Thesis (DTech. in Business Information Systems)--Tshwane University of Technology, 2008. / Existing literature propagates a variety of methods for assessment of intellectual capital. Unfortunately, awareness of, and interest in the assessment of intellectual capital far exceeds its use in practice. This research argues that, due to complexities involved in selecting and customising an appropriate method or combination of methods for assessing intellectual capital, mechanisms are needed for managing and applying the evolving body of knowledge concerning such assessment. This research proceeds to develop a model, referred to as a conceptual design for a system to (i) provide management support to the process of selecting and customising an appropriate method (or combination of methods) for assessment of intellectual capital, (ii) utilise past knowledge and expertise to accelerate and improve decision-making, (iii) promote synergism through integration of methods, and (iv) manage the evolving body of knowledge concerning the assessment of intellectual capital.

In the research of the business IS development the business rules approach has achieved a lot of attention and already has a steady niche with a strong motivation behind. The usefulness of the approach and its advantages over the traditional IS development approaches call for the technology standards. Despite the work done towards standardization there is still a way to go – commercial products use their unique modeling languages for business rules, most of their rules processing and enforcement engines are stand-alone, even the embeddable ones use their unique rules representation format. In our research focusing on the business rules we have stepped towards employing the widely spread technology of active databases and have argued that it is feasible and possible to model business rules using conceptual graphs. Such a model having representations in visual and textual form (linear form and CGIF) and the possibility to translate the model to the near natural English language can be used both at conceptual and implementation levels. We have designed and implemented the automatic trigger generation component. Using the representative example from the real business organization (the representative example was comprised of structural domain knowledge and corresponding business rules) we have carried out the experiment during which the business rules model was transformed from visual notation to CGIF, then from CGIF to XML, and then from XML to MS SQL Server trigger. The... [to full text]

In the research of the business IS development the business rules approach has achieved a lot of attention and already has a steady niche with a strong motivation behind. The usefulness of the approach and its advantages over the traditional IS development approaches call for the technology standards. Despite the work done towards standardization there is still a way to go – commercial products use their unique modeling languages for business rules, most of their rules processing and enforcement engines are stand-alone, even the embeddable ones use their unique rules representation format. In our research focusing on the business rules we have stepped towards employing the widely spread technology of active databases and have argued that it is feasible and possible to model business rules using conceptual graphs. Such a model having representations in visual and textual form (linear form and CGIF) and the possibility to translate the model to the near natural English language can be used both at conceptual and implementation levels. We have designed and implemented the automatic trigger generation component. Using the representative example from the real business organization (the representative example was comprised of structural domain knowledge and corresponding business rules) we have carried out the experiment during which the business rules model was transformed from visual notation to CGIF, then from CGIF to XML, and then from XML to MS SQL Server trigger. The... [to full text]

Šiame darbe tyrimo objektu parinkta verslo informacijos centro veikla. Darbo tikslas - išsiaiškinti, kokią įtaką verslo informacijos centras turi plėtojant verslumą regione, remiantis Pakruojo verslo informacijos centro pavyzdžiu. Darbe analizuojami verslo ir verslumo plėtojimą įtakojantys veiksniai, verslo informacijos centro veiklos ir valdymo ypatumai, tiriami Pakruojo verslo informacijos centro klientų poreikiai, problemos, ekspertų nuomonė apie verslo informacijos centrų veiklą. Darbo rezultatai bus panaudoti verslo informacijos centrų veiklos efektyvumo didinimui, projektų rengimui, verslo informacijos centrų veiklos pristatymui. / Chosen object for this research was work of Business Information Center. The purpose of the research was to find out the impact of Business Information Center developing enterprise in the region based on the example of Pakruojis Business Center. In the research there is analysis of business development influential factors, Business Information Center peculiarities of activities and governing, exploration of Pakruojis Business Center clients’ needs and problems, expert thoughts about Business Information Centers activities. Results of the research will be used in increasing the effectiveness of Business Information Centers, preparation of projects and in presentations of Business Information Centers activities.

The major focus of this research is on the relationships between technical competencies (TC) and a firms competitive advantage (CA) within the Information and Technology industry (ICT) in Taiwan. This was achieved by an examination of the extent to which firms' technical learning (absorptive capacity (AC), integrative capacity (IC) and collaborative capacity of technical competencies (CTL)) influences their TC, adaptive capacity of technical competencies (AT), core competencies (CC) and CA. / The thesis investigated whether Taiwanese ICT firms process relationships among the critical elements that enable a firm to develop their capability portfolio for competition. A mail survey was conducted among Taiwanese ICT firms and questionnaires were returned from 114 large and meduim sized companies. From these, the relationships among the key variables were analysed using Mediated Regression. / The results indicated that the absorptive capacity (AC) and integrative capacity (IC) were significant in effecting technical competencies, but the collaborative capacity of technical competencies (CTL) was shown not to have a direct influence on technical competencies. Furthermore, the results indicated that technical competencies, adaptive capacity of technical competencies (AT) and core competencies (CC) have a significant influence on a firm's competitive advantage. / The findings of this research suggest that Taiwanese ICT firms should develop multiple crucial learning elements (AC+ IC+ CTL) and multiple-dynamic competencies (TC+AT+CC) to contribute to competitive advantage. / Thesis (DBA(DoctorateofBusinessAdministration))--University of South Australia, 2007.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Mississippi State University. Department of Instructional Systems, Leadership and Workforce Development. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Technische Universiteit Delft, 1992. / In English with summary in Dutch. Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-236) and index.

Diss. Techn. Univ. Darmstadt, 2009. / Business and Economics (German Language) (Springer-11775) (GWV).

Diss. Techn. Univ. Darmstadt, 2009. / Business and Economics (German Language) (Springer-11775) (GWV).

Diss. Univ. München, 2006.