Measuring complexity of business process models is a rather new area of research. Since there are only a few contributions, it is not yet clear which metrics are needed in order to guide and increase the quality of model design. In this paper, we propose a density metric inspired by social network analysis in order to quantify the complexity of an EPC business process model on a scale between z...

business sustainability in all dimensions of economic, governance, social, ethical, and environmental (egsee) performance is gaining acceptance as many global stock exchanges either encourage or require their listed companies to issue sustainability reports and investors worldwide demand sustainability performance information. more than 8, 000 companies worldwide are disclosing various egsee di...

Voice search is increasingly popular, especially for local business directory assistance. However, speech recognition accuracy on business listing names is still low, leading to user frustration. In this paper, we present a new algorithm for geo-centric language model generation for local business voice search for mobile users. Our algorithm has several advantages: it provides a language model ...

Business groups are key sources of innovation in emerging market economies, but we understand little about why innovativeness differs across groups and over time. Variation in the density of intra-group buyer-supplier ties, which are common structural linkages among group affiliates, can help explain both cross-sectional and temporal heterogeneity of group innovativeness. We argue that greater ...

background economic consequence analysis is vital for recognizing pipeline comprehensive risk analysis and emergency response planning. objectives the purpose of this study was to estimate economic loss due to fire and explosion in petrochemical feed and product pipelines. materials and methods the present study which performed on 47 pipelines of a petrochemical special zone, pertinent pipeline...

in today’s turbulent world, the continuity of criticalactivities in the event of disruptions, and also fast recovery and return tobusiness as usual, are vital for sustainable success of companies. maintainingcontinuous delivery of critical business processes in the event of disruptions isa matter of business continuity. business continuity management system (bcms)is concerned with the developme...

the concept of business model has attracted increasing attention in recent years. specifically, growing number of internet providers on mobile phones are challenged by the selection of appropriate business model. considering the importance of a good business model in the firm’s success, this research investigates the business models selection process of internet providers on mobile phones in ir...