... research smalland medium- sized enterprises International Small Business Journal, 19(1), 44-67 Blili, S., & Raymond, L (1993) Information technology: Threats and opportunities forsmalland medium- sized ... in the first two years), hecticity and uncertainty Blili and Raymond (1993) and Soh, Yap, and Raman (1992) confirmed these same features and pointed to others: less use of information and formal ... issues affecting thesmall business sector The research coverage is comprehensive and addresses the practicalities of ecommerce adoption by smallandmedium enterprises The chapters together demonstrate...
... biocompatibility of the Si3N4 membrane andthe suitability of the microcavity for in vitro studies A549 cells as well as hMSCs proliferate in the microcavity Furthermore, we are the first to demonstrate the ... methods andforthe quantification of toxicodynamic and toxicokinetic effects Application of the MCC forthe analysis of nanoparticleinduced effects After confirmation of the biocompatibility of the ... on the cell cycle stage or on previous exposures Therefore, the analysis and quantification of single-cell responses will provide important information on the toxicity of the tested materials The...
... whole over time, and is an impetus to the performance of theenterprise Data, Information and Knowledge Prior to discussing knowledge management, the terms such as data, information and knowledge ... Data, information and knowledge the distinction between data, information and knowledge: Data are known facts that can be recorded and that have implicit meaning (Elmasri and Navathe, 2004) Information ... Knowledge is information synthesized and contextualized to provide further value for human activities (Pearlson and Saunders, 2004) The relationship among data, information and knowledge can be depicted...
... (4) Other Total (excl Ireland & Netherlands) of w hich guaranteed funds Total (incl Ireland & Netherlands) 36,733 in No in % (3) in No (1 No full data breakdo wn is available fo r Ireland andthe ... during the quarter Among the Nordic countries, Sweden, Denmark and Norway recorded net inflows during the second quarter, whereas Finland recorded net outflows Forthe Mediterranean region, Italy and ... regarding the strength of the global economic recovery and increasing tensions in the euro area, which sparked lower demand for equity and bond funds Differences in totals between quarterly and monthly...
... University of Oxford, UK, and Barry Wall and Colin Muirhead from the National Radiological Protection Board, UK, for their helpful comments on the calculations and on the manuscript The study was ... that the percentages of the cumulative risk attributable to radiation from diagnostic X-rays forthe sum of the nine listed cancers andfor all radiation-inducible cancers were the same Since there ... rates for England and Wales (1988–92) for male and female individuals in 5-year age bands.16 Lung cancer incidence rates for lifelong nonsmokers in a US cancer prevention study17 were used for the...
... information, so protecting the data or information is very important and necessary in the information age In this era, who possesses more information has the advantage Therefore, if the information ... knowledgeable to perform their duties, and are certified by the knowledge tests about the computer network security from the global security standard organization Devices acting on the network andthe organization’s ... over the past few years have not used the Delphi technique which requires rigid rules forthe process of selecting appropriate experts andthe principle detailed forthe selection [3] utilized the...
... and benefits (with some notable conditions) There are now getting on for 40 time banks across the UK, thanks to the efforts of Time Banks UKand their partners at the TimeBank campaign, andthe ... haunting the Western world – the spectre of futility and powerlessness The great institutions and professions, the grand edifices of welfare and health, are struggling to hold back the implications ... simplest, the idea uses a broker at the end of the phone, and allows people to earn time credits for each hour they help out in their local community The result is a parallel economy, using time as the...
... 2010 and2011The forecasts forthe Industrial Production Index (table 2) andthe Economic Sentiment Indicator (figure 3) also seem to confirm that the European economy is cooling down As forthe ... other the forecasts of the European Commission, the IMF, the ECB, the OECD, and Consensus Economics Inc The more recent GDP forecasts are close to each other The EFN is on the optimistic side by ... Table Comparison of EFN forecasts with alternative forecasts forthe euro area EFN EU* IMF** ECB OECD Consensus 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 GDP 1.6 1.6 0.9 1.5...