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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Malaysian Public Procurement's Prevalent System and its WeaknessesRohana Othman, Husein Zakaria, Norlaili Nordin et al.Problem statement: This study examined the public procurement system as prevalent in the Malaysian government system of administration. Various aspects of public procurement are outlined including types and the processes that entail public procurement. This study also highlighted the weaknesses in the manual public procurement processes that are opened to potential abuse and mismanagement resulting in corruption. This study places … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 10,498 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffects of Critical Knowledge Characteristics on Degree of Inter-Firm Technology TransferA. W. Sazali, A. Haslinda, U. Jegak, C. R. RaduanProblem statement: The current issue on inter-firm technology transfer in the developing countries is centered on the efficiency and effectiveness of the transfer process by the Multinationals (MNCs). Thus, organizations in the developing countries are striving hard to collaborate, learn and internalize their foreign partner’s technological knowledge by forming strategic alliances or International Joint Ventures (IJVs) as an efficient mean … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2009 · 7,894 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Effects of Absorptive Capacity and Recipient Collaborativeness as Technology Recipient Characteristics on Degree of Inter-Firm Technology TransferA. W. Sazali, C. R. Raduan, U. Jegak, A. HaslindaProblem statement: As an efficient means to increase global competitiveness, technological capabilities and potential for local innovation, organizations in the developing countries are working hard to collaborate, learn and internalize their foreign partner’s technological knowledge by forming strategic alliances or International Joint Ventures (IJVs). Technology recipient characteristics, as one of the important actors/facilitators of inter-firm technology transfer, have increasingly become … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2009 · 7,801 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImproving the Accuracy of Effort Estimation through Fuzzy Set Representation of SizeCh. Satyananda Reddy, KVSVN RajuProblem statement: The precision and reliability of the effort estimation is very important for the competitiveness of software companies. The uncertainty at the input level of the Constructive Cost Model (COCOMO) yields uncertainty at the output, which leads to gross estimation error in the effort estimation. Fuzzy logic-based cost estimation models are more appropriate when vague and imprecise information was … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2009 · 7,085 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffect of Data Processing on Data QualityA. R. SamihProblem statement: Great attention had been paid on spatial data quality by the scientific community. This was due to the negative impact that a poor spatial data quality had on the competitiveness of an organization. On other hand, we can never obtain good quality data from a poor quality data. In this study, we demonstrate the effects of the different … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 4, Issue 12 · 31 Dec 2008 · 7,269 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractApplied Issues of Agritourism Cooperation and Sustainable Endogenous DevelopmentHelen Theodoropoulou, Roido Mitoula, Olga Astara, Panagiotis KaldisThis research aims at examining how an agritourism cooperative and its activities promote endogenous development using local human, natural and technological resources in a sustainable way with other local production activities. Technology allows the agritourism cooperative to effectively use local resources and simultaneously to increase its competitiveness in marketing of products. So, the cooperative becomes more competitive in regional and … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 11 · 30 Nov 2008 · 6,732 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRe-organization Impact on the Telekom Malaysia's International Division ProductivityAhasanul Haque, Ali Khatibi, Khaizura KarimInternational Divisions' productivity was perceived to incline towards a downward trend which was contravened in 1996 re-organization objective of Telekom Malaysia. This study aims to analyze the root causes of this setback and recommend the solutions to improve the company's productivity. The method to diagnose the root cause was done through surveys and interviews. The data collection was carried out … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2006 · 7,896 accessesView PDF Cite