Future innovation platforms in Saudi Arabia cannot be isolated from the changes that are now reshaping the Saudi economy, which has long been known for its chronic heavy dependence on the country's natural resources. This is especially apparent when we consider the proportion of export revenues that is attributable to the oil sector (see Figure 1). Saudi Arabia in the global research and develo...

This study focuses on the issue of information security policy for e-government in Saudi Arabia. It evaluates the three fundamental pillars that determine data security such as effectiveness, vulnerabilities, and threats. The paper is seeking to reveal the risks of information security policy for e-government in Saudi Arabia as well as to examine the vulnerabilities and the effectiveness of the...

1 Mathematics Department, Preparatory Year Deanship, UmmAl-Qura University, P.O. Box 5555, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia 2 Faculty of Science, Tanta University, P.O. Box 31527, Tanta, Egypt 3 Mathematics Department, Faculty of Girls Education and Science, Taif University, Al-Khurmah Branch, P.O. Box 888, Taif 21974, Saudi Arabia 4 Electricity Department, Faculty of Engineering, Umm Al-Qura Univers...

1 Department of Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2 Desert Agriculture Initiative, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 3 Agriculture Genetic Engineering Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt, 4 Department of Soil and Environmental Science, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, ...

Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sadat City University, Egypt Department of Public Health, Microbiology unit, College of Public Health and Health Informatics, Qassim University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Department of Med...

in recent years, we have witnessed the developments in the middle east region including changes in the political arena of iraq , participation crisis in lebanese cabinet, internal disputes of palestine and nuclear issue of the i.r. of iran . given regional rivalries between saudi arabia and the i.r. of iran , the mention developments led to divergence and tensions in foreign relation saudi arab...

Despite the fast growing economy, the rapid increasing internet usage and the strong purchasing power in Saudi Arabia, the evolution of E-Commerce remains slow in the country. The growth rate of ECommerce in Saudi Arabia is inconsistent with the growth rate of its economy, mobile usage, social media activity and internet penetration. Previous studies have shown what factors motivate or inhabit ...

This paper presents findings from a study of e-commerce adoption by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Saudi Arabia. Only tiny number of Saudi commercial organizations, mostly medium and large companies from the manufacturing sector, in involved in e-commerce implementation. The latest report released in 2010 by The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) in Saudi Arabia...

This paper contributes to the issue of eGovernment implementation in Saudi Arabia by discussing the current situation of ministry websites. It evaluates the rate of web development progress of vital government websites in Saudi Arabia using the eGovernment stage model. In 2010, Saudi Arabia ranked 58 th in the world and 4 th in the Gulf region in eGovernment readiness according to United Nation...

This study aims at comparing the economic relations of Japan with Iran and with Saudi Arabia. The comparison of these two relations is important as Iran and Saudi Arabia are leading exporters and Japan is a large importer of crude oil in the world. After a brief overview of the history of these two relations, the criteria of trade complementarity, i.e. Trade Potential Naive Assessment, Cosine M...