Based on the description of value chain analysis, which is a strategic management tool attributed to Michel Porter, the paper aims to demonstrate that quality management applies this method, under specific forms. The paper's specific objectives are: to redefine the functions of value chain analysis in the context of quality management; to clarify the significance and the possibilities of measur...

In the context of economic instability and uncertainty, when more and more companies struggle with financial difficulties to keep in business, it becomes more obvious of the necessity of a sound strategic planning and an efficient management system. Thai is why I believe that a decision support system that could provide early warning signals of financial distress to a company a few years before...

Passage time densities are useful performance measurements in stochastic systems. With them the modeller can extract probabilistic quality-of-service guarantees such as: the probability that the time taken for a network header packet to travel across a heterogeneous network is less than 10ms must be at least 0.95. In this paper, we show how new tools can extract passage time densities and distr...

Korea is one of a few countries that have achieved significant economic growth in the recent two decades. The early agricultural economy in 1940s and 1950s had gradually changed due to the government-driven economic development plans started in 1960s. The early emphasis was made on both modernization of the agricultural industry and the promotion of the heavy and chemical industry. After seeing...

The abductive reasoning model has been discussed in the context of business strategy. However, this model seems unrealistic for applications in the real business world considering the unpredictable, competitive business environment. This study improves the model by formulating an experimental case study through a web-based workplace for generating product ideas. We discuss the possible embodime...

The balanced scorecard (BSC) is a strategic management method that links performance measurement to vision and strategies using a multidimensional set of financial and non-financial performance metrics. Although several studies have combined the BSC method with multi-criteria decision analysis methodologies, most of the research efforts do not consider the essentials of strategic and performanc...

regarding to importance of strategic planning and existence critical success factors (csfs) affecting strategic planning in national iranian gas company (nigc), these cfss identifies in this research using the experiences of managers and expert of nigc planning department and the other references like books, journals and new papers. the purpose of this research is identifying csfs of strategic ...

the main purpose of this study is analysis impact of information technology and organizational structure on strategic knowledge management in islamic azad university kermanshah branch. the statistical population of this study is 60 employees of islamic azad university kermanshah branch. in order to determine the sample size, cochran’s formula was used. consequently, 52 employees (bosses, deputi...

The lack of cooperation in Peer-to-Peer (P2P) applications poses serious challenges to the quality of service provided to their clients, specifically in P2P live streaming applications given their strict real-time constraints. We here investigate the potential of exploiting topological properties of the P2P overlay network to predict the level of cooperation of a peer, measured by the ratio of ...