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The importance of benchmarking in the service sector is well recognized as it helps in continuous improvement in products and work processes. Through benchmarking, companies have strived to implement best practices in order to remain competitive in the product- market in which they operate. However studies on benchmarking, particularly in the software development sector, have neglected using multiple variables and therefore have not been as comprehensive. Information Theory and Best Practices in the IT Industry fills this void by examining benchmarking in the business of software development and studying how it is affected by development process, application type, hardware platforms used, and many other variables. Information Theory and Best Practices in the IT Industry begins by examining practices of benchmarking productivity and critically appraises them. Next the book identifies different variables which affect productivity and variables that affect quality, developing useful equations that explaining their relationships. Finally these equations and findings are applied to case studies. Utilizing this book, practitioners can decide about what emphasis they should attach to different variables in their own companies, while seeking to optimize productivity and defect density.

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This book illustrates approaches for designing and implementing e-commerce strategy with social perspectives. While it gives details of different technological concepts related to designing and hosting web portals, it also provides real-life examples from different corporations to show how better results can be achieved through effective channel design with social commerce oriented strategy. The book also illustrates ‘people focused’ approaches that can be used for marketing products and services through internet.   E-Commerce Strategy: Text and Cases has power point presentations available for instructors which can be obtained from Springer.com.

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This book illustrates approaches for designing and implementing e-commerce strategy with social perspectives. While it gives details of different technological concepts related to designing and hosting web portals, it also provides real-life examples from different corporations to show how better results can be achieved through effective channel design with social commerce oriented strategy. The book also illustrates ‘people focused’ approaches that can be used for marketing products and services through internet.   E-Commerce Strategy: Text and Cases has power point presentations available for instructors which can be obtained from Springer.com.

Methodology of economics --- Economics --- Applied marketing --- Business management --- Business economics --- Information systems --- financieel management --- bedrijfseconomie --- e-business --- economie --- webdesign --- e-commerce --- informatica management

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This book develops an IT strategy for cloud computing that helps businesses evaluate their readiness for cloud services and calculate the ROI. The framework provided helps reduce risks involved in transitioning from traditional “on site” IT strategy to virtual “cloud computing.” Since the advent of cloud computing, many organizations have made substantial gains implementing this innovation. Cloud computing allows companies to focus more on their core competencies, as IT enablement is taken care of through cloud services. Cloud Computing and ROI: A New Framework for IT Strategy includes case studies covering retail, automobile and food processing industries. Each of these case studies have successfully implemented the cloud computing framework, and their strategies are explained. As cloud computing may not be ideal for all businesses, criteria is also offered to help determine if this strategy should be adopted.

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This book is a comprehensive guide to design and conduct the research in management-related field, such as marketing management and human resources management. It provides an overview of the real research conducted by authors throughout their careers and explains the important and growing research design used in management research-mixed method research design. Video tutorials are also included for complete qualitative data collection and data analysis. These videos are included to help readers understand the research and apply the techniques using the recommended software programs. Mixed Method Research Design: An Application in Consumer-Brand Relationships (CBR) begins with an introduction, providing background on the study including related literature in the areas of consumer-brand relationships, which helps the book to show how research questions and research objectives can be developed for the mixed method study. This is followed by a detailed explanation of the methodology, which establishes the ground rule for the study. Finally it takes look at the analysis and results of mixed method research study. Additionally the book examines the procedures of mixing of qualitative and quantitative paradigms in research both in terms of hypothesis development and testing. It helps readers understand how to design their research studies using mixed method design. It also demonstrates managerial implications, to help understand how mixed research design could be used to show contribution to the theory and practice.

Methodology of economics --- Economics --- Marketing --- Business management --- Business economics --- financieel management --- bedrijfseconomie --- economie --- marketing