The resource based view is an approach which emphasizes the organizations resources and capabilities in its strategy development. The approach has been applied mostly in the competitive private sector but it includes several important lessons which can be used also in the public sector which is struggling with resource problems. The public sector has to find those internal and also external res...

Many organizations in Jordan are currently frustrated with the benefit and value obtained from their investment in IT. An understanding of why Jordanian organizations do not benefit from IT investment can assist these organizations to explore the factors that organizations use to align IT with their business objectives. In-depth qualitative interviews with IT managers in Jordanian organizations...

The concept of a dual-image based scheme in information sharing consists of concealing secret messages in two cover images; only someone who has both stego-images can extract the secret messages. In 2015, Lu et al. proposed a center-folding strategy where each secret symbol is folded into the reduced digit to reduce the distortion of the stego-image. Then, in 2016, Lu et al. used a frequency-ba...

The problem of having sufficient coverage is an essential issue in wireless sensor networks (WSN). A high coverage rate delivers a higher quality of service. The aim of coverage strategy is to ensure that there will be a minimum number of nodes (at least one node) with little redundant data to cover every point inside the interest area. This paper addresses the problems of coverage of WSN by pr...

In this paper, we investigate the practice of quality management in strategic alliances. By employing a relational view of inter-organizational competitive advantage, the paper addresses the concept of quality management in strategic alliances and networks. We argue that institutional/network relationships influence the practice of quality within a network. In that regard, firms that have adopt...

The strategic management represents current direction of management. It is applied in all types of enterprises, including small and medium sized ones. Using principles of process management within SMEs has its limitations caused mainly by the size of the enterprise and the related focus on operational management. Other specifics are function accumulation, informal leadership, preference of oral...

The article examines the issues of improving methodological approaches to integrated system quality management and strategic in textile enterprises.

background: excellence and quality models are comprehensive methods for improving the quality of healthcare. the aim of this study was to design excellence and quality model for training centers of primary health care using delphi method. methods: in this study, delphi method was used. first, comprehensive information were collected using literature review. in extracted references, 39 models we...

This paper proposes Enterprise Business Intelligence Maturity Model that involves thirteen capacity factors, which are (Strategic Management, Performance Measurement, Balanced Scorecard, Information Quality, Data Warehouse, Master Data Management, Metadata Management, Analytical, Infrastructure, Knowledge Management, People, Organization Culture and Change Management). This key objective of thi...

The main objective of this article is to describe and explain the utilization of Strategic Management Accounting Techniques (SMATs) in Iranian various firms. For this, a survey was carried out using questionnaires provided for the seventy-five Chief Executive Officers in productive and services firms. Data gathered from respondents about the usage rate of SMATs based on the five-point Likert sc...