In The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman points out that the technology revolution has led to a world economy in which the global competitive playing fi eld is being leveled, or, as the title of his books suggests, “fl attened.” There is greater competition for what he calls “global knowledge work”—working across cultures—on a scale never before seen. Friedman goes on to say that America should be...

In todays high voltage processes the optimization of process and layout design is a key point to get competitive products. Effects like punch-through between two junctions and breakdown near the surface of the wells make it necessary to analyze complex three-dimensional process steps by simulators which give accurate answers to the process engineers.

Through E-Business, Information Communications Technology (ICT) has change the way trade and commerce is carried out. The developed nations of the world are taking advantage of these new technologies to expand their markets. Many countries, developed as well as developing, encourage the SMEs to form clusters to strengthen their marketing and buying power. Clustering, is found to be a good strat...

business clusters are known as a  new model of economic development throughout the world. in recent years, this model has also been noted by policy-makers in iran. accordingly, the present study aimed at proposing a model for sustainable development of business clusters in iran based on experience in this regard. a qualitative strategy (case study) is used as the research method. additionally, ...

In the age of information technology and internet, business processes in many organizations have evolved into a series of knowledge exchanging activities. This is especially the case of multi-national corporations, which have e-business activities spread across multiple locations world-wide. Under these circumstances, for any multi-national corporation, comprehending and responding strategicall...

in today’s quality- based competitive world, known as knowledge age, customer attraction is of ultimate importance. in respect to the slogan “customer is always right”, customer relation management is the core of an organizational strategy playing an important role in four aspects of customer identification, customer attraction, customer retaining, and customer satisfaction. commercial organiza...

nowadays, outsourcing is viewed as a trade strategy and organizations tend to adopt new strategies to achieve competitive advantages in the current world of business. focusing on main copmpetencies, and transferring most of activities to outside resources of organization( outsourcing) is one such strategy is. in this paper, we aim to decide on decision maker agent of transportation system, by a...

the world has entered a new era; organizations are faced withnew challenges and traditional principles upon which economic poweredand was a key factor in business success, is no longer valid. knowledgebecomes a major factor in competition and intellectual property has beensustained competitive advantage. this paper examines the relationshipbetween information technology and knowledge management...