Technology, Innovation, and Enterprise Transformation

Technology, Innovation, and Enterprise Transformation

Manish Wadhwa, Alan Harper

Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 378

ISBN13: 9781466664739|ISBN10: 1466664738|EISBN13: 9781466664746

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6473-9

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Technical advancements are an important part of modern society, but particularly important in the business world. The success or failure of business operations can be affected by the technical operations working within it.

Technology, Innovation, and Enterprise Transformation addresses the crucial relationship between a business and its technical implementations, and how current innovations are changing how the industry operates. Highlighting current theoretical frameworks, novel empirical research discoveries, and fundamental literature surveys, this book is an essential reference source for academicians, professionals, and researchers who are interested in the latest technical insights within the business field.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics (ABISA) Book Series

Editorial Advisory Board

Preface

Acknowledgment

Introduction

Chapters

Chapter 1

Technology Integration in Work Settings (pages 1-19)

Ashwini Esther Joshua-Gojer, Jeff M. Allen, Mariya Gavrilova-Aguilar

Technology integration is gaining preeminence in the workplace. While plentiful definitions exist, researchers have attempted to answer many questions related to technology. Most of the issues dealing with technology in the workplace...

Chapter 2

Emerging Technologies and Organizational Transformation (pages 20-34)

Albena Antonova

Technologies continue to evolve and to largely transform business practices. In the near future, a few technologies, such as Internet of Things (IoT), Augmented Reality (AR), additive manufacturing (3D printing), and robots, can...

Chapter 3

New Technologies and the Impact on the Business Environment (pages 35-49)

Sergio Ricardo Mazini

This chapter presents an approach to the strategic role of new technologies, like tablets and cloud computing, and the impact on the business environment. It discusses the importance of companies to understand and use these new...

Chapter 4

Structural Services: A New Approach to Enterprise Integration (pages 50-91)

Jose Delgado

This chapter compares the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Representational State Transfer (REST) architectural styles and contends that both have advantages and limitations for enterprise integration. SOA, based on behavior...

Chapter 5

The Impact of Knowledge Management Information System on Businesses (pages 92-117)

Natasa Blazeska-Tabakovska, Violeta Manevska

Organizations put their focus on organizational knowledge rather than on material resources. They increase their efforts to maximize knowledge utilization in order to cope with global trends, improve their business processes, make...

Chapter 6

Securing Enterprises from Malicious Attacks on their Networks (pages 118-142)

Jameson Mbale, Manish Wadhwa

Routers interconnect networks of various enterprises, and the more secure the entry or exit points are made, the more robust the security of these enterprises is. These routers become the first direct targets and are vulnerable to...

Chapter 7

Innovation Styles, Processes, and their Drivers: An Organizational Perspective (pages 143-163)

Ashish Kumar Jha, Indranil Bose

Technology innovation is not just a result of funds invested in research and development of a firm; it is a culmination of long-standing investments in well-thought-out processes, plans, and strategies. The chapter aims to address...

Chapter 8

Are Universities Unsocial with Social Media? (pages 164-179)

Ellen Raineri, Tamara Fudge, Linnea Hall

This chapter explores the necessity of teaching social media in university courses. Many of today's business organizations have replaced or augmented traditional marketing with social media in order to promote their products or...

Chapter 9

A Past to Present Journey: A Critical Analysis of the Chief Information Officer Role (pages 180-206)

Moyassar Al-Taie, Michael Lane, Aileen Cater-Steel

This chapter explores the role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO). A detailed review of the existing literature traces the evolution of this role and highlights its characteristics and configurations. CIO role effectiveness can...

Chapter 10

The Evolving Role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) (pages 207-232)

Brian Davis, Joe McDonagh

The new role of CIO was created in the early 1980s, a time when organizations had just begun to recognize the strategic importance of IS. Prior to that, the most senior role in IS had been that of the IS Manager, a functional or line...

Chapter 11

Aligning Strategy and Information Technology (pages 233-261)

Eamonn Caffrey, Joe McDonagh

The purpose of this chapter is to provide the reader with high-level insights into the complexities of aligning strategy and Information Technology (IT) by reviewing core areas of the extant strategic alignment literature. Strategic...

Chapter 12

The Role of Information System within Enterprise Architecture and their Impact on Business Performance (pages 262-284)

Kijpokin Kasemsap

This chapter introduces the role of Information Systems (IS) within enterprise architecture and their impact on business performance, thus explaining the theoretical and practical concepts of Information Technology (IT), technical...

Chapter 13

Effects of Information Technology on Business Performance and the Use of Accounting Measures (pages 285-294)

Jorge A. Romero

The understanding of the link between Information Technology (IT) investments and firm performance is still not completely understood in spite of numerous studies. However, these studies are not united in how they examine the effects...

Chapter 14

Logistics and Supply Chain Management and the Impact of Information Systems and Information Technology (pages 295-301)

Gregory D. Gleghorn, Alan Harper

Supply chain management is the backbone of the movement of goods and services. Supply chain management is a term that has evolved from logistics. Traditional supply chain management involved a salesperson, who was the focal point in...

Chapter 15

Business Competence and Acumen of Information Technology Professionals (pages 302-312)

Gregory Gleghorn

There is an ongoing debate concerning information technology professionals and business competency skills. Conventional wisdom suggests IT professionals should first and foremost be proficient in all technical aspects and abilities...

Chapter 16

Advances in Technology Project Management: Review of Open Source Software Integration (pages 313-324)

Maurice Dawson, Brian Leonard, Emad Rahim

As organizations must continually drive down costs of software-driven projects, they need to evaluate the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and other software-based design methodologies. These methodologies include looking at...

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