R&D consortia (collaborative R&D projects among private firms, universities, and public research institutes) have been attracting increasing attention as an effective means of promoting innovation. Especially for SMEs, such collaboration provides important opportunities to access and obtain...

This paper deals with an analysis of the English language, as lingua franca of the Internet, mainly online business environment. If a business has already developed a Web site, it is important to translate the site into the target language of a particular foreign market. It sounds easy, but is a...

In changing world of e-commerce and internet based communication, business transactions and data flows play a key role in successful business management. It is vital to formalize business transactions. Communicative action loop was proposed for modeling these transactions. XML is often used for...