The International Technology Management Review
Volume 3, Issue 3, September 2013
Research Article
1. E-Torch: A Mobile Commerce Location-Based Promotion System
Pantea Keikhosrokiani, Norlia Mustaffa, Muhammad Imran Sarwar, Nasriah Zakaria
Pages: 140 - 159
Mobile infrastructure technological development in the last decade leads to novel mobile commerce based advertisement addressing the businesses and end-consumers. Although location-based services developed rapidly in recent years, the reasons why we proposed a new system were lack of an intelligent location-based...
Case Study
2. Investigating the Impact of External Factors on User Perceptions: A Case Study of Software Adoption in Middle East
Tahereh Monzavi, Behrouz Zarei, Amir Hossein Ghapanchi
Pages: 160 - 174
This paper identifies a set of external factors which may influence on users’ perceptions about an information system’s ease of use and usefulness underlying user beliefs. The research model was developed based on Davis's Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) along with extending a comprehensive list of...
Research Article
3. Trade Secrets Protection in the Context of Employment in China: the Law and the Business Operations
Chuanhai Chen, Yahya Al-Ansari
Pages: 175 - 186
This paper presents a study exploring and explaining the risk factors that cause businesses to lose trade secrets. The study examined the role of employees in the process of trade secrets divulgence, employee's confidentiality defined by the law, contractual obligations, inevitable disclosure, civil...
Research Article
4. Agile Project Management for IT Projects in SMEs: A Framework and Success Factors
Daniel O’Sheedy, Shankar Sankaran
Pages: 187 - 195
Project management methods have been developed from industry practices and international standards to ensure a higher rate of success for information technology projects. These have been widely used in large organisations effectively. However, when projects are implemented in a small or medium-sized...
Research Article
5. Applications of Educational Serious Games for Information Technology Related Subjects in Higher Education
Afrooz Purarjomaldlangrudi, Amir Hossein Ghapanchi
Pages: 196 - 207
Serious games which are designed for purposes rather than pure entertainment have become one of the popular topics these days as they have the potential to be effective and efficient teaching tools which are interactive, attractive and immersive. This study conducts a systematic literature review on...