Under fast development of the Internet, e-Shops have become an important marketing channel. Despite the growth of Internet surfers, the population with experiences of shopping online has not grown to a significant level. In addition to the incomplete online shopping environment and security issues, the insufficient understanding of most enterprises about how to manage an e-Shop is also the main...

The O2O is a fast-growing emerging business model, the O2O business model framework is established and the most basic 7 major elements are identified in our research with Value Net theory as follow: customer, telecom operator, content provider, service provider, software provider, third-party payment platform and offline business entity. Then, we apply the Delphi method to identify 8 secondary ...

The percentage of software testing in software development is high; 50 % is often mentioned in the literature. Moreover, the amount of testing is increasing because of the demand for better quality. A survey was carried out to find out where software testing research should be directed. The experts of the participating industry and the research institutes evaluated the issues of testing researc...

Background With Canada's senior population increasing, there is greater demand for family physicians with enhanced skills in Care of the Elderly (COE). The College of Family Physicians Canada (CFPC) has introduced Certificates of Added Competence (CACs), one being in COE. Our objective is to summarize the process used to determine the Priority Topics for the assessment of competence in COE. M...

In real-life, imperfect information is commonly present in all the components of the decision making problem. In decision making problems a DM is almost never provided with perfect, that is ideal decision relevant information to determine states of nature, outcomes, probabilities, etc. We are known that, relevant information almost always comes imperfect. Imperfect information is information wh...

The purpose of the present paper is to propose a decision model for both advertisers and advertising agencies to evaluate and select mobile application development firms. The researchers first refer to re‐ lated literature and apply the Modified Delphi Method to postulate the most suitable selection criteria. Then, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is utilized to derive the relative weight and r...

Given the reduced freshwater supplies across the world, seawater desalination is one of the appropriate methods available for producing freshwater. Selecting an optimal location is crucial in the installation of these plants owing to the environmental problems they cause. The present study was conducted to identify optimal locations for installing desalination Plants in the coastal areas of sou...

In this article we aim to demonstrate how Gadamerian philosophical hermeneutics may provide a sound methodological framework for researchers using the Delphi Technique (Delphi) in studies exploring health and well-being. Reporting of the use of Delphi in health and well-being research is increasing, but less attention has been given to covering its methodological underpinnings. In Delphi, a str...

While blended learning seems to be quite suitable for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), current uptake of this learning method is low. In this paper we propose a research design to examine the requirements for blended learning in SMEs. It is based on a three-round ranking-type Delphi study. Participants for the panels were carefully selected. Our method takes into account that the area...