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IB, a quarterly journal, is dedicated to the latest advancements of Internet and Business, and the intersection of Economics with business applications. The goal of this journal is to publish cutting edge research and promote the research work in these fast moving areas. All manuscripts submitted to IB must be previou…
Zhaoyuan Geng, Yini Wang, Fei Shao
Under the premise that the global economic environment is in the turbulence, companies need to strive to make their own in this environment and seek further development, which makes researches on the financial pre-warning particularly important.This article s…
Yan Liu, Dahai Dong, Robert E. Burnkant
Internet word-of-mouth (WOM) has a powerful impact on the consumer information search process. However, richness in information causes information overload. Consumers are not able to efficiently find the information they need among numerous and often redundan…
Anthony E. R. Sukow, Rebecca Grant
This article demonstrates a revenue forecasting model for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business models. Due to the highly predictable nature of subscriptions, a SaaS business can often project future revenue on the basis of a few key metrics. However, underst…
Lena Khaled
Component based technology is widely used for both academicians and business. There are numbers of benefits for using this type of technology. First, it helps to increase the efficiency and maintainability of software. Second, it im proves quality and helps t…
Zongqian Zhu, Mei Zhang, Xiaodou Liang, Yan Huang
In the ERP project implementation, it is an important mean to control the implementing risk effectively that distin guishing and fulfilling ERP project risk sharing responsibilities between the enterprise and the partners. Starting from the three-stage of dec…
Efiong Akwaowo
This study explores Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and its effects on the economic growth in Cameroon within the period 2006-201 1 . The purpose of this study is to understand the reason why increased FDI had not led to more eco nomic growth in Cameroon. Agh…
Weiyue Liu
Through doing investigation and research of several construction enterprises in local city, the author realized the weak areas of engineering management for the construction industry. Therefore, the paper gave such a result that manage ment status for the ind…
William Ruland
This paper reports upon the profitability of firms that locate their headquarters in same-industry geographic concentra tions or clusters and those that opt to maintain headquarters in other locations. While the preponderance of the theoreti cal and descripti…
Sinje Sung, Sangmok Kang
This study analyzes the trust level relationships of the warehousing industry firms in the city of Busan, South Korea in regards to their determinants and spatial dimensions. A firm’s environment, such as reputation and renown, forms the relationship between…
Nhlanhla Mlitwa, Nondumiso Tshetsha
The maturity of interactive ICT solutions, with related convergence of various services on mobile platforms has revolutionised the way we communicate, and conclude business transactions in the information age . The rise of e-Commerce, e-Business, e-Health, e-…
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IB, a quarterly journal, is dedicated to the latest advancements of Internet and Business, and the intersection of Economics with business applications. The goal of this journal is to publish cutting edge research and promote the research work in these fast moving areas. All manuscripts submitted to IB must be previou… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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