The environment in which an organization operates can be shown to increasingly complex and competitive, thus encouraging companies develop strategies get a fast, flexible, innovative response. A project-oriented work will have great support the organization. Thus, having project management within company able help deliver planned controlled results. PT XYZ is one of telecommunications Indonesia...

Evidence suggests that small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have failed to capitalize on the Internet to facilitate the management of customer relations (e-CRM) and the creation of competitive advantage (Chen & Popovich, 2003; Geiger & Martin, 1999; McGowan et al., 2001; O’Toole, 2001). This is attributed to a lack of influence, time, finance and specialised knowledge, (Carson & Gilmore, 20...

UK small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are suffering increasing levels of cybersecurity breaches and are a major point of vulnerability in the supply chain networks in which they participate. A key factor for achieving optimal security levels within supply chains is the management and sharing of cybersecurity information associated with specific metrics. Such information sharing schemes am...

This study evaluates the factors that lead small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to adopt information and communication technology (ICT). Our research proposes an ICT adoption model using structural equation modelling that examines the role of SMEs’ owner-managers as mediators in the adoption of ICT. The model is focused on the investigation of the direct and indirect influences of technolog...

Maria Sarabia is associate professor of international strategy management and business management at the University of Cantabria, Spain. She has been a visiting professor in the economics department at the University of Reading, United Kingdom. She can be reached at sarabiamunican.es. Maria Obeso is assistant professor in the department of business administration at University of Cantabria,...

In developing the Field Investigation Report for the Waste Management Area S-SX at the Hanford Site, Cs was the only gamma emitting radionuclide of concern (Knepp 2002). However, in WMA B-BX-BY, the spectral gamma logging data identify seven gamma emitting radionuclides, Cs, Sb, Eu, Eu, Co, U, and U (DOE-GJPO 1998). The geochemical behaviors of several of these radionuclides, Sb and the two eur...

1 This article demonstrates how Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D) impacts on collective marketing among smallholder farmers of southern Africa through increased crop productivity, yields and income. We use a quasi-experimental design to compare outcomes under IAR4D and under two other states namely conventional approach and non-intervention. The study relies on primary da...

While the managerial rationale for adopting customer relationship management (CRM) has been fairly well articulated in the literature, research on strategy development is scant. Moreover, reports of “CRM failures” in the popular business press have done little to inspire confidence. To date, what little research has been conducted in the area of CRM strategy development has been confined to a s...

Small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) constitute a major part of the global economic activity. Due to the distinct characteristics of these enterprises, approaches to information security management that were mainly developed for larger organisations can not be feasibly applied in the context of SMEs. In this paper, we present some of the challenges impeding the implementation of information...

This research explores key aspects involved in the process of managing risk associated with acquisition projects within the US Department of Defense (DOD). First, various US Government Accountability Office reports are analyzed to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the DOD’s overall program management practices, as well as individual projects. Then, the evolution and progress of United St...