Industry 4.0 is the called 4th technological revolution, where digital and physical marketplaces and manufacturing technologies converge to enable smart manufacturing and factories of the future. This paper presents an overview of a representative set of marketplace platforms available to support supply chain processes underpinning Industry 4.0. We develop a gap analysis of existing marketplace...

iran’s unique attractions and destinations make it of great potentiality for utilising tourism industry. according to statistics of the international and national organization tourism, the situation of tourism in iran is not suitable, which is a sign of an undesired situation in the industry and failing to make use of the existing capabilities and potentials of the country. therefore, this rese...

This paper reports on an international study into construction industry development that was used as a framework for a study into Hong Kong’s construction industry and, based on the findings, argues that the role of a project manager is important to the development of the industry. Having used the same approach for both studies allowed for comparison with and validation of the international gen...

In this study it has been initiated to find out the credit strength and financial performance of cement industries in Bangladesh through investigating the financial report for the period from 2007 to 2011. Financial ratios are employed to measure the Liquidity (Working capital to Total Assets), Profitability (Retained Earnings to Total Assets), Efficiency (Earnings before Interest and Taxes to ...

The sector of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) is characterised by high rates of firm fluctuation, rapid changes in technological progress (e.g., in the software industry) as well as high interdependencies between subsectors (e.g., consultancy and engineering). These features give rise to fuzzy internal and external sectoral boundaries and make it difficult to apply common, basicall...

OBJECTIVES The aims of this study of Japanese married employees were: 1) to examine the relationship between work-related factors and work-to-family conflict (WFC); 2) to examine the relationship between WFC and fatigue and depression; and 3) to explore the role of family togetherness in a path between WFC and health. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted among employees belonging to...

A growing number of empirical studies on the geography of the ‘knowledge economy’ or ‘new economy’ have shown a strong tendency for spatial clustering and highly spatially uneven development in these industries. At the same time, other authors have highlighted the shortcomings of traditional theoretical explanations for clustering (such as pure cost-based agglomeration economies) when it comes ...

It is necessary to research on how to manage risks in Chinese chemical industry supply chain effectively. After analyzing supply chain risks and mitigation strategies in Chinese chemical industry supply chain, firstly this paper defines the supply chain risk management problem in Chinese chemical industry. Then this paper develops a stochastic chance-constrained programming model to select opti...

the rapid changes in sport industry urge sport investors and entrepreneurs to adopt creative and innovative approaches. in this situation, intellectual property is among the most important organizational assets and the potential success of an organization is rooted in their intellectual capabilities. on the other hand, relying on innovation, small businesses are seeking to improve their perform...

The Technology Adoption Life Cycle (TALC) has been used in studying the sustainability of hyper-growth, high-tech markets. Recent work in this area has identified the presence of “chasm” in this lifecycle. Since most technology products ultimately derive their value from software, this study explores the effect of chasm on the sustainability issues in software industry. This paper presents an e...