This is a special issue of QMRIJ whichreflects important aspects of research andbusiness. This special issue has been guestedited from IBM by Professor Merlin Stoneand Julie Abbott. Far reaching advances incommunications and information technologymean that interaction between companies andtheir...

We inhabit a world where communicationsand information technology are now anaccepted part of our lives. The technology isimproving faster and faster with product lifecycles becoming much shorter. How is thataffecting life for the consumer - especiallyyounger people? Many small and...

"The development of business intelligence has enhanced the visualization of data to inform and facilitate business management and strategizing. By implementing effective data-driven techniques, this allows for advance reporting tools to cater to company-specific issues and challenges. [This...