been endeavors to find a solution to it. one of the ways put forward was using the stocks stored in warehouses as security for loans. taking advantage of a descriptive method, this paper describes field-warehousing as a means of raising cash funds and the regu...

Despite high expectations for the value of e-business in healthcare, its adoption remains poorly understood and under-researched. The adoption and effective utilization of e-business in the healthcare industry can potentially lead to many benefits, such as: an increased accessibility to healthcare providers, improved work-flow efficiency, a higher quality of healthcare services, decreased sched...

New home buyers in United States are becoming more discriminating in their home buying decision. They are demanding quality construction at reasonable prices. The current state of construction market also gives construction buyers more ammunition to be more discriminate when they choose to purchase homes.  To be competitive and remain in business, housing contractors and developers must meet th...

The benefits of living in a fast changing information society become evident if effective ebusiness practices are implemented, offering companies exposure and access to global markets and consumer access to customized, high quality services. Such practices are facilitated by innovative and effective e-business models. However, the business literature defines business models from different viewp...