CONTENTS

CONTENTS

Communications of the IIMA

Volume 5 Issue 4 2005

RFIDS: From Invention To Innovation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Susan Foster, Helana Scheepers, & Nasrin Rahmati

The Restech Connections CD Project: A Case Study on The Social Construction Of Risk . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Jason Koch and Jack T. Marchewka

The Price of Security: The Challenge of Measuring Business Value

Investments In Securing Information Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Tony Coulson, Jake Zhu, Shan Miyuan & C.E. Tapie Rohm

Status of e-Government in Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Douglas A. Goings, Mahesh B. Vanjani & Carol A. Goings

Java Bluetooth Wireless Technology for Evaluating Student

Performance in Classroom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Reggie Davidrajuh

The Impact of Human Resource Information Systems:

An Exploratory Study in the Public Sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 39

Nicholas Aston Beadles II, Christopher M. Lowery & Kim Johns

Understanding Cyberspace Addictive Behavior with Critical

Social Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Study on Recommender Systems for Business-To-Business

Electronic Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Xinrui Zhang & Hengshan Wang

E-Banking in Rural Area - Recent Trend and

Development: A Case Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Jiaqin Yang, Mike Whitefield & Rina Bhanot

Innovative Teaching Techniques For Distance Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

SiFo-Peers: A Social FOAF Based Peer-to-Peer Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Brahmananda Sapkota, Lars Ludwig, Xuan Zhou & John G. Breslin

An Effective Knowledge Management Environment

Based on Knowledge Grid in Business Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Hengshan Wang & Liqun Ji

An Effective Knowledge Management Environment

Based on Knowledge Grid in Business Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Gao Xuedong, E Xu, Li Tieke & Zhang Qun

Use of Internet by Health Professionals and

Consumer Support Groups: a case analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Rachel McLean, Oliver Kayas, and Alison Henderson

Politics, Democracy in the Light of Information and Communication Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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