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The Shipboard Office' : The Role Of It And Multi-Media Systems In Managing Engineering Operations And Maintenance Onboard Ship, Okechukwu Ebere Sylvanus Obara

World Maritime University Dissertations

This dissertation is an investigation of the roles of information technology and multimedia systems in the management of engineering operations and maintenance onboard ships. It considers the implications and constraints of adopting these technology tools on the economies of ship owners or managements companies, Maritime Administrations, and the Maritime Education and Training Institutions, especially in the developing countries. The study reviews the various shipboard maintenance policies and management techniques currently being practised in the traditional shipboard office with a view of understanding its constraints and the needs of adopting the various technological tools and systems. It also examines critically, the …

Creating The Km Infrastructure At Infosys : The Technology Challenge, V P Kochikar

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

Km In Wipro Infotech : A Case Review, Anurag Srivastava, N Rajendhiran, Nandini Prasanna, Satish Prasad

IIMB Management Review

In recent times knowledge management has become a critical initiative for organisations. According to Tom Stewart1, an organisation that is not managing knowledge is not paying attention to business. Every company needs to answer the questions What do we know? and Where is the knowledge? Companies around the world have begun to make real business contributions through practices associated with knowledge management. Practices centred around KM have started yielding substantial results in global companies like Buckman Laboratories, Arthur Andersen, Microsoft, E&Y, Chevron, HP, BP Amoco, Booz Allen. More and more companies are initiating KM in their organisations to gain competitive …

Non-Obvious Made Obviousinventiveness, Innovation, Ipr And The Scientific Enterprise, Pavan K Mamidi

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

Ebay Strategic Analysis And Recommendation, Jerry Compton, Aaron Freier, Archie Patdu, Nantachai Phuvasate, Farhad Rostami

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

The Internet has seen its share of success and failures as businesses try to understand how this new medium is going to be used in the 21st century. The eBay corporation has defined itself as not only a player on the Internet but as founders of a new business concept: online bidding and selling for the masses.

Being first to market gives eBay some of the key strengths to make the most of this new medium. The key success factors such as a large customer base and a compelling environment online are allowing eBay to be profitable and be seen …

The Effects Of Alliance Portfolio Characteristics And Absorptive Capacity On Performance: A Study Of Biotechnology Firms, Gerard George, Shaker A. Zahra, Kathleen K. Wheatley, Raihan Khan

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

In many high technology industries, strategic alliances have become important for improving a firm's financial performance by providing knowledge that can be used to develop the capabilities needed to introduce new products. Therefore, researchers have examined those characteristics of alliances that can contribute to the performance of high technology companies. There is agreement that the structure and knowledge flows within alliances can affect a firm's innovativeness. However, to date, researchers have studied alliances as individual events or transactions, failing to recognize their synergistic effects as a coherent portfolio. Viewing alliances as a portfolio of strategic agreements, we suggest that portfolio …

Technology Transfer Into China: Preparing For A New Era, Arnoud De Meyer

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Currently, there are three forces creating a more favourable background for western multinational companies to do new business in China by transferring new technology. First, growing overcapacity means China requires not traditional turnkey factories, but instead, technology which leads to innovation and improvement. Second, a changing attitude by all levels of Chinese government to demanding state-of-the-art technology including software instead of previous generation technology, and to technology management and commercial implementation more. Third, intellectual property rights are becoming better respected. The author makes suggestions to best manage technology transfer into China, with this changed background. Based on six case studies …

Will An Online Court System Go Off The Tracks?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies psychological concerns with the development of cybercourts for the adjudication of civil and criminal Issues.

Varaprasad Reddy : Man With A Mission, Srinivas Prakhya

IIMB Management Review

Varaprasad Reddy Koduru is Founder-Chairman of Shantha Biotechnics, a company set up with the primary aim of making life-saving drugs available to the public at an affordable cost. Earlier, he worked in the Defence Electronics Research Lab as a scientist, and in the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation. In 1985, he became an entrepreneur, promoting Sabnife Power Systems before setting up Shantha Biotechnics in I992. Among the many awards he has won for his innovative methods and service to the public, the most recent are the Distinguished Entrepreneur Award from the Institute of Public Enterprise ( I998 ), the first …

Annual Report 2001, Eastern Illinois University

Lumpkin College Annual Reports

This 2001 Annual Report records the achievements, outreach activities, and student honors work of the Eastern Illinois University's Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences. It also includes reports from the School of Business, the School of Family and Consumer Science, the School of Technology, and the department of Military Science.

Making The Most Of Commercial Global Domains, Thomas G. Field Jr

Law Faculty Scholarship

Despite echoing skepticism about the long-term prospects for commercial global domains based in part on how they are governed, this paper concludes that nominal addresses are essentially a new form of intellectual property, to be viewed and managed in ways sometimes fundamentally different from trademarks and other indicia of commercial goodwill. In support, the article first reviews the domain name system ("DNS") under which nominal addresses may be registered. The article then outlines central principles of unfair competition law underlying the resolution of disputes within the United States. Finally, the article reviews how nominal addresses pose several new kinds of …

Kiosk Kolej Kediaman Um, Permal Magadesh

Student Works (2000-2009)

Kiosk Kolej Kediaman UM adalah satu projek Latihan Ilmiah iaitu subjek yang wajib ambil oleh semua pelajar Fakulti Sains Komputer dan Teknologi Maklumat untuk menamatkan pengajian. Subjek ini terbahagi kepada dua iaitu Latihan llmiah I yang membawa 4 jam kredit berkisar tentang kajian dan pembangunan awal sistem manakala Latihan Ilmiah 2 yang membawa 5 jam kredit melaksanakan pengkodan dan pengujian dan melengkapkan sistem. Kiosk Kolej Kediaman UM dibangunkan dengan kerjasama daripada pihak Kolej Kediaman Kinabalu yang merupakan salah satu daripada 14 kolej kediaman yang terdapat di UM. Perancangan pembangunan Kiosk Kolej Kediarnan UM dibuat dengan teliti melalui 3 fasa pertama …

Option-Based Management Of Technology Investment Risk, Michel Benaroch

Management - All Scholarship

Real operating (flexibility) options embedded in a technology investment are valuable because they allow management to take rational, value-adding actions that could favorably affect operational traits of the investment (timing, scale, scope, etc.). These options, however, are not inherent in technology investments. Rather, they usually must be carefully planned and designed to fit each investment differently. Building on concepts from the area of financial risk management, this paper presents a methodology for planning the creation of specific operating options designed to maximize the value of a technology investment in light of the risks underlying that investment. The paper also illustrates …

Transnational Strategy At Nestle : A Focus On Nestle Malaysia, Pin Tat Keh

Student Works (2000-2009)

Nestle is one of the few multinational companies that adopts the transnational strategy to pursue its global competitiveness. In Nestle Malaysia, it is no different with great focus on product innovation and cost leadership a real challenge to the management. With the advent of trade liberalisation upon the implementation of AFTA and WTO, it is inevitable that Nestle Malaysia should focus on its core competencies and build on its strengths as designated by the Asian Zone Management, that is to be a regional player of Milo and infant cereals In order to consolidate and build on its dominant market share …

The Future Of Payphones Industry In Malaysia, Kamarul Shah Azman Mohd Hussin

Student Works (2000-2009)

With rapid technological advancement especially in telecommunications sector, today's payphones industry seems irrelevant and facing difficulties to survive in the current business environment. This paper presents an insight into the present and future of payphones industry in Malaysia by considering external environmental impacts and the industry competitiveness effects. Looking into the external environmental impact, it will be seen that payphones industry is in declining stage in term of its market share due to the existence of surrounding threats in the industry. In deeper perspective, this paper discusses on the contributing factors that causes Malaysian payphones market to decline, specifically in …

Bridging The Gap Between Business And Technology : Bumiputra-Commerce's Approach, Anitha Poopalasingam

Student Works (2000-2009)

This paper studies the approaches Bumiputra-Commerce Bank (BCB) used to bridge, transform and reposition itself after the recent merger. The reason BCB was chosen was because it was the first bank to complete the merger exercise and because of the various challenges faced due to the size and complexities of its operations. The evolution of the banking and financial industry is addressed in the paper and evaluates how BCB has repositioned and re-aligned itself in the industry's financial landscape. The transformation of BCB from the 41h to the 5th Generation of Banking to the E-Banking initiatives is also identified. In …

Research And Development Practices Of Malaysian Companies : Current Perceptions Of The Directors, Ervina Alfan

Student Works (2000-2009)

Short-termistic perception; according to a study done in U.K is the main cause for declining UK companies competitiveness in the international market. Because of this perception, companies are less involved in R&D activities. This scenario could be detrimental to their survival in the long run. This paper tries to explore this issue from the Malaysian perspective. It attempts to determine the perceptions of the Finance Directors of Malaysian companies and to obtain an understanding behind their perceptions.

Critical Success Factors (Csfs) For The Implementation Of Information System (Is), Chee Leong Lim

Student Works (2000-2009)

This paper is a pilot study intends to examine the composite critical success factors (CSFs) for implementation of information system (IS), from the perspective of user satisfaction. The composite CSFs are tested for their relationships to IS success and one another in order to evaluate which factors have a direct/indirect impact on IS success. Data were gathered from forty-three (43) respondents representing both Credit Management Division (CMD) and Credit Card Centre (CCC) departments in the headquarters of Hong Leong Bank. Their responses were used to develop a model of IS success. The model shows that IS success determinants are closely …

Industri Kecil Dan Sederhana Malaysia Dalam Ekonomi Global, Abdul Jabbar Abdullah

Student Works (2000-2009)

Ekonomi dunia masa kini telah memperlihatkan pelbagai perkembangan yang menarik. Era ledakan teknologi maklumat liberalisasi dan globalisasi serta K­ ekonomi memberikan cabaran baru kepada sektor pemiagaan dan industri. Jelas transfonnasi dan perubahan struktur ekonomi tersebut menjadikan tekanan persaingan pemiagaan tennasuk sektor industri bertambah sengit. Hanya industri yang mempunyai daya saing yang kukuh mampu bertahan. Bagaimanapun, sektor perkilangan terutarnanya sektor industri kecil dan sederhana (IKS) di Malaysia terus dilingkari oleh masalah tradisi yang seolah-olah tiada penghujung. Masalah kewangan, penggunaan teknologi yang minimum dengan kualiti keluaran yang rendah sentiasa menjadi isu utama yang menjcjaskan perkembangan sektor tersebut. Justeru, kemampuan IKS dalam mengharungi …

Knowledge Management System : A Case Study On Msc Companies, Noor Ismawati Jaafar

Student Works (2000-2009)

Malaysia en route to achieve Vision 2020 and become a knowledge-based economy has accepted the paradigm shift through its creation of the National Information Technology Agenda (NITA) and the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC). These initiatives are geared towards leveraging information, communication and technology (ICT) to create a knowledge-based society and economy. Further, the emergence of Knowledge Management field, economy based on knowledge (K-Economy), Knowledge Management System, Information Technology and the various accompanying hardwares and softwares have put tremendous pressures on organisations. This ls to implement a system that systematically captures, stores and disseminates information in the form of knowledge throughout …

Reform In The Electricity Supply Industry And Implementation Of A Competitive Electricity Market In Malaysia, William Kim Cheong Leong, Simon Pick Pak Seong

Student Works (2000-2009)

Over the past decade, a number of nations have restructured their electricity industries. Several nations have also significantly reduced the government's role in the ownership and management of the electricity industries both at the state and national level. The wave of changes is driven by the forces of competition; the need to make the industry more efficient and allowing customers to have choices in deciding their electricity supplier, the package of services and the associated prices that best meet their needs. A crucial element of the deregulation and reform in the electric industry is the creation of a wholesale electricity …

Information And Communication Technology And Poverty: An Asian Perspective, M. G. Quibria, Feichin, Ted Tschang

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Many commentators have extolled the virtues of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in reducing poverty and improving the quality of life. While such arguments have been used before in relation to many predecessor technologies, including other earlier communications technologies, the promise has often floundered. This paper attempts to provide a more balanced analysis of the question, by exploring the linkages between the new ICTs and poverty reduction. It examines the linkages in two ways: the potential for direct impacts of ICTs on various areas of poverty and development, and the indirect impacts of ICTs on economic growth, exports and …