To clarify the relationship between software development productivity and the attributes of a software project, such as business area, programming language and team size, this paper analyzed 211 enterprise application development projects in Japan using a software engineering data repository established by the Software Engineering Center (SEC), Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. In...

We present a generalization of the dynamical model of information transmission and herd behavior proposed by Egúıluz and Zimmermann. A characteristic size of group of agents s0 is introduced. The fragmentation and coagulation rates of groups of agents are assumed to depend on the size of the group. We present results of numerical simulations and mean field analysis. It is found that the size di...

Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Floods. Natural disasters can shut the doors of a business for days, weeks or even months. For some small business owners, the inability to recover quickly can spell a death knell. Having a disaster recovery plan in place can make the difference between going forward and going under. It can help to bring organization to an otherwise chaotic situation. A disaster plan begi...

Female owned businesses tended to be less present in the manufacturing sector and more in the services sector. Female owners were significantly older than their male counterparts and had a longer tenure in their capacity. The smaller size of the female-owned business can be explained by several variables: in terms of entrepreneurial goals, female entrepreneurs put more emphasis on objective rel...

We present a generalization of the dynamical model of information transmission and herd behavior proposed by Egúıluz and Zimmermann. A characteristic size of group of agents s0 is introduced. The fragmentation and coagulation rates of groups of agents are assumed to depend on the size of the group. We present results of numerical simulations and mean field analysis. It is found that the size di...

The Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) provides access a single point of personalized, on-line access to business information and knowledge sources, and real-time access to core application and processes. EIP is defined as an ultimate window that presents e-business fruitful results. Our research focuses on investigating the relationship between organizational characteristics and whether EIP i...

Many private organisations and public sector agencies develop information and communication technology (ICT) business cases, and utilise them for better ICT investment decision making. The development of ICT business cases in private sector is relatively ad hoc and compact in size. In contrast, agencies in public sector are accountable to taxpayers for their use of public funds and to ensure th...

The complete model included Innovativeness as the strategic orientation of the firm, firm size, industry, and business strategy (See Figure 2). For a complete description of all the variables measured in this study the reader is referred to an earlier research brief. Results The anticipated relationships were supported by our analyses. Business strategy was not found to impact the relationship ...