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Applying SDBC in the Cultural-Heritage Sector
An actual cultural-heritage-related problem is how to effectively manage the global distribution of digitized
cultural and scientific information, taking into account that such a global distribution is only doable through
the Internet. Hence, adequately designing software applications realizing brokerage functionality in the
global space, particularly concerning digitized cultural/scientific information, is to be considered as an
essential cultural-heritage-related task. However, due to its great complexity, the usage of the existing
popular modelling instrumentarium seems insufficiently useful; this is mainly because the realization of a
satisfactory cultural-heritage brokering requires a deep understanding and consideration of the original
business reality. Inspired by this challenge, we have aimed at exploring relevant strengths of the SDBC
approach which is currently being developed. SDBC’s being capable of properly aligning business process
modelling and software specification, allowing for re-use and being consistent with the latest software
design standards, are among the facts in support of the claim that SDBC could bring value concerning the
design of cultural-heritage-related brokerage applications. Hence, in this paper we motivate and illustrate
the usefulness of SDBC for the cultural-heritage sector
Developing strategic learning alliances: partnerships for the provision of global education and training solutions
The paper describes a comprehensive model for the development of strategic alliances between education and corporate sectors, which is required to ensure effective provision of education and training programmes for a global market. Global economic forces, combined with recent advances in information and communication technologies, have provided unprecedented opportunities for education providers to broaden the provision of their programmes both on an international scale and across new sectors. Lifelong learning strategies are becoming increasingly recognized as an essential characteristic of a successful organization and therefore large organizations have shown a preparedness to invest in staff training and development. The demands for lifelong learning span a wide range of training and educational levels from school-level and vocational courses to graduate-level training for senior executive
Studies in Trade and Investment: The Development Impact of Information Technology in Trade Facilitation
This chapter describes the impact of information technology (IT) in trade facilitation on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines. The definition of SME varies across countries, and the Government of the Philippines has adopted one that includes micro- and cottage enterprises. The Government classifies establishments into four categories: (a) micro/cottage (1-9 persons in the workforce and with asset limit of P 3 million); (b) small (10-99 workers, with an asset limit of P 15 million); (c) medium (100-199 workers, with asset limit of P 100 million); and (d) large (more than 200 workers, and more than P 100 million in assets).Trade facilitation, automation, garment industry, IT, SMEs, export, customs, Philippines
Global Grids and Software Toolkits: A Study of Four Grid Middleware Technologies
Grid is an infrastructure that involves the integrated and collaborative use
of computers, networks, databases and scientific instruments owned and managed
by multiple organizations. Grid applications often involve large amounts of
data and/or computing resources that require secure resource sharing across
organizational boundaries. This makes Grid application management and
deployment a complex undertaking. Grid middlewares provide users with seamless
computing ability and uniform access to resources in the heterogeneous Grid
environment. Several software toolkits and systems have been developed, most of
which are results of academic research projects, all over the world. This
chapter will focus on four of these middlewares--UNICORE, Globus, Legion and
Gridbus. It also presents our implementation of a resource broker for UNICORE
as this functionality was not supported in it. A comparison of these systems on
the basis of the architecture, implementation model and several other features
is included.Comment: 19 pages, 10 figure
E-BUSINESS AND GLOBAL SOURCING – INFERENCES FROM SECURITIES EXCHANGES
This paper sets out a conceptual model that describes how the configuration of relevant geographic markets might change as electronic “gateways” or portals challenge conventional markets. It then considers the main conceptual inferences against the experience of securities markets. Consideration of empirical evidence suggests that e-business will lead to expanded geographic markets, although the pace and extent of the expansion might be slower and less dramatic, even in the long- run, than early enthusiasts of e-business may have anticipated.geographic markets, securities markets, e-business
The Impact of Information Technology in Trade Facilitation on Small and Medium Enterprises in the Philippines
The paper is focusing on electronic lodgment through web-based applications of value-added service providers as the IT-based trade facilitation measure, the survey of Customs Brokers conducted in this study revealed that lodgment time in the Philippines dropped to one hour or less as a result, compared to previous lodgment times of one and a half to one day.Information Techonology, Trade Facilitation, SME, Philippines
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