the use of human resource management (hrm) practices in the form of ‘bundles’ and in integration with the business strategy of the organisation have been emphasised throughout the hrm literature. these are called the horizontal integration and vertical integration respectively. this article aim at examining the use of these practices in liner shipping industry in which human element plays a vit...

Nowadays, the alignment of business processes to corporate strategy is an important success factor. However, especially implemented business processes do not sufficiently incorporate business objectives. Process managers are facing the challenge on how to optimize already established workflows in organizations based on strategic goals. This contribution proposes a new modeling approach that lin...

In the trend of internationalization, enterprises in Taiwan are confronted with global competition and pressure, which manifest the importance of improvement in competitiveness in all respects. The government has spared no effort to promote e-Business projects and introduce digital operations into various industries, so as to enhance working efficiency. This study investigates the IC component ...

Web Services enable the creation of complex business activities through the cooperation of independently developed software programs. However, Web Services incur the risk of long delays and locked data when using the classical distributed transaction strategy, and the risk of inconsistency when using the compensating transactions strategy. If the benefits of Web Services are to be fully realize...

Despite the importance of the business model in implementing strategy, this issue is less addressed than strategy. This important issue regarding banks' business model has received less attention, and research in Iran and other countries has caused a deprivation of knowledge. In addition to the scientific pathology of the business model in Iranian commercial banks, the present article seeks to ...