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Proposing a Service Quality Framework for Mobile Commerce

Authors: Desmal A.J., Othman M.K.B., Hamid S.B., Zolait A.H., Kassim N.B.A.
Customer satisfaction influences the profitability of organizations and can keep competitive advantages. One of the critical factors in customer satisfaction is the availability of a quality scale that measures the service. The service quality aims to ensure that the service delivered meets customer expectations. However, with the popularity of using [...]

MPC track follower for self-driving cars

Authors: Farag W., Saleh Z.
In this paper, a comprehensive Model-Predictive-Control (MPC) controller that enables effective complex track maneuvering for Self-Driving Cars (SDC) is proposed. The paper presents the full design details and the implementation stages of the proposed SDC-MPC. The controller receives several input signals such as an accurate car position measurement from the [...]

Business process reengineering impact on SMEs operations: Evidences from GCC region

Authors: Aziz W.A.
Pioneered in the 1990s, business process reengineering (BPR) is focused on value addition. The theory and practice of business reengineering have evolved over the years with globalisation and technology becoming key parts of business. Despite these changes, BPR implementation in SMEs has received limited attention. Given that SMEs play an [...]

Blockchain security architecture: A review technology platform, security strength and weakness

Authors: Al-Abbasi L., El-Medany W.
Blockchain, is the new trending revolution innovation that leverages business process and data sharing, by eliminating the centralization or intermediates. The technology has been attracting huge attention and many organizations are looking to adopt it. The decentralization, security immutability, data sharing and other blockchain advantages that have been explored reinforce [...]

Exploring ICT-enabled sustainability innovations development: A conceptual study

Authors: Kurnia S., Mahbubur Rahim Md., Samson D., Sedera D., Mazen A.
There have been global concerns with the sustainability of our planet for future generations. Organizations have been paying attention to harness the potential of information and communication technology (ICT) to support the development of innovations that can address global sustainability issues. However, currently little is known about how organizations can [...]

Traffic management system using vanet on cloud and smart phone

Authors: Hasan A.J., Al-Omary A.
Many countries around the world are suffering from traffic jam created by the increase numbers of cars in their streets. This is reflected directly in increasing the number of accidents and casualties. As driver’s safety is considered important, most of the vehicle manufacturers are working to increase the safety standards [...]

Strategic information systems planning in Kingdom of Bahrain: Factors and impact of adoption

Authors: Al-Ammary J.H., Al-Doseri S., Al-Blushi Z., Al-Blushi N., Aman M.
SISP in most of the Arabian countries is merely tackled to plan for resources allocation and project-based planning without considering the strategic role of IT in achieving the business goals. Therefore, the current research tackled to investigate the current situation regarding the adoption of SISP in the Kingdom of Bahrain. [...]

The impact of multilevel contextual factors on is adoption at the inter-organizational level

Authors: Kurnia S., Parker C., Ali M., Karnali R.
Inter-organizational information systems (IOIS) offer many potential benefits to organizations, and IOIS adoption has increased in the last few decades. However, IOIS adoption varies significantly across different contexts, and little research has investigated how contextual factors affect IOIS-adoption variances at the inter-organizational (IO) level in depth—particularly from a multilevel perspective. [...]

Impact of corporate restructuring on the financial performance of gulf cooperation council firms [Wpływ restrukturyzacji korporacyjnej na wyniki finansowe firm rady współpracy zatoki perskiej]

Authors: Kumaraswamy S., Ebrahim R., Nasser H.
Corporate restructuring has become one of the significant solution for firms to improve their financial performance, gain competitive advantage and industry dominance. This paper aims to examine the the impact of corporate restructuring on firm performance of the GCC firms using profitability, liquidity and leverage measures. The largest mergers and [...]

A process approach to examining mobile commerce adoption progression

Authors: Ali M., Wali E., Al-Hinai Y., Kurnia S.
Purpose: Most studies of mobile commerce (MC) adoption by individuals have focused on the influence of a set of factors at a single point in time, and thus, cannot capture the process by which the individuals progress from simple to sophisticated MC adoption. This paper aims to enhance the current [...]