The Effects of Electronic Collaboration in Distributed Project Management

Abstact The emergence and widespread use of collaborative technologies for distributed project management has opened up opportunities for off-shore outsourcing and collaborative development. However, most tools and techniques for project management focus on on-site, long term relationships and sourcing strategies at a time when inter-organizational relationships are becoming more dynamic and geographically dispersed. This paper uses grounded theory to analyze data on virtual teams' projects. The analysis uncovers “effects” in the way in which distributed projects are managed. These effects relate to coordination, communication and adaptation to distributed electronic work environments. Following an analysis of these electronic collaboration “effects”, a model for distributed project management is presented.     

Environmental Management Accounting: A Case Study Research on Innovative Strategy

The aim of this paper is to conduct an in-depth study on environmental management systems developed in the ceramic tiles sector. This study is conceived as an improvement on a previous survey related to an environmental diagnosis of the ceramic tiles sector where some incongruities between environmental explicit speeches and environmental actions were detected. Such incongruities revealed that firms assumed to be highly environmental committed while from facts this commitment was not so high proved. So, it was necessary to introduce case study research methodology to clarify and to understand the reasons of these inconsistencies. The main objectives of our case study research are two. The first one consists in determining the relationship between firms and environment, analysing environmental positions in companies assumed in their environmental strategy and their environmental behaviour reflected in facts, while the second one attempts to establish the role played by the accounting information system in the environmental management systems of the companies in the sector. Our case study research reveals the elaboration of a larger amount of environmental accounting information for internal use than for external one. This fact is due not only to the inexistence of regulations about environmental disclosures in Spain, at that time, but also to the importance of environmental internal accounting information for management which supports the prevalence of decision-usefulness theory in the implementation of environmental management systems.Lecturer of Management Accounting in the Department of Finance and Accounting of the University Jaume I of Castellon (Spain). PhD in Business Management, with a focus on Environmental Management Accounting. Participant in several research funding programmes related to Environmental Management in Spain, Scotland and Guatemala.     

Divergent and Convergent Idea Generation in Teams: A Comparison of Computer-Mediated and Face-to-Face Communication

Many tasks and decisions in business, including management consulting, are performed in group settings. Computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools (e.g., Lotus Notes) are increasingly being used by businesses to support teams in a variety of settings. Considerable research in information systems has demonstrated the advantages of electronic brainstorming (EBS) for generic tasks involving only divergent thinking. However, it is unclear whether the benefits of CMC extend to tasks that require both divergent and convergent processes. Per task–technology fit theory (TTF) (Zigurs and Buckland 1998), the use of computer-based group communication support tools, including chat systems in wide-spread use today, may be less effective for convergent processes than for divergent processes. This study experimentally compares the performance of computer-mediated and face-to-face (FTF) teams on tasks requiring both divergent and convergent processes. Consistent with theoretical predictions, the results revealed that computer-mediated teams outperformed FTF teams in the divergent aspects of the tasks, while FTF teams outperformed computer-mediated teams in the convergent aspects of the tasks.     

双音多频通信接口的设计

介绍了一种利用双音多频(DTMF)信号进行数据通信的接口电路,具体阐述了该电路的组成原理以及软硬件的实现方法.     

OMNI-实现空间通信系统标准化的新思路

世界500强跨国公司具有显著技术优势,500强企业的战略调整有利于我国利用大型跨国公司投资促进技术进步。吸收500强跨国公司投资是我国促进技术进步和产业升级的重要措施。但是吸收大型跨国公司投资既有促进技术进步的作用,又有技术垄断的负面影响。吸收大型跨国公司的竞争性投资有利于营造竞争环境,打破技术垄断,并将我国国内产业竞争推进到国际竞争的前沿。     

The Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Tourist Information and Promotion of the Polish Carpathians in Foreign Tourism Markets

The recent years have been a time of rapid development of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in tourism. The objective of this article is to analyse and assess the use of ICTs in tourist information and promotion of selected municipalities in the Polish Carpathians, the largest region of mountain tourism in Poland. Particular attention was paid to the activities taken by DMOs, local entrepreneurs and cultural institutions. The use of ICTs in the Polish Carpathians is at a relatively advanced level, but still not sufficient enough to make these solutions a fully effective tool in building a strong regional brand in the international tourism markets.     

信道估计偏差对空时编码的OFDM系统性能的影响

本文研究了采用空时编码的OFDM系统的性能，通过Monte Carlo仿真分析了系统性能和信道估计偏差对系统的影响。     

频率复用系统同信道干扰抑制因子的研究

随着中国加入WTO及中国经济的发展,国外、国内企业的国际直接投资、融资需求将进一步扩大。因此,招商引资中介服务将越来越重要。但目前在我国国际直接投、融资中介方面还存在诸多问题,不能适应发展的需要。将传统的方式与现代的网络技术相结合,把整合营销的观念引入招商引资中,发展招商引资中介业,促进国际资本流动和我国经济的发展,有着重要的意义。     

自适应无线传输技术在高速下行数据分组接入中的应用

随着高速、多媒体数据业务需求的日益增长 ,未来无线移动通信系统越来越需要解决支持更高速数据传输技术及频带利用率的问题 ,自适应传输技术是提高频带利用率的有效手段。结合最新3GPP提出的高速下行数据分组接入HSDPA ,归纳、总结和分析了自适应无线传输技术在HSDPA的应用以及其优点和应用前景、未来的研究方向     

基于m序列的宽间隔跳频序列的生成

为了克服对偶法生成宽间隔跳频随机序列的缺点,基于m序列,提出非线性模d法,利用非连续抽头模型,生成宽间隔跳频随机序列.比较了对偶法生成的跳频序列和非线性模d法生成的跳频序列的自相关性能和互相关性能等.计算结果表明,非线性模d法是对偶法的明显改进,其生成序列的随机性、抗干扰性都有明显改善,且相关性能接近于最佳跳频序列的相关性能.