Global economic development is facilitated by the commercial shipping industry. Shipping operations contribute to the growth of international trade activities, which heavily count on ships to carry cargoes from places of production to places of consumption. Despite its importance, there have...

In this paper we detail the results from an empirical study concerning differences in characteristics of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system selection process between small or medium and large sized organizations. In particular we address the fields of software packages considered and...

Many companies are conducting a SWOT analysis as part of the strategic planning process to identify the organisations' strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats before proceeding to the formulation of a corporate strategy. This paper reports on the results of an empirical survey and seeks...

Business Computing umfasst jene Bereiche der EDV, mit denen sehr viele EDV-Anwender im Geschäfts- und Ausbildungsumfeld in Berührung kommen. Das Buch führt in die Anwendungsprogramme WORD 2003, EXCEL 2003, ACCESS 2003 und POWERPOINT 2003 ein. Es zeichnet sich dabei durch die Konzentration auf...