Economists and legal scholars have debated the reasons people adopt open source software, and accordingly whether and to what extent the open source model can scale, replacing proprietary rights as a primary means of production. In this study, we use the release by a biotechnology company of...

Design is an exploratory activity, and there are many ways to get lost or stuck. There is no pre-existing map – the map is built through the design process. We first discuss design space - the space of possible choices in creating something new - and how it can be visualized. We then discuss...

In the beginning of 2020, the world faced a terrible disaster. The disaster is known as COVID-19 or Corona Virus Disease 19. The impact of this "little monster" is no joke. A number of governments in developed countries have even decided to close the city so that residents do not leave the house...

Quality is partly about the number defects delivered in a piece of software and partly about how the stakeholders and customers experience the software. Experience is typically measured as customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction is a measure of how products and services supplied by a...

Exponentially growing data, big data, dark data and data trash are throwing excellent opportunities in the world. But associated costs and risks are also significant. “Big Garbage in, Big Garbage out” seems new phrase in computing. This paper is motivated by risk and cost stresses on non-IT...

The use of technology in HR (e-HRM) is well established for the purposes of improving HR operational processes and allowing distributed access to employees and managers. The objective of this paper is to identify the challenges associated with the implementation and some recommendations for...

Software industry in Kerala is booming at an ever increasing speed. With automation and computerization an ample opportunity employment scenario was opened up particularly in IT and software sector where the salary is attractive and the job is mostly desk type in nature. But at the same time...