Ebook: Organizational, Business, and Technological Aspects of the Knowledge Society: Third World Summit on the Knowledge Society, WSKS 2010, Corfu, Greece, September 22-24, 2010. Proceedings, Part II

It is a great pleasure to share with you the Springer CCIS 112 proceedings of the Third World Summit on the Knowledge Society––WSKS 2010––that was organized by the International Scientific Council for the Knowledge Society, and supported by the Open Research Society, NGO, (http://www.open-knowledge-society.org) and the Int- national Journal of the Knowledge Society Research, (http://www.igi-global.com/ijksr), and took place in Aquis Corfu Holiday Palace Hotel, on Corfu island, Greece, September 22–24, 2010. The Third World Summit on the Knowledge Society (WSKS 2010) was an inter- tional scientific event devoted to promoting the dialogue on the main aspects of the knowledge society towards a better world for all. The multidimensional economic and social crisis of the last couple years brings to the fore the need to discuss in depth new policies and strategies for a human-centric developmental process in the global c- text. This annual summit brings together key stakeholders of knowledge society dev- opment worldwide, from academia, industry, government, policy makers, and active citizens to look at the impact and prospects of it information technology, and the knowledge-based era it is creating, on key facets of living, working, learning, innovating, and collaborating in today’s hyper-complex world.

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second World Summit on the Knowledge Society Primer held in Corfu, Greece, in September 2010.

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second World Summit on the Knowledge Society Primer held in Corfu, Greece, in September 2010.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
A Study of Emotions in Requirements Engineering....Pages 1-7
Subcultures in Large Companies: An Exploratory Analysis....Pages 8-18
Woodfuels Prosperity towards a More Sustainable Energy Production....Pages 19-25
A European Languages Virtual Network Proposal....Pages 26-33
Financial Constrains for Innovative Firms: The Role of Size, Industry and ICT Uses as Determinants of Firms’ Financial Structure....Pages 34-45
Operational Strategy of Demand Buses, Using Self-Organizing Map....Pages 46-56
Extending TAM to Understand E-Governance Adoption by Teachers in Greece....Pages 57-68
How Do ICT Uses and New Human Resources Practices Affect SMEs’ Efficiency?....Pages 69-78
Building a Web-Based Knowledge Repository on Climate Change to Support Environmental Communities....Pages 79-84
Crucial Barriers of Knowledge Society....Pages 85-93
Sustainable Innovation Strategies in Education: OLPC Case Studies in Ethiopia and Uruguay....Pages 94-104
The Semi-opened Infrastructure Model (SopIM): A Frame to Set Up an Organizational Learning Process....Pages 105-112
Competitive Learning in Electric Circuit Theory Using MOODLE....Pages 113-122
Theory and Practice Meets in Industrial Process Design -Educational Perspective-....Pages 123-135
Support Tool in the Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder....Pages 136-145
Business-IT Alignment in Trade Facilitation: A Case Study....Pages 146-154
Analyzing IT Service Delivery in an ISP from Nicaragua....Pages 155-165
An Analysis of the Use of Social Software and Its Impact on Organizational Processes....Pages 166-174
Investigating Student Satisfaction from Environmental and Architectural Design Elements of 3D Educational Facilities within 3D Virtual Worlds....Pages 175-185
Perceived Compatibility and the Adoption of B2C E-Commerce by Non-buyers....Pages 186-192
Support Tool in the Diagnosis of Sales Price of Dental Plans....Pages 193-200
Ontology-Based Gap Analysis for Technology Selection: A Knowledge Management Framework for the Support of Equipment Purchasing Processes....Pages 201-213
Quality Management: Concepts and Approaches for Software Projects....Pages 214-219
’Ethos’ Enabling Organisational Knowledge Creation....Pages 220-232
Barriers to Implement Test Process in Small-Sized Companies....Pages 233-242
Overcoming Interoperability Weaknesses in e-Government Processes: Organizing and Sharing Knowledge in Regional Development Programs Using Ontologies....Pages 243-253
An Adaptive Web-Based Support to e-Education in Robotics and Automation....Pages 254-265
Enhancing Users’ Participation in Business Process Modeling through Ontology-Based Training....Pages 266-277
Information Logistics for Incomplete Knowledge Processing....Pages 278-288
The Strategic Partners Network’s Extraction: The XStrat.Net Project....Pages 289-294
Green Computing: Need of the Hour....Pages 295-302
A Collaborative Network Model for Agrifood Transactions on Regional Base....Pages 303-311
Knowledge-Based Approach in Research Projects and Programs Evaluation....Pages 312-318
System of Indicators in the Innovation Management: Business Intelligence Applied to Tourism....Pages 319-325
An Overview on Transports and ITS....Pages 326-335
Aggregation Procedure Based on Majority Principle for Collective Identification of Firm’s Crucial Knowledge....Pages 336-342
Customer Relationship Management Systems – Why Many Large Companies Do Not Have Them?....Pages 343-345
Is Accessibility an Issue in the Knowledge Society? Modern Web Applications in the Light of Accessibility....Pages 346-352
Structure of the Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) for Computational Tools: Citizenship and Social Inclusion....Pages 353-358
Organizational Knowledge Capitalization Based on Product Patterns and Web 2.0 Technology....Pages 359-364
Applying a Methodological Approach to the Development of a Natural Interaction System....Pages 365-370
A Review of Chief Information Officer’ Main Skills....Pages 371-380
Using Financial Ratios to Select Companies for Tax Auditing: A Preliminary Study....Pages 381-386
Semiotic Analysis of Brazilian E-Commerce Signs....Pages 387-392
Clean Plate Movement and Empowerment of Civil Leadership for Developing Sustainable Life Style....Pages 393-398
Knowledge Base Methods of Obtaining Preference of Dental Patients....Pages 399-404
Managing Research Portfolios in the Knowledge Enterprise: A University Spin-Out Case Study....Pages 405-411
Geogebra for Solving Problems of Physics....Pages 412-417
Simulation – Concepts and Applications....Pages 418-423
Measuring Administrative Burdens of e-Government Services for Rural SMEs....Pages 424-428
Guidelines for Implementing Change: A Case Study....Pages 429-434
Don’t Break the Memory Line: Social Memory, Digital Storytelling and Local Communities....Pages 435-442
Compositional Effects in Italian Primary Schools: An Exploratory Analysis of INVALSI SNV Data and Suggestions for Further Research....Pages 443-452
Engaging Students in Higher Education through Mobile Learning....Pages 453-459
Convergence of Culture and ICTs: E-Culture....Pages 460-470
Accelerated Modular Multiplication Algorithm of Large Word Length Numbers with a Fixed Module....Pages 471-487
An Introduction to Videoconference Video Traffic....Pages 488-496
Teaching a Foreign Language to Deaf People via Vodcasting & Web 2.0 Tools....Pages 497-505
Back Matter....Pages 506-513
Characterization of Texture in Images by Using a Cellular Automata Approach....Pages 514-521
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