Digitalization brings with it new social and governance issues and heightened responsibility, particularly for corporations. In recent years, society has demanded more transparency from companies about digital technology practices, oversight, and impacts. One sector that sharpens the view on...

Making writers of e‐mail messages aware of appropriate “netiquette” will enhance today’s instant communication process. Researchers determined what the literature recommends as being appropriate “netiquette”, surveyed a university business faculty to determine their knowledge of...

New technology shows human beings at their most innovative. As soon as a development is no longer adequate to serve a particular purpose, a refinement made possible by technology will bridge the gap. In the life assurance industry, e‐business implementation has played a major role in assisting...

Purpose – Focuses on the potential advantages and pitfalls of a multi-generational workforce. Design/methodology/approach – Focuses on the potential advantages and pitfalls of a multi-generational workforce. Findings – Argues that younger people are often more technologically “savvy”...

Business process reengineering (BPR) is following a typical maturity cycle as a business fad. Some of the more radical and flashy elements are omitted as the basic principles integrate into common sense and business and engineering school curricula. The ways of evaluating benefits become more...

The primary objectives of the study were to determine the principal influences of electronic mediation on textbased communication as perceived by experienced users and to provide a basis for additional research including nonusers and novice users. To achieve the first objective, the Delphi...

Security of data and information has always been a concern for business organizations. With recent trends towards down-sizing and the implementation of Local Area Networks, the necessity for the development of carefully formulated policies and procedures for data security has taken on a new...

Smart grids and smart meters are central for the integration of distributed, renewable electricity generation. For smart grids to operate smoothly, technology standards are essential. In Europe, a multitude of different standards have been developed, making standard selection a complex task for...

Conventional electrical grid is transforming into smart grid—an evolutionary solution to satisfy rapidly emerging and vibrantly changing requirements of utilities and customers by intelligently leveraging telemetry concepts of instrumentation and control engineering in form of communication...