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Servicescape And Customer Satisfaction: The Role Of Strategy
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2009-09-16)The purpose of this research is to determine if the corporate strategy theory base may be useful in advancing the understanding of service characteristics; specifically, the relationship between particular service industries, ... -
Reconceptualizing Technology Use And Information System Success: Developing And Testing A Theoretically Integrated Model
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2009-09-16)Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) research, which pertains to how an information system can be initially adopted by members of an organization, was born two decades ago and grows into one of the pivotal theoretical foundations ... -
Is Benefit For Individuals: Expanded Conceptualization And Comprehensive Construct Development
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2010-11-01)Information systems benefits for individuals (ISBI) has been a key construct for the IS success model, which has evolved over the years to strengthen the theoretical foundation for the IS field. However, relatively little ... -
Building A Foundation For Knowledge Management Research: Developing, Validating, And Applying The Knowledge Internalization Construct
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2011-10-11)The notion of knowledge internalization (KI), albeit a critical link in Nonaka's (1994) organizational knowledge creation theory, has not been rigorously conceptualized and defined, let alone operationalized. To strengthen ... -
Capacity Position And Financial Performance: Longitudinal Evidence From U.S. Manufacturers
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2012-04-11)This research synthesizes research from the strategy, organization theory and operations management streams in exploring the competitive implications of firms' capacity over time. Data from archival sources are analyzed ... -
Data Mining In Financial Markets
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2012-04-11)Momentum in financial markets can cause securities prices to continue trending upward/downward based on the recent performance. This paper reviews a study that attempts to discover how much daily returns in the stock ... -
Effects Of Institutional Pressure And Dynamic Capabilities On Operational Performance Of U.S. Long-term Healthcare Providers
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2013-07-22)Long Term Care facilities are a highly regulated industry due to funding sources being subject to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement. The demand for nursing homes is increasing significantly with anticipation of the Baby ... -
The Competitive Dynamics Of A Firm's Capacity Position And Inventory Leanness Activities: Evidence From US Manufacturing Industries
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2013-10-22)The notion of `perennial gale of creative destruction' by Schumpeter and Austrian economics has been researched in the field of strategic management to study the competitive dynamics among firms' rivalrous activities. ... -
An Assessment Of User Response To Phishing Attacks: The Effects Of Fear And Self-confidence
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2013-10-22)Phishing attacks have threatened the security of both home users and organizations in recent years. Individuals of varying levels of computer proficiency are potential targets for a phishing attack; all that is needed ... -
Balancing Acquisition And Sorting Policies Of Remanufacturing
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2013-10-23)A remanufacturer struggles with uncertainty of returns and quality of products. With regard to the remanufacturing process, this study focuses on the determination of the following policies: a) Acquisition policy and b) ... -
Matching Inventory Replenishment Heuristics To Demand Patterns: A Cost/benefit Approach
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2014-03-10)Behavioral research indicates that bounded rationality and resource constraints support the use of "fast and frugal heuristics" that intentionally exclude some available information from decision models. Inventory ... -
Disruption Of Information Technology Projects: The Reactive Decoupling Of Project Management Methodologies
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2014-03-12)Information Technology projects have migrated toward two dominant Project Management (PM) methodologies. Plan-driven practices provide organizational control through highly structured plans, schedules, and specifications ... -
The Fox Is Guarding The Henhouse: Can Interpersonal Conflict Damage An Organization's Information Security?
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2014-07-14)As computer networks grow ever more interconnected, securing an organization's information is becoming increasingly vital. At the forefront of this threat is that of the insider, an individual who is already behind the ... -
DATA VISUALIZATION IN EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS: AN OVERVIEW OF METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES
(2015-11-30)Exploratory data analysis (EDA) refers to an iterative process through which analysts constantly ‘ask questions’ and extract knowledge from data. EDA is becoming more and more important for modern data analysis, such as ... -
An Investigation Into the Efficacy of Mind Maps in Software Development Among Individuals and Pairs
(2015-12-18)Software development is a cognitively demanding endeavor in which the creation and exchange of knowledge is paramount. Collaborative development, particularly pair programming, has been more advocated and adopted recently ... -
INVESTIGATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS AND ASSESSING THEIR EFFECT ON SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
(2016-05-11)With the increasing level of globalization in manufacturing, it is becoming increasingly pertinent to monitor the execution of contractual agreements between buyers and suppliers. These monitoring mechanisms are essential ... -
EFFECTS OF DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION ON SOFTWARE EVOLUTION PROGRAMMING PERFORMANCE—AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF UML DIAGRAMS
(2016-08-26)The fundamental question of the present study is to investigate whether fit between representation and task type matters while developing software. The UML (Unified Modeling Language) includes diagrams that allow developers ... -
MOBILE WAY OR THE HIGHWAY! THE ROLE OF DEPLOYMENT AND DESIGN IN PROBLEM SOLVING USING INFORMATION DASHBOARDS
(2016-09-12)Information dashboards are becoming very popular in the areas of decision making and problem solving. Decision makers use heuristics when facing challenging environmental situations. These could result in systematic errors ... -
ROLE OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES IN DIABETES SELF MANAGEMENT: TECHNOLOGY AFFORDANCE PERSEPCTIVE
(2016-09-15)Diabetes is costly and a leading cause of death and disability in the United States (CDC, 2015). There is no known cure for the disease, however, it can be managed and controlled through self-management. This process ... -
Social Media Use at Work
(2017-05-05)Social media use permeates everyday life, including work lives of employees. Banning social media use at work may is not entirely possible, therefore it is pertinent to question whether all social media use is detrimental ...