information technology has been considered the greatest innovation of the new era because it has a lot of fruitful social economic and scientific impacts. e-marketing joins creative and technical aspects of the internet, including: design, development, advertising and sales. this research aims to design an e-marketing framework by using meta-synthesis method. in order to design and explain a co...

This research explores the extent to which Internet technology firms’ competitive actions shape the diffusion of their respective products in competition with rivals. Combining competitive dynamics perspective with technology diffusion, we extend macro innovation diffusion model by incorporating four micro-level firm actions, including firms’ competitive intensity, action timing, action simplic...

The potential contribution of the Internet to smoking cessation seems huge, given that a majority of Americans now have both computers and telephones. Despite the proliferation of Web sites offering smoking cessation support, there is little empirical evidence regarding the efficacy of Internet-delivered cessation programs. We developed a cessation Web site and conducted a short-term evaluation...

Introduction: Internet addiction is increasing as a psycho physiological disorder with symptoms of tolerance and withdrawal symptoms, emotional disorders and social dysfunction among internet users. The purpose of this study is to answer the question of whether Internet addicts have more technology competence and capabilities or stereotype behavior. Methods and materials: This is a cross-sectio...

introduction. today, computer and information technology serve an increasingly important role in medical education. since the faculty members have an essential role in medical education, this study was designed to assess their knowledge, attitude and computer skills. so, the results of this survey would help us to identify and manage the problems in the way of proper application of computer and...

In this current economic climate, many people are searching for jobs from Internet-based (online) recruitment service providers. Online recruitment has become an effective way to reach the majority of candidates globally. The purpose of this paper is to determine the pattern of acceptance behavior and to test whether the quality of website would influence users’ perception. A set of working hyp...

nowadays information and communication technology(ict) function as a powerful tool influencing human affairs including social, economical, cultural and political issues. countries which invoke these technology are seriously developing much faster from those which make weaker steps. in this sense, it is useful to make comparison between the available statistics in iran with those of other countr...

BACKGROUND The internet is widely used by children and adolescents, who generally have a high level of competency with technology. Thus, the internet has become a great resource for supporting youth self-care and health-related services. However, few studies have explored adolescents' internet use for health-related matters. OBJECTIVE The objective of this systematic literature review was to ...