in many countries, particularly developing countries, economic reforms, especially privatization, are considered as a strategic approach. the growth of the government decreases the competition in the market, and so, some fields should be privatized in order to create the competition.  by moving towards privatization and the changes in competition methods and the presentation of the world trade,...

In many countries, particularly developing countries, economic reforms, especially privatization, are considered as a strategic approach. The growth of the government decreases the competition in the market, and so, some fields should be privatized in order to create the competition.  By moving towards privatization and the changes in competition methods and the presentation of the World Trade,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the empirical studies on knowledge creation and intellectual capital (IC) to generalize the important factors concerning knowledge creation and IC of banks. The major purpose is to explore the relationship between knowledge creation and IC through the construction of the correlation patterns between these two elements. Design/methodology/approac...

Forensic microelectronics space age silicon science or barbarian bloodletting? Corporate lifesaving laser surgery or clumsy caveman carving to a slow death? Is our ability to diagnose a failing IC still in the stone age? At times it seems so, particularly when the production test data provides no more insight than a cryptic “FAIL” flag and the design provides no testability avenues. Despite rec...

As the global competition in the semiconductor industry grows, customer service in addition to manufacturing capability becomes an important way to success. As such, virtual fab (VF) has been proposed by companies in this industry. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), one of the world’s largest dedicated IC foundry, constructed its VF to strengthen bond with customers. Customers c...

Intellectual capital (IC) is organizational intangible asset which is frequently associated with performance. IC is commonly categorized into three core components: human capital, structural capital and relational capital. This study takes a step further in the evolution of the IC model for the hotel industry and divides relationship capital into two categories: End customer- relationship capit...

In this paper the relationships between professional competences and school curriculain IC design industry are explored. The semi-structured questionnaire survey and focus group interview is the research method. Study participants are graduates of microelectronics engineering professional departments who are currently employed in the IC industry. The IC industries are defined as the electronic ...