To carry out pollution-free agricultural products certification work is the important issue of people's daily lives. It is of great significance to construct the pollution-free agricultural regulatory system (PFARS) and achieve the office automation of the certification business. However, the PFARS contains much more steps in dispersion areas that it is very complex for business processes of E-...

The significance of electronic information exchange in transport chains and its influence on the performance of the logistics processes is wellknown. While much focus is still on the various techniques for information exchange, many SMEs experience problems that are not primarily caused by an absence of technology. Several advanced solutions exist but investment possibilities within many SMEs a...

The rapid transformation of the modern economies reveals the significance of knowledge, innovation and technology for economic growth. In Europe, the Lisbon Strategy set the very ambitious goal to “become the more competitive knowledge economy in the world by 2010” Besides public policies, the development of the knowledge economy calls for an educational reform with respect to the programs and ...

Knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) as an element of learning regions-the case of Baden-Württemberg ABSTRACT: The paper focuses on the contribution of knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) to innovation from a qualitative perspective, using the systems of innovation approach. The main argument is that KIBS play an increasing role in the production and diffusion of knowledge unde...

Achieving business-IT alignment is one of the main purposes and also challenges of organizations. Many studies have indicated the importance of aligning information systems (IS) function with other business functions. The main purpose of this survey is evaluating business-IT alignment focusing on social and technical dimensions of business-IT alignment in Bank Mellat. The data was collected thr...

This paper proposes the use of interactive, continuous business game constructions to be used as an educational tool to enhance participant business process perception (participants’ understanding of the functioning of business processes). The proposal is based on the experiential learning theory and the present business process modelling discussion. The authors discuss how business game models...