Statistical software has also become an important part of scientific research that is reflected in the publications of the research results. Publishing a mathematical theorem requires also the publication of the proof of this theorem. The result of a computation can be seen as the equivalent of...

E-books nowadays have greatly evolved in its presentation and functions, however its features for education need to be investigated and inspired because people who are accustomed to using printed books may consider and approach it in the same way as they do printed ones. Therefore, the authors...

This paper summarizes the peculiarities of online markets and discusses recent antitrust cases related to online markets. Following a brief description of the online markets' characteristics and potential tendencies for concentration the paper first discusses the antitrust allegations and...

Digital reading media can be described as a mixture or blend of information and software and thus represent a new kind of media, coming in many forms and possibilities of reception. Therefore many scientific disciplines get engaged in "digital reading", the changes in the ways of reception, the...

Technology adoption has long been studied on the information systems field. On the contrary, why people do not adopt a new technology has not been focused. Focusing solely on the enabling factors, important additional perceptions possibly have missed. This research adopt the concept of...

The e-book market in Japan is growing in this decade and according to Impress R&D this tendency will be continue. In this paper, we collected 3,000 samples by online survey and found a tendency of consumption of e-book in Japan by using conjoint analysis. We found 1) attachment to physical...

In this study a framework for an online database-driven repository of information - QuantNet - is presented. QuantNet is aimed at easing the process of web publishing for those who are unfamiliar with technical details and markup languages. At the same time advanced users are provided with easy...

Recently the Internet with XML technologies and especially XBRL technology has impacted what is recognised as the financial reporting supply chain. Some claims in the market report that XBRL has the potential to reduce inefficiencies, automate and optimise the financial reporting supply chain....