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...

Although successive generations of digital technology have become increasingly powerful in the past 20 years, digital democracy has yet to realize its potential for deliberative transformation. The undemocratic exploitation of massive social media systems continued this trend, but it only...

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...

Earned value management is the utmost common method used in study of performance of the project. EVM incorporates the project possibility, budget and agenda processes to promote the project management crew to measure project performance from beginning to the end of the project. It is capable of...

Earned value management is a method that predicts the project giving early warning of project cost and schedule. This study is to check effectiveness of EVM in construction industries for tracking the project progress using MSP software. Tracking will enhance the opportunities for project...

World is moving towards “Cloud Computing” as part of the advancement of Technology in general and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in specific. In simple form Cloud computing can be referred to as the application of computer for storing and accessing of data through the web...

What happens to market structure as an industry’s operations lean ever more on software? We find that software availability is associated with an increase in entry and an increase in exit by the oldest and most established firms. We formalize alternative mechanisms by which this could happen...