This paper examines the impact of net-enablement capability on the innovation in business model for online selling utilizing the Net-enabled Business Innovation Cycle (NEBIC) theoretical framework. Based on a sample of 296 online sellers across different Canadian sectors, the paper empirically tests for the invariant in the relationship between net-enablement capability and the innovation in on...

The paper introduces and discusses definitions and concepts from the supplier relationship management area. This review has the goal to provide readers with the basic conditions to understand the market mechanisms and the technological developments of the SRM market. Further on, the work gives a picture of the actual business environment in which the SRM vendors are in, and the main trends in t...

The deep integration of digital technologies has given rise to the development new industries and models in various sectors, as well opportunities challenges. Whether transformation can drive collaborative green innovation supply chain also become an important topic great interest, which not yet been resolved. In this paper, we study impact enablement on enterprises order assist reasonable stra...

Building on abstract reference models, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has established standards for storing, discovering, and processing geographical information. These standards act as basis for the implementation of specific services and Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI). Research on geo-semantics plays an increasing role to support complex queries and retrieval across heterogeneous in...

BACKGROUND There is conflicting evidence on whether patients wish to be involved in medical decisions. METHODS We interviewed 636 ambulatory patients with acute respiratory tract infections in cantons Basel-Stadt and Aargau. We asked whether they agreed with two statements that are the antithesis of shared-decision making. We used proportional odds regression to investigate how agreement with...

Land administration systems (LAS) are now challenged by new technologies and radically different demands for land information for modern governments. Spatial information is good enough to support spatial identification and location enablement applications available in every significant type of software (word processing, spread sheets, professional applications, Web systems, GIS and databases). ...

A set of outcome questionnaires has been developed to measure the range of treatment effects of traditional acupuncture. In this descriptive outcome study we validated these questionnaires in a busy National Health Service funded acupuncture clinic serving communities of diverse socio-economic circumstances. Some of the questionnaires performed better than others in this setting but EQ-5D and M...