Category «Knowledge Management»

The Effect of Market Leadership in Business Process Innovation: The Case(s) of E-Business Adoption

The Effect of Market Leadership in Business Process Innovation: The Case(s) of E-Business Adoption, Kristina Steffenson McElheran, Working Paper 10-104, Harvard Business School “This paper empirically investigates how market leadership influences firm propensity to adopt new business process innovations. Using a unique data set spanning roughly 35,000 plants in 86 U.S. manufacturing industries, I study …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Knowledge Management

DOD Launches Updated Social Media Hub Web Page

Federal Computer Week: “DOD today launched an updated Social Media Hub Web page to provide quick links to service-affiliated Facebook, Twitter and YouTube social media sites as well as policy documents, training manuals and other information and to provide a forum for discussion. The military services have been active participants in social media. For example, …

Subjects: Blogs, E-Government, Knowledge Management

More Fallout from Failed Attempt to Modernize FBI Computer System

News release: “Senator Chuck Grassley is pressing the Director of the FBI for additional information about its latest attempt to modernize its antiquated computer system. Grassley sent a letter to Director Robert Mueller following reports that a stop work order had been placed on both phases 3 and 4 of the Sentinel contract with Lockheed …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Pulse of the Nation: U.S. Mood Throughout the Day inferred from Twitter

Pulse of the Nation: U.S. Mood Throughout the Day inferred from Twitter, by Alan Mislove, Sune Lehmann, Yong-Yeol Ahn, Jukka-Pekka Onnela, J. Niels Rosenquist – researchers from Northeastern University and Harvard University, studying the characteristics and dynamics of Twitter.

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Index Indicates Washington, D.C. Has Low Economic Misery

bizjournals: “Washington residents can claim one of the least miserable economies in the nation, based on one straightforward measure: the misery index, which combines inflation with unemployment. The misery index in the Washington/Baltimore area currently stands as the second-lowest in the nation, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Washingtons year-over-year inflation rate, at 1.95 percent, …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management

New GAO Reports: Alien Smuggling, Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests, Federal Agencies' Use of Web 2.0 Technologies, Oil and Gas Management

Alien Smuggling: DHS Could Better Address Alien Smuggling along the Southwest Border by Leveraging Investigative Resources and Measuring Program Performance, GAO-10-919T, July 22, 2010 Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests: Misleading Test Results Are Further Complicated by Deceptive Marketing and Other Questionable Practices, GAO-10-847T, July 22, 2010 Information Management: Challenges In Federal Agencies’ Use of Web 2.0 Technologies, …

Subjects: Blogs, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

My Digital Library: Leveraging Todays Mobile and Participatory Information Ecosystem

Pew Internet Presentation: Libraries, Mobile, New Media Ecology – My Digital Library: Leveraging Todays Mobile and Participatory Information Ecosystem, by Kristen Purcell, July 29, 2010 at Digital Libraries à la Carte 2010, Tilburg University

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Wireless Web

New on LLRX.com – Your Cheat Sheet for Local Rule Motion Practice Part Two: Central District of California

Your Cheat Sheet for Local Rule Motion Practice Part Two: Central District of California, by Wendy Schneider” You know the Federal Rules backwards and forwards, but its compliance with the local rules that really makes a civil litigator look like a pro to colleagues and clients, and leaves the opposition in the dust. In this …

Subjects: Courts, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

UK Gov't Government launches Google Earth map that predicts effects of climate change

Follow up to previous postings on climate change, UK Mail Online: “A Google Earth map that shows the potential impacts of global temperature rises of 4C was unveiled by scientists and ministers [from the Foreign Office (FCO) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc)]…The interactive map lets the public see what could happen …

Subjects: E-Government, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Report: Only 14 percent of U.S. radio stations have gone digital

An Analysis by The Investigative Reporting Workshop: “Only 14 percent of U.S. radio stations have gone digital, despite the fact it has been nearly eight years since the government approved the technology, according to an Investigative Reporting Workshop analysis. Whats more, the number of stations making the switch is actually decreasing, according to one report. …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

New Report: "A Slice of Research Life: Information Support for Research in the United States"

A Slice of Research Life: Information Support for Research in the United States, July 2010 “Relationships between researchers and traditional library and university support for research have shifted radically; many of the services most valued by researchers are found not in the library but on the network. The majority of researchers interviewed for this study …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

House Majority Leader Majority Leader Hoyer Unveils House Floor Feed

News release: “House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) unveiled today a newly expanded service from the Majority Leaders Office that provides the latest internal information about what is happening on the House Floor: Beginning today, all House Democratic staff will have access to regular updates on whats happening on the House Floor through the …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

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