Volume 3, Issue 1 (2011) | American Journal of Economics and Business Administration

Bio-Technology International Strategic Alliances: The Managerial Perspectives of Malaysian Firms

Ahmad Bashawir Abdul Ghani — 2011-01-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.1.11

Problem statement: Biotechnology is becoming one of the major concerns among large emerging economies including Malaysia. International strategic alliances may be one way to integrate emerging economi...

The Impact of Agile Approach on Software Engineering Teams

Mazni Omar — 2011-01-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.12.17

Problem statement: This study presents the initial findings on the impact of agile approach amongst Software Engineering (SE) teams in one computer center in Malaysia. This study revealed that agile a...

A Virtual Repository Approach to Departmental Information Sharing

Zulikha Jamaludin — 2011-01-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.18.23

Problem Statement: Realizing the difficulties in information sharing among the academicians, this study introduces an alternative information sharing model supporting information management features. ...

Perceptions of Commercialization Activities of Research Results among Academic Researchers in Malaysia

Noorulsadiqin Azbiya Yaacob — 2011-01-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.24.32

Problem statement: This study discusses the results of a survey conducted on academic researchers working on biotechnology related research from four leading research universities in Malaysia. The ana...

Collaborative Caching Architecture for Continuous Query in Mobile Database

Mohamed Ahmed Elfaki — 2011-01-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.33.39

Problem statement: Cooperative caching, which allows sharing and coordination of cached data among clients, is a potential technique to improve the data access performance and availability in mobile a...

Assessing the Usability and Accessibility of Malaysia E-Government Website

Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Mohd Isa — 2011-01-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.40.46

Problem statement: With the proliferation number existence of Malaysia e-government websites, the usability and accessibility feature may has been overlooked by website developers. Approach: The main ...

Consumers' Perceived Quality, Perceived Value and Perceived Risk Towards Purchase Decision on Automobile

Choy Johnn Yee — 2011-01-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.47.57

Problem statement: As the level of competition keep on increasing in Malaysia automobile market, it is essential for every automobile producer companies to understand customer insight in order to furt...

Using Unique-Prime-Factorization Theorem to Mine Frequent Patterns without Generating Tree

Hossein Tohidi — 2011-01-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.58.65

Problem statement: Ffrequent patterns are patterns that appear in a data set frequently. Finding such frequent patterns plays an essential role in mining associations, correlations and many other inte...

Individual Factors and Knowledge Sharing

Eugene Okyere-Kwakye — 2011-01-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.66.72

Problem statement: Knowledge management has been acknowledged as an important element for businesses today. While individuals within the organizations might recognize the importance of knowledge manag...

Knowledge Management Acceptance: Success Factors amongst Small and Medium-Size Enterprises

Christine Nya Ling TAN — 2011-01-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.73.80

Problem statement: The value and importance of knowledge, as seen by numerous organisations today, does without a doubt play a crucial role in the current ever-challenging and aggressive business envi...

Student's Mobile Information Prototype for the Higher Education Environment

Naji Shukri Alzaza — 2011-01-26

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 26 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.81.86

Problem statement: M-learning is considered as the next form of e-learning using mobile technologies to facilitate education for teachers and learners. Students need to keep in touch with their educat...

Is Reward System and Leadership Important in Knowledge Sharing Among Academics?

Shiva Jahani — 2011-01-26

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 26 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.87.94

Problem statement: The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of two key factors (intrinsic reward and leadership style) of knowledge sharing behavior among academician in Iran. Approach: Pri...

Students' Awareness and Requirements of Mobile Learning Services in the Higher Education Environment

Naji Shukri Alzaza — 2011-01-26

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 26 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.95.100

Problem statement: M-learning is considered as the next generation of e-learning using mobile technologies. Students’ awareness of such technology is one of the most focuses for success adoption. Th...

Security Extensible Access Control Markup Language Policy Integration Based on Role-Based Access Control Model in Healthcare Collaborative Environments

Teo Poh Kuang — 2011-01-26

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 26 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.101.111

Recently research is focused on security policy integration and conflict reconciliation among various healthcare organizations. Problem statement: However, challenging security and privacy risk issues...

Using Metadata Analysis and Base Analysis Techniques in Data Qualities Framework for Data Warehouses

Azwa Abdul Aziz — 2011-01-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.112.119

Information provided by any applications systems in organization is vital in order to obtain a decision. Due to this factor, the quality of data provided by Data Warehouse (DW) is really important for...

Review of E-Learning and ICT Infrastructure in Developing Countries (Case Study of Iran)

Siavash Omidinia — 2011-01-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.120.125

Problem statement: E-Learning aims to apply information and communications technology to enhance and/or support learning process. Today E-Learning is one of tools for education justice. This study att...

Quality Research Framework: Enumerative Study Versus Analytic Study from Deming's Perspective

Kang Eng Thye — 2011-01-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.126.131

Problem statement: The right research framework is the only way to lead us to become champions in our respective disciplines and certainly to be recognized as an excellent referral center of knowledge...

Development of Interactive Courseware for Learning Basic Computer System Components

Ida Aryanie Bahrudin — 2011-01-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.132.138

A computer assisted learning approach was developed to enhance course material for students to learn about computer components, through the use of multimedia courseware. Recent advances in software au...

The Impact of User Knowledge on Web Search Satisfaction

Fadhilah Mat Yamin — 2011-01-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.139.145

Problem statement: Searching on the web is a tedious process as it requires knowledge and skills on what and how to search. What to search is basically, the core of the searching activity as it repres...

Scientific Data Sharing Using Clustered-Based Data Sharing in Grid Environment

Rohaya Latip — 2011-01-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.146.149

Problem statement: In a large dynamic network, data can be shared and accessed in an easy manner among researchers from various locations and access provided an efficient protocol to manage the data. ...

Assistive Courseware for the Visually Impaired based on Theory of Multiple Intelligence and SECI Model

Nurulnadwan Aziz — 2011-01-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.150.156

Problem statement: Courseware is one of the educational aids in teaching and learning process. Nowadays, courseware together with multimedia elements is utilized to ease learners in grasping knowledge...

A Technique for Quality Evaluation of E-Learning from Developers Perspective

Majdi Abdellatief — 2011-01-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.157.164

Problem statement: E-learning is gaining more acceptance as days pass because it provides learning opportunity any time and in any place. Different people have different preferences in terms of learni...

Involvement of Service Knowledge Management System in Integration of ITIL V3 and Enterprise Architecture

Akbar Nabiollahi — 2011-01-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.165.170

Problem statement: This study attempts to investigate and clarify the relationship of Service Knowledge Management System (SKMS) with our primary study regard to using enterprise architecture throug...

Malay Interrogative Knowledge Corpus

Fatimah Sidi — 2011-01-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.171.176

Problem statement: The growth in the number of documents written in Malay language is enormously available on the web and intranets. There is a need to identify the information in the Malay document...

Non-business E-Commerce in Malaysia: An Investigation of Key Adoption

Oswald Aisat Igau — 2011-01-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.177.185

Problem statement: Non-business EC is a relatively new research niche in the general e-commerce stream. Application of e-commerce by profit oriented organization already become bread and butter but ...

Automating Commercial Video Game Development using Computational Intelligence

Tse Guan Tan — 2011-01-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.186.190

Problem statement: The retail sales of computer and video games have grown enormously during the last few years, not just in United States (US), but also all over the world. This is the reason a lot...

Automating the Mapping Process of Traditional Malay Textile Knowledge Model with the Core Ontology

Syerina Azlin Md Nasir — 2011-01-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.191.196

Problem statement: The wave of ontology has spread drastically in the cultural heritage domain. The impact can be seen from the growing number of cultural heritage web information systems, available...

Design Strategies to Persuasive Learning for Promoting Sustainable Practices in Paddy Farming

Zakirah Othman — 2011-01-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.197.202

Problem statement: Public awareness of sustainable agriculture is low, especially in organic paddy practices. As alternative, introducing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) application l...

Evaluating the Readiness of Iranian Research Centers in Knowledge Management

Nasrin Dastranj Mamaghani — 2011-01-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.203.212

Problem statement: Knowledge and its management are considered as a foundation for creating competitive advantages in organizations. Most of large companies have allocated plenty of resources to Knowl...

Categorizer Agent for Electronic Computer Science Academic Papers

Khalifa Chekima — 2011-01-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 January 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.213.218

Problem statement: With the rapid development of World Wide Web (WWW), a huge amount of information is now accessible to the web users. This phenomenon has attracted academic users to publish their ...

A Review Note of KMICe 2010: Knowledge Management Initiatives to Improve Organization Performance

Wan Hussain Wan Ishak — 2011-03-31

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 31 March 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.219.223

Problem statement: Knowledge Management (KM) has been a practice in many organizations to improve its performance towards reaching the organization goals. Realizing its importance, University Utara ...