In this research we investigated the extent to which Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) use ICT to deliver business services and train staff. We performed literature review on ICT for business service delivery and staff skills development in MFIs. We next investigated the actual ICT usage by MFIs in Uganda with focus on ICT literacy, business applications, and planning. We used questionnaires to ...

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. 1. Purpose. This manual provides guidance for the hydraulic design of spillways for flood control or multipurpose dams. This manual applies to all Headquarter US Army Corps of) elements and all field operating activities (FDA) having responsibility for the design of Civil Work projects. 3. General. Procedures recommended herein are conside...

In this work we focus on the search phase that precedes the knowledge transfer process. We argue that it is important to closely analyze this phase as, the common understanding of problem developed in this phase has a significant impact on the stages that follow. In this analysis we focus on two key factors: openness and the richness of media of communication that foster the openness within Mul...

We analyse governance in two mega construction projects (MCPs): Shanghai Hongqiao Integrated Transportation Hub (SHITH) project and Shanghai Hongqiao central Business district (SHCBD). We suggest that the governance of mega construction projects in China needs the participation of construction headquarter and three coordination platforms, namely, design coordination platform, schedule platform ...

Bremen, Federal State of Germany, is planning to set up a headquarter for GMES Global Monitoring of Environment and Security. One goal of the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) is to develop services for GMES to improve the security in intermodal container transport with emphasis on the maritime sector. ISL is developing a Security Event Management System which takes care of al...

In a military deployment, the operational availability of deployed equipment will be affected by many factors including equipment usage rates, sparing policy, and importantly the composition and distribution of maintenance personnel. In this paper, we present a Coloured Petri Net model that captures the potentially complex defence logistics maintenance process that links these factors together....

The rapid rise of federated enterprises entails a new way of trust management by the fact that an enterprise can account for partial trust of its affiliating organizations. On the other hand, password has historically been used as a main means for user authentication because of operational simplicity. We are thus motivated to explore the use of short password for user authentication and key exc...

Background Background Background Background Background Among developing countries, Singapore has achieved one of the highest rates of diffusion of information technology (Wong, 1996). Singapore has also been consistently rated as having among the best telecommunications infrastructure in the world according to the annual World Competitiveness Report (IMD, 1996). The high degree of " informatiza...

A study was carried out regarding 213 patients of either gender and all ages who presented with post-burn contractures. The commonest site of contracture was the neck. 92 patients (43.19%) had received their initial burn injury management in general surgery units in tertiary care hospitals compared to 43 patients (20.18%) in district headquarter hospitals. Only 26 patients (12.20%) were managed...

Subsidiary development is a multi-dimensional construct that cannot be captured just by looking at subsidiary roles, activities, etc. Three distinct dimensions of subsidiary development are identified and these are: scope of subsidiary (the breadth of activities), level of subsidiary competence (the depth of activities) and level of integration in the internal MNC-network. Birkinshaw and Hood (...