In recognizing the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation as the principal drivers of economic growth, this paper focuses on the human attributes that govern the behavior of the entrepreneur and the societal perceptions that influence the human environment in which the entrepreneur...

Discusses the use of open source to provide software for the masses for social capital. This is in contrast to the current proliferation of social media software like Facebook by commercial enterprises hoping to use social media and biases to push products and profit from personal private social...

This paper describes the method of collaborative conceptual modeling using an ontology. The method was used for the design of a student lifecycle management system at a University. The problem was presented to the students of a Knowledge Management class by the Decision Support staff of the...

This field study examines how Critical Success Factors can be used as a consensus-building tool during the requirements analysis stage of a software development project. First, an exhaustive list of CFS was collected from the design and from a group of users. Based on their answers, a...

Jørgensen’s paper examines the application of the one of the most well established findings in forecasting – namely, the superior accuracy of quantitative models in comparison to judgmental forecasts. Models improved accuracy in 72% of the 136 studies in the meta-analysis by Grove, et al....

Information security is an important and urgent priority in computer systems of corporations, government, and private users. The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of digital information is constantly threatened by malevolent software, such as computer viruses and worms. Virus...

JïFFDrgensen's paper examines the application of the one of the most well established findings in forecasting - namely, the superior accuracy of quantitative models in comparison to judgmental forecasts. Models improved accuracy in 72% of the 136 studies in the meta-analysis by Grove, et al....

The starting point for this paper is the general paucity of research on the demand-side of custom software development. As an initial step, we derive and estimate a Hedonic Pricing model using a sample of 160 projects executed by a large software solutions vendor based in India. Our results...

IntroductionThe software industry is a significant contributor to India's economic growth. Though the Indian software industry is growing at a tremendous rate, there are some macro- and micro-level challenges which have to be addressed. In most cases, software development is project-based, where...