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COR
2011
14 years 4 months ago
Online scheduling of weighted equal-length jobs with hard deadlines on parallel machines
We consider the problem of scheduling a maximum profit selection of equal length jobs on m identical machines. Jobs arrive online over time and the goal is to determine a non-pre...
Sven Oliver Krumke, Alfred Taudes, Stephan Westpha...
HICSS
2008
IEEE
180views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2008»
15 years 4 months ago
Systems Theory and Knowledge Management Systems: The Case of Pratt-Whitney Rocketdyne
Abstract. Despite a growing body of research on knowledge management (KM) systems, many managers are still unsure how they can implement a KM system that will effectively contribut...
Mark Chun, Kiho Sohn, Priscilla Arling, Nelson F. ...
HICSS
2010
IEEE
156views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2010»
15 years 3 months ago
Tacit Knowledge Flows and Institutional Theory: Accelerating Acculturation
Knowledge is key to sustainable competitive advantage, but different kinds of knowledge affect competitive advantage differently. This applies especially to the environment of inc...
Alicemary Aspell Adams, June G. Chin Yi Lee, Mark ...
BIS
2008
130views Business» more  BIS 2008»
14 years 11 months ago
Employee Competencies for Business Process Management
Business process management (BPM) is an approach which empowers companies to react flexibly to new market situations. The main goal of BPM is to improve efficiency and effectivenes...
Stefan Eicker, Jessica Kochbeck, Peter M. Schuler
IQ
1996
14 years 11 months ago
Data Quality in Practice: Experience from the Front Line
Information, stored in databases, is a key competitive advantage of many companies. However, this importance does not imply that managers will view data as a strategic resource or...
Christopher P. Firth