Named data networking (NDN) represents a promising clean slate for future internet architecture. It adopts the information-centric networking (ICN) approach that treats named data as the central element, leverages in-network caching, and uses a data-centric security model. This model is built...

Recently, IoT adoption has increased in several domains. IoT devices are multi-modal and heterogeneous due to their varied properties, standards, and manufactures. This leads to interoperability issues, which can be solved using semantic technologies. Likewise, these devices participate in...

This article provides a proof-of-concept of the applicability and reusability of the authors proposed framework for web service migration through a traffic jam detection case study. The framework migrates mobile hosted web services between mobile vehicles using context-aware self-adaptive...

This article examines the geographical effects of industrial clusters on the business survival (BS) of information technology (IT) companies in China. The authors aim to find the differences of BS among inside and outside of the clusters in four different regions by using the methodology of Cox...

This article examines the contribution to profit from research and development (R&D) using industry-level accounting panel data for eight industries in Japan from 1986 to 2012. Problematically, simple least-squares regression estimation of production functions, where the authors specify sales or...

While there is no specific guidance in IFRS or US GAAP on accounting for virtual currencies, the ASBJ issued the PITF on the Accounting for Virtual Currencies under the PSA on March 14, 2018 as part of J-GAAP. The standard subscribes that, if an active market exists for the virtual currency,...

Over the last few decades, the workforce in Japan has been rapidly decreasing. At the same time, the number of non-regular employees has been increasing. Under these circumstances, employee satisfaction and commitment to their organizations are important issues. The authors focused on...

User behavior profiling of websites can provide an operator with an estimate of what is actually transpiring on their site. This type of information is essential to keep ahead of the curve in a commercial environment where competition is extremely fierce and continuously evolving. The authors...

The growth and expansion of e-commerce warrants more attention. Online service retailers (OSRs), as e-commerce retailers, continue to invest in the improvement of services provided to their online consumers. The success of OSRs depends heavily on their capability to understand any service...

This study focuses on the wide range of manufacturing industries in Japan and hypothesized the numerous factors external to a corporation particularly for abstracting the determinants of research and development (R&D) expenditures. Previous studies primarily dealt with internal corporate factors...