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Kfutwa, Fukah. "Motivational Factors for Growth in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) : Information Technology Perspective." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Informatics, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-844.
Full textSmall and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) constitute the backbone of many economies in the world today. This is because they are creating new jobs and contributing positively to their respective economies in which Sweden is not an exception and par-ticularly the municipality of Jonkoping. SMEs invest in IT to gain access to integration of transactions oriented data and business processes.
This thesis, motivational factors for growth in SMEs – (IT perspective) give an overview of how SMEs grow as a result of the introduction and implementation of IT. Information Technology (IT) is seen to be a motivational factor for the growth of SMEs. This is because it acts like an enabler to their businesses and the current business environment.
To answer the research question, I conducted an empirical study of some companies in Jonkoping that are using IT as a motivational factor for growth. Interviews were con-ducted through the use of a structured questionnaire and to a lesser extent, unstructured questionnaire.
Results from studies portrayed that, these companies introduced and implemented IT as a motivational factor for similar reasons though with different objectives.
Diana, Mark L. "Information Technology Outsourcing in U.S. Hospital Systems." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1093.
Full textGiammarco, Kristin. "Data centric integration and analysis of information technology architectures." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/2989.
Full textwith specific recommendations for the Army Architecture Integration Process. A key recommendation is the implementation of a collaborative environment for net-centric architecture integration and analysis, to provide a rich and agile data foundation for systems engineering and System of Systems engineering analyses, which are required to optimize the DoD Enterprise Architecture as a whole. Other conclusions, recommendations, and areas for future work are also presented.
US Army (USA) author.
Dillon, Andrew. "User acceptance of information technology." London: Taylor and Francis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105880.
Full textJonathan, Gideon Mekonnen. "Information Technology Alignment : The Role of Organisational Structure." Licentiate thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-180803.
Full textTidigare informationsteknologi (IT)-alignment-studier fokus legat på den konceptuella debatten och inte på studier som undersöker praktiska frågor. En sådan praktisk fråga är vilken påverkan som organisationens struktur har på IT-alignment. Forskningsfokus för IT-alignment-studier legat på privata och kommersiella organisationer och inte offentliga organisationer. För att ta itu med dessa luckor i forskningslitteraturen syftar denna studie till att undersöka formella och informella organisationsstrukturers inflytande på IT-alignment i offentliga organisationer. Avhandlingen är en sammanställning av tre studier - en systematisk litteraturöversikt och två fallstudier. Litteraturöversikten visar på bristen på IT-alignment-studier i offentliga organisationer med fokus på organisationsstruktur. Resultaten från de två fallstudierna i en svensk kommun, tyder på att det samtidigt både finns formella och informella organisationsstrukturer som påverkar IT alignment. Resultatet av den första (kvalitativa) fallstudien visade centraliserad formella organisationsstrukturen samt tre former av informella organisationsstrukturer, nämligen interpersonella relationer, tvärsavdelningsrelationer och professionella nätverk, vilka alla påverkade IT-alignment. Den andra (kvantitativa) fallstudien syftade till att fastställa styrkan i de olika organisationsstrukturformernas påverkan på IT-alignment. Bland de identifierade organisationsstrukturformerna hade den informella organisationsstrukturen tvärsavdelningsrelationer det mest betydande inflytandet på IT-alignment, mer precis kommunikation, partnerskap och den dynamiska IT-räckvidden. Även interpersonella relationer hade inflytande på kommunikation, IT-styrning och kompetensutveckling. Den centraliserade organisationsstrukturens inflytande på IT-styrning bekräftades också, däremot gick det inte att fastställa inflytandet av professionella nätverk. Denna studie ger flera bidrag till forskning och praktik. Även om tidigare studier har undersökt olika organisationsstrukturers inflytande på IT-alignment, så är – så vitt vi vet – detta den första studie som undersökt inverkan från både formella och informella organisationsstrukturer på IT-alignment. Studien ger också empiriskt stöd för den rollen organisationsstruktur spelar för IT-alignment i offentliga organisationer. Ledare inom den offentliga sektorn kan använda sig av resultaten för att identifiera olika organisationsstrukturformer och göra nödvändiga justeringar för att förbättra IT-alignment.
Guvence, Cagri Isik. "Information Systems Success And Expectations For Information Technology Investment: Case Study." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605995/index.pdf.
Full textHan, Chun Kwong. "Information technology policies and government information systems : a multiple level perspective." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.358788.
Full textSaodekar, Sarvesh P. (Sarvesh Pramod). "Information technology and sustained competitive advantage : a research model for the effect of information technology on sustained competitive advantage and an empirical analysis." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76508.
Full textCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-72).
Companies consider Information Technology (IT) to be a major factor for achieving sustained competitive advantage (SCA). The effect of IT on firm performance has been studied from two main perspectives: the market based perspective and the resource based view. The market based perspective emphasises market structure as the primary cause of a company's strategy and the resource based view builds on the concept of an enterprise as a bundle of unique resources. In this thesis, the effect of IT on SCA is studied from these two theoretical frameworks and an integrated research model is proposed. This model considers contribution of IT factors: IT assets, IT capabilities and IT strategies towards SCA. An empirical analysis of the SCA research model has been done through surveys. The results of this analysis do validate some literature based findings but do not provide statistical evidence of any IT factors leading to SCA.
by Sarvesh P. Saodekar.
S.M.in Engineering and Management
Ragab, Soha Elaskalani. "Information Technology Adoption by Small Businesses Owners." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2576.
Full textVernon, Mona Masghati. "The role of customer experience in technology strategy : implications for product adoption in information technology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67569.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-105).
This research identifies and describes the impact of customer experience on the adoption of information technology products. The research findings are applied to the business case of a global technology firm entering into in the cloud computing space. We chose a customer-centric lens in order to better understand how information technology is turned into value for the customer. We complemented well-defined industry-level models of technology adoption by building an original system dynamics model of the relationships of the technology firm with its enterprise customers. Important dynamics were derived from the review and analysis of selected leading edge managerial frameworks that were best suited for the studied business. The market analysis includes interviews with potential enterprise and small business cloud customers, market analysts, and executives at several companies selling cloud computing services. At the firm level, we modeled the effect of different product launch and development strategies and the impact of organizational learning on new business development. The system dynamics model is a management flight simulator that overcomes the limitations of classical management frameworks. The model was calibrated against historical product adoption data that was provided by a leading global information service provider. By running different scenarios, managers may simulate the impact of investments in research and development and marketing. Managers may also test the implications of successfully designing a positive customer experience and of adopting a culture of continuous improvement and business experimentation. The results of this study show that in order to survive and compete in the digital economy, information technology companies need to shed a comfortable yet myopic focus on technology advantage and acquire the capability to develop and execute business strategies focused on excellent and inimitable customer experience. The willingness to experiment and ability to learn are critical success factors. Sustainable competitive advantage also hinges on having the ability to run business experiments, fail, learn from failures and effectively spread that knowledge through the organization.
by Mona Masghati Vernon.
S.M.in Engineering and Management
Payam, Dadkhah Sayed, and Bhaskar Dubbaka. "Role of Information Technology in Lean Enterprise Systems." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Ingenjörshögskolan, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-20100.
Full textAasi, Parisa. "Organizational Culture and Structure Influence on Information Technology Governance." Licentiate thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-126689.
Full textXiang, Anbo. "Essays on information service systems /." View abstract or full-text, 2006. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?IELM%202006%20XIANG.
Full textNordström, Torbjörn. "Informaction Systems Stewardship : Advancing utilisation of information technology in organisations." Doctoral thesis, Umeå University, Informatics, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-152.
Full textOrganisations depend on IT for successful completion of many organisational activities. A distinction can be made between organisations with an IT-dependency of type-1, where IT-artefacts perform earlier manual routines, and organisations with an IT-dependency of type-2, where organisations utilise already digital data to enable new or radically improved organisational processes. Recognition of IT-dependency indicates that the way IT-artefacts are related to organisations is important. Moreover, the ways in which such relations are subject to change have so far seldom been subject to research. Thus, the research question asked in this thesis is: How to sustain and further develop the ways IT-artefacts and activities become and continue as related in order to effectively support changed or new organisational activities?
Within informatics we have been preoccupied with studying design of IT-artefacts. I found a design perspective inadequate to grasp the complexity of how IT-artefacts become related to organisational activities. Thus, as a secondary research question I ask: How can IT-artefacts and organisational activities they are intended to support be perceived and understood as fundamentally related? The research questions have methodological implications. Since I could not find a theory giving the answer to my complementary research question, I made it my business to produce one. Methodologically speaking this thesis to a great extent concerns theory construction. In answering the secondary research question I suggests an object of study comprising IT-artefacts and organisational agents co-producing organisational actions; informaction systems. An embryonic theory is outlined, based on Weick’s account of organising, describing mechanisms according to which ITartefacts and organisations become related.
Assuming the embryonic theory of informaction systems to be valid some initial conclusions concerning my original research question can be deduced. (1) seeing an IT-artefact and organisational agent as an action-producing unit means that no one has unilateral control over the co-produced organisational actions. (2) informaction systems become established rather than implemented. (3) sustaining relations is not a design problem, instead it is usually connected to care, so my secondary research question needs to be characterised by a shift from a design mood to a care mood. (4) guidance of an activity in which there is no unilateral control and that has a lot to do with care is characterised by a shift from management to stewardship. (5) the idea that implementation of IT-artefacts dictates organisational behaviour has to be abandoned. Instead it is paramount importance to be sensitive to how IT-artefacts actually become made sense of and hence used and utilised. This can be characterised as a shift in focus from telling to listening. These conclusions are subsumed in an approach to my original research question I have named informaction systems stewardship.
Brown, Jill A. "Examining Strategic Information Technology in Relationship to the Need for Technology Modernization." TopSCHOLAR®, 2009. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/129.
Full textÅgerfalk, Pär J. "Information Systems Actability : Understanding Information Technology as a Tool for Business Action and Communication." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, VITS - Laboratoriet för verksamhetsinriktad systemutveckling, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-4927.
Full textEriksson, Emil. "System collaboration and information sharing using DDS technology." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Avdelningen för datorteknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-297576.
Full textLomerson, William L. (William Lough). "Information Technology Needs of Professional Education Faculty with the Implications for the Design of Information Technology Systems." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332783/.
Full textSánchez, Antonia Eugenio. "Developing information systems technology within NHS wound clinics : an evaluation." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2005. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/developing-information-systems-technology-within-nhs-wound-clinics--an-evaluation(21fd5772-ca43-4af2-8f08-ab1613f52d74).html.
Full textIyamu, Tiko Osayande. "The impact of organisational politics on information technology strategy." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10958.
Full textThe study consulted literature from both academic and professional domains. None of the literature referred to has done any study on the impact of organisation politics on IT strategy. The research conducted empirical case studies in two South African organisations. The two organisations are different in terms of cultural and transformative settings. The study included the involvement of people, processes and technology in the development and implementation of IT strategy.
Wimelius, Henrik. "Duplicate systems : investigating unintended consequences of information technology in organizations." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-42088.
Full textNorton, Juliet Nicole Pumphrey. "Information Systems for Grassroots Sustainable Agriculture." Thesis, University of California, Irvine, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13808140.
Full textScientists widely accept that modern agriculture is unsustainable, but the best methods for addressing unsustainability are still contested (Constance, Konefal, and Hatanaka 2018). Grassroots sustainable agriculture communities have long participated in the exploration of solutions for agriculture unsustainability, and their momentum continues to grow in the technical age. Practitioners of grassroots sustainable agriculture use many information systems that were not originally built to support the design of agricultural systems. Based on ethnographic research with two grassroots sustainable agriculture communities, I show that participants’ personal and community values frequently clashed with those embedded in information systems, including ones used to look for and manage plant information. Furthermore, I demonstrate a range of information challenges that participants faced in the absence of tools designed to support their specific work. I argue that practitioners of grassroots sustainable agriculture need information systems tailored to their goals and values in order to productively address barriers to designing and building agroecosystems for their communities.
This dissertation provides an example of how to involve communities in the development of information technology artifacts and strengthen efforts to support sustainability via technological interventions. First, I engaged in two grassroots sustainable agriculture communities as a participant, experiencing their practices, values, and information challenges first hand. Then, I worked with the communities to create a plant database web application (SAGE Plant Database) that supports agroecosystem design in local contexts. Members of the communities participated in the design, development, and data population stages so that the SAGE Plant Database supports their design context and upholds their technological and holistic sustainability values. At the foundation of the database is a plant ontology grounded in the participants’ practice of designing agroecosystems. My comparative analysis of the design of the SAGE Plant Database to other databases demonstrates its relevance due to its emphasis on agroecological relationships among plants and between plants and the environment, the inclusion of ethnobotanical data, and the embedded community values. By engaging in this research, I seek to make progress towards transforming the technology-supported food system into one that furthers food security, food sovereignty, and holistic sustainability.
McGee, Mary Jane. "Information Technology Management Strategies to Implement Knowledge Management Systems." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4156.
Full textÅgerfalk, Pär J. "Information systems actability : understanding information technology as a tool for business action and communication /." Linköping : Univ, 2003. http://www.ep.liu.se/diss/information_science/2003/07/index.html.
Full textTuyisenge, Marie Jeanne. "BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY SECURITY CONCERNS:LITERATURE REVIEW." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Informationssystem, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-446799.
Full textShuaib, Muhammad. "Two-Tone PLL for On-Chip Test In 90nm-Technology." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Electrical Engineering, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-18590.
Full textIn this report the two-tone PLL circuit intended for on-chip test of RF blocks is presented. The primary application is the third order intermodulation test (TOI), vital for RF front-ends. If the spectral analysis can also be completed by DSP available on the chip or on board, it provides a built in self-test (BiST) which can replace costly test instrumentation (ATE). The advantage of the designed two-tone PLL is that it practically prevents the locking effect while keeping the two oscillation frequencies close. Also by careful design the possible intermodulation distortion of the two-tone stimulus can be avoided.
The two-tone PLL has been designed and verified at the system level using Verilog-A models in Cadence TM. Besides, two building blocks of the PLL were implemented at the circuit level in 90nm CMOS technology. The obtained results are promising in terms of a practical two-tone BiST implementation.
Katerna, Olga, and Ольга Костянтинівна Катерна. "Modern information technology in business." Thesis, National aviation university, 2021. https://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/53437.
Full textIn recent decades, the amount of information in society in general and information used in the enterprise in particular has increased dramatically. This is due to the growing rates of development of science and technology, the emergence of new technologies, and their rapid replacement. In the markets of raw materials and products, conditions have developed that require constant monitoring of the state of the market, its changes, trends in its development, it is necessary to be able to foresee the further development of the situation and be ready to change the strategy, style of activity, production technology for the fastest adaptation to new external conditions.
В останні десятиліття обсяг інформації в суспільстві в цілому та інформації, використовуваної на підприємстві, зокрема, різко зріс. Це пов'язано зі зростаючими темпами розвитку науки і техніки, появою нових технологій і їх швидкою заміною. На ринках сировини і продукції склалися умови, що вимагають постійного моніторингу стану ринку, його змін, тенденцій в його розвитку, необхідно вміти передбачити подальший розвиток ситуації і бути готовим змінити стратегію, стиль діяльності, технологію виробництва для максимально швидкої адаптації до нових зовнішніх умов.
Velez, Nelson. "Strategies to Lower Information Technology Employee Voluntary Turnover." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7441.
Full textLui, Siu Man. "Impacts of information technology commoditization : selected studies from ubiquitous information services /." View abstract or full-text, 2005. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?ISMT%202005%20LUI.
Full textBien, Ming-Li. "Information Technology Merger and Acquisition." Connect to resource online, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1264375100.
Full textBarnes, Raymond J. "Conflict and ambiguity in information systems development." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2005.
Find full textPilemalm, Sofie. "Information Technology for Non-Profit Organisations : Extended Participatory Design of an Information System for Trade Union Shop Stewards." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, MDALAB - Human Computer Interfaces, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-4981.
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Pugh, Todd W. "Exit strategy in the implementation of Information Technology Systems." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1997. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA341257.
Full text"September 1997." Thesis advisor(s): William J. Haga, Barry Frew. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-57). Also available online.
Ahsan, Qaisar. "Compact information technology enabled systems for intelligent process monitoring." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2006. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/56119/.
Full textBross, Philipp. "The potentials of Blockchain technology in logistics." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Informatik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-39132.
Full textCasarin, Paul. "The impact of information technology on knowledge creation in Woolworths." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9056.
Full textThe impact of Information Technology (IT) on knowledge creation (KC) in companies is both an interesting and challenging topic. This study investigated what the use of IT does to support KC and how it works to bring about that support. Two case studies on the development of Woolworths Financial Services (WFS) products were undertaken. By combining two existing theoretical models, a research framework was developed and used to collect data and interpret the findings. The findings suggested that as knowledge is created in companies, so the level of support provided by IT increases. That is, when sharing tacit knowledge, IT provided limited support. However, during the dissemination of knowledge throughout the organization, IT was seen to provide multiple levels of support. The study attempted to provide management with a framework to assess their suite of IT applications and how they provide support to the KC process. Further discussion and debate around the framework may lead to opportunities to increase the support provided by IT in companies.
Rudin, Robert (Robert Samuel). "Using information technology to exchange health information among healthcare providers : measuring usage and understanding value." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68514.
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Health information exchange (HIE) - the electronic exchange of health information among healthcare institutions - has been projected to hold enormous promise as an antidote to the fragmented healthcare delivery system in the United States. After decades of mostly failed attempts, we still do not know how to make HIE work. This thesis is the beginning of a systematic understanding of HIE, focusing on the clinical users and the context in which the users and the technology interact. It uses a systems approach to understand HIE from the perspectives of the core stakeholders including healthcare providers, patients, health IT vendor companies, public policy, and the HIE organizations that supply data exchange services. The core contributions of the thesis are contained in four studies. Values of healthcare providers as stakeholders in HIE In a stud y of three communities, healthcare provider organizations were found to expect regional HIE organizations to bring them benefits from the ability to measure care quality. However, one relatively larger community placed greater value on the strategic interests of its individual provider institutions, whereas two smaller communities valued the interests of the communities as a whole. Factors that affect clinicians' usage of HIE. In a study of clinician-users of an operational HIE, usage factors were categorized as motivators and moderators. Motivators for individual clinicians' usage of HIE included improving care quality and time savings. Moderators were numerous and included gaps in data, workflow complexity and usability issues. Several policy options and implications are discussed including: requiring HIE organizations to report metrics of HIE contributions and accesses; certifying HIE vendor companies to provide standardized usage metrics; and creating incentives for clinicians as well as HIE organizations and regional health IT extension centers to meet HIE usage targets. Analysis of opportunities to use HIE. In one community, 51% of visits involved "care transitions" among individual providers, and 36-41% involved care transitions between medical groups. The percentage of a provider's visits which involved care transitions varied considerably by clinical specialty and even within specialties. Within primary care, individual clinicians' "transition percentages" varied from 32% to 95%. This study discusses how policies designed to foster HIE usage should take this variation into account. Analysis of mergers and provider recruitment on HIE value. In a simulation study of patient visit patterns in 10 communities, the results suggest that even after substantial consolidation of medical groups, an HIE would still have considerable value as measured by the number of opportunities for data exchange. However, in each community a small number of medical groups were key: if absent from a community HIE, these groups would reduce the value by 50%. Conversely, if they were the only groups participating, the HIE's value would only achieve 10-20% of its value with all groups participating. The results of these studies suggest that HIE will be needed even in the event of the expected large-scale consolidation of healthcare providers. However, efforts will be needed to recruit medical groups to join HIE organizations, to improve HIE technology, and to train clinicians to integrate HIE into their workflows.
by Robert S. Rudin.
Ph.D.
Ouattara, Alain. "Antecedents of Employees' Behavioral Intentions Regarding Information Technology Consumerization." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3817.
Full textNyström, Mikael. "Enrichment of Terminology Systems for Use and Reuse in Medical Information Systems." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Medicinsk informatik, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-58621.
Full textDhillon, Gurpreet. "Interpreting the management of information systems security." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1995. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/275/.
Full textHatloy, Andres Svadberg 1964. "Strategies and scenarios for wireless information systems." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9276.
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This thesis investigates the emerging market for wireless information services caused by the convergence of Internet, information and telecommunication technologies. Portals and content and application providers are now entering a market previously controlled and dominated by the wireless network providers. This thesis starts with a description of this new value chain and a discussion of the power of each of the participants. This is followed by an overview of the market size and the projections for the future, together with a description of services currently available around the world and associated business models. A case study on wireless financial services follows next, to illustrate what might happen and be available in other industries in the near future. I developed three scenarios for the wireless Internet services the next three years: ** A closed case: The Wireless Network As A Toll Road ** Status quo: Internet and Commerce Without Wires, Why The Hype? ** An open case: New Unique and Value-added Offerings Create New Markets I used interviews with leading industry expert to validate these scenarios. There was a general consensus among the experts and managers that my most optimistic and pessimistic scenarios represent the likely range of possible future outcomes. The majority believes we will move from the current closed (i.e. the pessimistic) case to the open model (i.e. the optimistic scenario) ending up somewhere close to the open case. The experts believed that the open model would eventually "win" due to technical improvements and competitive pressure. Based on this, I arrived at ten strategies for successful market penetration of wireless information services. The top three are; act quickly to gain first-mover advantages, enter into profit sharing because this is a complex and networked marketplace, and thirdly address unspoken and subtle needs. The main challenges facing the players in this market are: ** They have to share the ownership and responsibility of the customer experience ** The need for developing open standards together to fuel the growth of the market ** That the timing of the products and services must be right the first time.
by Andres Svadberg Hatloy.
S.M.M.O.T.
Dixon, Sherry Ann. "Retention of Information Technology Employees." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3152.
Full textSundén, Susanne, and Gudrun Wicander. "Information and Communication Technology Applied for Developing Countries in a Rural Context : Towards a Framework for Analysing Factors Influencing Sustainable Use." Licentiate thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Communication and IT, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-748.
Full textInformation and Communication Technology (ICT) has been considered a tool that can be used to achieve development goals in developing countries. In the same time, the majority of people living in developing countries, and especially those in rural areas lack access to ICT. Even if there have been many attempts to introduce ICT, they have in general not been long-lasting.
A framework for studying factors that influence use of ICT is desirable. We see it necessary to bring a sustainability aspect into the picture of ICT. In this work the requirement of ‘sustainable ICT use’ stresses that ICT is long-lasting and that ICT meets the needs of the user. Thus, the aim of this work is to develop a tool for conceptualisation that can support the understanding of the conditions for sustainable, and therefore successful, ICT projects in developing countries.
Our theoretical starting point is taken in the Information System (IS) theories. The theoretical base is then broadened to include theories on international development, theories on sustainable development, and theories on diffusion of innovations and transfer of technology. The theoretical foundation, together with four empirical studies, is used to answer the two research questions in this thesis. The first question is: Which are the critical factors influencing sustainable ICT use in developing countries? By using ‘critical factors’ we emphasise a focus on factors which are crucial (even if possibly not sufficient) for bringing about sustainable ICT use. This question is followed by a second question: How would a framework be structured to properly include these factors in order to support analyses of sustainable ICT use?
The framework has evolved through the identification of factors from four empirical studies. Forty-one factors were identified and sorted into fifteen subcategories of five major capital assets. The main contribution of our study is that of a generic framework, which can be used as a guideline for planning, implementation, and evaluation of ICT projects in a rural developing country context achieving sustainable ICT. As argued in this thesis technology is not the key resource; it is the combination and system of different resources distributed along a time and space dimension that is the key. With our framework we have demonstrated that the ICT artefact is not the sustainability tool, it is the combination of different resources that makes it sustainable and competitive.
Hussein, Safaa A. "An empirical investigation of information systems success : an analysis of the factors affecting banking information systems success in Egypt." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4298.
Full textSerrano, Rico Alan Edwin. "Stochastic Information Technology Modelling for Business Processes." Thesis, Brunel University, 2002. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/2035.
Full textRahimi, Bahol. "Implementation of Health Information Systems." Licentiate thesis, Linköping University, Linköping University, MDA - Human Computer Interfaces, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-15677.
Full textHealthcare organizations now consider increased efficiency, reduced costs, improved patient care and quality of services, and safety when they are planning to implement new information and communication technology (ICT) based applications. However, in spite of enormous investment in health information systems (HIS), no convincing evidence of the overall benefits of HISs yet exists. The publishing of studies that capture the effects of the implementation and use of ICT-based applications in healthcare may contribute to the emergence of an evidence-based health informatics which can be used as a platform for decisions made by policy makers, executives, and clinicians. Health informatics needs further studies identifying the factors affecting successful HIS implementation and capturing the effects of HIS implementation. The purpose of the work presented in this thesis is to increase the available knowledge about the impact of the implementation and use of HISs in healthcare organizations. All the studies included in this thesis used qualitative research methods. A case study design and literature review were performed to collect data.
This thesis’s results highlight an increasing need to share knowledge, find methods to evaluate the impact of investments, and formulate indicators for success. It makes suggestions for developing or extending evaluation methods that can be applied to this area with a multi-actor perspective in order to understand the effects, consequences, and prerequisites that have to be achieved for the successful implementation and use of IT in healthcare. The results also propose that HIS, particularly integrated computer-based patient records (ICPR), be introduced to fulfill a high number of organizational, individualbased, and socio-technical goals at different levels. It is therefore necessary to link the goals that HIS systems are to fulfill in relation to short-term, middle-term, and long-term strategic goals. Another suggestion is that implementers and vendors should direct more attention to what has been published in the area to avoid future failures.
This thesis’s findings outline an updated structure for implementation planning. When implementing HISs in hospital and primary-care environments, this thesis suggests that such strategic actions as management involvement and resource allocation, such tactical action as integrating HIS with healthcare workflow, and such operational actions as user involvement, establishing compatibility between software and hardware, and education and training should be taken into consideration.
Huber, Marsha M. "Measurement of Restaurant Manager Perceptions of Restaurant Management Information Systems." The Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1046698635.
Full textThomas, Patricia. "Information systems success and technology acceptance within a government organization." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2008. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9023/.
Full textThomas, Patricia Koh Chang Eun. "Information systems success and technology acceptance within a government organization." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9023.
Full textAnderson, Chad. "Health Information Systems Affordances: How the Materiality of Information Technology Enables and Constrains the Work Practices of Clinicians." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cis_diss/45.
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