Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to analyze the need for developing a return on trade show information (RTSI) index; this index would be used to measure the impact of information gathered at trade shows on long-term decision making within the organization. Also, the paper aims to suggest...

If energy conservation is such a good idea, why are we still having conferences to discuss ways to conserve? Why isn't every industrial building in America retrofit and the issue resolved? The list of answers to that question is probably as long, or longer than the list of presentations at this...

Privacy can be defined as the right of an individual to have information about them accessed and used in conformity with what they consider acceptable. Privacy preservation in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an open problem. A solution for this problem must include features that support...

Extracting the principles associated with complexity theory and swarm intelligence has offered practical solutions for routing and scheduling. Reality mining and its link with social networking relationships may yield pragmatic ideas applicable to many fields including business services and...