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Combating terrorist financing and other financial crimes through private sector partnerships
Authors: Forman Marcy M. 
Published: June 2006

PurposePartnerships between the public and private sectors represent one of the strongest means to detect, deter, disrupt and deny terrorist and other criminal organizations illicit profits and material support required to fuel their evil acts. The purpose of this paper is to discuss and illustrate through case study, the importance of public and private sector partnership in combating terrorist financing and other financial crimes.Design/methodology/approachTwo case studies are presented demonstrating how the public and private sectors can collaboratively work to target how criminal organizations earn, move and store their illicit profits. Highlighted is US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE's) outreach and partnership program, Cornerstone. Through working partnerships with US financial, trade, manufacturing and transportation sectors, Cornerstone's goal is to eliminate systemic vulnerabilities that could be exploited by terrorist and other criminal organizations.FindingsICE provides the private sector with information on trends, patterns, and “red flag” indicators that are identified during criminal investigations. This information can be used by the private sector to assist in establishment of internal controls and systems designed to protect their institutions from criminal exploitation.Practical implicationsSharing identified vulnerabilities and information with trusted private sector partners, is the first line of defense against financial crimes, and the cornerstone of private/public partnership.Originality/valueThe paper stresses that all nations must recognize that any criminal act – whether driven by profit or ideology – threatens a nations economic security and integrity. In today's global economy, this impact can have devastating consequences transcending many borders.
Achieving business excellence through synchronous supply in the automotive sector
Authors: Bennett David , O'Kane James 
Published: June 2006

PurposeTo provide the reader with an appreciation of the present trends in the UK automotive supply industry as they affect the first and second tier supply chain and aims to give researchers an insight into the complex interaction between suppliers and their customers.Design/methodology/approachLiterature review which is divided into the sub‐sections of strategy, structure, processes and co‐ordination required within the manufacturing environment, to identify the influence of synchronous supply as it affects these main areas of operations management.FindingsThrough the use of examples from previous papers written on automotive and related supply industry operating methods, and to date Grounded Theory forming a pilot study to empirical research for this research, it concludes that synchronous supply can provide the lead for an efficient automotive supply chain.Research limitations/implicationsThe concept of synchronous supply presents a challenging research framework for supplier operating strategy, structuring processes and co‐ordination between the vehicle manufacturer (VM) and the whole supply chain.Practical implicationsA useful source of information for VMs and their first tier suppliers to understand more about synchronous supply and its affect on the supply chain.Originality/valueThis paper presents the concept of synchronous supply as a challenging framework for supplier operating strategy, structuring processes and co‐ordination between the VM and the whole supply chain.
A benchmarking methodology for metalcasting industry
Authors: Ribeiro Laura M.M. , Sarsfield Cabral J.A. 
Published: June 2006

PurposeTo provide the basis for the development of a specific benchmarking methodology for the foundry industry.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology was developed with the support of the Portuguese Foundry Association (APF). The project was structured in two stages: developing the model for the performance assessment (including performance indicators specially designed for the foundry companies); and conducting a pilot benchmarking exercise in order to validate the model. Both stages received the contribution of eight relevant national foundries.FindingsProvides information about expectations of the benchmarking partners group. Make available a specific benchmarking model for assessing the foudries' performance based on critical factors. Provides foundry‐oriented indicators. Confirms that benchmarking is a time‐consuming tool, demanding continuous commitment of the top‐managers.Research limitations/implicationsA limitation of the study is the number of benchmarking partners (eight foundries). The statistical analysis of the results based on this small sample was not practicable, preventing the definition of the presumed causal relations between improvement practices and performance outcomes.Practical implicationsThe benchmarking model is now available at the APF. From now on, this institution can provide its members with a tool for promoting the co‐operation among companies and to enhance and enlarge significantly the available information about this sector. This activity will, certainly, help to improve organisations' performance, upgrading the competitiveness of the metalcasting industry in Portugal.Originality/valueThis paper helps the development of benchmarking in the metalcasting industry in which the number of published studies is very limited.
Best practices of collaboration between university and industrial SMEs
Authors: Peças P. , Henriques E. 
Published: June 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to the implementation of best practices of collaboration between university and industrial small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs).Design/methodology/approachThis paper presents the experience carried on by a university group fostering the collaboration with SME companies involving young engineering students and researchers in projects designed for the resolution of real industrial problems. A collaboration model is proposed and described. Four real case studies are presented.FindingsThe purposed model promotes the involvement of the young engineers with authentic industrial experiences, enables the build‐up of their practical framework and encourages their entrepreneurial growth. It also promotes the innovation process in SME companies through the close collaboration with universities.Practical implicationsThe collaboration between universities and SME companies should be based on a small projects base. These projects must be focus in localized and specific problematic areas in the industrial companies, where the potential of improvement and innovation is large, must diagnose the problematic situation and propose new and efficient solutions supported by technical/scientific methodologies. The involvement of managers and collaborators of SME companies and the clearly definition of their roles in the project are fundamental issues for the collaboration success.Originality/valueThe model presented in this paper describes an innovative step‐by‐step procedure, easy to be implemented by the universities. It emphasises the impact of some details during the collaboration process that enhance the success potential of university‐SME companies' projects, the quality of the research work produced and the quality of young future engineers training. It also fits with the SME companies' demands of a mix of structured knowledge and empirical experience.
An expert diagnosis system for the benchmarking of SMEs' performance
Authors: St‐Pierre Josée , Delisle Sylvain 
Published: June 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to show that benchmarking allows SMEs to improve their operational performance.Design/methodology/approachThe paper presents a fully implemented expert diagnostic system which evaluates on a benchmarking basis the performance of SMEs.FindingsThe research results with hundreds of SMEs show that benchmarking allows them to improve their operational and financial performance thus confirming the usefulness of benchmarking for SMEs, especially since traditional performance models for large enterprises do not apply well to SMEs.Research limitations/implicationsBased on data mining techniques, future work should allow us to significantly extend our knowledge on SMEs, and further improve our evaluation model of SME performance.Practical implicationsPractitioners and researchers should pay more attention to benchmarking as a valuable performance evaluation tool, not only for large businesses, but for SMEs as well.Originality/valueThe paper highlights the development and use of a benchmarking‐based “360‐degrees” performance evaluation system for SMEs.
The performance of property developments of institutional investors
Authors: Kurzrock Björn‐Martin , Roth Michael 
Published: June 2006

PurposeOnly a small amount of research is available as yet on the performance of property developments. This article seeks to analyse the performance of property developments in institutional property investors' portfolios over four European countries – France, Germany, Sweden, and the UK – based on property level data submitted to the IPD property databank. The study also aims to consider total returns of standing investments as a benchmark for property developments.Design/methodology/approachPerformance data over the period 1998 to 2002 are analysed by means of a multi‐factor analysis of variance where the factors are the country, property use type, year of completion, duration and capital value groups of property developments. As property developments usually carry higher risks, one would expect total returns of developments to be higher than for standing investments. By comparing weighted total returns of property developments with those of standing investments, support was found for this assumption in most cases.FindingsOnly in Germany did property developments perform even worse than the standing investments. Country and capital value were found to be the key performance drivers for property developments in the four countries. Interestingly, property use type does not yield a significant impact on performance.Originality/valueAs a first contribution, the findings of the study are supposed to be valuable for European institutional property investors in their asset allocation decision processes.
Freehold valuations: the relationship between implicit and explicit DCF methods
Authors: French Nick 
Published: June 2006

PurposeProposes to elucidate the relationship between implicit and explicit discounted cash flow (DCF) methods in freehold valuations.Design/methodology/approachSets out a calculation of annual growth with respect to a rack‐rented property.FindingsFinds that the advantage of the DCF model is that it makes the assumptions underpinning the valuation explicit.Originality/valueThis shows how the valuer is allowed to analyse the market and to answer not only the question of the price of the property but also the question of whether it is worth that price.
From underground cult to public policy for citizens: democratizing an open source artifact at a policy level in South Korea
Authors: Lee Kwang‐Suk 
Published: June 2006

PurposeThis study aims to explore the feasible use of free and open source software (FOSS) at a policy level in South Korea, which is reacting against being locked into only one technology company, Microsoft.Design/methodology/approachBased on participatory democratic theory, this paper suggests that the normative role of the state is as a public mediator in the development of an information technology (IT) infrastructure, encouraging greater freedom of choice and the establishment of an electronic environment – such as the community‐based use of software technology – for citizens to use easily and freely.FindingsSouth Korean policymakers have explored FOSS as a kind of a political metaphor: at the international level, FOSS offers a rare opportunity to free the country from its technological dependence on transnational software vendors. At the national level, it is an engine for technological innovation and for market competition. However, the market or business paradigm has dominated most discussions of FOSS in Korea. As a result, the economic paradigm of FOSS is vulnerable and could easily surrender to the proprietary logic of the software market.Originality/valueThis study describes how the Korean government must maximize the societal benefits of FOSS within the public sector in order to reduce reliance on proprietary software and open the developmental path to alternative technologies.
Two tales of one service: user acceptance of short message service (SMS) in Hong Kong and China
Authors: Yan Xu , Gong Min , Thong James Y.L. 
Published: June 2006

PurposeThe short message service (SMS) has been available in Hong Kong and China since the late 1990s. However, the user acceptance patterns for this service have been evidently different in these two regions. Based on fieldwork in Hong Kong and China, this study attempts to explain these differences.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses the information technology acceptance framework, which posits that various external factors impact on a person's perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and subjective norms, leading to user acceptance of the SMS.FindingsThis study contributes to telecommunications research by delineating the various stimuli to consider for successful technology acceptance in a global setting, which can account for differential impacts across regions. These stimuli include the economic development level, cultural differences, political censorship, business models, market competition, and input language.Research limitations/implicationsMore rigorous statistical analysis will further enhance this paper.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study can assist telecommunications operators in formulating an effective region‐specific strategy when launching a wireless data service in a particular environment.Originality/valueThis paper is of use in that it studies telecommunications issues with reference to the theories of information systems.
A study of internet industry structural determinants with interconnection strategies: will regulation be necessary?
Authors: Shin Seungjae , Tucci Jack , Glaser‐Segura Daniel 
Published: June 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to survey the internet industry structure from the interconnection point of view and demonstrate why peering is difficult to achieve in the local access market.Design/methodology/approachAn internet interconnection game model is built and equilibrium analysis is provided in this paper.FindingsThe paper finds that the key element as an internet industry structural determinant is peering interconnection and the relationships created by that interconnectedness. Even if peering is an efficient way to exchange traffic freely, the dominant strategy for small, local internet service providers (ISPs) in the internet access market is transit. This result shows that it is hard to make a peering arrangement for the small ISPs with small amounts of traffic and a limited number of subscribers.Originality/valueThis paper supports internet policy makers reviewing the internet interconnection policy.
Convergence of telecommunications, media and information technology, and implications for regulation
Authors: Shin Dong‐Hee 
Published: June 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to review current policy debates on convergence in Korea and the UK. This study compares the two countries' cases of how they prepare for convergence, what are the regulatory frameworks, and what are the conflicting issues in the convergence.Design/methodology/approachThis study conducts a comparative case study between Korean and the UK. Data are collected through literature review, regulatory document and market research.FindingsThe regulation in the UK has been focused on how to change the notion of public interest in the convergence era, whereas the agenda in Korea seems to be how to apply a legacy of public interest to convergence services. The laws of public interest in Korea have been drawn from a legacy regime, which makes applying in a convergence era increasingly difficult. There is a compelling need for conceptual clarification in understanding the meaning of public interest in the convergence environment.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research may further investigate the effective regulatory framework in the emerging convergence era.Practical implicationsRegulation needs to be transparent, clear and proportional and distinguish between transport and content. This implies a more horizontal approach to regulation with a homogenous treatment of all transport network infrastructure and associated services, irrespective of the nature of the services carried.Originality/valueThis research identifies issues regarding convergences and suggests a way in which the two different principles of broadcasting and telecommunications can be integrated; how public interest laws can be reconciled with considerations of competition and economic efficiency is explained.
Recent developments in the telecommunications industry of Nepal
Authors: Whalley Jason 
Published: June 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to chart the development of the Nepalese telecommunications industry and assess how they may develop in the future.Design/methodology/approachA country case study approach is adopted. The Nepalese context is outlined before the telecommunications industry is described and the main drivers of its development identified. The paper draws on interviews as well as secondary sources and models the relationship between the main drivers of the industry in Nepal.FindingsAlthough the Nepalese telecommunications industry has substantially changed since the modernisation process began in early 1980s, large parts of the country remain without access to telecommunication services.Research limitations/implicationsSome data collection problems were encountered, but these were addressed through the use of multiple sources.Practical implicationsThe industry's future development will be shaped by the interplay between geography, resources and the CPN (Maoist) insurgency.Originality/valuePrevious studies have tended to focus on one part of the Nepalese telecommunications industry or one specific issue. This paper provides a broad overview of the industry and draws attention to the inter‐relationships that exist between the key drivers of telecommunications diffusion in Nepal.
The web‐internet compound as the infrastructure of digital government
Authors: Zwass Vladimir 
Published: June 2006

PurposeTo provide the framework for digital government in its e‐government and e‐democracy aspects.Design/methodology/approachUsing the aspects‐and‐opportunities framework of the internet‐web compound, the nodal aspects of the continuing and potential technologically‐based change known as digital government are discussed. Reallocation of certain government functions to the market becomes newly attractive economically in the presence of the web as marketplace. The web as a broadly accessible medium and a forum offers new opportunities in digital democracy. The utilitarian aspects of the internet‐web, those of the universal telecommunications network, delivery vehicle, and a common development platform, render the compound a new societal infrastructure, with the consequent benefits and exposures. The opportunities, as well as vulnerabilities, need to be the focus of information specialists as technologists and as citizens.FindingsOpportunities are surfaced to reallocate the functions of e‐government from the hierarchy to the market using e‐commerce methods and tools.Research limitations/implicationsVulnerabilities of the web‐internet combine in the application to e‐government are not investigated here.Practical implicationsMove from the bureaucratic to market‐oriented structures is implied.Originality/valueA broad application of e‐commerce facilities to digital government is presented within a disciplined framework.
The importance of strategic readiness in an emerging e‐government environment
Authors: Koh Chang E. , Prybutok Victor R. , Ryan Sherry , Ibragimova Bashorat 
Published: June 2006

PurposeThe purpose of the study is to examine how information technology, strategic planning processes, and people interact in an emerging e‐government environment.Design/methodology/approachA discriminant model was developed to test the ability to distinguish between the perceptions of high and low importance of six major e‐government functions as a function of a four‐item strategic e‐government readiness scale. An empirical study of a municipal government supported the discriminant model.FindingsGovernment agencies must evaluate how strategic e‐government plans are developed, communicated, and integrated into the work environment. Without the proper understanding of the importance of e‐government initiatives, employees do not place high value on e‐government initiatives.Research limitations/impli‘cationsThis study focuses on one group of stakeholders, employees. Future studies might consider other interested parties, like citizens, business partners, and other government organizations. Future researchers could also compare various municipalities and identify those that are successful in implementing e‐government initiatives and explore the factors that contribute to that success.Practical implicationsGovernment agencies must ensure that their IT plans are aligned with business strategies as they attempt to expand their e‐government services. It is also important that the content and organizational importance of the strategic plans be effectively communicated to employees.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the current body of knowledge on e‐government by facilitating understanding and measurement of e‐government models.
Ontologies for e‐document management in public administration
Authors: Klischewski Ralf 
Published: June 2006

PurposeThis research seeks to explore the potential of ontologies for reorganizing e‐document management in public administration with the aim of supporting administration in organizing cross‐organizational document and information management.Design/methodology/approachSince ontologies are suitable for organizing metadata for annotation of informational resources, the research question is: How can public administrations make use of ontologies for organizing and improving their e‐document management? Findings, based on an action research project in the state administration of Schleswig‐Holstein (Germany).FindingsThe research findings indicate that structuring documents and information through ontologies requires a socio‐technical infrastructure consisting of a number of regularities, services and support on the level of organization as well as information technology.Research limitations/implicationsSince the case of Schleswig‐Holstein is typical for governments trying to enter the information age without having the power and resources to be on the leading edge, the recommendations based on this research may support the strategy development and solution finding in other administrations as well.Practical implicationsA rather small government (such as that of Schleswig‐Holstein) must be aware of its strategic goals and step ahead carefully in order to avoid the risks of misinvestment while reorganizing its e‐document management.Originality/valueThe paper systematically addresses the question “How can public administration make use of ontologies for organizing and improving their e‐document management?”.