Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 105 Issue 4

Factors affecting evaluation of e‐business projects

Dušan Lesjak, Vasja Vehovar

Despite rapid expansion of e‐business, the research on corresponding evaluation is relatively rare. This paper studies the factors that impact how companies evaluate their…

Internet banking: strategic responses to the accession of WTO by Chinese banks

Ming‐te Lu, Chun‐hong Liu, Jiang Jing, Linjun Huang

To assess to what extent Chinese domestic banks' use of internet banking as a strategic response to the entrance of the WTO is affected by factors both external and internal to…

Synthesizing e‐government stage models – a meta‐synthesis based on meta‐ethnography approach

Keng Siau, Yuan Long

The growing interest in e‐government raises the question of stages in e‐government development. A few stage models for e‐government have been proposed. Without a common…

Marketing aspects of knowledge‐based management in groups of companies: case of Poland

Jan Chadam, Zbigniew Pastuszak

This paper focuses on identifying key factors which condition the occurrence of synergies in multi‐entity companies in relation to the application of knowledge management…

Internet and e‐commerce adoption by the Taiwan semiconductor industry

Yung‐Chuan Peng, Charles V. Trappey, Nai‐Yu Liu

To determine the status of internet and e‐commerce adoption by the Taiwan semiconductor industry, the research is designed to help government and enterprise in formulating…

Six Sigma: concepts, tools, and applications

Mahesh S. Raisinghani, Hugh Ette, Roger Pierce, Glory Cannon, Prathima Daripaly

To provide a sound discussion on the Six Sigma methodology and see how it fits in with other quality initiatives.

Understanding and using the capabilities of finite scheduling

Ellen J. Dumond

Presents a microcomputer‐based finite scheduling approach to effective planning and execution of make‐to‐order production. Going beyond the traditional application of scheduling…

Towards a framework of the performance evaluation of SMEs' industry portals

Tzu‐Chuan Chou, Li‐Ling Hsu, Ying‐Jung Yeh, Chin‐Tsang Ho

With the fast growth of the internet, the development of industry portals for SMEs is becoming an increasingly important issue of economic growth. However, designing and…