Emerging Trends and Challenges in Information Technology Management

Emerging Trends and Challenges in Information Technology Management

Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
Copyright: © 2006 |Pages: 1104
ISBN13: 9781616921286|EISBN13: 9781466665361
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-128-6
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The field of information technology continues to impact more organizations worldwide as new technologies and applications are implemented to strengthen everyday business processes. Individuals within these organizations continue to face the challenge of developing and implementing the latest innovative programs that successfully apply information technology applications within various types and sizes of companies and businesses. Emerging Trends and Challenges in Information Technology Management presents the latest issues surrounding the management of information technology in organizations, and explains how these issues are addressed and used for the benefit of practitioners and educators around the world.

These proceedings from the 17th Annual Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) International Conference provide knowledge related to the latest trends and challenges dealing with all aspects of information technology applications and management. Topics presented within the proceedings include: distance learning technologies, data warehousing and mining, information quality management, geographic information systems, knowledge management, information technology education, and many more.

Emerging Trends and Challenges in Information Technology Management includes the latest research in the area of IT utilization and management, and supports those involved in the research and teaching of information technology aspects worldwide.

Table of Contents

Paper 1
Mark Szota (Monash University, Berwick Campus, Australia), Kirsten Ellis (Monash University, Berwick Campus, Australia). Pages 1-4.
Many theoretical development practices exist for creating multimedia systems. Most of these development models are orientated towards building traditional information systems, where the...
Paper 2
Dag von Lubitz (Central Michigan University, USA), Nilmini Wickramasinghe (Illinois Institute of Technology, USA). Pages 5-10.
The proliferation of IC2T (information computer and communication technologies ) throughout the business environment has lead to exponentially increasing amounts of data and information...
Paper 3
James D. Colins (Missouri Southern State University, USA). Pages 11-14.
This research consisted of two separate, but inter-related studies. In Study 1, a rating scale, called the Web Credibility Scale, was created to measure the credibility of a Web page. T...
Paper 4
M. E. Burke (University of Salford, UK). Pages 15-18.
This paper examines questions regarding the choices of research paradigms and the practical application of philosophy to the life of professional information managers. The purpose of th...
Paper 5
James A. Sena (California Polytechnic State University, USA). Pages 19-21.
Outsourcing by American companies has become a way of doing business. Various forms of strategic sourcing are means for firms to compete strategically in the global marketplace. This pa...
Paper 6
Laura Lally (Hofstra University, USA). Pages 23-25.
With IT Security becoming an issue of growing importance, many new IT based technologies and applications are emerging to confront this challenge. This paper presents a theoretically ba...
Paper 7
Sabah S. Al-Fedaghi (Kuwait University, Kuwait). Pages 26-29.
This paper introduces a theoretical exploration of an interdisciplinary field that that integrates principles of ethics, privacy and information. Ethics has already been interwoven with...
Paper 8
Brett Ferrand (University of Portsmouth, UK), Mark Xu (University of Portsmouth, UK), Martyn Roberts (University of Portsmouth, UK). Pages 30-33.
Waiting for items to be delivered and the failure of scheduled delivery can offset the time-saving and convenience benefits of online shopping. This paper reports on part of a survey-ba...
Paper 9
Edward J. Garrity (Canisius College, USA), Junghoon Moon (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA), G. Lawrence Sanders. Pages 34-37.
This paper proposes the use of general systems theory and systems diagramming techniques to identify pervasive computing opportunities. The Garrity and Sanders’ model of information sys...
Paper 10
Qi Fei (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA), Jim Q. Chen (St. Cloud State University, USA). Pages 38-41.
Electronic data interchange (EDI) and Internet based Business to business (B2B) e-commerce technology are two important inter-organization systems (IOS). Many studies have been done abo...
Paper 11
Perry Sadorsky (York University, Canada). Pages 42-45.
Non-deployed resources (like cash and marketable securities), or in some cases, deployed but easily recoverable, resources (like sales and administration expenses) are termed slack reso...
Paper 12
Lena Aggestem (University of Skövde, Sweden). Pages 46-49.
The most important resource in modern enterprises is the human brain (Nordström and Ridderstråle, 1999). Consequently, knowledge is important, both as a resource and as a competitive ad...
Paper 13
Alice M. Johnson (North Carolina A&T State University, USA), Albert L. Lederer (University of Kentucky, USA). Pages 50-54.
Researchers have suggested that convergence between an organization’s top business and IS executive enables the alignment of IS and business strategy, thus increasing the potential cont...
Paper 14
Song Jun-feng (The National University of Defense Technology, China), Zhang Wei-Ming (The National University of Defense Technology, China), Tang Da-quan (The National University of Defense Technology, China), Tang Jiu-yang (The National University of Defense Technology, China). Pages 55-59.
The Web consists of numerous pages encoded in HTML; its contents are readable and understandable for human, but not understandable for machine. So it’s hard for machine to process the w...
Paper 15
Elizabeth M. Pierce (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA), Beverly K. Kahn (Suffolk University, USA), Helinä Melkas (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland). Pages 60-62.
Most agree that although related, data, information and knowledge differ from each other. Given this distinction, it is logical to ask if there is also variation in how quality is defin...
Paper 16
Zbigniew J. Gackowski (California State University Stanislaus, USA). Pages 63-67.
This is a comparative technology-independent case approach to theory based views of operations quality requirements for data and information values. Two contrasting cases illustrate the...
Paper 17
Christian Kaspar (Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Germany), Lutz Seidenfaden (Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Germany), Björn Ortelbach (Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Germany), Svenja Hagenhoff (Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Germany). Pages 68-72.
The mobile Internet is perceived as a chance for media industry to generate additional revenues from paid contents. Successful business models for the mobile Internet will only be possi...
Paper 18
Hassan M. Selim (United Arab Emirates University, UAE). Pages 73-77.
This study develops an E-Learning Acceptance Model (ELAM) to investigate the relationships among the factors affecting students’ acceptance of e-learning. In line with the literature, t...
Paper 19
Jerzy A. Kisielnicki (School of Management Warsaw University, Poland). Pages 78-81.
This paper presents the convergence strategy with its influence on small and medium sized e-business and t-business companies’ development. It is assumed that the convergence strategy c...
Paper 20
Jing ("Jim") Quan (Salisbury University, USA), Ronald Dattero (Southwest Missouri State University, USA), Stuart D. Galup (Florida Atlantic University, USA). Pages 82-85.
Although over the past 25 years the gender pay gap for full-time workers has been dramatically narrowing, the gap remains wide in the IT industry. Why does such a gap persist and is the...
Paper 21
H. Dexter (University of Manchester, UK), J. Petch (University of Manchester, UK). Pages 86-89.
Knowledgebases can be developed to support complex processes in enterprises and used to ensure that checklists, guides, protocols, standards and policy documents are made available to t...
Paper 22
Shuk Ying Ho (The University of Melbourne, Australia), Kevin K.W. Ho (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong). Pages 91-93.
Information quality is critical for a communication portal because there are myriad information types, including textual, audio, video and other complex information types which an organ...
Paper 23
Joo Eng Lee-Partridge (Central Connecticut State University, USA). Pages 94-96.
This paper describes an exploratory study on the use of reflective learning to enhance student learning in an introductory programming course. Students were required to submit a weekly...
Paper 24
Jari Salo (University of Oulu, Finland). Pages 97-100.
Both practitioners and academics have been interested in business relationships for decades. However, the emergence of mobile business and the use of mobile solutions within relationshi...
Paper 25
Nurul I. Sarker (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand). Pages 101-104.
The IEEE 802.11b medium access control (MAC) protocol is gaining widespread popularity as a layer-2 protocol for wireless local area networks (WLANs). A good MAC protocol for WLANs shou...
Paper 26
Aleksandar Sasha Talevski (Monash University, Australia), Mark Szota (Monash University, Australia). Pages 105-108.
This research surveys students to investigate the use of reflective learning journals in a Studio environment. Over 220 students were approached in order to discover the current process...
Paper 27
Daniel M. Brandon (Christian Brothers University, USA). Pages 109-113.
According to the CHAOS Report of the Standish Group, unqualified IT project success only occurs in about one-third of IT projects (The Standish Group, 2004). To improve this success rat...
Paper 28
X. Mara Chen (Henson School of Science & Technology, USA), Colleen Parrott (Somerset County Health Department, USA), Karin E. Johnson (Henson School of Science & Technology, USA). Pages 114-117.
The catastrophes of Hurricane Katrina and the 2004 Asia Tsunami have highlighted the vulnerabilities of coastal communities, regardless of whether they are located in a developed or a d...
Paper 29
Jiri Vorisek (University of Economics Prague, Czech Republic), George Feuerlicht (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia). Pages 118-121.
Most organizations today are looking for more cost effective approaches to delivering enterprise applications to their user base. Among the alternatives that are becoming increasingly p...
Paper 30
Stan Lewis (The University of Southern Mississippi, USA), Ernest W. King (The University of Southern Mississippi, USA), Eddy J. Burks (Frostburg State University, USA). Pages 127-129.
The manuscript presents the results of an unanticipated opportunity to study disaster recovery planning and collect data about a law firm’s successes (and failures) when the plan had to...
Paper 31
Edward T. Chen (University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA), Jeffrey Hsu (Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA), Kuoching Feng (National Taitung University, Taiwan). Pages 130-132.
Information Systems (IS) outsourcing is all the rage these days in corporate America and seems to be spreading worldwide with current globalization trends (Pfannenstein and Tsai, 2004)....
Paper 32
Kurt Reichinger (Vienna University of Technology, Austria), Gerd Reichinger (Vienna University of Technology, Austria), Robert Baumgartner (Vienna University of Technology, Austria). Pages 133-136.
Linking Electronic Number Mapping (ENUM) with the Semantic Web proposed by the authors in previous work necessitated a prototype for proofing the concept and application examples for fu...
Paper 33
Jakakumar Venkataraman (Infosys Technologies, Ltd., Bangalore, India), Sriram Anand (Infosys Technologies, Ltd., Bangalore, India). Pages 137-142.
SOA represents the conceptual model of an enterprise where most of the collaborating systems produce or consume services that are loosely coupled entities representing coarse grained bu...
Paper 34
Kunihiko Kido (Systems Development Laboratory, Japan), Satoshi Yasiro (Systems Development Laboratory, Japan). Pages 143-147.
Ubiquitous technologies will provide rich services to consumers and citizens. However, ubiquitous applications will raise serious privacy protection issues since ubiquitous devices will...
Paper 35
Daniel J. Hinz (J.W. Goethe University, Germany), Heiko Gewald (J.W. Goethe University, Germany). Pages 148-151.
The management of risks associated with information technology (IT) infrastructure becomes increasingly important, as companies may face severe negative outcomes in case of failures. Th...
Paper 36
Kerstin Fink (University of Innsbruck, Austria), Christian Ploder (University of Innsbruck, Austria), Friedrich Roithmayr (University of Innsbruck, Austria). Pages 152-155.
The use of the term stakeholder in the context of strategic knowledge management processes in combination of the information systems research fields is recent. However, if companies wan...
Paper 37
Karl Kurbel (European University Viadrina Frankfurt, Germany). Pages 156-159.
The challenges and findings presented in this paper are based on experiences from a completely online master program delivered on the Internet, the “International Master of Business Inf...
Paper 38
Katherine Blashki (Deakin University, Australia), Dharani Priyahansika Perera (Deakin University, Australia), Gang Li (Deakin University, Australia). Pages 160-163.
This paper discusses the findings of a user requirement study conducted as a part of a larger research project that intends to develop a system enabling artists with upper limb disabili...
Paper 39
Ashwani Kumar (Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, India). Pages 164-167.
Advances in computational methods have led, in the marketing domain, to huge databases of consumer and marketing information. In the past decade, various machine intelligence techniques...
Paper 40
Dana Edberg (University of Nevada, Reno, USA), Lisa A. Anderson (University of Nevada, Reno, USA). Pages 168-171.
Software process improvement (SPI) initiatives encompass a broad range of potential changes to the software development and maintenance process. An SPI initiative can be as simple as im...
Paper 41
Peter Rittgen (University College of Boras, Sweden). Pages 172-175.
A trading partner agreement can be used to regulate the cooperation of organizations. It is typically written in natural language which gives rise to misunderstandings when partners int...
Paper 42
Neil J. Schroeder (Air Force Institute of Technology, USA), Michael R. Crimaila (Air Force Institute of Technology, USA). Pages 176-179.
It is believed that security management decisions are made with the intent of maximizing the decision maker’s utility. In this paper, we examine the influence of biases on information s...
Paper 43
Joseph M. Lawson (Air Force Institute of Technology, USA), Michael R. Grimaila (Air Force Institute of Technology, USA). Pages 180-183.
The need for global information interchange in military applications has dramatically increased the need for geosynchronous (GEO) satellite data links beyond their existing capacity. In...
Paper 44
John Venable (Curtin University of Technology, USA). Pages 184-187.
Design Science (or Design Research) as a research paradigm has been underemphasised in IS research in favour of empirical research using the Positivist and Interpretivist approaches of...
Paper 45
Shuyuan Mary Ho (Syracuse University, USA), U. Yeliz Ereryel (Syracuse University, USA). Pages 188-191.
Coordinated defense in the cyber warfare has emerged to protect information assets through the use of technologies, policy and the best management practices to defend against coordinate...
Paper 46
Joseph Barjis (Georgia Southern University, USA), Han Reichgelt (Georgia Southern University, USA), Paul Forte (Georgia Southern University, USA), Chris Small (Georgia Southern University, USA). Pages 192-195.
Business process modeling is an important tool in the design and creation of information systems that deliver business value. Business processes often require the exchange of informatio...
Paper 47
Ronald Dattero (Missouri State University, USA), Jing ("Jim") Quan (Salisbury University, USA). Pages 196-199.
Knowledge management is a method for simplifying and improving the process of sharing, distributing, creating, and understanding organizational knowledge. The purpose of this paper is t...
Paper 48
Shanshan Ma (Drexel University, USA), Il-Yeol Song (Drexel University, USA). Pages 200-203.
Most existing question answering systems do not always provide satisfying answers to questioners. One way to improve this situation is to incorporate contextual information into answeri...
Paper 49
Soraya Abad-Mota (Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela), Eduardo Ruiz I. (Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela). Pages 204-207.
Large scientific research efforts whether they are in academia, government or the private sector are usually comprised of diverse and geographically separated teams that collect data us...
Paper 50
Patricia H. Lapczynski (College Misericordia, USA), Linda Jo Calloway (Pace University, USA). Pages 208-211.
Technology acceptance models have been an important area of research in the Information Systems arena, especially in the last 20 years. This study integrates factors from four models re...
Paper 51
Carl Erik Wikstrom (University of Tampere, Finland). Pages 212-215.
Customer relationship management (CRM) initiatives have emerged in a form of strategic and high priority projects in many organizations, but risks and rewards are equally high. One aven...
Paper 52
George W. Stewart (University of the West Indies, Jamaica), Evan W. Duggan (University of Alabama, USA). Pages 216-219.
An organization’s capability to amalgamate and disseminate its intellectual capital to enhance organizational learning and decision-making – knowledge management (KM) - is linked to the...
Paper 53
Euijin Kim (Morehead State University, USA), Suresh Tadisina (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA). Pages 220-223.
Propensity to trust has been considered as a direct predictor of trust and as a moderator of the relationships between trust and its predictors. Our model provides a relatively comprehe...
Paper 54
Jaime Muñoz Arteaga (Univer. Autónoma de Aguascalientes Av. Universidad, Mexico), Francisco Álvarez Rodriguez (niver. Autónoma de Aguascalientes Av. Universidad, Mexico), Gustavo Rodríguez Gomez (Coordinación de Ciencias Computacionales del INAOE, Mexico), Héctor Perez Gonzalez (Facultad de Ingeniería de la Univer. Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico). Pages 224-227.
An interactive application requires a high rate of maintenance and reutilization of software in order to guide the large diversity of user tasks. Software components have proven to be e...
Paper 55
Krassie Petrova (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand), Haixia Qu (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand). Pages 228-231.
The emergence of mobile commerce (mCommerce) has driven academic research to investigate mobile infrastructure requirements, mobile applications and services, and customer adoption. Thi...
Paper 56
Lars-Erik Janlert (Umeå University, Sweden). Pages 232-234.
Persons present themselves to the world. The relation between appearance and being is constrained in various ways. The ongoing virtualization disrupts existing mechanisms serving to kee...
Paper 57
Sertaç Son (E-Finance Lab & Frankfurt University, Germany), Tim Weitzel (E-Finance Lab & Frankfurt University, Germany), Wolfgang Konig (E-Finance Lab & Frankfurt University, Germany). Pages 235-238.
Control and governance of corporate IT departments have become quite critical in organizations due to enormous size of their expenditure. Surprisingly, this topic is rarely discussed in...
Paper 58
Yanli Hu (National University of Defense Technology, China), Liang Bai (National University of Defense Technology, China), Weiming Zhang (National University of Defense Technology, China), Weidong Xiao (National University of Defense Technology, China), Zhong Liu (National University of Defense Technology, China), Yingchao Zhang (School of Information System & Management, National University of Defense Technology, China). Pages 239-241.
The information grid is made up of autonomous systems linked together by a network technology substrate. Based on the Agent-Based Information Resource Management Model (ABIRMM), we adva...
Paper 59
Tadeusz Krupa (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland), Lech Gasiorkiewicz (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland). Pages 242-246.
The object of interest of economic information technology is in research and development of information IT used in supporting modern business processes. The article methodologically foc...
Paper 60
Richard Caladine (University of Wollongong, Australia). Pages 247-250.
At many Universities and colleges a range of learning technologies is used in an approach to learning that blends face-to-face and online methods. Often those who design blended courses...
Paper 61
Axel C. Schwickert (University of Giessen, Germany), Bernhard Ostheimer (University of Giessen, Germany). Pages 251-254.
In 1937, the Toyoda family founded the “Toyota Motor Company” in Japan and chiefly constructed lorries for the military government. In 1949 a long strike led to a considerable slump in...
Paper 62
Krassie Petrova (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand), B. Dawn Medlin (Appalachian State University, USA). Pages 255-258.
New technology and changing business needs will change the job requirements and responsibilities of the future. Companies will expect their IT employees to combine business skills, anal...
Paper 63
Liliana Martinez (Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Tandil - Argentina, Argentina), Liliana Favre (Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Tandil - Argentina, Argentina). Pages 259-263.
The Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is an initiative of the Object Management Group (OMG) that promotes the use of models for developing software systems. It distinguishes at least thre...
Paper 64
Claudia Pereira (Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Liliana Favre (Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina). Pages 264-268.
The Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is facing a paradigm shift from object-oriented software development to model-centric development. MDA distinguishes at least three different kinds o...
Paper 65
Lech Janczewski (The University of Auckland, New Zealand), Vincent Tai (The University of Auckland, New Zealand). Pages 269-272.
Accountants are the custodians of many peoples’ or businesses’ financial information. This information is clearly sensitive and therefore it is important for accountants to ensure that...
Paper 66
Jakovljevic Maria (University of the Witwatersand, South Africa). Pages 273-276.
Instructors in the information systems environment respond to complex information systems design tasks ignoring the need for creating design tools in order to develop understanding of q...
Paper 67
Wen-Chen Hu (University of North Dakota, USA), Jyh-haw Yeh (Boise State University, USA), Hung-Ju Chu (University of Florida, USA), Sheng-Chien Lee (University of Florida, USA). Pages 277-280.
Using Internet-enabled mobile handheld devices to accessing the World Wide Web is a promising addition to the Web and traditional ecommerce. Mobile handheld devices provide convenience...
Paper 68
Shawkat Ali (Central Queensland University, Melbourne, Australia), Pramila Gupta (Central Queensland University, Melbourne, Australia). Pages 281-284.
Microarray genome studies discover the relationship between gene expression profiles and various diseases. This relationship generally introduces valuable quantitative information from...
Paper 69
Selmin Nurcan (University Paris I, France), Zhichao Song (University Paris I, France). Pages 285-289.
The process-oriented business management requires an appropriate engineering environment for the design and organization of the business processes and their supporting systems. Support...
Paper 70
Mariana Hentea (Southwestern Oklahoma State University, USA). Pages 290-292.
Although traditional lecture approach dominates the current teaching of information security, by combining traditional lecture approach with laboratory projects, students become more in...
Paper 71
Man-Ying Cheung (Monash University, Australia), Koon-Ying Raymond Li (Monash University, Australia), Tim Zapart (Monash University, Australia). Pages 293-296.
Research indicates that children learn best while playing games. Edutainment is a term describing a computer environment where learning and playing takes place simultaneously. Game base...
Paper 72
Mohammad Ali Sarlak (University of Payame Noor, Iran), Hassan Abedi Jafari (University of Tehran, Iran). Pages 297-302.
The current research tries to offer a conceptual model in order to create trust among people for choosing these virtual universities. To this end, the conceptual model of research has b...
Paper 73
Séamus Hill (Hewlett Packard European Software Centre, Ireland), Denise Melia (National University of Ireland, Ireland). Pages 304-308.
Creating and maintaining privacy and trust in electronic commerce when developing an online presence is critical if a company wishes to trade successfully via the web. Customers have ex...
Paper 74
José M. Parente de Oliveira (Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Brazil), Clovis Torres Fernandes (Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Brazil). Pages 309-312.
Educational Adaptive Hypermedia Systems (EAHSs) have been used to support customized learning. The adaptation mechanisms provided usually try to define the better concept sequence to be...
Paper 75
Loreen Marie Butcher-Powell (Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA), Brian Cameron (Pennsylvania State University, USA). Pages 313-315.
Understanding technology users’ perceptions regarding technology organization communities of practice and performance is an arising topic of interest for many researchers and organizati...
Paper 76
Anil Sharma (UAE University, UAE), Khalifa Ali Alsuwaidi (UAE University, UAE), Stephen Boylan. Pages 316-321.
A major paradigmatic teaching shift has taken place in the United Arab Emirates, from the traditional format to one in which students are actively engaged in their own learning process....
Paper 77
Anil Aggarwal (University of Baltimore, USA), Susan A. Lynn (University of Baltimore, USA). Pages 322-324.
This study develops course-embedded assessment measures that can be used to assess learning outcomes in a graduate course in Management Information Systems (MIS) at an urban public univ...
Paper 78
Yong Jun Choi (The George Washington University, USA). Pages 325-328.
In this paper, I propose an information-based query expansion technique to support scenario specific retrieval in the medical domain. An information-based query expansion technique take...
Paper 79
Yong Jun Choi (The George Washington University, USA), Juman Byun (The George Washington University, USA). Pages 329-332.
This paper introduces a concept of updating knowledge in its clinical use. Clinical Information Assistant (CIA) is a just-in-context medium of clinical knowledge dissemination. Relevant...
Paper 80
Lila Rao Graham (University of the West Indies, Jamaica), Gunjan Mansingh (University of the West Indies, Jamaica), Gerald Grant (Carleton University, Canada). Pages 333-336.
In this paper we propose a framework for assessing the factors influencing the adoption of free and open source application software in business and other organizations. While there hav...
Paper 81
Ricardo Acosta-Diaz (University of Colima, Mexico), Arthur Edwards (University of Colima, Mexico), Raúl Aquino Santos (University of Colima, Mexico), Miguel A. Garcia-Ruiz (Algoma University, Canada), Jorge Rafael Gutiérrez-Pulido (University of Colima, Mexico), Juan Contreras-Castillo (University of Colima, Mexico). Pages 337-340.
The primary purpose of higher education is to provide an adequate setting for students to optimally perform and grow both professionally and personally. First year students, however, so...
Paper 82
Daniel Carbone (Victoria University, Australia), Stephen Burgess (Victoria University, Australia). Pages 341-344.
This paper discusses the features that could add value to a health community portal. Much has been published about Portals. A myriad of aspects have been researched: definitions, techni...
Paper 83
Georg Fuchs (University of Rostock, Germany), Heidrun Schumann (University of Rostock, Germany). Pages 345-348.
Advanced user interfaces are an important aspect of mobile information systems. They should provide state-of-the-art visualization and interaction techniques tailored for specific tasks...
Paper 84
Stephen Burgess (Victoria University, Australia), Paul Darbyshire (Victoria University, Australia). Pages 349-352.
Over the last few years we seem to be experiencing a phenomenon of dropping attendance rates in classes. Anecdotal evidence suggests that this seems to be widespread, and not restricted...
Paper 85
Wim Van Grembergen (University of Antwerp – Antwerp Management School, Belgium), Steven De Haes (University of Antwerp – Antwerp Management School, Belgium). Pages 353-356.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has brought about an enhanced attention on enterprise (corporate) governance. Consequently, information technology (IT) governance is also on the agenda as corpor...
Paper 86
Hafizi Muhamad Ali (Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia), Zawiyah Mohd Yusof (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia). Pages 357-361.
This study seeks to explore the Human Resource Managers’ perceptions on knowledge management and to determine whether these perceptions are influenced by their leadership style (either...
Paper 87
Mohamed A. Wahdan (Menofia University, Egypt), Pieter Spronck (Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands), Hamdi F. Ali (Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands), Eddy Vaassen (Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands), H. Jaap van den Herik (Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands). Pages 362-366.
Corporations are required by law to produce annual reports on their financial statements. The financial reports are accompanied by the auditor’s report, which is an independent auditor’...
Paper 88
Puja Sahni (Carleton University, Canada), Gerald Grant (Carleton University, Canada). Pages 367-370.
While RFID has received significant coverage in the popular and IT press it is evident that managers, particularly those in the manufacturing industry, have limited knowledge about RFID...
Paper 89
Rocío Abascal (INSA of Lyon, France), Béatrice Rumpler (INSA of Lyon, France). Pages 371-373.
Annotation is a key way in which documents grow and increase in value. This paper explores the possibility to use concepts extracted from documents by using a Natural Language Processin...
Paper 90
Orla Kirwan (National University of Ireland, Ireland), Kieran Conboy (National University of Ireland, Ireland). Pages 374-376.
Although the adoption of e-commerce is widely studied in the academic world, only a small percentage of these studies focus on the retail sector. An even smaller number of these studies...
Paper 91
Ravi Gorthi (Infosys Technologies, India), Andie Kurniawan (The University of New South Wales, Australia), Nandan Parameswaran (The University of New South Wales, Australia). Pages 377-380.
An important characteristic of management, in our view, is the extensive use of dialogs by the project managers in their problem solving and decision making endeavor. High degree of dep...
Paper 92
Jeanette Lew (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia). Pages 381-385.
This paper challenges the notion that the ICT assimilation process is an individualistic choice within an organisation, and that adoption alone does not determine further use or success...
Paper 93
Timon C. Du (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Vincent S. Lai (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Charles Chou (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Richard Hwang (California State University, USA). Pages 386-387.
To respond to the fast-changing environment, corporations are under pressure to form collaboration within and among organizations. There are many reported examples of how collaboration...
Paper 94
Zbigniew J. Gackowski (California State University Stanislaus, USA). Pages 388-391.
This qualitative inquiry into the universe of data/information quality (DQ/IQ) dimensions presents a rationale for a move from the intrinsic and internal toward the external, from the o...
Paper 95
Steve Benson (Edith Cowan University, Australia). Pages 392-393.
Much of the work carried out in the formative years of IS/IT focussed on the articulation of paradigms and research frameworks rather than the development of the discipline (Hirscheim e...
Paper 96
Rosarito Sanchez-Morcilio (University of Puerto Rico, USA). Pages 394-396.
This paper presents a comprehensive view of electronic cash and its role in our society. Its origins, development, implementation, and acceptance are discussed from business, technical,...
Paper 97
In Lee (Western Illinois University, USA). Pages 397-398.
E-recruiting has driven companies to redesign the recruiting process and to move quickly to web-based integrated human resource systems that provide standardized frameworks for key pers...
Paper 98
Ned Kock (Texas A&M International University, USA), Jacques Vervile (Texas A&M International University, USA), Hafizul Islam (Texas A&M International University, USA), Jesus Camona (Texas A&M International University, USA). Pages 399-401.
A key e-collaborative activity through which many organizations acquire products today is that of Web-based purchasing. When buying products through the Web, as with traditional face-to...
Paper 99
Juergen Seitz (University of Cooperative Education Heidenheim, Germany), Krzysztof Woda (European University Viadrina, Germany). Pages 402-405.
Electronic payment systems are not only an appropriate medium of exchange on electronic markets. They can also make easier illicit dealing, among them money laundering. The purpose of t...
Paper 100
Pernill G. A. van der Rijt (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands). Pages 406-408.
Knowledge is a resource that is considered to be important for organizational success and survival (Hinds & Pfeffer, 2003). Nevertheless, processes of knowledge sharing in organizations...
Paper 101
Teresa L. Ju (Shu-Te University, Taiwan), Hui-ching Chen (Shu-Te University, Taiwan), Patricia H.f Ju (Shu-Te University, Taiwan). Pages 409-411.
Virtual communities of special interests are computer-mediated forums that enable individuals to exchange experiences, solve practical problems, and generate new ideas with others of co...
Paper 102
Alberto Colombo (University of Milan, Italy), Ernesto Damiani (University of Milan, Italy), Mauro Madravio (University of Milan, Italy), Renato Macconi (Tecnologie.net, Software People Group, Italy), Karl Reed (La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia). Pages 412-414.
We describe an XML-based approach to requirements engineering that allows flexible tuning of the requirements’ structure according to the level attained by an organization in SEI’s Capa...
Paper 103
Elaine H. Ferneley (University of Salford, UK), A. Kamil Mahmood (University of Salford, UK). Pages 415-417.
Embodied intelligent agents (avatars) are increasingly being conceptualized and incorporated in interactive educational technology with the aim of making the learning process more engag...
Paper 104
Amita Goyal Chin (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA), Sushma Mishra (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA). Pages 418-420.
Given the recent monumental events including the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as well as the Enron and MCI Worldcom debacles, people have witnessed,...
Paper 105
Joseph Catanio (LaSalle University, USA), Michael Bieber (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA). Pages 421-423.
A significant aspect of systems analysis involves discovering and representing entities and their inter-relationships. Guidelines exist to identify entities but none provide a rigorous...
Paper 106
Elise Garrot (ICTT Laboratory, INSA Lyon, France), Sébastien George (ICTT Laboratory, INSA Lyon, France), Patrick Prevot (ICTT Laboratory, INSA Lyon, France). Pages 424-426.
Currently, tutors roles in distance learning are not clearly defined and few tools support them in their functions. Some tools help tutors to monitor learners and to interact with them,...
Paper 107
Kai Reinhart (ICO Conceptual Works, Germany), Ernst Biesalski (DaimlerChrysler AG, Germany). Pages 427-429.
In dynamic business environment of today companies have to deal with an increasing complexity in knowledge- and competency-structures. The paper summarizes research-based concepts how c...
Paper 108
James Hill (National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland), Murray Scott (National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland), Thomas Acton (National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland), Peter O’Boyle (Marine, & Natural Resources, Ireland). Pages 430-434.
Usability is an important element of why users accept an information system. Heuristic evaluation is a common method of usability evaluation often performed by independent consultants i...
Paper 109
Rajesh Natarajan (Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India), B. Shekar (Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India). Pages 435-437.
We introduce the notion of weakness of an AR. After providing the intuition, we develop a weakness-based distance-function for clustering ARs. We cluster ARs obtained from a small artif...
Paper 110
Henry H. Emurian (UMBC, USA). Pages 438-440.
Our previous research (Emurian, 2005; 2006) showed that students who completed a Java tutoring system, which taught a simple ten-line Applet program to display a text string in a browse...
Paper 111
Robert J. Mockler (St. John’s University, USA), Dorothy G. Dologite (City University of New York, USA). Pages 441-442.
This study originated with strategic management work done at Jamaica Hospital in Queens New York and the Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged in Manhattan, New York. As background for...
Paper 112
John M. Artz (The George Washington University, USA). Pages 443-444.
For the past few decades there have been articles appearing, in the Information Systems research literature, criticizing the field for a lack of theory, no core set of concepts, and no...
Paper 113
Katherine Blashki (Deakin University, Australia), Suttisak Jantavongso (Monash University, Australia). Pages 448-451.
Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) constitute the major contributors to the economic production, distribution and service sectors of Thailand providing employment opportunities and prod...
Paper 114
Charles McClain (Capella University, USA). Pages 452-456.
Phishing uses technical legerdemain and social engineering to defraud on-line consumers into divulging confidential information. Pharming is a complimentary activity which misdirects cl...
Paper 115
Soumaya Ben Letaifa (Université du Québec A Montreal/Université Paris Dauphine, Canada), Yves Rabeau (Université du Québec A Montreal/Université Paris Dauphine, Canada). Pages 457-458.
In this paper, we present a model that shows how the new innovation environment defined by co-creation experiments within a value chain and supported by e-networks connecting suppliers,...
Paper 116
Peter Rittgen (University College of Borås, Sweden). Pages 459-461.
Co-design implies the active participation of all stakeholders in the system development process. Users have a double role in this being subjects both in and of co-design – they take an...
Paper 117
Gary Tarbet (University of Fairfax, USA), Theodore Schlie (Lehigh University, USA). Pages 462-464.
Since the early 1970s computer security has been the focus of many researcher’s efforts (Bell and Lapadula, 1976). Following the terrorist attack of 9/11, Congress and the Executive Bra...
Paper 118
S. Ramesh Babu (Infosys Technologies Limited, India), V. P. Kochikar (Infosys Technologies Limited, India), M. P. Ravindra (Infosys Technologies Limited, India). Pages 465-467.
Intellectual Assets (IA) have been the key differentiator for today’s organizations. However, creating and unlocking the value of these assets has never been easy, and has been achieved...
Paper 119
Ahmed Mahfouz (A&M University, USA). Pages 468-469.
This paper defines and classifies the user shopping experience in online environments, based on the information systems and online consumer behavior literature. The five dimensions of t...
Paper 120
Deb Sledgianowski (Hofstra University, USA). Pages 470-471.
Achieving IT-business alignment has been a long-standing critical information management issue. Little research exists examining the facilitators of alignment between IT staff and end-u...
Paper 121
Esperanza Huerta (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Mexico). Pages 472-474.
This paper draws on past research to identify factors that might affect the efficacy of computer-based multimedia as a learning tool. These factors are incorporated into the cognitive t...
Paper 122
Bong Gun Cho (Drexel University, USA), Il-Yeol Song (Drexel University, USA), Sung Y. Chin (South Dakota University, USA), Charlie Y. Shim (Drexel University, USA). Pages 475-478.
A reliable security measure of a network system is important in evaluating possible attacks against computer networks. In this paper, we develop a security measure on reliability of a n...
Paper 123
Maria Alice Frontini (University of São Paulo, Brazil), Fernando José Barbin Laurindo (University of São Paulo, Brazil). Pages 479-481.
As Information Technology (IT) evolves, it becomes increasingly complex investment decisions upon it. The technological uncertainties make it difficult to estimate the value that IT sol...
Paper 124
Mohamed A. Elbannan (Faculty of Commerce Cairo University Orman, Egypt). Pages 482-485.
The paper reviews influential literature concerning the effect of the contextual environment of decisions and the cognitive characteristics on accounting information processing and deci...
Paper 125
M. S. D. Fernando (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka), A. N. W. Dahanayake (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands), H. G. Sol (University of Groningen, The Netherlands). Pages 486-489.
The contribution of Information Technology (IT) to the economic growth and sustainable development of a country is indicated by the quality and spread of IT industries and IT education...
Paper 126
Peter Busch (Macquarie University, Australia), Lee Flax (Macquarie University, Australia), Debbie Richards (Macquarie University, Australia). Pages 491-493.
Research in knowledge management covering tacit knowledge tends to be descriptive and often makes little use of empiricism. Psychology as another discipline is very empirical and tends...
Paper 127
Nico Brehm (Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany), Jorge Marx Gómez (Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany). Pages 494-500.
As enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems become more complex the financial expenditures that are connected to the application of such systems dramatically increase. ERP systems con...
Paper 128
Nico Brehm (Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany), Jorge Marx Gomez (Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany). Pages 494-500.
As enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems become more complex the financial expenditures that are connected to the application of such systems dramatically increase. ERP systems con...
Paper 129
Naveen Prakash (JUIT, India), Colette Rolland (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorgonne, France). Pages 501-503.
We develop a whole life cycle method, from requirements engineering to system construction, starting from the notion of a Map. A Map represents requirements in terms of intentions and s...
Paper 130
Peter Busch (Macquarie University, Australia), Debbie Richards (Macquarie University, Australia). Pages 504-505.
What is clear from work in the field of tacit knowledge management is the importance of social contact and the social context. This paper discusses the role of social networks in tacit...
Paper 131
John Talburt (University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA), Traci Campbell (Acxiom Corporation, USA). Pages 506-508.
As organizations embrace strategic data quality management, they seek to implement data quality scorecards that display data quality metric results for their information systems. Howeve...
Paper 132
Juha Kontio (Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland). Pages 509-511.
There are many reports about Finland and the challenges Finland is facing. Many of these reports pose requirements towards education in order to be able to answer future challenges. One...
Paper 133
Marcos Antonio de Oliveira (Polytechnic School of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Marly Monteiro de Cavalho (Polytechnic School of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil). Pages 512-513.
Companies have undergone a process of transformation, organizing themselves to be able to make effective and agile responses to environmental demands. Furthermore, these responses const...
Paper 134
Marc Rabaey (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium), Eddy Vandijck (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium), Koenraad Vandenborre (University Gent, The Netherlands), Martin Timmerman (Royal Military Academy Brussels, Brussels, Belgium). Pages 514-515.
In this ever faster changing world organisations have to be very flexible in organising their resources and processes. This paper proposes a capability approach to solve the problems re...
Paper 135
Georgios A. Dafoulas (Middlesex University, UK). Pages 516-518.
Emerging trends and challenges in Information technology education are shifting instruction-based learning towards the use of the Internet, with its capabilities for flexibility, networ...
Paper 136
Gillian S. Miller (Macquarie University, Australia). Pages 519-521.
Data modeling allows us to elicit and visualize information about business objects and the relationships between them at a high level of abstraction. We argue that data modeling should...
Paper 137
Ari Wahstedt (University of Jyväskylä, Finland). Pages 522-524.
Learning management systems (LMS) enhances education and training possibilities and provides distance access to the learning content. LMS development is a co-operation between various p...
Paper 138
Adekunle Okunoye (Xavier University, USA), Mark Frolick (Xavier University, USA). Pages 525-526.
The influence of users on the success of ERP system implementation cannot be over-emphasized. This paper focuses on the expectations of the users in ERP system implementation in higher...
Paper 139
Lars Arne Turczyk (KOM Multimedia Communications Lab, Germany), Oliver Heckmann (KOM Multimedia Communications Lab, Germany), Rainer Berbner (KOM Multimedia Communications Lab, Germany), Ralf Steinmetz (KOM Multimedia Communications Lab, Germany). Pages 527-530.
In this paper we derive an analytical model for Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) systems and use that model to investigate the cost saving potential of ILM systems and to support...
Paper 140
Lars Arne Turczyk (KOM Multimedia Communications Lab, Germany), Oliver Heckmann (KOM Multimedia Communications Lab, Germany), Rainer Berbner (KOM Multimedia Communications Lab, Germany), Ralf Steinmetz (KOM Multimedia Communications Lab, Germany). Pages 531-533.
In this paper we present a framework for simulating Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) scenarios. The framework is derived from a formal approach to ILM which offers concrete mathem...
Paper 141
Sam Supakkul (Titat Software LLC, USA), Lawrence Chung (The University of Texas at Dallas, USA). Pages 534-536.
Though there is a wide acceptance of the strategic importance of integrating operations with suppliers and customers in supply chains, many questions remain unanswered about how best to...
Paper 142
Che-Chan Liao (National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan), Pu-Yuan Kuo (National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan). Pages 538-540.
Though there is a wide acceptance of the strategic importance of integrating operations with suppliers and customers in supply chains, many questions remain unanswered about how best to...
Paper 143
Mahmood H. Shah (Cranfield University, UK), Zaigham Mahmood (University of Derby, UK & North West University, South Africa). Pages 541-544.
Large enterprises are complex entities operating in a fast-moving environment facing increasing demands for even higher values. To ensure that a firm’s IT structure and knowledge base i...
Paper 144
William S. Boddie (United States National Defense University, USA). Pages 545-547.
The author discusses the Transformational Leadership and Information Technology Management Integration Framework as a normative approach global organizations might consider to achieve o...
Paper 145
Isaac Barjis (New York City College of Technology, USA), Wallied Samarrai (New York City College of Technology, USA), Idline Augustine (New York City College of Technology, USA), Joseph Barjis (Georgia Southern University, USA). Pages 548-550.
A new application area of Petri net is introduced in this paper. In particular it shows how, by means of Petri net, the protein production process can be modeled and analyzed. In order...
Paper 146
Ibrahim Al Kattan (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates), Ahmed Al Nunu (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates), Kassem Saleh (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates). Pages 551-553.
The objective of this study is to use the simulation technique to help the decision maker to have all details about resource analysis and make scientific decision. Simulation helps to t...
Paper 147
Maurício Rosa (Other Medias & Mathematics Education (GPIMEM), Brazil), Marcus Vinicius Maltempi (Other Medias & Mathematics Education (GPIMEM), Brazil). Pages 554-558.
Considering the increase of the necessity of qualified people and continues formation, the great lack of physical resources and specialists, as well as, the continental dimensions of Br...
Paper 148
Joseph Barjis (Georgia Southern University, USA), Derek B. Weaver (Georgia Southern University, USA), Isaac Barjis (New York City College of Technology, USA). Pages 559-561.
In this paper authors study how essential business transactions can be linked to their corresponding elements of an IT application using business process modeling approach. In this rega...
Paper 149
Terje Kristensen (Bergen University College, Norway), Yngve Lamo (Bergen University College, Norway), Khalid Mughal (University of Bergen, Norway). Pages 562-564.
In this paper we describe how e-learning systems in the Bergen region of Norway have developed, from early learning environments such as “Gudmundstad” and “Reidar” systems in the nineti...
Paper 150
Libby Hobson (University of South Australia, Australia), Carmen Joham (University of South Australia, Australia). Pages 565-566.
With the increased use of teams within organisations to disseminate knowledge and work collaboratively on projects, educators need to look closely at how they can improve student outcom...
Paper 151
Maria H. Z. Kish (Consultant, USA), Josephine Cocian Crame (Consultant, USA). Pages 567-570.
Opportunities for success for adult educators in the online learning and teaching environment may be achieved through two different strategies: by the introduction of an educator’s port...
Paper 152
Sharman Sichtenstein (Deakin University, Australia), Michael Edward Brain (Deakin University, Australia). Pages 571-574.
This paper explores the interplay of organisational strategy, structure and culture, and the resulting impact on organisational knowledge sharing. The paper reports some of the findings...
Paper 153
Christian Malus (University of Applied Sciences of Vienna, Austria). Pages 575-577.
Action Research has been used for the improvement of processes which help researchers to learn from actions in defined situations. The Unified Process has been developed as a framework...
Paper 154
Greg Koniecek (University of Liverpool, UK), Paul Darybshire (Victoria University, Australia). Pages 578-580.
By combining 2D symbol technology, XML syntax for data description and Web Services communication channels, it may be possible to lower the cost of processing and reduce data redundancy...
Paper 155
Paula Torreao (UFPE, Center of Informatics, Brazil), Patrícia Tedesco (UFPE, Center of Informatics, Brazil), Hermano Perelli (UFPE, Center of Informatics, Brazil). Pages 581-583.
The Project Management Knowledge Learning Environment (PMK) was designed to cater for its students’ particular needs. The PMK’s domain is based on PMI®’s PMBOK®. In order to enable PMK...
Paper 156
Ahern Brown (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA), Timothy Shea (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA), D. Steven White. Pages 584-585.
Today, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) implementations are large and expensive. Yet, in spite of best efforts, most CRM implementations are either disappointments or outright fai...
Paper 157
Hans-Henrik Hvolby (Aalborg University, Denmark). Pages 586-588.
Many small and medium sized companies introduce new management initiatives such as lean, outsourcing and Vendor Managed Inventory to reduce stock and manufacturing costs, to shorten lea...
Paper 158
Zeinab Karake Shalhoub (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates). Pages 589-590.
It is always difficult to analyze privacy and security as a phenomenon and may be almost impossible to analyze trust in the context of electronic commerce because of the complexity of e...
Paper 159
Lucie Joshko (Monash University, Berwick Campus, Australia), Jerome Moscicki (Monash University, Berwick Campus, Australia). Pages 591-594.
This paper examines the role of photographs in visual communication and investigates the negative impact of digital technologies on veracity of photographic images. The Internet’s facil...
Paper 160
Anne Venables (Victoria University, Australia), Sarojini Devi Nagappan (Sunway University College, Malaysia), Asim Ghous (Alpha Beta Colleges, Australia). Pages 595-598.
This paper reports on a serendipitous opportunity that befell our Bachelor of Science degree program at Victoria University, Australia, where we were able to collect ‘unsolicited’ stude...
Paper 161
Andrea Tapia (The Pennsylvania State University, USA), Julio Angel Ortiz (The Pennsylvania State University, USA), Edgar Maldonado Rangel (The Pennsylvania State University, USA). Pages 599-602.
Broadband access is commonly believed to be essential for all, yet is not available to all. The skills necessary to use information and communications technologies are not universally p...
Paper 162
Elizabeth Avery Gomez (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA), Dezhi Wu (Southern Utah University, USA), Katia Passerini (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA), Michael Bieber (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA). Pages 603-606.
Team-based learning (TBL) is an active learning instructional strategy used in the traditional face-to-face (FtF) classroom. Computer-mediated communications (CMC) is a medium that comp...
Paper 163
Jing Gao (University of South Australia, Australia), Shien Lin (University of South Australia, Australia), Andy Koronios (University of South Australia, Australia). Pages 607-610.
Data Quality (DQ) is a critical issue for effective asset management (AM). DQ problems can result in severe negative consequences for an organisation. Several research studies have indi...
Paper 164
Thomas W. Jackson (Loughborough University, UK), Stephen Smith (Loughborough University, UK). Pages 611-614.
Currently the majority of employee email interaction is inefficient as many employees are interrupted by email as frequently as every five minutes (Jackson et al 2003a). A detailed asse...
Paper 165
James Hill (National University of Ireland, Ireland), Thomas Action (National University of Ireland, Ireland), Neil Farren (Department of Communications, Marine, and Natural Resources, Ireland). Pages 615-618.
This research involved a study of the diffusion of Interactive television in Ireland and the United Kingdom, in order to assess the current level of diffusion of Interactive Television...
Paper 166
Myong Kang (Naval Research Laboratory, USA), Anya Kim (Naval Research Laboratory, USA), Jim Lo (Naval Research Laboratory, USA), Bruce Montrose (Naval Research Laboratory, USA), Amit Khashnobish (Naval Research Laboratory, USA). Pages 619-622.
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an emerging paradigm for distributed computing. Web services and SOA aim to provide unobtrusive access to resources and data. However, risks and t...
Paper 167
Brian Donnellan (National University of Ireland, Ireland), Kieran Conboy (National University of Ireland, Ireland), Seamus Hill (National University of Ireland, Ireland). Pages 623-626.
Much has been written about the need for organizations to be more innovative if they are to have a source of sustainable competitive advantage. The literature describes approaches to in...
Paper 168
Georgios A. Dafoulas (Middlesex University, UK). Pages 627-630.
The aim of this paper is to present a study for the visualisation of communication patterns evident in distance learning. More specifically, computer mediated communication in distance...
Paper 169
Michael MacDonnell (University College Dublin, Ireland), Benjamin T. Clegg (Aston University, USA). Pages 631-633.
This paper reports on the development of elements of an e-supply chain management system for managing maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) relationships in the aerospace industry. A s...
Paper 170
George Meletiou (The University of Manchester, UK), Alemayehu Molla (RMIT University, Australia), Adekunle Okunoye (Xavier University, USA). Pages 635-638.
Many business organizations use outsourcing to acquire their information technology (IT) systems. As outsourcing contracts remain expensive, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) we...
Paper 171
Falk Graser (University of Bremen, Germany), Jens Eschenbaecher (University of Bremen, Germany), Klaus-Dieter Thoben (University of Bremen, Germany). Pages 639-643.
Today, ways of managing innovations is changing rapidly. In transition from traditional value-creation within one organization via value creation in static Supply-Chains towards modern...
Paper 172
Vijay Vanarase (Touro University International, USA), Marina Onken (Touro University International, USA), Donna Maria Blancero (Touro University International, USA), William Anderson (Touro University International, USA). Pages 644-647.
In last few years, outsourcing has moved from “traditional outsourcing” to the next generation called “strategic outsourcing.” Using the strategic outsourcing approach, many companies h...
Paper 173
Juan Muñoz Lopez (Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Mexico), Jaime Muñoz Arteaga (Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico), Carlos Argelio (Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico). Pages 648-650.
This work faces two problems originated on the organizational computational systems environment and proposes a methodology to design a reference software architecture oriented to facili...
Paper 174
Jochen Malinowski (University of Frankfurt, Germany), Tobias Keim (University of Frankfurt, Germany). Pages 651-653.
Decision support for human resource management (HRM) and especially for personnel recruitment and selection to date is rather scarce. This is astonishing as the complexity and impetus o...
Paper 175
Iftikhar U. Sikder (Cleveland State University, USA). Pages 654-656.
This paper provides a novel approach to characterization of uncertainty measures in classification and prediction of complex spatial objects in data mining. The paper shows the semantic...
Paper 176
George Abraham (Drexel University, USA), Il-Yeol Song (Drexel University, USA). Pages 657-660.
Business use cases (BUC) capture functional business requirements at an organization level, while system use cases (SUC) capture functional system requirements at a system level. Thus,...
Paper 177
Tadeusz Krupa (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland), Teresa Ostrowska (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland). Pages 661-665.
The Open Sources Education (OSE) is both an idea and a platform which entirely originates from Poland and is an unique method of succoring the didactic process by a network of academic...
Paper 178
Michael W. Martin (North Carolina State University, USA), Rada Chirkova (North Carolina State University, USA). Pages 666-667.
Data warehouse applications increasingly must update and maintain data in real time while simultaneously executing efficient OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) queries. The size and co...
Paper 179
Lawrence Chung (The University of Texas at Dallas, USA), Sam Supakkul (Titat Software LLC, USA). Pages 668-671.
Traditional model driven development follows the stepwise refinement approach where early phase models are gradually refined with more details from one version to another and from one p...
Paper 180
M. Almanhali (Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, United Arab Emirates), M. Radaidah (Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, United Arab Emirates), T. Shehabuddin (Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, United Arab Emirates). Pages 672-676.
The Human Resources General Directorate (hereinafter HRGD) of Abu Dhabi Police GHQ (hereinafter ADP) endeavored a project to become an electronic work environment. The targeted system w...
Paper 181
Dionysios Politis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), Georgios John Fakas (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK), Konstantinos P. Theodoridis (Centre of International & European Economic Law, Greece). Pages 677-679.
An issue factually challenging the peer-to-peer nature of the Internet is the increase of spam trafficking. Having reached record levels at the beginning of this year, it raised conscio...
Paper 182
Ibrahim A. Kattan (American University of Sharjah, UAE), Ahmed Al Nunu (American University of Sharjah, UAE), Kassem Saleh (American University of Sharjah, UAE). Pages 680-682.
This paper presents a quantitative information security model using measurable values to describe the security of information systems in supply chain management (SCM) systems, [1]. Ther...
Paper 183
Jean-Mathias Heraud (LeBourget du Lac, France), Laure France (LeBourget du Lac, France), Joseph Heili (LeBourget du Lac, France). Pages 683-684.
Business Process Management (BPM) has widely spread out recently. More and more companies use systems based on BPM [7]. One of the main reasons of this enthusiasm for the BPM is the pos...
Paper 184
Jérôme Darmont (University of Lyon 2, France), Emerson Olivier (University of Lyon 2, France). Pages 685-687.
With the growing use of new technologies, healthcare is nowadays undergoing significant changes. The development of electronic health records shall indeed help enforcing personalized, l...
Paper 185
Patrick I. Jeffers (Iowa State University, USA), Rhoda Joseph (Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, USA), Francis A. Mendez (Texas State University, USA). Pages 688-690.
“Information cascades” occur in sequential decision-making process, where the second person who ignores their own information in favor of going along with the decision of the first pers...
Paper 186
Yan Tao (Open University Business School, UK), Matthew Hinton (Open University Business School, UK), Stephen Little (Open University Business School, UK). Pages 691-693.
This paper explores the sources of competitive advantage gained from e-business applications within the context of the Chinese electrical appliance industry. Findings from two case stud...
Paper 187
Sunil Hazari (University of West Virginia, USA). Pages 694-695.
There is relative paucity of original research that explains phenomena related to usability of educational websites. Educational websites can be used to provide web-based instruction, w...
Paper 188
Kuan-Chou Chen (Purdue University of Calumet, USA), Carin Chuang (Purdue University North Central, USA). Pages 696-697.
The issue of information security and the need to protect the company’s information systems, networks, and infrastructures could be more prevalent. Information systems security managers...
Paper 189
Eleanor J. Flanigan (Montclair State University, USA), Susan Amirian (E. Stroudsburg University, USA). Pages 698-699.
Within the past decade the concept of portfolio development in the arts has expanded into other academic and professional areas. The original design of a portfolio as carried over from...
Paper 190
Subhasish Dasgupta (The George Washington University, USA), Li Xiao (The George Washington University, USA). Pages 700-701.
Cultural factors influence information systems in a variety of ways. At the national level, for example, culture influences IS management practices in different countries (Harris and Da...
Paper 191
Penelope Sue Greenburg (Widener University, USA), Ralph H. Greenberg (Temple University, USA), Kevin Dow (Kent State University, USA), Jeffrey Wong (Oregon State University, USA). Pages 702-703.
The business value of IT is a topic of importance to both IT and business sides of the organization. However, despite the growing body of research on assessing the value of IT, there ar...
Paper 192
Richard R. Reilly (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA), Karen Sobel Lojeski (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA), Michael R. Ryan (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA). Pages 704-705.
The rapid evolution of networked organizations has led to a rise in global and virtual teams. An organization’s success is highly dependent on the use of such teams in projects focused...
Paper 193
Forough Karimi (University of Tehran, Iran), Reza Sarkhosh (University of Tehran, Iran). Pages 706-708.
Electronic customer relationship management is one of the most challenging approaches. This is because of there is no accepted and general definition for it, and also most firms have on...
Paper 194
Cornelia Gellings (J. W. Goethe University, Germany). Pages 709-711.
Outsourcing literature emphasizes the importance of contracts and contract management for outsourcing success. In particular, contract quality has been stressed as a critical success fa...
Paper 195
Noornina Dahlan (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia), Noorliza Karia (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia), Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia), T. Ramayah (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia), Goon Tuck Lee (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia). Pages 712-714.
Organizational context was examined on postgraduate students on their perception on ease of use and the impact in relation to digital library. Moreover success factors of the digital li...
Paper 196
Nurul I. Sarker (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand), Roger McHaney (Kansas State University, USA). Pages 715-718.
Stochastic discrete event simulation methodology is becoming increasingly popular among network researchers worldwide in recent years. This popularity is due to the availability of vari...
Paper 197
Gerhardine Foo (University of Southern Queensland, Australia), Latif Al-Hakim (University of Southern Queensland, Australia). Pages 719-723.
This paper develops a theoretical framework for mapping the social technical process and in specific the Operating Theatre Waiting List process. It uses the technique IDEF0 and employs...
Paper 198
Steven B. Dolins (Bradley University and Health E-Discovery, USA), Robert E. Kero (Bradley University and Health E-Discovery, USA). Pages 724-727.
This paper identifies four major data management problems related to healthcare information systems: providers have complex application portfolios, system heterogeneity, data integratio...
Paper 199
Hany Abdelghaffar (Middlesex University, UK), Sherif Kamel (The American University in Cairo, Egypt). Pages 728-731.
Electronic government (eGovernment) is one of the growing applications of information and communication technology. It has several advantages for citizens and government as well as havi...
Paper 200
Ramesh Subramanian (Quinnipiac University, USA ), Robert Tordella (Quinnipiac University, USA), Minnie Yi-Miin Yen (University of Alaska Anchorage, USA). Pages 732-735.
We present the results of an investigation of university campus security policies, the perceptions of the students regarding such policies and the resulting implications for campus secu...
Paper 201
Geórgia R. R. Gomes (Pontifical Catholic University, Brazil), Rubens N. Melo (Pontifical Catholic University, Brazil), Sean W. M. Siqueira (Federal University of Goias, Brazil), Maria Helena L.B> Braz (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal). Pages 736-739.
Nowadays, Digital Libraries (DLs) are important information resources and have been used to support education. As e-learning has gained attention with the development of the Information...
Paper 202
P. Willaert (Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Belgium), J. Willems (Monash University, Australia), D. Deschoolmeester (University Ghent, Belgium), S. Viaene (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium). Pages 740-744.
Business is becoming more and more complex. This requires that a company’s business processes to be managed, measured and monitored accurately. However lots of organizations raise worri...
Paper 203
David Carbonara (Robert Morris University, USA), Lawrence A. Tomei (Duquesne University, USA). Pages 745-748.
Use of Technology. The word “technology” has taken on several connotations during its relatively recent arrival in the middle of the 20th century. Technology has always been described f...
Paper 204
Adir Even (Boston University School of Management, USA), G. Shankaranarayanan (Boston University School of Management, USA). Pages 749-752.
Data is an essential resource to the modern business. Corporate investments in data management solutions are increasing along with growing concerns regarding their cost and contribution...
Paper 205
Robert Magai (Selkirk College Geospacial Research Center, Canada), Wookey Lee (Sungkyul University, Korea). Pages 753-757.
An architectural framework is developed for a GeoSpatial Data Warehouse (GSDW) for which a conceptual model is designed that accommodates the following dimensions: spatial (map object),...
Paper 206
Axel C. Schwickert (University of Giessen, Germany), Bernhard Ostheimer (University of Giessen, Germany). Pages 758-761.
Within a university, there are often several hundred independent web presences, representing various levels of hierarchy within the organization. “Technology follows organization!” – is...
Paper 207
Sujan Pradhan (La Trobe University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Australia), Hongen Lu (La Trobe University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Australia). Pages 762-766.
The adaptation of Web Service (WS) by the financial services industry is inherently becoming quite common in the new architectural paradigm- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). However...
Paper 208
Cagil Tasdemir (Siemens Corporate Research, USA), Candemir Toklu (Siemens Corporate Research, USA). Pages 767-771.
Adoption of standards-based business process management systems is picking up. With this trend the need for novel techniques for process optimization is growing. One such technique is m...
Paper 209
Faizel Richards (University of Cape Town, South Africa), Jean-Paul Van Belle (University of Cape Town, South Africa). Pages 772-775.
Cellular technology has evolved dramatically within the last decade. Real-time visual communication via cell-phone is arguably the most distinguishing feature offered to mobile subscrib...
Paper 210
Francisco R. Alvarez (Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico), Jaime Munoz A. (Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico), Alfredo Weitzenfeld R. (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Mexico). Pages 776-778.
The main objective of this work is analyzing the applicability of CMMi (Capability Maturity Model Integration) in developing a detailed software process for small organizations. The imp...
Paper 211
Paul W. Forster (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong), Ya Tang (Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong). Pages 779-783.
This study explores mobile auction adoption intentions amongst online auction users. A survey was conducted in a leading online auction website in Hong Kong to investigate the attractiv...
Paper 212
Noorliza Karia (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia), Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia). Pages 784-786.
Being a virtual organization is the ultimate achievement for some organizations. As the mammoth step, organizations in the country need to explore the possibilities of accepting and imp...
Paper 213
James Rodger (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA). Pages 787-789.
In this paper we identify a set of factors that may be used to forecast the software effort as measured in man hours. Using field data on over 1,000 field software projects from various...
Paper 214
Brian R. Payne (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA), A. James Baroody (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA). Pages 790-792.
This paper examines the strategic decision making process of managing IT infrastructures. In particular, this paper proposes a methodology that can be employed in making a company’s dec...
Paper 215
N. Dayasindhu (Infosys Technologies Limited, India), Sriram Padmanabhan (Infosys Technologies Limited, UK), Jamuna Ravi (Infosys Technologies Limited, India). Pages 793-795.
The proposed integrated approach to risk management explores the limitation of a risk management approach that focuses only on project implementation risks. The integrated approach not...
Paper 216
M. S. D. Fernando (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka), A. N. W. Dahanayake (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands), H. G. Sol (University of Groningen, The Netherlands). Pages 797-798.
Information Technology (IT) education, when adaptive to the market demand, can contribute towards the development of IT in a country. The contribution of IT education to the economic gr...
Paper 217
Latif Al-Hakim (University of Southern Queensland, Australia). Pages 799-803.
This paper considers an important dimension of information quality that is information flow and proposes a procedure for mapping the operating theatre waiting list (OTWL) process. The p...
Paper 218
Abdus Sattar Chaudhry (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Fong Pin Fen (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore). Pages 804-807.
The Knowledge Based Economy (KBE) and its effects are often recognized and discussed, but there are generally no agreed upon means to measure the progress towards a KBE or the lack of i...
Paper 219
Alan Murphy (Middlesex University London, UK). Pages 811-812.
As traditional education has moved increasingly to new methods of teaching through the developments and expansion of Information and Communication Technologies where students can choose...
Paper 220
Rafidah Abd Razak (Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia), Huda Ibrahim (Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia), Zahurin Mat Aji (Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia), Wan Rozaini Sheik Osman (Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia), Nafishah Othman (Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia), Juliana Wahid (Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia). Pages 813-815.
Telecommuting is no longer an option for organization today, as people have more choices in the type of jobs or organization they want to work with. With education, knowledge, sophistic...
Paper 221
Lawrence Chung (The University of Texas at Dallas, USA), Sam Supakkul (Titat Software LLC, USA). Pages 816-819.
Traditional model driven development follows the stepwise refinement approach where early phase models are gradually refined with more details from one version to another and from one p...
Paper 222
Daniel J. Hinz (J. W. Goethe University, Germany). Pages 820-821.
Web services are praised by research and practitioners as a powerful device to integrate business processes even across firm boundaries. However, sometimes even apparently simple operat...
Paper 223
Ross A. Malaga (Montclair State University, USA). Pages 822-824.
Research has shown that reputation systems play an important part in online auctions. A higher reputation (or feedback) is correlated with higher prices paid for auctioned items. In ord...
Paper 224
Yvonne Lederer-Antonucci (Widener University, USA), Vijay Khatnani (Managing Director, -ation, LLC, USA). Pages 825-828.
Recent growth of process-centric organizations has drawn attention to the need for business process facilitators to help organizational process endeavors. While the role of the facilita...
Paper 225
N. Dharmaraj (Manipal Institute of Technology, India), Lewlyn L. R. Rodrigues (NMAM Institute of Technology,India), Shrinivasa Rao B.R. (Manipal Institute of Technology, India). Pages 827-829.
This paper focuses on contingent approach to Dynamic-risk factors, which influence the ‘Project Success’ in an IT sector. The objective is to promote strategic thinking by helping manag...
Paper 226
Jochen Malinowski (University of Frankfurt, Germany), Tobias Keim (University of Frankfurt, Germany). Pages 829-831.
IS support for Human Resource Management (HRM) to date is largely limited to administrative tasks such as payroll and attendance management. However, support for one of the core tasks o...
Paper 227
Paul M. Chalekian (University of Nevada, Reno, USA). Pages 832-833.
This study analyzed the primary function of state-level information resource management (IRM) entities. As technology has advanced, states have changed the way they use these entities t...
Paper 228
Constant D. Beugre (Delaware State University, USA), Daeryong Kim (Delaware State University, USA). Pages 834-835.
In this article we use the concepts of virtue and vice to explain the extent to which cyberloafing can have positive or negative consequences. We argue that under some circumstances, cy...
Paper 229
Yuan Gao (Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA), Dean Xu (Peking University, China). Pages 836-838.
The lack of trust in online companies is a main reason that hinders the growth of the population of online shoppers. In brick and mortar stores, customers develop trust through physical...
Paper 230
Jesus Carmona (Texas A&M International University, USA). Pages 839-841.
Collaboration in the workplace has changed a great deal with the advent of technology; e-mail, instant messaging (IM), chat rooms, and teleconferencing are just some examples of such te...
Paper 231
Robert A. Schultz (Woodbury University, USA). Pages 842-843.
Globalization—the coalescence of the economies and cultures of this planet—has definitely been enabled by Information Technology (I.T.). Globalization, in altering previous economic and...
Paper 232
Yefin Kats (Southwestern Oklahoma State University, USA). Pages 844-845.
This paper is a brief assessment of the interaction between the philosophical aspects of Web Ontologies and their role in the cutting edge development in information management – the Se...
Paper 233
Fan Zhao (University of Nebraska, USA), Sagar S. Kulkarni (MedPlus a Quest Diagnostics Company, USA). Pages 846-849.
Business-to-consumer (B2C) is the most common online business type, which attempts to reach individual consumers. Compared to the brickand- mortar environment, the use of the Internet f...
Paper 234
Evan W. Duggan (University of the West Indies, Jamaica), Charlette Donalds (University of Alabama, USA). Pages 850-853.
Several companies have made substantial investments in enterprise information systems (EIS) and some have reaped the expected benefits; however, EIS implementation failure rate is high...
Paper 235
Isaac Barjis (New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York, USA), Sidi Berri (New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York, USA), Nwayigwe Okpa (New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York, USA), Jennifer Tan (New York City College of Technology, USA), Idline Agustin. Pages 854-856.
Metabolism is a highly complex biochemical network whose functions are tightly coordinated and regulated by feedback mechanisms to meet the physiological demands of living organisms. On...
Paper 236
Joffre Pesantez (Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador), Hernán Cordova (Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Dept ELEC/TW), Belgium). Pages 857-861.
This document presents the results of an X10 protocol implementation using the Short Messaging System (SMS) and shows how can they work together in order to provide a home system contro...
Paper 237
Norman Biehl (University of Business, Technology & Design, Germany), Antje Dusterhoft (University of Business, Technology & Design, Germany), Peter Forbig (University of Rostock, Germany), Georg Fuchs (University of Rostock, Germany), Daniel Reichart (University of Rostock, Germany), Heidrun Schumann (University of Rostock, Germany). Pages 862-864.
The use of techniques from the fields of visualization, natural language and task modeling provides a new complementary style of human computer interaction, where the computer becomes a...
Paper 238
Nico Brehm (Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany), Jorge Marx Gomez (Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany), Claus Rautenstrauch (Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany). Pages 865-867.
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are complex software systems and consist of many software components which provide specific functionality. Such ERP systems depend on very lar...
Paper 239
Maha T. Al-Mahid (The Arab Academy for Banking & Financial Sciences, Jordan), Evon M. Abu-Taieh (The Arab Academy for Banking & Financial Sciences, Jordan). Pages 868-870.
This paper discusses the hindering factors for the success of Information Systems in Developing Countries. As such Jordan was taken as a case study for this paper at hand. The research...
Paper 240
Eram Abbasi (Bahria University, Pakistan), Nadeem A. Syed (Bahria University, Pakistan), Arshad Siddiqui (BIZTEK.Inst. of Buss. & Tech., Pakistan). Pages 871-875.
In modern era of globalization, Organizational Learning is considered as a powerful tool to enrich the performance of an organization. Learning helps to develop the ability to respond t...
Paper 241
Bob Stea (PepsiCo Inc., USA), G. Harindranath (University of London, UK). Pages 876-876.
This paper explores the factors that determine how government agencies develop unique strategies for information and communications technology (ICT) implementation. In addition, the pap...
Paper 242
N. Dayasindhu (Infosys Technologies, Ltd., India). Pages 877-878.
A case study of a manufacturing enterprise that is assisted by an IT services vendor in implementing and supporting its ERP system across different countries it operates in the Asia Pac...
Paper 243
Pankaj Kamthan (Concordia University, Canada), Hsueh-Ieng Pai (Concordia University, Canada). Pages 879-880.
Ontologies form one of the most important layers in the Semantic Web architecture. We consider the symbiosis of human factors and ontology engineering, based on our experience in develo...
Paper 244
Pankaj Kamthan (Concordia University, Canada), Hsueh-Ieng Pai (Concordia University, Canada). Pages 881-882.
Patterns are abstract entities of knowledge that are used throughout the lifecycle of a Web Application. In this paper, we give the motivation, prospects, and challenges of representing...
Paper 245
Jeffrey W. Merhout (Miami University, USA), Douglas Havelka (Miami University, USA). Pages 883-884.
The American popular press has published many stories about information systems security and privacy breaches in recent months. As a result, organizations collecting and storing data ha...
Paper 246
Martin Steinert (University of Fribourg, Switzerland), Patrick S. Merten (University of Fribourg, Switzerland), Stephanie Tuefel (University of Fribourg, Switzerland). Pages 885-887.
On September 5th, 2005 twenty two international experts of high caliber met in Berne, Switzerland for the annual Mobile Business Forum. For the first time, an academic research workshop...
Paper 247
Payam Hanafizadeh (Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran), Mina Rohani Tabatabai (Allame Tabataba’ee University, Iran), Seyed Ali Akbar Hosseini (Toseaye Gostaresh Chekad Pooyesh Company, Iran). Pages 888-891.
Collaboration between firms has developed at a tremendous rate over the last twenty years. There are different motivations for defining collaboration between firms such as marketing, ac...
Paper 248
Nong Chen (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands), Ajantha Dahanayake (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands). Pages 892-894.
Although personalized information retrieval and access has been regarded as effective means to diminish the problem of information overload in the time critical, data intensive, distrib...
Paper 249
Alan Murphy (Middlesex University, London, UK). Pages 898-900.
e- Learning provides a relatively new method for teaching in higher education in general and in East and South East Asia in particular. Many e-learning programmes are developed using a...
Paper 250
Kassem Saleh (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates), Abdulaziz Alkhaili (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates), Ibrahim Alkattan (American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates). Pages 901-903.
Security nowadays is considered to be the cornerstone for delivering services using a trustworthy system. In addition to security, trustworthiness is based on the privacy, reliability a...
Paper 251
Carin Chuang (Purdue University North Central, USA), Kuan-Chou Chen (Purdue University Calumet, USA). Pages 904-905.
This paper presents a system model of ERP implementation based on nowadays case study and literatures. The relationships in the model are designed to be simple and functional and do not...
Paper 252
Stan Lewis (The University of Southern Mississippi, USA), Ernest W. King (he University of Southern Mississippi, USA), Eddy J. Burks (Frostburg State University, USA). Pages 906-907.
Ongoing research was conduced on the impact of technology on a law firm handling tort (civil) cases in the U.S. legal system. The firm used in the study is heavily involved in mass tort...
Paper 253
Chu Keong Lee (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Bonny Tan (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore). Pages 908-910.
For cultural heritage institutions, e.g. museums, archives, and libraries, portals and digital libraries have become an important means of giving access to rare and vulnerable materials...
Paper 254
Thomas Lehmann (Aachen University of Technology, Germany), Thomas Deselaers (Aachen University of Technology, Germany), Henning Schubert (Aachen University of Technology, Germany), Mark Oliver Gult (Aachen University of Technology, Germany), Christian Thies (Aachen University of Technology, Germany), B. Fischer (Aachen University of Technology, Germany), Klaus Spitzer. Pages 911-912.
Digital imaging has become the most prominent modality in medicine. Beside computed tomography (CT) or nuclear medicine, which have been always digital, plain radiography, endoscopy, an...
Paper 255
Maria Madlberger (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria). Pages 913-915.
The diffusion of electronic media for b2b data exchange in supply chain management, especially electronic data interchange (EDI), has reached an advanced level among most large firms. B...
Paper 256
Sathasivam Mathiyalakan (University of Massachusetts, USA). Pages 916-917.
The business landscape has seen tremendous changes in the last decade and half. These changes include an increase in the number of market economies around the world, global production a...
Paper 257
Matthew Hinton (Open University Business School, UK), David Barnes (University of London, UK). Pages 918-919.
This paper reports work-in-progress from research investigating the performance measurement systems used in e-businesses. Results from seven case study companies are reported. The findi...
Paper 258
Thomas Matheis (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany), Christine Daun (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany), Peter Loos (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany). Pages 920-921.
Due to the fact that Public Administrations (PAs) are under an increased pressure of being efficient and effective, in recent years the field of EGovernment has gained importance. Succe...
Paper 259
Lambertus Verhage (Erasmus University, The Netherlands). Pages 922-924.
Enterprise Systems (ES), also known as Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP), are still challenged by managerial problems in European implementation practice to reduce the enormous comple...
Paper 260
Geerish Suddul (University of Technology, Republic of Mauritius), Nawaz Mohamudally (University of Technology, Republic of Mauritius). Pages 925-926.
By definition tourists are mobile, that is they travel from one place to another, in their quest for experiences. Therefore, based on the fact that they are mobile and searching for inf...
Paper 261
Arsalan Butt (Simon Fraser University Surrey, Canada). Pages 927-929.
Software piracy is widespread in many parts of the world. Peer-to-peer (P2P) websites such as Kazaa and more recently the bit torrent websites have made pirated software highly accessib...
Paper 262
Haiyan Huang (The Pennsylvania State University, USA). Pages 930-931.
As global information systems development practice has become more and more prevalent and diversified, it demands great academic and practicing efforts to address a wide variety of issu...
Paper 263
Wendy S. Walker (Miami University, USA), Jeffrey W. Merhout (Miami University, USA). Pages 932-933.
With the increased focus on risks and controls since the passing of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the U.S., security has been an increasingly hot topic among IT professionals. As a result,...
Paper 264
Vikas Sahasrabudhe (George Washington University, USA), Subhasish Dasgupta (George Washington University, USA). Pages 934-936.
Collaborative technologies (such as e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms, discussion forums, groupware, etc.) seem uniquely positioned to assist in sharing knowledge within any organiz...
Paper 265
Theresa A. Steinbach (DePaul University, USA), Linda V. Knight (DePaul University, USA). Pages 937-938.
A consistent and reproducible approach to system development methodology is fundamental to information systems. Extensive research has been undertaken beginning in the 1970s to improve...
Paper 266
David Bryde (Liverpool JM University, UK), David Petie (Principal Consultant, Petie Ltd, UK). Pages 937-941.
Performance of Information Technology Projects Globally, reports of poor project performance of Information Technology (IT) are common. In the US a report of the Standish Group (2003) o...
Paper 267
Norelkys Espinoza (Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela), Bexi Perdomo (Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela), Marco Flores (Santa Isabel High School, Trujillo, Venezuela). Pages 939-941.
The pace to which the new technologies are being included in the educational context demand from teachers to develop skills to use technology and to evaluate educational software. Hence...
Paper 268
Annette M. Mills (University of Canterbury, New Zealand), Lila Rao Graham (The University of the West Indies, Jamaica), Gunjan Mansingh (The University of the West Indies, Jamaica). Pages 942-943.
For many organizations offering online services, there are alternative modes of interaction. For example, in the case of banking the alternatives may include over-the-counter services,...
Paper 269
Elizabeth A. Regan (Morehead State University, USA), Scott Wymer (Morehead State University, USA). Pages 944-946.
Adoption and use of e-commerce and e-business Internet technologies (EEIT) by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has been the focus of considerable research over the past ten years. Th...
Paper 270
Donald F. Flynn (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA). Pages 947-948.
Large scientific research efforts whether they are in academia, government or the private sector are usually comprised of diverse and geographically separated teams that collect data us...
Paper 271
Yavuz Tor (University of Texas - Pan American, USA), Chaitanya Jasti (University of Texas - Pan American, USA), Zhixiang Chen (University of Texas - Pan American, USA), Charles Harlow (University of Texas - Pan American, USA). Pages 949-950.
During the past 50 years, an accelerated understanding of sickness and health at the molecular level has advanced healthcare by providing new and powerful diagnostics and data sources....
Paper 272
Hsieh-Hong Huang (National Chung Cheng University, China), Cheng-Yuan Ku (National Chung Cheng University, China). Pages 951-953.
With the rapid development of software and communication technologies, the availability of remote control of computers has become increasingly popular. Unlike the traditional remote app...
Paper 273
Yin Leng Tan (University of Manchester, UK), Linda A. Macaulay (University of Manchester, UK). Pages 954-956.
Statistics show that over 95% of businesses in the UK are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), whilst in Europe, over 90% of SMEs are micro enterprises, employing fewer than 10 pe...
Paper 274
Heather Naleppa (Duquesne University, USA). Pages 957-959.
This project is intended to examine the relationship between the implementation of the Readingpen® and the dispositions of professional educators towards the impact the pen has on motiv...
Paper 275
Ravi Sankar (Satyam Computer Services, USA), Rambabu Yeleti (Satyam Computer Services, USA), Abdul Hakeem (Satyam Computer Services, USA). Pages 960-962.
EUReqA (Evolutionary Use Case driven Requirement Engineering Approach) is a new methodology for gathering requirements and was used to develop the Functional Specifications for a Large...
Paper 276
Steven F. Tello (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA). Pages 963-965.
Online education is a technology innovation in higher education that is rapidly changing a sector very much steeped in tradition. Between the Fall 2003 and Fall 2004 semesters, online c...
Paper 277
Khalil A. Abuosba (Philadelphia University, USA). Pages 966-967.
Web Services deployment success is based on crucial reusability and availability factors. Composition of Web Services depends on tasks fulfillment of the delivery technologies along wit...
Paper 278
Yefim Kats (Southwestern Oklahoma State University, USA), James Geller (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA), Kuo-Chuan Huang (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA). Pages 968-969.
This paper is based on the ongoing research grant from the National Research Council and partly funded by the National Science Foundation. This study is also linked to our foreign partn...
Paper 279
David W. Miller (California State University, Northridge, USA), Paul J. Lazarony (California State University, Northridge, USA), Donna A. Driscoll (California State University, Northridge, USA). Pages 970-971.
Electronic mail (email) has been seen as a valuable tool within organizations as a means of distributing information (Motiwalla, 1995; Zhao, Kumar and Stohr, 2001), particularly organiz...
Paper 280
Fred K. Augustine Jr. (Stetson University, USA), Theodore J. Surynt (Stetson University, USA). Pages 972-973.
In December of 2002, an article was published in the Communications of the Association for Information Systems entitled “What Every Business Student Needs to Know About Information Syst...
Paper 281
Jeria L. Quesenberry (The Pennsylvania State University, USA). Pages 974-975.
The information age has created an increasing dependence on information technology (IT) as it becomes a primary component of the national and global economy. As a result, researching th...
Paper 282
Kevin Dow (Kent State University, USA), Penelope Sue Greenberg (Widener University, USA), Ralph H. Greenberg (Temple University, USA). Pages 976-977.
The increasing use of collaborative technologies and group support systems in the budgeting process has already begun to affect the procedures and outcomes of that process. Even though...
Paper 283
Ivan E. Villalon-Turrubiates (IEEE, CINVESTAV, Unidad Guadalajara, Mexico), Yuriy V. Shkvarko (IEEE, CINVESTAV, Unidad Guadalajara, Mexico). Pages 978-980.
In this paper, the problem of reconstruction of different characteristic signatures (CSs) of the monitored environmental scenes from the multispectral remotely sensed data is cast in th...
Paper 284
Ivan E. Villalon-Rurrubiates (IEEE, CINVESTAV, Unidad Guadalajara, Mexico). Pages 981-983.
A new intelligent computational paradigm based on the use of Kalman filtering technique [4] modified to reconstruct the dynamic behavior of the physical and electrical characteristics p...
Paper 285
Roy H. Segovia (San Diego State University, USA), Murray E. Jennex (San Diego State University, USA). Pages 984-985.
The World Wide Web (Web) has become increasingly integrated into society generating a wider impact on our lives. Additionally, the Web is becoming more global in scope and application....
Paper 286
Noureddine Chatti (LIRIS-INSA de LYON, France), Sylvie Calabretto (LIRIS-INSA de LYON, France), Jean-Marie Pinon (LIRIS-INSA de LYON, France). Pages 986-988.
In this paper we deal with the problem of multiple structuring of documents. We have proposed a specific model called Multi-structured Document Model (MSDM) approaching the problem in a...
Paper 287
Oliver Braun (University of Saarland, Germany), Gunter Schmidt (University of Saarland, Germany). Pages 989-991.
In this paper we deal with the problem of multiple structuring of documents. We have proposed a specific model called Multi-structured Document Model (MSDM) approaching the problem in a...
Paper 288
Michael Mick (Purdue University Calumet, USA), Susan E. Conners (Purdue University Calumet, USA). Pages 992-993.
The use of distance learning methods to deliver post-secondary education has grown in the last decade. The number of students desiring this format, the increase in distance learning cou...
Paper 289
Sue Kong (Rutgers University, USA), Kenneth E. Kendall (Rutgers University Camden, USA), Julie E. Kendal (Rutgers University Camden, USA). Pages 994-996.
It has been widely recognized that the plan-based, process-centric and formal systems development methodologies (e.g. Systems Development Life Cycle) are well suited for predictable env...
Paper 290
Sanju Vaidya (Mercy College, USA). Pages 997-998.
In 1973, Fischer Black and Myron Scholes made a major breakthrough by developing a model for pricing stock options. In 1997, they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for their out...
Paper 291
Sung J. Shim (Seton Hall University, USA). Pages 999-1000.
The pharmaceutical industry in the United States spends about $15 billion per year advertising its products to the medical profession [1]. Pharmaceutical detailing, which is using sales...
Paper 292
Thitiporn Lertrusdachakul (The University of Tokyo, Japan), Terumasa Aoki (The University of Tokyo, Japan), Hiroshi Yasuda (The University of Tokyo, Japan). Pages 1001-1003.
This paper presents an approach to determine speed of camera motion in video sequences. The technique is based on the analysis of motion trajectories of the corners and interesting poin...
Paper 293
W. Brett McKenzie (Roger Williams University, USA). Pages 1004-1005.
This research examines the policies regarding the use of personal digital devices in Small to Medium Enterprises (SME), with an emphasis on small business. Where larger enterprises have...
Paper 294
James B. Pick (University of Redlands, USA), Rasool Azari (University of Redlands, USA). Pages 1006-1008.
The objective of this paper is to examine, for a sample of nations, the extent of influence of educational, social, and economic factors on five dependent variables: per capita prevalen...
Paper 295
April Reed (DePaul University, USA), Linda V. Knight (DePaul University, USA). Pages 1009-1010.
Virtual teams have evolved since the 1990’s and are becoming increasingly popular for many reasons, i.e. securing the right person for the project, outsourcing, offshoring and the resul...
Paper 296
Winston T. Lin (The State University of New York at Buffalo, USA), Paige P. Tsai (The State University of New York at Buffalo, USA). Pages 1011-1012.
The economic measures of IT benefits in organizational performance frequently used include profitability, productivity, costs, quality, operative efficiency, consumer surplus, and Tobin...
Paper 297
Namchul Shin (Pace University, USA). Pages 1013-1014.
Companies develop e-business initiatives to improve communications with customers and suppliers. However, one of the challenges for information systems managers is to determine whether...
Paper 298
Leopoldo E. Colmenares G. (Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela). Pages 1015-1017.
This paper presents the work in progress regarding a research project scheduled to be concluded during the latter part of 2006. The purpose of the research is to develop a Decision Supp...
Paper 299
Marc Pallot (EsoCE-NET, Italy), Wolfgang Prinz (Fraunhofer Institut FIT, Germany), Kulwant Pawar (University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK). Pages 1018-1020.
Constantly changing customer demands and intense global competitive environment imposes the compelling need to better support knowledge workers, operating as eProfessionals, within crea...
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Yun-Ke Chang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Miguel A. Morales Arroyo (Nanyang Crescent, Singapore), Suliman Hawamdeh (University of Oklahoma, USA), Jaime Jimenez (IIMAS, UNAM, Mexico). Pages 1021-1023.
This paper presents an evaluation of seven Native American e-commerce portals in order to identify their problems which can be addressed by decision and policy makers. The evaluation me...
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Gabriel Astudillo (Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador), Lenny Garofalo (Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador), Hernán Cordova (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium). Pages 1024-1026.
Proper AP placement is necessary to provide adequate signal coverage and also to minimize co-channel coverage overlap. In this document, we present the test-bed used in our lab and the...
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Miguel A. Garcia-Ruiz (Algoma University, Canada), Ricardo A. Diaz (University of Colima, Mexico), Maria Andrade-Arechiga (University of Colima, Mexico), Juan Contreras-Castillo (University of Colima, Mexico). Pages 1027-1029.
This paper explores a collaborative virtual environment (CVE) applied to support molecular structure learning. Due to many students of all levels have difficulty understanding the struc...
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Vincent C. Yen (Wright State University, USA). Pages 1030-1032.
The technology of Web Services has been a hot area in the software industry for many years. Surveys designed to get an answer of various kinds of questions such as why, when, how and wh...
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Sanjay Goel (State University of New York, USA), Jakov Crnkovic (State University of New York, USA). Pages 1033-1035.
Many businesses are incorporating RFID technology into the supply chain to improve efficiency and reduce errors, such as, late deliveries, excess inventory, and shortage of inventory. A...
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Diane Boehm (Saginaw Valley State University, USA), Lilianna Aniola-Jedrzejek (Poznan University of Technology, Poland). Pages 1036-1037.
University faculty around the world share responsibility to help their students learn how to interact and communicate successfully with those from other cultures. Since the beginning of...
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David Carbonara (Robert Morris University, USA), Lawrence A. Tomei (Duquesne University, USA). Pages 1038-1041.
Use of Technology. The word “technology” has taken on several connotations during its relatively recent arrival in the middle of the 20th century. Technology has always been described f...
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Anna Bruno (SOIN 2000 s.r.l., Italy), Andrea Pandurino (Università di Lecce, Italy), Nicola Fiore (Università di Lecce, Italy). Pages 1042-1044.
The growing competition in the marketplace, suggests companies to adapt continuously to the emerging needs and obliges them to provide more services in order to maintain a good position...
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Khaled Dahgawy (The American University in Cairo, Egypt), Sherif Kamel (The American University in Cairo, Egypt). Pages 1045-1048.
The aim of any teaching institute is to provide suitable environments to accelerate the learning process. The Experiential Learning Theory suggests that there is a relationship between...
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Philip Irving (University of Sunderland, UK), Sonia Tindle (University of Sunderland, UK), John Tindle (University of Sunderland, UK). Pages 1049-1050.
Initial research presented by the authors in 2003 suggested that a particular area in ICT is excluded from current risk assessment processes - the point where Systems Development (SD) a...
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Scott Solomon (Johns Hopkins University, USA), Jay Liebowitz (Johns Hopkins University, USA), William Agresti, Hang Nguyen. Pages 1051-1052.
Initially, our paper reviews prior literature and techniques on the effectiveness of red-light cameras in terms of traffic accidents, injuries, fatalities, red-light tickets, and cost....
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Sara Tedmori (Loughborough University, UK), Thomas W. Jackson (Loughborough University, UK), Dino Bouchlaghem (Loughborough University, UK), Holger Adelmann (AstraZeneca R&D Charnwood, UK), Rama Nagaraju (Eureka Moment Software, USA). Pages 1053-1056.
There is increasing interest in systems that aid employees to find those with the expertise they require. This paper discusses the evolution of expert finding tools, with particular ref...
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Shaheen Majid (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Ting Jer Yuen (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore). Pages 1057-1061.
Active information and knowledge sharing is an essential element of effective learning at the tertiary level. The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge sharing patterns...

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