Malware, virus, e-mail scam, identity theft, evil maid, password logger, screen scraper… Cyber security concerns everyone. Computers can be your trusted friends or traitors. The Internet is a scary place. Going on the Internet is like walking the streets of a crime-ridden neighborhood. Cyber criminals work to steal your privacy, money, assets, and even identity. Cyber-attacks are intangible, …
Asia and the Pacific has been advancing in many aspects of its development, but the potential for growth is vast. The ADB Institute Series on Development Economics aims to identify and propose solutions using a multidisciplinary approach to impor- tant development issues facing economies in the Asia and Pacific region. Through edited volumes and monographs, the series showcases the research out…
The role of Management information system (MIS) in business environment has evolved over time to become an integral part of its business operations in Nigeria. The use of information systems (ISs) has increased in the last 10 years not only by firms, but also by individuals and even governments. The use of ISs was encouraged by the technological breakthroughs; the advancements in telecommunicat…
The urban renewal project is an activity to regenerate existing city areas that have become run-down. In South Korea, urban renewal is led by the government, which perceived the importance of reducing environmental burden and enhancing the efficiency of use of existing urban infrastructure (Bae et al., 2008). Managing these projects is challenging for the government because of its insuffici…
Digital image processing is an important research area. The techniques developed in this area so far require to be summarized in an appropriate way. In this book, the fundamental theories of these techniques will be introduced. Particularly, their applications in the image enhancement are briefly summarized. The entire book consists of three chapters, which will be subsequently introduced. C…
The rapid scaling of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology has resulted in the sharp increase of time resolution and the continuous decrease of voltage headroom. As a result, time-mode circuits where information is represented by the time difference between the occurrence of digital events, rather than the nodal voltages or branch currents of electric networks, offer a viabl…
Abstract This paper focuses on the defining the role of CRO in corporate governance and to show the interrelation between the way of CRO subordination and performance of investment bank. The sample consists of observations over a period of 2011 for 29 biggest investment banks (by amount of assets) implementing world-wide investment activity. The banks are originated in the USA (8), Eastern …
The concepts of flood risk management (FRM) have been widely embraced over the past decade. In many instances this conceptual acceptance has resulted in changes to decision-making practice, highlighting risk management as potentially more complex, but more efficient and effective in delivering multiple goals, than a traditional engineering standards-based approach. In particular, the emergence…
The current paper presents the state-of-the-art of strategic management accounting (SMA) information usage among organisations. Despite SMA claimed importance to organisations operating in today’s competitive environment, little is known about its current achievement. In Malaysia in particular, the subject is almost absent. Thus, motivated by the scant attention given to SMA, the current …
The aim of this paper is to introduce a strategic management concept that is focused on environmental consciousness. First, starting from the concept of environmental consciousness and its interpretation at a corporate level, it determines the external and internal factors of companies’ strategic positioning. In the next step, it summarizes the possibilities of formulating strategic alternati…
While often used interchangeably, data and information do not mean the same thing. In a few simple words, data is what you can save, transform, or retrieve, whereas information is what you normally use in a decision-making process. On the other hand, these two terms are very closely related, as information is taken out of data. And sometimes, it may be quite sufficient to take a glance at your …
This study guide provides an overview of the most important topics and current debates covered in Human Resource Management (HRM) field at undergraduate level. Its aim is to help students in their understanding of what HRM is, how it functions in organizational settings, why people are important as organizational resources and how this resource can be effectively managed in the 21st Century. T…
Internet computing is changing the nature and scope of information systems (IS). Most IS methods and techniques were invented before the advent of the Internet. What will the world of information systems practice be like in the age of the Internet? What methods and techniques will be relevant? We review the world of information systems in terms of processes and products, qualities, social struc…