Knowledge as a strategic resource and support factor has a higher and higher importance in software development processes, and in software process improvement projects. Therefore the conscious management of this resource and the efficient support of knowledge management (KM) processes are vital for organizations. In this article, the possible knowledge-related processes and the use of the possible support factors are researched and analysed. As a result of the research an integrated model of support factors has been developed. The research was carried out among software development companies, and resulted in a framework of KM supporters: technological factors, organizational factors and human resources (HR) factors. As conclusion of the research, these factors should be used in harmony in order to achieve success. Another conclusion of the research is that KM is a vital part of the operation of any software development organization or practice. Therefore a development of a KM strategy, as well as the development of KM processes: knowledge mapping and assessment (knowledge audit), knowledge leverage (share and transfer), and knowledge development is required.

Corporate governance has become increasingly important in developed and developing countries just after a series of corporate scandals and failures in a number of countries. Corporate governance structure is often viewed as a means of corporate success despite prior studies reveal mixed, somewhere conflicting and ambiguous, and somewhere no relationship between governance structure and performance. This study empirically investigates the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and financial performance of listed banking companies in Bangladesh by using two multiple regression models. The study reveals that a good number of companies do not comply with the regulatory requirements indicating remarkable shortfall in corporate governance practice. The companies are run by the professional managers having no duality and no ownership interest for which they are compensated by high remuneration to curb agency conflict. Apart from some inconsistent relationship between some corporate variables, the corporate governance mechanisms do not appear to have significant relationship with financial performances. The findings reveal an insignificant negative impact or somewhere no impact of independent directors and nonindependent non-executive directors on the level of performance that strongly support the concept that the managers are essentially worthy of trust and earn returns for the owners as claimed by stewardship theory. The study provides support for the view that while much emphasis on corporate governance mechanisms is necessary to safeguard the interest of stakeholders; corporate governance on its own, as a set of codes or standards for corporate conformance, cannot make a company successful. Companies need to balance corporate governance mechanisms with performance by adopting strategic decision and risk management with the efficient utilization of the organization's resources.

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Abstract. With a steady increase of requirements against business processes, support of compliance checking is a field having increased attention in information systems research and practice. Compliance check is vital for organizations to identify gaps, inconsistency and incompleteness in processes and sometimes it is mandatory because of legal, audit requirements. The paper gives an overview about our research and development activities in the field of compliance checking with the help of semantic business process management (SBPM). We propose a compliance checking approach and solution, illustrated with a use case from higher education domain.

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