Systems Research and Behavioral Science articles from March 2009

Systems Research and Behavioral Science archives from March 2009

Systems science and enterprise integration, technological economics and the theory of material flow.(Guest Editorial)
March 1, 2009... The second half of the 20th century ushered in the age of systems science (Schoderbek et al., 1985). Systems science and the ideas behind it have penetrated many disciplines of natural science, social science and engineering, including some new...

Analysing relational benefits in e-business environment from behavioural perspective.(Research Paper)(Report)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION Advanced information technology has made e-business available to enterprises and has changed purchasing and transactional behaviour of customers world-wide (Li, 2006). In 2005, the total consumer spending in the US on online...

A method for enterprise knowledge map construction based on social classification.(Research Paper)(Report)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION With the acceleration of global economy and IT development, enterprises today endeavour to explore better approaches to improve organizational adoption, survival and competence in the new business environment characterized by...

A system dynamics approach to competitive strategy in mobile telecommunication industry.(Research Paper)(Report)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION Telecom carriers are facing more and more challenges nowadays. Industry deregulation, globalization and IP make the telecommunication industry full of intensified competition (Li and Whalley, 2004; Stienstra et al., 2004; Li,...

Government informatization: a case study.(Research Paper)(Case study)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION The 21st century is characterized by computer technology, internet and modern communication technology. Economic globalization, informatization and networking are not only influencing economy and culture, but also transforming...

A comparative study on e-learning technologies and products: from the East to the West.(Research Paper)(Report)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION With a highly competitive and dynamic market, continuous innovation becomes a goal in which knowledge is seen as the core resource and learning is viewed as the most important process (Lundvall, 1992; Li, 1999; Li and Zhao,...

Theory of six forces of essential factors of production.(Research Paper)(Report)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION The theory of essential factors of production is an important basic theory in technological economics. A series of research reports on technological economics was published in early 1960s in China (Xu, 1963a,b, 1964a,b, 1965a,b)....

Factors of production: historical theories and new developments.(Research Note)(Report)
March 1, 2009... THE MAIN SCHOOLS OF TRADITIONAL THEORIES ON FACTORS OF PRODUCTION Theories on factors of production are very important in economics. Simply stated the factors of production are the resources that are employed to produce goods and services....

Doubling guarantees quadrupling--theory and practice.(Research Paper)(Report)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION Innovation is the soul of the development of science and technology and the eternal impetus of economic and social development. Since the reform and opening-up, under the leadership of the CPC (Central Committee of the Chinese...

A theoretical study on commodity material flow.(Research Paper)(Report)
March 1, 2009... E-COMMERCE AFFAIRS AND E-COMMERCE E-commerce is a fast growing area (Beheshti et al., 2007; Guo 2007; Li and Wang, 2007; Wang and Archer, 2007). In the field of technological economics (Xu, 1988), literature started appear in the sub-field of...

The theory of material flow substance.(Research Paper)(Report)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION In 1981, a book entitled Handbook of Material Flow was published in Japan which was edited by 41 experts (Wu, 1986). The handbook discusses the basic knowledge on material flow (MF) and puts forward that MF has six functions,...

On relationships between material flow and economic development in an economic-material flow system.(Research Paper)(Report)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION Economic material flow (MF) is a most important tool in industrial ecology that affects the current economic society (Xu, 2005, 2006a). In this system, it is necessary to investigate the relationship between MF and economic...

Material flow and circular economy.(Research Paper)(Report)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION Since the concept of Material Flow (MF) was initially put forward in 1985, further research has been carried out to develop and propose the theory of MF (Hou and Xu, 2005; Xu, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008; Hou et al., 2007). This...

Theory and applications of X party material flow.(Research Paper)(Report)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION Based on the theory of material flow (MF) (Xu, 2002a, 2002b, 2003) and the theory of labour division and organization, the theory of X party material flow (XPMF) has been proposed (Hou, 2003) and 36 different types of MF...

A theory of optimized resource allocation from systems perspectives.(Research Paper)(Report)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION The planning, scheduling and controlling of a construction project is an example of a complex system engineering problem (Yang et al., 2006). Typically, such a problem requires a long construction cycle, a vast sum of capital...

Toward a framework of innovation management in logistics firms: a systems perspective.(Research Paper)(Report)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION Since the beginning of the 21st century, China's manufacturing industry has developed rapidly (Wang et al., 2005). As China becomes global 'manufacturing factory', Chinese logistics firms will also gradually begin to play an...

Sustainable Future, Requisite Holism, and Social Responsibility: Against the Current Abuse of Free Market Society.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... Sustainable Future, Requisite Holism, and Social Responsibility: Against the Current Abuse of Free Market Society. By Stane Bozicnik, Timi Ecimovic, Matja Mulej and coauthors. Published by ANSTED Service Centre (P. O. Box 1067, 10840 Penang,...