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Empirical Investigation Of The Relationship Of Privacy, Security And Trust With Behavioral Intention To Transact In E-commerce
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-08-23)Privacy and security concerns of consumers have been touted as one of the hindrances in the growth of e-commerce. These concerns increase risk perception of consumers. Understanding the consequences of privacy and security ... -
An Empirical Examination Of Factors Influencing Work-unit Knowledge Management Effectiveness In Organizations
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-08-23)The true importance of knowledge and Knowledge Management in today's organizations cannot be overstated. Unlike many of the other types of capital that appear on an organization's balance sheet, existing knowledge ... -
Capturing The Longitudinal Dynamics Of Customer-supplier Relationships: An Empirical Examination Of The Roles Of IT, Transaction Economics And Social Exchange
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-08-23)The forms of cooperative business hold the promise of reduced costs, increased efficiencies, rapid market and environmental responses, expanded market opportunities, new resources, faster product developments, and the most ... -
A Typology Of Cluster Concentrations Based On Factor Conditions Of Production And Evolution Of Supply Chain Infrastructures
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-08-23)If the reader would imagine a 500 piece picture puzzle of which only one single piece is available for research, then it is obvious that any conclusions concerning the puzzle as a whole would at the very best be limited ... -
Data Mining And Statistics: Examining Critical Patterns Of Research And Practice
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-08-23)Data Mining (DM) has gained increasing attention in academia and growing importance in business over past decades. This is a study to examine the current status of DM in both research and practice with a focus on the role ... -
Implementation Of Enterprise Information Systems: A Comparative Study Of Enterpise Application Integration (EAI) vs Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-08-23)This dissertation is a two part study which examines and compares two of the most common Enterprise Integration technologies: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Enterprise Application Integration (EAI). The first part ... -
Towards A Systemic View Of Organizational Dynamic IT Capability: An Empirical Assessment
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-08-23)In an increasingly complex world characterized by hyper-competition and turbulence, an organization's ability to sustain its competitive advantages depends not only on how it acquires its capabilities, but also on how it ... -
Task Complexity And Effectiveness Of Pair Programming: An Experimental Study
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-08-23)Extreme Programming, which is recently gaining popularity as an alternate software development methodology, involves two programmers working collaboratively to develop software. This study examined the efficacy of pair ... -
Determinants Of Knowledge Sharing Behaviors: Developing And Testing An Integrated Theoretical Model
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-08-23)Knowledge sharing has been identified as the key enabler of knowledge management. To leverage knowledge resources and to support knowledge sharing, organizations are employing knowledge management systems. While knowledge ... -
An Empirical Examination Of The Influence Of Information Technology And Trust On Supply Chain Dyad Relationships And Performance
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-08-23)Reacting to increased competition, companies are adopting inter-organizational information systems (IOS) that share information across the supply chain partners. This sharing requires trust. To better understand the ... -
Influence Of Codified Knowledge On Software Design Task Performance: A Comparison Of Pairs With Individuals
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-08-23)The need to improve the success rates of software development projects has prompted the software engineering community to come-up with various initiatives. These initiatives include: new software development processes such ... -
Assessment Of Manufacturing Performance Using Data Envelopment Analysis
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-09-17)In today's global and highly competitive economy, organizations are constantly monitoring their performance and the performance of their competitors. With technological advancements and increased expectations from consumers, ... -
A Two-order Effect Model Of It Business Value: Theoretical Development And Empirical Test
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-09-17)A new model for IT Business Value is proposed and empirically validated from longitudinal panel data. We posit that IT has a first-order effect that includes automating, and a second-order effect that is more dependent ... -
An Adaptive Reputation-based Trust Model For Intelligent Agents In E-marketplace
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2008-04-22)In the emerging Electronic Marketplace, intelligent agents that are reactive, proactive and social will become the major players. These intelligent agents will search for good deals, evaluate trading partners and eventually ... -
The Effect Of Leadership Style On CIO Effectiveness
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2008-04-22)While IS researchers have often opined that leadership is important, a theoretical examination of leadership in the CIO context is lacking. We examine Leadership style in the light of the transformational leadership theory ... -
A Comparison Of Traditional And Active Learning Methods: An Empirical Investigation Utilizing A Linear Mixed Model
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2008-04-22)This research aims to understand what types of learners (business school students) benefit most and what type of learners may not benefit at all from active learning methods. It is hypothesized that different types of ... -
The Impact Of Information Technology On Small, Medium, And Large Hospitals: Quality, Safety, And Financial Metrics
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2008-04-22)This study focuses on the role of information technologies in healthcare, and investigates the relationship of IT sophistication to patient safety, healthcare quality, and financial performance in Texas acute care hospitals. ... -
Why Do People Engage In Social Computing? A Need Fulfillment Perspective
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2008-08-08)With the trend towards social interaction over the Internet and the popularity of websites such as Myspace, Facebook and Youtube among others, practitioners and researchers are motivated to explain the sudden surge in user ... -
Acceptance Of Systems Development Methodologies: Testing A Theoretically Integrated Model
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2008-09-17)Industry reports continue to portray a dismal picture of software development project success. Software projects continue to be over budget, overdue and lacking in quality and desired functionality. A variety of innovative ... -
To Test Before Or To Test After - An Experimental Investigation Of The Impact Of Test Driven Development
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2009-09-16)Test driven development (TDD) requires the developer to create the test suite before designing and writing the application program. Unlike traditional software development practices, in TDD test development precedes ...