In knowledge-based economy, continuous innovation is the key to sustainable competitive advantage. Innovation can strengthen the sustainable growth and productivity of a country and increase national productivity as well in the global market through creation of new ideas and opportunities....

Material Requirement Planning (MRP) is the tool often used in operation management by production planner - plan the material procurement by type, required timeframe and quantity. The tool helps production planner to calculate the material requirement accurately and timely. However, material...

A smart city applies information and communication technologies (ICTs) to planning, designing, building, and operating city infrastructures in order to improve life quality and economy. It covers many aspects in a city such as utility, public transportation, education, healthcare, entertainment,...

Purpose: The purpose of the research is to examine the effect of a combination of training and training transfer factors on intentions to create new knowledge through stimulating creativity, experimentation and introduction of new products, services and processes in companies....

This paper aims at considering the possibility of the future scenario predictions of Japanese software industry through hybrid method. Thus, we try to preliminarily develop a new research framework by connecting the data obtained by large-scale fact-finding investigations, the statistical...

Purpose—This study aims to examine the significance of cultural intelligence and cultural adjustment on expatriates’ creative engagement. This study also extends relevant literature on expatriate management to examine the relationship between cultural intelligence, cultural adjustment, and...

E-service has changed securities market trading patterns. At present, securities dealers mainly provide an internet ordering mode and mobile ordering services, while past trade patterns are mostly based on Internet ordering as the main trading mode. With increasingly powerful mobile phone...

Purpose: The analysis of key business variables and support decisions to facilitate the Information Systems (IS) are essential tools available to organizations to manage their decision making policies. In this sense, this article examines how the implementation of information systems (IS)...

Purpose - Import-export activities normally require the involvement of different sectors needing proper plans to make the trade-flow stably grown. This paper is aimed at establishing an accurate forecasting model for trade volume. Design/methodology/approach- In this study, a new forecasting...