In order to benefit from e-learning, companies should conduct considerable up-front analysis to assess their readiness. There are a number of instruments in the market that can be used for assessing readiness for elearning. However, almost all of these instruments are developed to be used in countries that have a mature field of human resources development. So, these instruments consist of term...

Purpose: To show how e-readiness indicators, specifically the Networked Readiness Index, participate in the work of defining policy problems. Methodology/Approach: The article critically examines the Networked Readiness Index is terms of its presentation and its underlying model. It relies on an approach to policy analysis that views policy problems as socially constructed. Findings: E-readines...

Despite the potential advantages, customers sometimes are not ready to embrace new eservice because of insufficient understanding. E-service process presentations may facilitate customer learning; however, no scientific investigation has attempted to explore the effectiveness of such presentations in customer education and e-service adoption. Thus, this study intends to fill the research gap by...

E-readiness can be defined as the degree to which a community is prepared to participate in the networked world. In this paper the concept of e-readiness is used in terms of how internal and external factors affect the delivery of online education offered by universities. The paper applies the macro level five forces model as adopted by Chan and Welebir (2003) in the context of micro (universit...

nowadays knowledge and technology have become more important in organizations. sometimes the organizations forget their knowledge and skills unconsciously due to information inconsistencies and sometimes they forget their knowledge and skills consciously to become more agile. some aspects of forgetting are useful while the other aspects are harmful. moreover information technology has made a ba...

We evaluated the influence of psychological stress and depression on motivation to adhere to recommended guidelines for exercise and diet. This study was conducted within a larger e-counseling trial. Subjects diagnosed with hypertension (n = 387, age = 44-74 years, 59% female) completed assessments at baseline and within 2 weeks after a 4-month intervention period. Outcomes included mean level ...

The Asia-Pacific region is growing in e-commerce adoption despite a global economic slowdown. Developed countries rhat have been offering e-commerce have shown impressive performance iu their respective economies, but the Asia-Pacific region srill lags behind in the e-business race. This is due ro several factors which include language. educarion, technology, and technical infrcistrucrure. The ...

E-government represents more than a diffusion of some technology in the public sector. Rather, e-government, along with the set of its accompanying operations, can promote important changes resulting in more streamlined operations and better citizen-oriented services. Previous research was mainly concerned with providing conceptual models of egovernment measures, with relatively few studies emp...

Today, e-commerce has become a top priority for organizations. By getting use of the Internet, organizations can significantly influence the attitudes of their customers and encourage them to benefit from the services provided by them. Consequently, organizations can affordably become a leader in the market, supply, delivery, and service. Furthermore, development of e-commerce in all existing...