in this study, the role of information technology in increasing the productivity of fars regional electric company has been reviewed.so, five roles of information technology have been selected and managers and expert’s perspective has been measured about them. for this purpose, a questionnaire has been prepared about productivity and information technology. the samples consists of 140 managers ...

Unlike digitally savvy banking and retail industries, oil and natural gas businesses are latecomers to digitization. With large capital investments in complex industrial operations, firms in latecomer industries are seeking ways to cut costs and become responsive to market demands. Executives in oil and natural gas companies are facing unprecedented pressure to cut costs due to market turbulenc...

The current trend in Online Dispute Resolution focuses mostly on the development of technological tools that allow parties to solve conflicts through telecommunication means. However, this tendency leaves aside key issues, namely the context information that was previously available in traditional Alternative Dispute Resolution processes. The main weakness of this approach is that conflict reso...

The paper deals with the features of teaching of profession-related texts reading in a foreign language to bilingual students in agricultural higher education institution. Article’s purpose was to analyze the technology of intercultural competence formation by means of profession-related texts reading. The method of intercultural competence formation included using the profession-related texts ...

small and medium enterprises (smes) have distinctive characteristics that differentiate them from their larger counterparts. one of these characteristics is marketing; poor marketing skills in smes would lead to low performance and, in extreme cases, to failure. therefore, adopting a marketing strategy based on small business analysis is the fundamental requirement of any successful sme. the te...

This section is a collection of shorter “Issue and Opinions” pieces that address some of the critical challenges around the evolution of digital business strategy. These voices and visions are from thought leaders who, in addition to their scholarship, have a keen sense of practice. They outline through their opinion pieces a series of issues that will need attention from both research and prac...

iran home appliances producers are challenged by the many foreign competitors. these companies can employ information and communication technology for improvement of the competitiveness. so in this paper, the identification of internet marketing strategies and the consumer behavior have been analyzed by grounded theory. the research shows that, internet marketing strategy (ims) can be classifie...