The paper focused on the design and development of the TimeXtra e‐commerce solution including: front end interaction, mid‐end integration and back‐end support infrastructure. Our focus in this paper is e‐commerce Web services enabling communities of transaction. The Web services by...

Highlights similarities, as well as differences, between European and Japanese approaches to implementing computer‐integrated manufacturing (CIM), and is based on research which uses the 7S model, developed by McKinsey & Co., as an underlying framework. Considers a umber of pertinent factors...

The ever‐increasing pace of technological change is the primary impulse that guides the development strategies of nations enjoying high economic growth. The diverse range of technological possibilities creates unprecedented change and as a consequence organisations are required to be...

In this paper, we examine how the development of an AI (Artificial Intelligence) system can benefit the process of shareholder activism via making AGM (Annual General Meeting) voting decision. Using historical voting records for the years 2016 and 2017 from Castlefield Investment Partners, we...

The central aim of this paper is to link the competitive performance of small defence firms to their ability to adapt to changes in the Ministry of Defence procurement process favouring more European collaboration. The paper draws upon an extensive research study focused on small, high...

There have been many claims that the Internet will revolutionise the way organisations do business. Though the Internet is increasingly encroaching on every facet of business life, the evidence for its transformative powers is still weak. However, there is one business sector where it does...

The central aim of this paper is to link the competitive performance of small, high technology defence firms to their ability to adapt to changes in the procurement process. The paper draws upon an extensive research study focused on small high technology defence firms in the UK. Firms in the...