The quality of education for doctoral students is closely linked to the quality of the research they undertake. Benefiting from technological advances, new distributed and collaborative research practices can be witnessed. The concept of e-science has emerged and evolved to the concept of e-research. These concepts bring about a new research philosophy and the notion of collaboratory. Our resea...

Kerala, one of the federal states of India, is a region known for its high levels of achievements in education, healthcare and social justice despite low per capita income. In line with global trends, in 1998 the government of Kerala formulated an Information Technology (IT) policy. The policy aims at increased application of IT in all walks of life, enhancing the IT industry base, creating a r...

This paper attempts to link findings of recent eCommerce research in small business in New Zealand with the Government’s eCommerce strategy. The research stresses the need for the Government to bridge the existing gap between small business and eCommerce. The strategy emphasises the Government’s role in providing leadership, in building the capability of New Zealanders, and in providing an enab...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Saudi e-government programme, namely Yesser, and determine the level of Saudi society readiness in adopting e-government. Two questionnaires were used in this study to measure users' satisfaction rates of Yesser and the readiness level of Saudi society. The annual progress report of Yesser and its action plan documents were also used to evaluate Yes...

Electronic government was formally introduced to the public sector in late 1990s in developed countries. Ever since its inception proponents of electronic government have been presenting it as a formula for improving the public sector through making the public sector more e-business like. In this perspective, the main objectives of public sector transformation promoted by electronic government ...

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Most cities around the world are in danger of disasters. Among disasters, the earthquake is the most dangerous and ruining one. Iran has been located in the Alpine-Himalayas seismic belt, and because of the significant frequency of severe earthquakes happening all over the country compare to other countries and the state of the unsecured residential and non-residential buildings in most of the ...