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Research and Advances Mar 1 2010

Is Stickiness Profitable For Electronic Retailers?

Is stickiness the Holy Grail for e-tailing? The conventional wisdom suggests that stickiness is crucial and can contribute to e-tailers' bottom lines considerably. However, the direct economic impacts of stickiness have not been duly examined empirically.

Computing Applications

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Research and Advances Apr 1 2007

What Are People Searching on Government Web Sites?

A study of search activity on the Utah.gov Web site.

Computing Applications

Research and Advances Jun 1 1992

An object-oriented methodology for knowledge base/database coupling

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Research and Advances Feb 1 1990

Dynamic file migration in distributed computer systems

The importance of file migration is increasing because of its potential to improve the performance of distributed office, manufacturing and hospital information systems. To encourage research in the file migration problem, the authors summarize accomplishments of researchers of the problem, provide a detailed comparison of file migration and dynamic file allocation problems, and identify important areas of research to support the development of effective file migration policies.

Architecture and Hardware

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