A reputation management system (RMS) is a system that helps users in an online community compute reputation of others. One important issue in this kind of systems is how to eliminate effect of unfair ratings. In this paper we make a survey of how people have solved this problem so far. Beside briefly explaining the solutions, we discuss about pros and cons of every solution and the future resea...

Nowadays innovation and collaboration are strategic issues for enterprises to remain competitive in the global market. Many new developments are carried out with external partners, including universities and research institutions aiming to generate novel solutions in order to improve business performance and sustainability. However, the balance between intellectual property protection and intel...

This paper identifies the problems of pakistani enterprises concerning supply chain networks and orders solutions to improving its overall performance and competitiveness. Seldom, a non-trivial amount of research efforts has been made in emergent nations to improve and enhance supply chain management paradigm. Our survey comprised nine enterprises; among them four are successfully modelled and ...

Die Organisation und Gestaltung der Betreuungskomponente ist ein wesentlicher Erfolgsfaktor für das E-Learning. Jedoch wird häufig der hohe Zeitund Kostenaufwand für die Betreuung und die Bedeutung eines leistungsfähigen Planungsund Zeitmanagements unterschätzt. Durch das Level Support-Konzept können Lernende optimal unterstützt werden und zugleich wird ein angemessener Arbeitsaufwand für Betre...

This column examines emerging technologies of interest to technical communicators to help them identify those that are worthy of further investigation. It is intended neither as an endorsement of any technology or product, nor as a recommendation to purchase. The opinions expressed by the column editors and author are their own and do not represent the views of the Society for Technical Communi...

Secure and trusted distribution of multimedia content is a key issue for content creators, content providers and distributors, as they want to fight piracy and receive the revenues derived from their creativity work. The provision of trust and protection has not been already solved by the existing multimedia distribution mechanisms. Such mechanisms lie on proprietary architectures and tools, an...

For a university in regional Australia, a new degree program on offer to a remote campus and access centres, provided a supportive environment for faculty to trial new teaching and learning methods, specifically making use of learning management system (WebCT) for aspects of communication and content. This paper examines the impact this had on the faculty, in particular at the increased usage o...

My system utilizes the outcomes feature found in Moodle and other learning content management systems (LCMSs) to keep track of where students are in terms of what language competencies they have mastered and the competencies they need to get where they want to go. These competencies are based on the Common European Framework for (English) Language Learning. This data can be available for everyo...

Feel lonely? What about reading books? Book is one of the greatest friends to accompany while in your lonely time. When you have no friends and activities somewhere and sometimes, reading book can be a great choice. This is not only for spending the time, it will increase the knowledge. Of course the b=benefits to take will relate to what kind of book that you are reading. And now, we will conc...

Innovation is a critical ingredient of today’s organizations. Innovativeness helps organizations to maintain their success and position in the market. Numerous research studies examine the factors that impact successful organizational innovation, for example organizational learning capability, organizational structure, etc. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems have been widely implemented...