One of the most important steps in designing a cellular manufacturing system is cell formation which includes grouping the machines in cells and the parts as part families, so that the costs are minimized. Several aspects of the problem should be taken into account in cell formation; more...

The method of association rule mining has been used by marketers for many years to extract marketing rules from purchase transactions. Marketers and managers employ these rules in order to predict customer needs for future sales. Extracting effective rules is one of the major problems of...

This article aims to review and identify critical factors of the implementation of knowledge management systems (KMS) for Iranian IT based organizations and to clarify the effect of KMS on organization success.

Purpose – This study seeks to explore the effect of social capital (SC) on knowledge management (KM) practices. The main problem under investigation is to assess the importance of SC within an organization and to ascertain how it can ensure that knowledge activities would continue to be...

It is known that "knowledge management" is associated with significant benefits which can empower organisations to get more competitive advantages in their market. Knowledge sharing and knowledge creation are the two vital aspects of knowledge management which play an important role in creating...

Despite the high importance of intellectual capital in e-business success, little applicable research has been conducted in recent years. This research contributes to the literature and practices by using a two-step survey in order to discover the most influential indicators in the success of...

Purpose – This study seeks to explore the effect of social capital (SC) on knowledge management (KM) practices. The main problem under investigation is to assess the importance of SC within an organization and to ascertain how it can ensure that knowledge activities would continue to be...