In times of a globally connected world and constantly changing market conditions, companies must find better ways how to fruitfully involve users into their innovative efforts. Especially users’ need knowledge has been identified as fundamentally important for successful innovation and future...

The current crisis is the first of this severity to hit developed countries, since they have shifted to knowledge-based service economies where investment in intangible assets, is of equal importance as investment in machinery, equipment and buildings. SMEs are usually the innovative catalysts...

Most of the cotton texttile industry in Thailand are commodity player who focus more on bulk production, engaged in spinning and/or weaving operations and supply yarn fabric. Raw materials cost forms a major component of cost and operate at low margins. This research aims to study one of the...

The relative differentials in educational empowerment and performance among the different racial groups in American public schools have consistently been in the forefront of public discuss and educational policy. Various reasons have been adduced for the perceived differentials in educational...

The young are a social group most likely to be included in insecure forms of employment. Employers give special emphasis to the presented talents of young job seekers. Each individual’s offering, his or her personal characteristics and competences are important for every organisation. In this...

There is no doubt that education is very important which reinforces the tendency to start the process of education in the early years and extended into the third decade of someone’s life. Today, individuals even with higher education do not have a guarantee to get a job and this is why it is...

The global tendency in education to separate the humanistic elements and humanistic approach from sciences has a visibly negative influence on young people’s mentality, communication skills and personal development. There is an urgent need to fight against dangerous consequences of the...

The formation of the modern economy known as the “knowledge based economy” implies many challenges and consequences for the business operation. It applies particularly to the strategy and the strategic management. Environmental determinants and the complexity of the potential of a company...

Today knowledge is considered the most strategically important resource for business organizations. a clear link between business strategy and KM strategies is critical (Storey & Barnet, 2000; Zack, 1999, 2002), but researches show this link is often weak (Leinder, 1998; Ruggles, 1998; Storey & Barnet, 2000;...

ICT usage for communication and marketing activities can play important role in facilitating internationalization of firms, as well as being a source of competitive advantage of the enterprise in comparison to firms less advanced in ICT deployment. Main goal of the paper is to explore to what...