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Chesser, Michele Lee. "Overcoming structures of inequality : a study of the personal networks of minority and female hi-tech business owners /". Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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郭偉本 i Wai-pun Kwok. "Business opportunities in internet". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31267208.
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Zhao, Shaoyu. "Social networks, business strategy, and competitive advantage of private enterprises in China". Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42329/.
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This study focuses on how the social networks of entrepreneurs shape the business strategies adopted by the Chinese private enterprises and the role of social networks in sustaining competitive advantage. Using data collected from 418 surveys and 53 interviews with private entrepreneurs in Guangdong Province in 2013, this study investigates how entrepreneurs embedded in different business-to-business (B2B) networks and business-to-government (B2G) networks perceive the role of social networks in the design and implementation of business strategies. This study also explores the types of political participation private entrepreneurs use to overcome discrimination that undermines their legitimacy and constrains access to resources. The findings from logistic regression and analysis of interviews indicate that private entrepreneurs perceive that B2B networks enable their firms to access accurate information to seize business opportunities, and strengthen long-term oriented buyer-supplier relationships. B2G networks help private firms to overcome the administrative obstacles and access state controlled resources. Private entrepreneurs also employ various political strategies to advance their interests. They usually value more highly membership of the People’s Congress (PC) or People’s Political Consultative Conference (PPCC) over membership of the Communist Party in strengthening B2G connections and establishing firm legitimacy. Overall, this study of Guangdong entrepreneurs contributes to the business literature in seeking to integrate theories about social networks and business strategy. It provides empirical data on how the private enterprises in China use their social networks in business. The results extend the understanding of social network in business strategy and contribute to the studies on social network theory and strategic management in transition countries. A deeper understanding of the role of the social networks in the business environment in China helps managers to choose a more suitable strategy to compete in the market.
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Ruyter, Masood. "The measurement of enterprise architecture to add value to small and medium enterprises". Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2293.
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Thesis (MTech (Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012.South Africa has a complex financial and retail service industry with high reliance on the use of IT systems to ensure effectiveness and maintainability. Decision making and improved outcomes may be done through an IT aligned enterprise architecture (EA) strategy. EA is a capability that contributes to the support and success of an organisations' IT. Organisations are currently using EA to better align IT and the business strategy which provides a comprehensive v.ew of the IT system. Thus, EA is increasing in organisations yet the measurement and value of EA is limited to organisations and enterprise architects. The discussions of the benefits and value of EA has been discussed for several years, however there are still no consensus about how the benefits and value of EA can be measured. The lack and clear understanding of the benefits and value of EA needs to consider different aspects of IT as well as the shareholders when measuring the benefits and value of EA to an organisation.
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Kambaran, Vickesh. "Using a local network to support internationalisation : a case study from New Zealand : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management Studies /". ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1068.
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Li, Juan Julie. "Social relations of foreign firms in China a focus on trust, network ties and social capital /". Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36296326.
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Di, Sandro Dimitris. "On the nature of strategic business networks of Swiss small and medium enterprises". Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2012. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=18240.
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This research aims to explore whether business networks perform the same or a similar strategic role for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) belonging to the same context. Particularly, this research aims to explore whether such a strategic role emerges in the form of context-dependent inter-company patterns. For this purpose, two contexts were researched: the Swiss SME Finance Industry and the Swiss SME NON-Finance Industry. The Swiss SME Finance Industry represents the major context researched, with the Swiss SME NON-Finance Industry being researched to help confirm and debate the findings concerning the Swiss SME Finance Industry and so to reveal the sought-after context-dependent inter-company patterns. Thus, this research interprets the context as the combination of country (Switzerland), enterprise size (SME), and industry (Finance, NON-Finance). Therefore, the sought-after context-dependent inter-company patterns refer to the same country and enterprise size, but separate indu stry-related data. This research was motivated by the researcher's personal, professional experience with SME business networks. This experience has shown to the researcher the importance of knowing contextual conditions when strategizing with business networks. Particularly, the researcher has experience that understanding contextual needs can significantly reduce 'unexpected' outcomes when implementing business network strategies. Thus, this study took place to further deepen the contextual knowledge about business networks. This study identifies two context-related inter-company patterns - that is, two strategic networks. On the one hand, both contexts know a 'People Business Network'. On the other hand, a 'Customer Centricity Network' emerged only within the Swiss SME Finance Industry. Along with these findings, which refer to the main research aim, two major strategic activities, which connect these networks, were identified and further analysed b usiness relationship (management) and collaboration. Thus, this research confirms the importance of researching context-related business network strategies. This study further provides significant details, which SME executives or SME networkers should consider when developing and implementing business network strategies.
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Gu, Fang Flora. "Three studies on business-to-business relations effects of fairness, guanxi, and national animosity on firm performance in China /". Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B3625342X.
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Rosenbaum, Gustav Filip Computer Science & Engineering Faculty of Engineering UNSW. "Providing resilient quality of service connections in provider-based virtual private networks". Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Computer Science and Engineering, 2005. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/25989.
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This thesis focuses on efficient provisioning of resilient Virtual Private Network (VPN) services. It first confirms the intuition that network resources can be more efficiently utilized when resilience mechanisms are implemented by a network provider in the physical network than by its VPN customers in their VPNs. Next, a Multiprotocol Label Switching-based programmable VPN architecture is presented that delivers virtual links as resilient quality of service (QoS) connections and virtual sites. Virtual sites allow customers to implement functionality like customized routing and content adaptation ???in the cloud???, as opposed to the current network model where all functionality is implemented at the network edge. To provision a resilient QoS connection, two paths need to be computed from the ingress to the egress nodes, such that both paths meet the given QoS constraints. Two different frameworks have been proposed in the literature to compute resilient QoS connections when the QoS constraints are bandwidth and end-to-end delay. They both use a preprocessing step whereby either all links with less residual capacity than the given bandwidth constraint are pruned, or the given end-to-end delay is converted to an effective bandwidth. The frameworks thus reduce the problem to one with only a single constraint. We argue in this thesis that these frameworks individually lead to poor network utilization and propose a new framework where both constraints are considered simultaneously. Our framework exploits the dependency between endto- end delay, provisioned bandwidth and chosen path through using the provisioned bandwidth as a variable. Here, two link-disjoint paths are computed together with their respective minimum bandwidths such that both the bandwidth and end-to-end delay constraints are satisfied. Given our framework we first propose a new generic algorithm that decomposes the problem into subproblems where known algorithms can be applied. Then we propose two new linear programming (LP) formulations that return the two paths and their respective bandwidths such that they have the minimum combined cost. To make our framework applicable in a production environment, we develop two new algorithms with low run times that achieve even higher network performance than their LP formulation counterpart. These algorithms systematically use an algorithm that computes non-resilient QoS connections. As no algorithm for computing nonresilient QoS connections with sufficiently low run time has been proposed in the current literature we develop two new algorithms and their respective heuristics with a run time comparable to Dijkstra???s shortest-path algorithm. Our simulations show that exploiting the dependency between end-to-end delay, provisioned bandwidth and chosen path can significantly improve the network performance.
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Gubanich, Bradford C. "How are U.S. corporations using Intranets for their company's internal communication?" Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 1998. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 1998.Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2700. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis as preliminary leaves [1-2]. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-77).
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Yeung, Chun-hung. "Business network of overseas Chinese /". Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18840103.
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Chipika, Stephen. "Networking and technological learning : small and medium scale manufacturing enterprises in Zimbabwe". Thesis, n.p, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/.
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Jacoby, Grant A. "A metric model for Intranet portal business requirements". Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Dec%5FJacoby%5FPhD.pdf.
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Sherry, Zaida. "Governance of virtual private networks using COBIT as framework". Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3389.
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Thesis (MAcc (Accountancy))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.The purpose of this assignment is to ascertain whether the COBIT framework is an adequate framework to assist in the governance of virtual private networks. The assignment focuses on whether the framework can ensure the identification of virtual private network-related risks and address IT compliance with policies and statutory regulations. A brief summary of the risks and issues pertaining to the pre-implementation, implementation and post-implementation phases of virtual private networks is included in the assignment. These risks and issues are then individually mapped onto a relevant COBIT control objective. The scope of the assignment does not include the intricacies of how these networks operate, the different types of network topologies or the different technologies used in virtual private networks. It was found that the COBIT framework can be implemented to manage and/or mitigate virtual private network risks.
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Adkins, Michael Louis. "The internet : strategic implications for competitive advantage /". Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14041327.
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Smeda, Jorina. "Benefits, business considerations and risks of big data". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96684.
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Thesis (MComm)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Big data is an emerging technology and its use holds great potential and benefits for organisations. The governance of this technology is something that is still a big concern and as aspect for which guidance to organisations wanting to use this technology is still lacking. In this study an extensive literature review was conducted to identify and define the business imperatives distinctive of an organisation that will benefit from the use of big data. The business imperatives were identified and defined based on the characteristics and benefits of big data. If the characteristics and benefits are clear, the relevant technology will be better understood. Furthermore, the business imperatives provide business managers with guidance to whether their organisation will benefit from the use of this technology or not. The strategic and operational risks related to the use of big data were also identified and they are discussed in this assignment, based on a literature review. The risks specific to big data are highlighted and guidance is given to business managers as to which risks should be addressed when using big data. The risks are then mapped against COBIT 5 (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology) to highlight the processes most affected when implementing and using big data, providing business managers with guidance when governing this technology.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: ‘Big data’ is 'n ontwikkelende tegnologie en die gebruik daarvan hou baie groot potensiaal en voordele vir besighede in. Die bestuur van hierdie tegnologie is egter ʼn groot bron van kommer en leiding aan besighede wat hierdie tegnologie wil gebruik ontbreek steeds. Deur middel van 'n uitgebreide literatuuroorsig is die besigheidsimperatiewe kenmerkend van 'n besigheid wat voordeel sal trek uit die gebruik van ‘big data’ geïdentifiseer. Die besigheidsimperatiewe is geïdentifiseer en gedefinieer gebaseer op die eienskappe en voordele van ‘big data’. Indien die eienskappe en voordele behoorlik verstaan word, is 'n beter begrip van die tegnologie moontlik. Daarbenewens bied die besigheidsimperatiewe leiding aan bestuur sodat hulle in staat kan wees om te beoordeel of hulle besigheid voordeel sal trek uit die gebruik van hierdie tegnologie of nie. Die strategiese en operasionele risiko's wat verband hou met die gebruik van ‘big data’ is ook geïdentifiseer en bespreek, gebaseer op 'n literatuuroorsig. Dit beklemtoon die risiko's verbonde aan ‘big data’ en daardeur word leiding verskaf aan besigheidsbestuurders ten opsigte van watter risiko's aangespreek moet word wanneer ‘big data’ gebruik word. Die risiko's is vervolgens gekarteer teen COBIT 5 (‘Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology’) om die prosesse wat die meeste geraak word deur die gebruik van ‘big data’ te beklemtoon, ten einde leiding te gee aan besigheidsbestuurders vir die beheer en kontrole van hierdie tegnologie.
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Schmeisser, David Cyrus. "China and the changing structure of global production networks : an in-depth case study of a German multinational enterprise and its supply chains in Germany and China". Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.648244.
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Fitzgerald, Kyle Andrew. "E-commerce application utilisation by South African SMME’s". Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1772.
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Thesis (MTech (Business Information Systems))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2005The Internet was functioning on Internet protocol (IP) and transmission control protocol (TCP) in the 1970s and soon afterwards electronic mail (email) was invented allowing messages to be sent from one person to another using packet switch services (PSS). However email did not form an information space for information to permanently exist. The World Wide Web (Web) arrived in the late 1980s, riding on top of the Internet providing a global and persistent information space available to everyone. This information space has assisted in small business facing dramatic change, often referred to as the 'e-commerce evolution'. Compared to the industrial revolution with the advent of the railways and electricity the magnitude of ecommerce is no less. Advances in the information technology (or e-comrnerce elements) and the use of Information systems (or applications) are the main drivers behind this e-commerce evolution. Some authors believe all businesses will be equal in the utilisation of e-commerce eroding any competitive advantage the one may have over the other. The 'digital economy' is now available with the explosive popularity of the Internet and the Web as seminal applications of e-commerce. In South Africa the maturity level of e-commerce adoption has increased from skepticism to positivism since the world wide availability of the Internet. Although e-commerce has generated a profusion of articles in South Africa, there has been a lack of research into the effects and benefits of e-commerce utilisation by small business. Various elements of e-commerce are explored highlighting the suitability of use towards a small business. This stUdy will explain the fundamentals that small business owners will need to understand to enable them to knowledgably participate in the global phenomenon of e-commerce. Authors nationally and internationally have explored the applications of e-commerce for example email and electronic data interchange (EDI).
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Lethbridge, Nick. "An improved model of structural changes resulting from use of e-commerce". Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2005. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/616.
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Lenaburg, Allen Gregg. "Intranet concept for small business". CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2710.
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The purpose of this project is to build a working intranet containing core applications that create the framework for a small business intranet. Small businesses may benefit from an intranet because of its ability to effectively streamline the processes for retrieving and distributing information. Intranets are internal networks using TCP/IP protocols, Web server software, and browser client software to share information created in HTML within an organization, and to access company databases.
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Gu, Fang Flora, i 顧芳. "Three studies on business-to-business relations: effects of fairness, guanxi, and national animosity on firmperformance in China". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3625342X.
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Tekeh, Emmanuel Temban. "The adoption of virtual teams and virtual technology in human resources management : a South African perspective". Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2075.
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Thesis (MTech (Business Information Systems))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015.This study explores factors contributing to the slow adoption of virtual teams and virtual technology by South African organisations in Cape Town. The study adopted the Technology Organisation and Environment (TOE) framework to examine the influence of technological organisational and environmental contextual factors on organisation’s adoption of virtual teams and virtual technology. Three organisations from different industries in Cape Town were chosen as a case study. Data was collected via qualitative interviews and quantitative questionnaires while content analysis and a statistics package for social sciences were used to analyse and generate results. The results indicated that all three dimensions of the TOE framework significantly either enabled or inhibited organisational adoption of virtual teams and virtual technology. Technological contextual factors such as availability of technology were found to enable adoption while high set-up cost inhibited adoption, and perceived benefit and drawbacks either inhibited or enabled adoption due to the influence of other contextual factors. Organisational contextual factors like available resources and slacks were found to facilitate, whereas organisational competency and formal and informal linking structures impeded adoption. Management commitment, communication process, degree of centralisation, organisation size and technological competency were found to either enable or inhibit technology adoption owing to the influences of other contextual factors. Environmental contextual factors such as competition, government regulation and rapidly growing industries were found to encourage technology adoption. Lack of skilled labour was found to restrain technology adoption while industry characteristics, market structures and technology support infrastructure either enabled or inhibited organisational adoption of virtual teams and virtual technology due to the influence of other contextual factors.
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Posthumus, Shaun Murray. "Corporate information risk : an information security governance framework". Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/814.
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Information Security is currently viewed from a technical point of view only. Some authors believe that Information Security is a process that involves more than merely Risk Management at the department level, as it is also a strategic and potentially legal issue. Hence, there is a need to elevate the importance of Information Security to a governance level through Information Security Governance and propose a framework to help guide the Board of Directors in their Information Security Governance efforts. IT is a major facilitator of organizational business processes and these processes manipulate and transmit sensitive customer and financial information. IT, which involves major risks, may threaten the security if corporate information assets. Therefore, IT requires attention at board level to ensure that technology-related information risks are within an organization’s accepted risk appetite. However, IT issues are a neglected topic at board level and this could bring about enronesque disasters. Therefore, there is a need for the Board of Directors to direct and control IT-related risks effectively to reduce the potential for Information Security breaches and bring about a stronger system of internal control. The IT Oversight Committee is a proven means of achieving this, and this study further motivates the necessity for such a committee to solidify an organization’s Information Security posture among other IT-related issues.
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Pather, Shaun. "E-commerce information systems (ECIS) success: A South African study". Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1409.
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Thesis (DTech (Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2006As a phenomenon of the 1990s, e-Commerce is relatively new. Its advent offered the promise of new opportunities to businesses and entrepreneurs around the world. The hyperbole associated with the Internet and the Web resulted in a mindset that e-Commerce was an easy road to success. It was believed that this new technology-based approach would revolutionise business in a number of ways, including changing the relationships between thestakeholders and allowing small organisations to play on the global stage. However, the road to business enhancement through e-Commerce has not been easy. Many organisations have not survived their attempts to engage. in e-Commerce and others have radically changed their approach since the e- . Bubble burst. There were many reasons for the failure of these e-Commerce initiatives. They included poor business ideas, no control of expenditure, lack of general business experience and immaturity, as well as little understanding of the crucial importance of managing the technology through which the Internet and the Web delivers e-Commerce opportunities. This thesis explores the intricacies of IS within the Sduth African B2C eCommerce environment and argues that without a coherent understanding of the factors affecting IS success, the implementation of traditional IS evaluation mechanisms may be problematic. A comparative analysis of studies in this field between the pre- and post- e-Commerce eras, ascertained a paucity of theoretical frameworks and a fragmented body of knowledge in the extant literature, with a narrow focus on web-interface issues.
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Wang, Wenli. "Control and assurance services for electronic commerce /". Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p9992934.
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Smakman, Floortje. "Local industry in global networks : changing competitiveness, corporate strategies and pathways of development in Singapore and Malaysia's garment industry = Lokale industrie in mondiale netwerken : veranderende concurrentiekracht, bedrijfsstrategieën en ontwikkelingspaden in de kledingindustrie van Singapore en Maleisië /". [S.l. : s.n.], 2004. http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/dissertations/2004-0616-130904/UUindex.html.
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Thesis (Doctoral)--Universiteit Utrecht, 2004.Title from opening screen (viewed on 11 Nov. 2005 ). On t.p. verso: Rozenberg Publishers, Amsterdam, c2003. Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-333).
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Fulford, Richard. "Towards a theory of management and evaluation of operational enterprise resource planning applications". Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2008. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/171.
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications are the most ubiquitous of business information systems. They impact almost all business functions, bringing control and providing information. Some of these applications have already been operational for 20 years and this longevity has changed the way in which management of information systems is envisaged. Traditionally, information systems had a lifespan of perhaps five to 10 years and their iterative replacements, allowed them to be aligned with a changing business landscape. In contrast, enduring ERP applications, if not altered and changed to meet contemporary business requirements, may stifle and restrict organisations. To be effective they, therefore, require ongoing management and evaluation throughout their operational life. Research concerning the management and evaluation of operational ERP applications is seen in the information systems literature to be sparse, with many specific calls for studies into the phenomenon. Organisations also seem uncertain of the best approach to ensure their applications meet business objectives. This has prompted the research aim of developing a theoretical framework that details the key factors relevant to ongoing management and evaluation of ERP; the framework being designed to assist practitioners in the effective administration of ERP and to provide guidance for further academic research. To address the research aim, a qualitative study was undertaken to explore the management and evaluation of ERP in organisations. A broad literature review of the impacting factors identified the preliminary constructs for the study. An initial pilot case was used to test and support the validity of these constructs with further constructs being identified. The constructs were tested and the framework refined in four additional case studies. The organisations ranged in size from large medium to global corporations. The ERP applications studied consist of Oracle e-business suite, SAP ERP, and Microsoft Dynamics AX. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with senior management, finance and IT personnel as well as users of the application. Descriptive case analysis was used to portray the phenomenon in each of the organisations. This was followed by explanative cross case analysis that compared and examined the findings for each of the constructs. One of the key findings of the research is that the decisions that are made early in the application 's lifecycle may well impact the application, and its resultant business benefits, for the life of the application. These decisions are often made by organisational stakeholders who have inadequate knowledge of the application and who are insufficiently supported by consultants concerning macro business matters. The antecedents of poor decisions are very difficult, in terms of time, complexity and cost, to recover from and they can ultimately result in ERP abandonment. Organisations that go on to implement a subsequent ERP use the knowledge gained from the original implementation to take a more considered approach that results in much improved business outcomes. The research has found that with respect to the original implementation poor judgement by stakeholders is related to (1) a lack of understanding of the capabilities and encumberments of ERP applications (2) the misnomer of ‘best practice’ that is applied to these applications (3) poor training, in terms of both content and timing, by value added resellers and software authors (4) consultancy that is application module specific (5) a lack of knowledge of organizational business processes (6) a lack of understanding of the holistic information needs of the organisation (7) poor understanding of the long term risks associated with decisions. The major recommendation of this study is that an organisation takes ownership of the application as early as possible by establishing an ERP bureau that has the ongoing involvement of senior management. The personnel comprising the ERP bureau should have business, process and technology skills and should fundamentally understand the business drivers as well as the capabilities of the application. The major contribution of this thesis is a framework that specifies a number of factors that the bureau needs to understand to properly manage an ERP application. These include (1) an understanding of the strategic aim of the application (2) an appreciation of the impacts of business factors such as organisation type, strategy process, financial procedures, and financial status (3) an understanding of contextual environmental considerations such as supply chain influencers (4) an understanding of the consequences of the software authors' charging procedures (5) the value and potential of the ERP maintenance agreement (6) an understanding of the impact of customisations on the ability to upgrade (7) knowledge of horizontal and vertical information requirements (8) a recognition that due to the strategic nature of ERP, business drivers and imperatives tend to provide more crucial benefits indicators than traditional cost/benefit justifications. This thesis has both theoretical and practical significance. The theoretical significance of the research is the unearthing of the key factors that enable and impede the management of operational ERP applications. This unearthing has the potential to help focus future research and to act as a precursor for similar studies. Education programs concerning ERP management may also benefit from considering the various important factors identified. The research is particularly practically relevant as the framework has the potential to shape both organizational policy and practice
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Wong, Susan So Shan. "Development of international business networks : a comparative analysis of internationalizing Australian and Chinese firms in creative industries". Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2012. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/28821.
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Due to increasing globalization, firms nowadays, especially growth-oriented SMEs, tend to increase their reliance on network linkages to compete successfully in the international market. Although knowledge access/transfer through network linkages has been regarded as a source of competitive advantage, views on the optimality of network structure that brings maximum benefits for firms are still diverse. This may due to the different contexts and theoretical perspectives that the previous studies are based on. Therefore, this study seeks to explore the mechanisms whereby network structures can be utilized to facilitate effective knowledge transfer for a balanced combination of exploration and exploitation in the context of intemationalizing entrepreneurial SMES in the creative industries. The major theories that this study draws on are strategic management theory (RBV and KBV) and network theory within the domain of international entrepreneurship. A multidisciplinary approach is adopted in attempting to explain the complex phenomenon of development and utilization of international business network ties in different environments. That is, a variety of peripheral theories and concepts, viz, co-evolutionary perspective, perceived environmental turbulence, entrepreneurial orientation, economic sociology (embeddedness and social capital), network structure (structural and relational embeddedness), and organizational learning (explorative and exploitative learning), are employed. This study aims to contribute to the theoretical understanding and practical implications of optimizing network configuration for effective knowledge transfer and learning. More specifically, it attempts to investigate how the interaction between the firm and the environment affects the firm’s development of non-redundant or redundant ties for achieving explorative and/or exploitative learning outcomes in the course of internationalization.
In this study, it is argued that the entrepreneurial firm’s perceived environmental turbulence may influence its design of business network structure and thus the choice of learning strategies (exploration and exploitation). It suggests that both non-redundant and redundant ties (structural embeddedness) need to be complemented by an appropriate level of network relationship quality (relational embeddedness) — based on the social capital perspective - in facilitating knowledge transfer for a balanced combination of exploratory and exploitative learning and hence knowledge/value creation for successful survival. Following Burt’s (1998) and Rowley et al.’s (2000) suggestion, this study will take the stance that the optimality of network configuration may depend on both the environmental and industrial contexts. Amongst the different types of network, this study focuses on the business network (Hakansson, 1985; Ford, 2003) which refers to the sets of connected relationships formed between the focal firm and its major business partners (for example, distributors, suppliers) during the course of its internationalization. The principle unit of analysis is ‘international business network development’. That is, using twelve intemationalizing entrepreneurial SMES to investigate the intricacies of international business network development. On the broader level, the study aims to contribute to the stream of network research in international entrepreneurship by cross-fertilizing the strategic (RBV and KBV) and network theory to explain the complex phenomenon of international business networks development by intemationalizing entrepreneurial SMEs in different environments. Narrowing it down, it seeks to add to the recent stream of research that focuses on the relationships between network structure (based on the embeddedness and social capital perspectives), knowledge transfer/creation, and learning (Inkpen & Tsang, 2005; Lavie and Rosenkopf, 2006; Moran, 2005; Rowley et al. 2000; Uzzi, 1997; Uzzi & Lancaster, 2003; Vanhaverbeke et al. 2004, 2009).
By analyzing the data collected from twelve intemationalizing entrepreneurial firms (publishing and digital content sectors) from two countries (Australia and China), this thesis concludes that: i) In responding to a higher degree of perceived environmental turbulence, a firm’s proactiveness in developing international business network (or non-redundant) ties for explorative learning increases; ii) However, the regulatory dimension of the local institutional environment, the firm’s (entrepreneur’s) previous international experience appear to be playing a moderating role between the firm’s perceived degree of environmental turbulence and level of proactiveness in international business network (non-redundant) ties development, iii) Instead of treating exploration and exploitation as a trade—off and focusing on either one according to different levels of environmental turbulence, the firms are aligning to both explorative and exploitative learning by leveraging the resources (especially knowledge) of their major business partners, iv) Both non—redundant and redundant ties need to be complemented by a good level of relational embeddedness (perceived trustworthiness, perceived reputation, mutual goal/reciprocity, relational closeness, trust, and perceived competence) for effective knowledge transfer and learning, and v) Amongst the relational elements, perceived trustworthiness and perceived reputation tend to have a more significant association with non-redundant and/or new ties and explorative learning outcomes.
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Wang, Gong, i 王宮. "Service-oriented multi-agent system architecture for virtual enterprises: with ontology-based negotiations". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47029110.
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Toutcha, N'souh Yonkwa. "The impact of cloud computing on the role of an IT department : a case study of a higher education institution in the Western Cape". Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2653.
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Thesis (MTech (Business Administration))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.Information and communication technologies are moving fast. Consequently, organisations must be aware of this evolution and adapt to take full advantage of the benefits offered by these technologies. Cloud computing is a new concept of accessing data centers and various computing resources via the internet through any devices and from anywhere. Large organizations, such as Higher Education Institutions (HEI), are gradually adopting cloud computing to reduce their very high budgets. In emerging countries, more and more HEIs are adopting the services offered by cloud computing, more precisely in South Africa in the Western Cape. However, cloud computing affects the way IT services are delivered by traditional HEI IT departments. Thus the objective of this study is to explore the impact of cloud computing on the role of the IT department of HEIs, using a case study. To fulfil this objective, interviews were conducted within the IT department of an HEI, including the IT staff, and it was found that cloud computing affects the role of the IT department by changing the roles and responsibilities of some IT staff, as well as the focus of certain posts in the department. In addition, cloud computing also affects the department's culture. Fortunately, no IT staff have lost their posts. Other results show that training and certification were necessary for the IT to adapt to the changes. Cloud computing adds value to the IT department because it offers a daily 24-hour service as opposed to the traditional IT department.
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Williams, Donna Clare, i n/a. "Doing Environment Business With China Through Cross-Cultural Networks: A Dynamic Model for Small-to-Medium Australian Enterprises". Griffith University. School of Environmental Engineering, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20060313.140417.
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The research is a critical analysis of the operational aspects of doing environment business with China through cross-cultural networks. In particular the investigation involved establishing an intensively documented, longitudinal profile of a single network. This network comprised Australian Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Chinese players based in the People's Republic of China. This profile covers a period of two decades. The research adopted a broad multi-disciplinary and inductive approach, using action research, case study methods, and systems analysis techniques. An innovative approach used time values as a constant to analyse the relativity of player connections, activities and structural levels in the network. This approach drew its applied orientation from the environmental sciences, and its theoretical base from the social science disciplines of marketing and international business. The specific field of study was the structure and evolutionary dynamics of networks. The outcome of the research is a model Australian SMEs can use for doing environment business with China. This model sets environment business in the context of a wider trading network of Chinese, Australian, South East Asian, and Middle Eastern players. The cornerstone of this model is the corporate role of the academic sector in accessing the Chinese environmental market. The research shows in detail how Australian SMEs can, and do, use cross-cultural academic linkages for trade. Such linkages facilitate market research, negotiation, risk management, product development, and the establishment of distribution channels in Asian markets. The study also demonstrates the importance of using a number of parallel nets of Chinese players to facilitate trade and overcome interruptions or obstacles. The research has contributed to knowledge by establishing an Asia-oriented, empirically derived model that differs substantially from the mono-cultural models in current practice in the Australian environment industry. The intensive investigation of the network of SMEs and Chinese players has identified the entrepreneurial strengths of SMEs in the international marketplace. This finding contrasts with the prevailing view that SMEs must depend on larger players for export success. In addition, the research has established that this kind of network has a clan-like structure. This finding is central to the model. The research demonstrates that a clan-like structure is a flexible framework that is compatible with the independence and capacity of small firms to adapt to change and to make decisions. This characteristic of SMEs enables them to proceed without, and at times in spite of, the encumbrances of large and unwieldy corporate and institutional structures. This finding is directly contrary to the belief prevalent in the Australian environment industry that SMEs depend on larger players to enter international markets. The finding also challenges the established view that Chinese networks are relatively closed systems based on family ties. The research shows that Australian SMEs can become part of these systems either directly or through links, and have many common attributes with their Chinese counterparts. The research has made a key contribution to theory by using these findings to develop an organic network model that differs from the so-called contrived network. This empirically derived theoretical model represents the seven dimensions of cross-cultural collaboration. The four social dimensions are the personal, organisational, sectoral and regional levels of a person-centred network, composed of nets of individuals with extensive linkages to other individuals and to organisations. The three dynamic dimensions are the triadic, the temporal, and the trading levels of interaction between the players. This theoretical model also demonstrates the depth of cross-connection between the nets of individual, and the embeddedness of the network in other networks. The model emphasises the centrality of time as the key connector between the social dimensions of the network and the exchange processes that characterise clan-like interactions. The model also represents the layers of evolutionary development that characterise the exchange processes in the network. These layers include adaptive processes, short-term exchanges, and long-term exchanges, and exchanges that derive from particular arrangements of players and market openings at critical points in time. This model extends concepts that have emerged from the original International Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) Interaction Model, and gives empirical credence to recent philosophical, but untested, views on the relevance of time as a context for interaction.
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Williams, Donna Clare. "Doing Environment Business With China Through Cross-Cultural Networks: A Dynamic Model for Small-to-Medium Australian Enterprises". Thesis, Griffith University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365405.
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The research is a critical analysis of the operational aspects of doing environment business with China through cross-cultural networks. In particular the investigation involved establishing an intensively documented, longitudinal profile of a single network. This network comprised Australian Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Chinese players based in the People's Republic of China. This profile covers a period of two decades. The research adopted a broad multi-disciplinary and inductive approach, using action research, case study methods, and systems analysis techniques. An innovative approach used time values as a constant to analyse the relativity of player connections, activities and structural levels in the network. This approach drew its applied orientation from the environmental sciences, and its theoretical base from the social science disciplines of marketing and international business. The specific field of study was the structure and evolutionary dynamics of networks. The outcome of the research is a model Australian SMEs can use for doing environment business with China. This model sets environment business in the context of a wider trading network of Chinese, Australian, South East Asian, and Middle Eastern players. The cornerstone of this model is the corporate role of the academic sector in accessing the Chinese environmental market. The research shows in detail how Australian SMEs can, and do, use cross-cultural academic linkages for trade. Such linkages facilitate market research, negotiation, risk management, product development, and the establishment of distribution channels in Asian markets. The study also demonstrates the importance of using a number of parallel nets of Chinese players to facilitate trade and overcome interruptions or obstacles. The research has contributed to knowledge by establishing an Asia-oriented, empirically derived model that differs substantially from the mono-cultural models in current practice in the Australian environment industry. The intensive investigation of the network of SMEs and Chinese players has identified the entrepreneurial strengths of SMEs in the international marketplace. This finding contrasts with the prevailing view that SMEs must depend on larger players for export success. In addition, the research has established that this kind of network has a clan-like structure. This finding is central to the model. The research demonstrates that a clan-like structure is a flexible framework that is compatible with the independence and capacity of small firms to adapt to change and to make decisions. This characteristic of SMEs enables them to proceed without, and at times in spite of, the encumbrances of large and unwieldy corporate and institutional structures. This finding is directly contrary to the belief prevalent in the Australian environment industry that SMEs depend on larger players to enter international markets. The finding also challenges the established view that Chinese networks are relatively closed systems based on family ties. The research shows that Australian SMEs can become part of these systems either directly or through links, and have many common attributes with their Chinese counterparts. The research has made a key contribution to theory by using these findings to develop an organic network model that differs from the so-called contrived network. This empirically derived theoretical model represents the seven dimensions of cross-cultural collaboration. The four social dimensions are the personal, organisational, sectoral and regional levels of a person-centred network, composed of nets of individuals with extensive linkages to other individuals and to organisations. The three dynamic dimensions are the triadic, the temporal, and the trading levels of interaction between the players. This theoretical model also demonstrates the depth of cross-connection between the nets of individual, and the embeddedness of the network in other networks. The model emphasises the centrality of time as the key connector between the social dimensions of the network and the exchange processes that characterise clan-like interactions. The model also represents the layers of evolutionary development that characterise the exchange processes in the network. These layers include adaptive processes, short-term exchanges, and long-term exchanges, and exchanges that derive from particular arrangements of players and market openings at critical points in time. This model extends concepts that have emerged from the original International Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) Interaction Model, and gives empirical credence to recent philosophical, but untested, views on the relevance of time as a context for interaction.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Wang, Xiaohuan, i 王晓欢. "Knowledge sharing and utilization of the ontological agent-based virtual enterprises". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46593056.
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Iarossi, Juliana. "Path Building in Emerging Entrepreneurial Firms: An Investigation of Networks in the Making". Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/bus_admin_diss/8.
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Underpinning economic growth is the emergence of entrepreneurial ventures with the potential to grow that boost job creation and provide new sources of products for mature companies. The critical role associated with new firms, underscores the importance of understanding how entrepreneurship unfolds. Network-based research, while leading the way to rich empirical studies provides a limited understanding of how entrepreneurial networks are built and their impact on the emergence of a new venture. Employing a multiple case study design and a perspective based on organizational path building, three young technology ventures were investigated in terms of the formation of networks around five key entrepreneurial activities defined by entrepreneurs. Rich insight into new venture emergence is presented in terms of the reciprocal relationship between specific activities enacted by entrepreneurs and the networks that form to execute those activities revealing the path building mechanisms that evolve to drive network development. The findings of this research not only contribute to theories of new venture emergence, but also offer an interesting opportunity for future research into factors that may influence the outcome of entrepreneurial ventures and provide practical insight for organizations seeking to sustain or develop an entrepreneurial path.
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Motjolopane, Ignitia. "A preliminary study into strategies for determining the level to start e-commerce adoption for success in SMMEs". Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1769.
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THESIS
Submitted in fulfilment
of the requirements for the degree
MAGISTER TECHNOLOGIAE
in
BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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FACULTY OF BUSINESS INFORMATICS
at the
CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
2006E-commerce improves value chain integration, enables customisation and also provides smaller companies opportunity to reach customers worldwide. However e-commerce poses challenges to companies, including how to approach e-commerce to gain competitive advantage. Although a number of studies report on e-commerce adoption, these do not provide clear guidelines to determine how SMMEs should progress or move into e-commerce adoption. The aim of this research study is to examine the various available approaches and propose a model to assist SMMEs to determine how to start e-commerce adoption. Findings from this research study indicate that a small percentage of SMMEs are selling online in the Western Cape and realizing benefits derived from ecommerce adoption. The SMMEs interviewed followed an “adoption ladder” approach to e-commerce adoption, however, some had the perception that with maturity of e-commerce, a “managed strategic” approach would be possible. In conclusion the research study proposes a model to assist SMMEs to progress into e-commerce adoption, illustrating two available approaches.
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Sibanda, Zenzo. "Angel networks as a business start-up financing option in South Africa". Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002780.
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The following study is about business angels financing small business start-ups. It explores the aspect of starting up an entrepreneurial venture in which the entrepreneur seeks to secure start-up finance from lenders, raising the various issues that are known to characterise this engagement between the entrepreneur and the lender. Using the phenomenological paradigm, the study seeks to determine the awareness of small scale financing by entrepreneurs in South Africa, to determine the most commonly used source of start-up business funding in South Africa, to assess the extent to which business angel financing could be used to finance businesses in South Africa and to determine the factors impacting the use of business angel financing in South Africa. From these objectives, the study will also seek to determine the extent to which business angel networks could facilitate the financing of business start-ups. Small businesses invariably come up in different policy spheres as the main avenues to social and economic construction across national and regional lines. The importance of a successful business start up to a growing economy should not be underestimated. In line with this is the particular factor of gaining access to start up capital, which continues to emerge as a leading contributor to the success or failure of business start ups. Studies continue to verify that the most common challenge faced by most emerging entrepreneurs is start-up capital, either in the lack of this capital, the unfavourable conditions surrounding its availability, the lack of assets to serve as collateral for its use or the ambiguous flow of crucial information between lenders and providers of finance in the funding relationship (Abor and Biekpe, 2006: 69;Hernandez-Trillo, Pagan and Paxton, 2005: 435, ISPESE, 2005: 7, CDE, 2004: 5; Musengi 2003: 11). Roger Sorheim (2005: 179) refers to business angels as private individuals who offer risk capital to unlisted companies that are struggling to obtain start up capital to finance their business ideas. Business angels are further defined as high net-worth bearers of substantial private capital who predominantly invest in the early stage of high risk high potential return business ventures with a positive further growth potential. Business angel finance is typically a ‘once-off’ early stage form of small firm financing compared to the more frequent later stage venture capitalist funding. Studies show that business angels represent an underutilised wealth creation mechanism when it comes to small firm start-ups as most business angels contribute expertise in addition to finance to the start-ups they get involved in. This brings valuable business insight to the commercialisation of a good business idea. The business angel network exposes a range of potentially viable business prospects to willing investors by facilitating the flow of information about entrepreneurs and their businesses, thereby eliminating ambiguity, information asymmetry and transaction costs (Aernoudt and Erikson, 2002: 178; Van Osnabrugge and Robinson, 2000:374; Macht, 2006:1; Ehlrich, De Noble, Moore and Weaver, 1994:70; Sorheim, 2005:179). To achieve a holistic approach to a phenomenon which appears to be relatively new in South African business circles, the study will follow a qualitative approach in which two categories of populations will be used, one of small business operators and the other of business angels in South Africa. In the study, 20 small business operators and five business angels in Grahamstown will be approached using the convenience and snowballing sampling methods respectively. Face-to-face semi-structured interviews will be used as a data collection method and content analysis will be used as a data analysis tool (Collis and Hussey, 2003:156, Driver, Wood, Segal and Herrington, 2001:32, National Small Business Act ). There has been very limited research on business angels in the South African context, therefore the study would significantly contribute in entrepreneurship, government and small business development circles as it brings about attention to what the researcher predicts is an underutilised business start-up financing option.
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楊振鴻 i Chun-hung Yeung. "Business network of overseas Chinese". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31268420.
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Kistasamy, Christopher. "The role of service-oriented architecture as an enabler for enterprise architecture". Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2298.
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Thesis (MTech (Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011.The adoption of Enterprise Architecture (EA) methodologies within organizations is causing an interest in the methodologies and supporting technologies available. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) supports EA in many facets. However, there is much suspension with regard to the relationship between EA and SOA within organizations as well as the guidelines that organisations should follow in order for SOA to enable EA. There are potential problems that may arise if this relationship between SOA and EA is not agreed to at the outset of implementing an EA. The purpose of this research is to investigate the guidelines that are needed for SOA to enable EA, in order to provide practical steps that organisations can use to begin aligning SOA and EA, ensuring that these initiatives are driven from a business perspective. A qualitative approach using a case study was used as a methodology for this research. The data collection was conducted using semi-structured interviews, and the guidelines that were derived were validated through a survey that was distributed to industry architecture practitioners. The contribution of this research was a set of guidelines that can be used for SOA to enable EA. Further research areas were highlighted, including investigating the mapping of the guidelines that were derived from this research, into the EA frameworks that exist such as TOGAF and ZACHMAN.
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Chiware, Elisha Rufaro T. "Business information needs seeking patterns and information services in the small, medium micro enterprises sector (SMME) in Namibia /". Pretoria : [S.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02052008-171412/.
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Li, Juan Julie, i 李娟. "Social relations of foreign firms in China: afocus on trust, network ties and social capital". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B36296326.
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Warden, Stuart Charles. "E-commerce adoption by SMMEs : how to optimise the prospects of success". Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1410.
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Thesis (DTech (Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, 2007The expansion of the Internet and increased use of Web-based technologies over the last decade have led to the development of many new online business applications. The expanded global business world, commonly termed the new economy, has propelled networking to form new relationships. : Traditional relationships between businesses and their customers on the one side, and between businesses and their supply chains on the other side are being challenged. In addition, new distribution channels using the Internet have emerged enabling businesses to reach a much wider audience than using traditional brick-and mortar models. However, commercial entities do query the maturity of the Internet and Web-based technologies at times and are often concerned to what extent this can add value to their businesses. There are unanswered questions such as how important are customer relations, what products or services should ideally be used and what are the security, fraud and trust issues pertaining to e-commerce adoption. Furthermore, some uncertainties have emerged that may have an impact on the success of e-comrnerce initiatives for example, bandwidth limitations, customer loyalty and legal requirements. Over time existing business models have been adapted while new models have emerged for online business.
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Gwaka, Leon Tinashe. "Social media risks in large and medium enterprises in the Cape Metropole : the role of internal auditors". Thesis, Cape Peninisula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2086.
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Thesis (MTech (Internal Auditing))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015.Social media has undoubtedly emerged as one of the greatest developments in this technology driven generation. Despite its existence from years back, social media popularity has recently surged drastically, with billions of users worldwide reported to be on at least one social media platform. This increase in users of social media has further been necessitated by governmental and private-sector initiatives to boost Internet connectivity to bridge the digital divide globally. Mobile Internet access has also fuelled the use of social media as it allows easy and economical connectivity anytime, anywhere. The availability of hundreds of social media platforms has presented businesses with several opportunities to conduct business activities using social media. The use of social media has been reported to avail businesses with plenty of benefits when this use is strategically aligned to business objectives. On the flipside of the coin, these social media platforms have also emerged as new hunting grounds for fraudsters and other information-technology related criminals. As with any invention, engaging social media for business has its own inherent risks; this further complicates existing information-technology risks and also presents businesses with new risks. Despite blossoming into a global phenomenon, social media has no universally accepted frameworks or approaches (thus no safeguards) when engaging with it, resulting in almost unlimited risk exposures. The uncertainly, i.e. risks surrounding social media platforms, proves problematic in determining the optimum social media platform to use in business. Furthermore, organisations are facing challenges in deciding whether to formally adopt it or totally ignore it, with the latter emerging not to be a viable option. The complex nature of social media has made it difficult for enterprises to place a monetary value and determine a return on investment on these platforms. From a governance perspective, it remains a challenge for most enterprises to identify and appoint individuals responsible for social media management within businesses, although recently social media strategist positions have been surfacing. Due to their nature, the social media trigger matters relating to governance, risk and compliance, which imply that internal auditors therefore are expected to champion the adoption of social media in enterprises. As a relatively new concept, the role that internal auditors should play towards social media appears not to be well defined. Through examination of existing guidelines, an attempt is made to define the role of internal auditors towards social media.
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Young, Lyndon Paul. "Social media risk management in small, medium and large enterprises in the Cape Metropole". Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2356.
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Thesis (MTech (Internal Auditing))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015.The research study focuses on the risk management practices and procedures small, medium and large enterprises in the Cape Metropole have in place to mitigate social media risks. Enterprises and employees of these enterprises use social media platforms for business and personal purposes. There usage could have an impact on the enterprise should social media risks materialise due to a lack of formalised risk management practices and procedures. The purpose of the research study is to determine whether enterprises have risk management practices and procedures in place to mitigate social media risks. The research study also expands on the controls enterprises have in place and seeks to gain an understanding of the type of social media platforms used by the enterprise. The research study consisted of a literature review and an empirical study to investigate social media risk management practices and procedures in enterprises. A quantitative research method were used to carry out the required research, by making use of a structured questionnaire to obtain responses from respondents from small, medium and large enterprises in the Cape Metropole. The research results obtained revealed that most enterprises have implemented risk management practices and procedures. However, not all enterprises have risk management functions in place which involves all relevant departments to support in mitigating social media risks, more specifically to monitor and manage adherence to social media policies and procedures. The researcher recommends that enterprises have to enhance their control environment and improve existing risk management functions, practices and procedures on a continuous basis before such risks materialise and potentially damage their enterprise.
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Cripps, Helen. "Collaborative business relationships and the use of ICT: The case of the marine, defence and resources cluster, Western Australia". Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2007. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/301.
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The research project was developed from an Australian Research Council Grant designed to investigate collaborative commerce and its impact on regional economic development. Through a process of consultation with the industry partner, the South West Group, the research was designed to investigate the drivers and inhibitors of collaborative relationships and the factors that impact on the creation and sustaining of these relationships. The role of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in facilitating and sustaining collaborative relationships and the perceived benefits and drawbacks of collaborative relationships were also investigated. The research sought to identify models of the best adoption of collaborative relationships.
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Leung, Kin-heung Ray, i 梁健鄉. "How to use networking to increase internal efficiency and then increase external effectiveness in an international environment". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31268110.
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Hughes, Grant Douglas. "A framework for software patch management in a multi-vendor environment". Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2478.
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Thesis (MTech (Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016.Software often requires patches to be installed post-implementation for a variety of reasons. Organisations and individuals, however, do not always promptly install these patches as and when they are released. This study investigated the reasons for the delay or hesitation, identified the challenges, and proposed a model that could assist organisations in overcoming the identified challenges. The research investigated the extent to which the integration of software patch management and enterprise data security is an important management responsibility, by reviewing relevant documents and interviewing key role players currently involved in the patch management process. The current challenges and complexities involved in patch management at an enterprise level could place organisations at risk by compromising their enterprise-data security. This research primarily sought to identify the challenges causing the management of software patches to be complex, and further attempted to establish how organisations currently implement patch management. The aim of the study was to explore the complexities of software patch management in order to enhance enterprise data security within organisations. A single case study was used, and data were obtained from primary sources and literature. The study considered both technological and human factors, and found that both factors play an equally important role with regard to the successful implementation of a patch management program within an organisation.
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Martinus, Ian. "Can B2G portals be used effectively to stimulate business in SMEs?: A case analysis of the 2Cities Business To Government portal". Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2004. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1611.
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Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have many options when purchasing goods or services. These include personal contacts and networks, familiar centralised supply sources and other ad hoc means. One purchasing possibility is to buy from and sell to other businesses within a similar geographic area. The benefits of buying and selling locally may not occur to SMEs. They seek, like other consumers, to get value for money, fast and efficient service, and a reasonable level of quality. Many factors can impinge upon an SME's decision to purchase locally. It can be assumed that, given a reasonable local option, SMEs wish to buy from and sell to other local businesses. It can also be reasonably expected that if government purchasers were willing to purchase within their geographic area, SMEs would be interested in supplying local government as well. This study investigates SMEs in the Wanneroo and Joondalup Regions of Western Australia and considers the factors that may influence their decision to use the 2Cities Business-to-Government (B2G) portal. The study is concerned with gaining an insight into particular phenomena from a participants' perspective (SME) with the researcher as the primary instrument for data collection and analysis. The study requires the researcher to get close to the natural setting of the study and interact with the small business owners. This study triangulated results from three major sources. One source of data was contemporary Wanneroo and Joondalup secondary data gathered from research reports relating to local SME matters. This was combined with the semi-structured interviews of forty SMEs and two focus groups. Participant SMEs were invited to discuss factors affecting their decision to use or not use the 2Cities B2G portal. SMEs have a clear perception of what impedes and assists them in running their business and this comes through strongly. The problem facing the 2Cities portal management board is the extent to which it can influence the SME decision to buy and sell within the local area using the portal. The results form the basis of an improved model for B2G participation.
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Modimodale, Lloyd. "ICT and SMEs competitiveness in South Afirca : how SMEs could use ICT to become competitive in South Africa". Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08272008-111005.
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Chauma, Crecencia Naison. "The application of project management tools and techniques in ICT SME projects in Western Cape". Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2546.
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Thesis (MTech (Business Administration))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.Introduction The research looked at the application of project management tools and techniques in ICT SME projects in the Western Cape. Problem Statement Previous literature revealed that small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are vital to developing economies as they provide employment and contribute to overall sustainable economic productivity. Literature further alludes that project management tools and techniques enhance SME’s ability to innovate, grow and compete in industry. However, it is unclear if ICT SMEs in Western Cape are applying project management tools and techniques in their projects. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate whether ICT SMEs in Western Cape applied these tools and techniques in their projects. Aims / Objectives The primary objective of the research was to determine the extent to which ICT SMEs in Western Cape were using project management tools and techniques. The secondary research objectives were: to determine the extent to which ICT SMEs in Western Cape knew about the project management tools and techniques and how to use them; to establish the extent to which the ICT SMEs knew the benefits of using project management tools and techniques; and to determine the extent to which project management tools and techniques were used by SMEs to achieve success. Methodology The research was non experimental. An electronic questionnaire was distributed using Survey Monkey and Mail Chimp to collect responses. Some questionnaires were hand delivered to ICT SMEs based in the Cape Town CBD areas accessible to the researcher. The results presented in the research were based on a survey of ICT SMEs, located in Western Cape. Out of the 341 responses targeted a total of 210 responses were obtained. The results obtained represent 60- 70% of the population interviewed. The sample was chosen using stratified random sampling that classified the respondents according to organisational hierarchy, and the amount per strata was noted. The respondents within each stratum were chosen using simple random sampling thus eliminating bias.
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Teesri, Sumuscha. "Implementation business-to-business electronic commerce website using active server pages". CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3023.
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E-commerce is the current approach for doing any type of business online, which uses the superior power of digital information to understand the requirements and preferences of each client and each partner, to adapt products and services for them, and then to distribute the products and services as swiftly as possible.