The resource space model (RSM) is a semantic data model based on orthogonal classification semantics for efficiently managing various resources in the future interconnection environment. This paper extends the RSM in theory by formalizing the resource space, investigating its characteristics from the perspective of set theory, defining the resource space schema and developing its normal forms. ...

Environmental concern and consumer rights have entailed e-tailers to adopt better strategies to facilitate product returns from customers. As the demand for reverse logistics (RL) continues to grow, little is known about what motivates e-tailers to enhance their RL capabilities and about the role RL capabilities plays in enabling e-tailers to achieve better customer satisfaction and economic pe...

In recent years, there are many theories and models such as transaction cost theory and the resource-based view have been proposed to explain the formation of strategic alliances. However, the perspectives are usually limited and incomplete. Additionally, the problem of resource allocation is also a serious issue when firms enter strategic alliances. The paper, here, proposes a holistic perspec...

although the majority of iranian managers consider their employees as their most important assets, in practice, human resource continues to be considered as an organizational debt rather than organizational asset. in fact, the function of human resource in iranian organizations is seen to be costly, as an administrative function and not as a function with value added. this is due to the problem...