November 22nd, 2009
Documentation, Glossary, Web information systems
BY
*Kevin R. Coulson, Ph.D.
coulsonk@emporia.edu
S. Prasad Kantamneni, Ph.D.
kantamnp@emporia.edu
*Please address all correspondence to the first author at: Department of Marketing, School of Business, Emporia State University, 1200 Commercial Dr., Emporia, KS 66801
ABSTRACT
While the idea of virtual corporation as a strategy has been given a lot of attention to date, very little work has been done to address the concept from the academic viewpoint.
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November 19th, 2009
Glossary, Library management
Administration creates the techniques by which the purpose of an institution is fulfilled at minimum cost with minimum effort. It is mainly concerned with the directive function through which an administrator unifies and channelizes the efforts of all personnel engaged in an enterprise, and guides their activities in the right direction. The administrator directs the efforts and energies of the personnel in right channels to attain the objectives for which the enterprise is established.
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November 17th, 2009
Glossary, Information systems
The term ‘gateway’ is used to describe a range of Internet sites that in some way provide access to other, predominantly Internet-accessible, resources. Gateways are intended to facilitate resource discovery by their target audience – to help their users find what they need via the Internet.
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July 27th, 2009
Glossary, Library Science
Sometimes we talk simply for the sake of hearing ourselves talk, and for the same reason we dance, or sing in the bathroom. The activity gives us a pleasant sense of being alive.1 Generally, noises we thus make are called
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