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...

The Arizona Health Sciences Library has collaborated with clinical faculty to develop a federated search engine that is useful for meeting real-time clinical information needs. This article proposes a technology mediation role for the reference librarian that was inspired by the project, and describes the collaborative model used for developing technology-mediated services for targeted users.

the aim of designing the education spaces is to providing the required spatial relationships for education processes. it means that the spaces and equipment which are required in every field, how and by the which discipline thy have been arranged to offer the final aim of education in advance, is the achievements of providing the education spaces management. the purpose of study is to evaluate ...

This paper describes the application of comparative simulation models to reason about the economic risks and benefits of adopting new methods and tools for software development. It addresses three questions: (i) can technology substitution be modeled with sufficient confidence? (ii) what modeling strategy is most appropriate? and (iii) what are the outcomes of modeling technology substitution o...

RRT is a collaboration between UKOLN and CETIS. CETIS (Centre for Educational Technology and Interoperability Standards http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk/) supports the educational use of technology in tertiary education in the UK. UKOLN (http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/) is a centre of excellence in digital information management, providing advice and services to the library, information and cultural heritage co...

". ,. gather all the food of those good years that come. .. and that food shall be store to the land against the seven years of famine ." 1 Introduction The strategy of an enterprise is embodied in its strategic decisions, which are basic to it because "they deal with the direction of the enterprise, its future size and pattern of outputs and markets,. .. they determine the kind of company whic...