International Journal of Business Information Systems http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=172&year=2012&vol=9&issue=2 Inderscience Publishers Ltd en-uk International Journal of Business Information Systems 1746-0972 1746-0980 © 2012 Inderscience Publishers Ltd editor@inderscience.com https://www.inderscience.com/images/files/coverImgs/ijbis_scoverijbis.jpg http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=172&year=2012&vol=9&issue=2 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=45166 A personal interview procedure of well-educated working professionals were completed to gauge how they felt about governmental relations, stakeholder concepts of price for value and degree of satisfaction concerning certain social media offerings, especially online dating service providers. Perhaps, the most outstanding findings were that no significant correlations among frequency of online dating services and degree of agreement that government should monitor online dating websites, as well as age range of respondent and degree of agreement that government should monitor online dating websites. As expected, the below 40 age group saw online dating as a more vital option for social networking and dating than their older counterparts. It has been advertised by many online dating service providers that internet savvy individuals with demanding careers and busy lifestyles were turning to online dating services to seek out romantic relationships at a record pace. However, those statistics are not verified by the empirical results of the present study. Social media and online dating service providers: reexamining the new face of romance
Alan D. Smith
International Journal of Business Information Systems, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2012) pp. 127 - 148
A personal interview procedure of well-educated working professionals were completed to gauge how they felt about governmental relations, stakeholder concepts of price for value and degree of satisfaction concerning certain social media offerings, especially online dating service providers. Perhaps, the most outstanding findings were that no significant correlations among frequency of online dating services and degree of agreement that government should monitor online dating websites, as well as age range of respondent and degree of agreement that government should monitor online dating websites. As expected, the below 40 age group saw online dating as a more vital option for social networking and dating than their older counterparts. It has been advertised by many online dating service providers that internet savvy individuals with demanding careers and busy lifestyles were turning to online dating services to seek out romantic relationships at a record pace. However, those statistics are not verified by the empirical results of the present study.

]]> 10.1504/IJBIS.2012.045166 International Journal of Business Information Systems, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2012) pp. 127 - 148 Alan D. Smith Department of Management and Marketing, Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3099, USA consumer behaviour economic recession empirical internet online dating social media web-enabled strategies government monitoring social networking romantic relationships romance. 2012-01-31T23:20:50-05:00 9 2 127 148 2012-01-31T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=45168 The impact of IT usage on performance and other organisation's outputs is an important issue for both practitioners and academics. Evidence shows that despite a vast percentage of firm's budget which has spent on IT is continuing increasingly, there are some failures of firms in obtaining the benefits of these expenditures within expected period. To solve this problem, managers have to consider complementary investments. In this paper a decision support system is developed for prioritising investments on the information technology (IT) and its complementary investment using data of 102 car part suppliers in Iran. This software is developed using an artificial neural network and results are validated finally. One of the main specifications of this DSS is investigating on IT aspects at the firm level, which can help top management during decision making process to allocate budget properly in the most significant aspects of IT investment inside their own company. An artificial neural network-based DSS to prioritise information technology and its complementary investments in industrial firms
Abbas Keramati; Navid Mojir; Masoud Afhsri-Mofrad; Iman Jahanandish; Ali Derakhshani
International Journal of Business Information Systems, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2012) pp. 149 - 168
The impact of IT usage on performance and other organisation's outputs is an important issue for both practitioners and academics. Evidence shows that despite a vast percentage of firm's budget which has spent on IT is continuing increasingly, there are some failures of firms in obtaining the benefits of these expenditures within expected period. To solve this problem, managers have to consider complementary investments. In this paper a decision support system is developed for prioritising investments on the information technology (IT) and its complementary investment using data of 102 car part suppliers in Iran. This software is developed using an artificial neural network and results are validated finally. One of the main specifications of this DSS is investigating on IT aspects at the firm level, which can help top management during decision making process to allocate budget properly in the most significant aspects of IT investment inside their own company.

]]> 10.1504/IJBIS.2012.045168 International Journal of Business Information Systems, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2012) pp. 149 - 168 Abbas Keramati; Navid Mojir; Masoud Afhsri-Mofrad; Iman Jahanandish; Ali Derakhshani Industrial Engineering Department, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11155-4563, Tehran, Iran. ' Yale School of Management, P.O. Box 208200, New Haven, CT 06520-8200, USA. ' Information Technology Management Department, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-111, Tehran, Iran. ' Industrial Engineering Department, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11155-4563, Tehran, Iran. ' Industrial Engineering Department, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 11155-4563, Tehran, Iran information technology IT investment process orientation decision support systems DSS artificial neural networks ANNs ranking Iran automotive suppliers automobile industry decision making. 2012-01-31T23:20:50-05:00 9 2 149 168 2012-01-31T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=45169 Over recent decades a significant part of research in organisational sociology has focused on how new organisational forms evolve. As an influencing variable ICT has been one of the important variables in the transformation process toward new forms of organisation. However, cumulative results from the previous studies that examined the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICT) and NOFs, were plagued with ambiguities and inconsistencies. This study aims to address the existing gap in the literature by developing a theoretical model by which the relationships among specific attributes of ICT. Data were collected through a survey on 3,248 Australian medium and large organisations. In total 312 completed questionnaires were usable for the data analysis. Structural equation modelling was used to test the model. The empirical study supported all the hypotheses except the relationship between specific gesture of business strategy (proactiveness) and IT strategy to support proactiveness and the evolution of attributes of the NOFs. The role of information and communication technologies in moving toward new forms of organising
Ahmad Abareshi; William Martin; Alemayehu Molla
International Journal of Business Information Systems, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2012) pp. 169 - 188
Over recent decades a significant part of research in organisational sociology has focused on how new organisational forms evolve. As an influencing variable ICT has been one of the important variables in the transformation process toward new forms of organisation. However, cumulative results from the previous studies that examined the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICT) and NOFs, were plagued with ambiguities and inconsistencies. This study aims to address the existing gap in the literature by developing a theoretical model by which the relationships among specific attributes of ICT. Data were collected through a survey on 3,248 Australian medium and large organisations. In total 312 completed questionnaires were usable for the data analysis. Structural equation modelling was used to test the model. The empirical study supported all the hypotheses except the relationship between specific gesture of business strategy (proactiveness) and IT strategy to support proactiveness and the evolution of attributes of the NOFs.

]]> 10.1504/IJBIS.2012.045169 International Journal of Business Information Systems, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2012) pp. 169 - 188 Ahmad Abareshi; William Martin; Alemayehu Molla School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Bourke Street, Melbourne 3001, Australia. ' Management and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Locked Bag 218, Lilydale 3140, Australia. ' School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Bourke Street, Melbourne 3001, Australia new organisational forms NOFs information technology communications technology ICT IT alignment Australia structural equation modelling. 2012-01-31T23:20:50-05:00 9 2 169 188 2012-01-31T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=45167 The information systems and technologies (IST) in healthcare have evolved gradually, and theories about adoption and maturity of IST are sufficiently established in the literature of organisational management. In this paper we make an approach to the evolution of IST in healthcare, introducing the concepts associated with maturity models, addressing the generic maturity model for IST management and presenting the main maturity models specifically focusing on the management of IST in healthcare. Relatively to the last ones, we conclude that there is still a way to go for having available widespread and detailed maturity models. This finding marks the opportunity to develop new maturity models focusing on the IST management in healthcare. Maturity models for management of information systems and technologies in healthcare
Állvaro Rocha
International Journal of Business Information Systems, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2012) pp. 189 - 201
The information systems and technologies (IST) in healthcare have evolved gradually, and theories about adoption and maturity of IST are sufficiently established in the literature of organisational management. In this paper we make an approach to the evolution of IST in healthcare, introducing the concepts associated with maturity models, addressing the generic maturity model for IST management and presenting the main maturity models specifically focusing on the management of IST in healthcare. Relatively to the last ones, we conclude that there is still a way to go for having available widespread and detailed maturity models. This finding marks the opportunity to develop new maturity models focusing on the IST management in healthcare.

]]> 10.1504/IJBIS.2012.045167 International Journal of Business Information Systems, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2012) pp. 189 - 201 Állvaro Rocha University Fernando Pessoa, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal healthcare information systems stages of growth maturity models information systems management healthcare technology information technology management. 2012-01-31T23:20:50-05:00 9 2 189 201 2012-01-31T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=45170 Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a generic term for integrated systems. ERP projects are a subclass of software projects often accompanied by large-scale organisational changes. ERP attempts to integrate all departments and functions across a company onto a single computer system that can serve all the particular needs of those different departments. In this study, at first, the current research issues in ERP projects are studied and the performance indicators of ERP projects from the viewpoint of software engineering are identified from the literature. Then these research issues are validated through an exploratory case study. After that each one of these research issues is discussed under a separate segment. The article intends to serve two goals. First, it will be useful to researchers who are interested in understanding the present research problems in the area of ERP from the software engineering perspective. Second, the article will be a useful resource for the researchers to pursue research in the directions suggested here to provide solution to these research problems. Research directions for enterprise resource planning (ERP) projects
S. Parthasarathy
International Journal of Business Information Systems, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2012) pp. 202 - 221
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a generic term for integrated systems. ERP projects are a subclass of software projects often accompanied by large-scale organisational changes. ERP attempts to integrate all departments and functions across a company onto a single computer system that can serve all the particular needs of those different departments. In this study, at first, the current research issues in ERP projects are studied and the performance indicators of ERP projects from the viewpoint of software engineering are identified from the literature. Then these research issues are validated through an exploratory case study. After that each one of these research issues is discussed under a separate segment. The article intends to serve two goals. First, it will be useful to researchers who are interested in understanding the present research problems in the area of ERP from the software engineering perspective. Second, the article will be a useful resource for the researchers to pursue research in the directions suggested here to provide solution to these research problems.

]]> 10.1504/IJBIS.2012.045170 International Journal of Business Information Systems, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2012) pp. 202 - 221 S. Parthasarathy Department of Computer Applications, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai 625 015, India customisation software engineering requirements performance metrics enterprise resource planning ERP. 2012-01-31T23:20:50-05:00 9 2 202 221 2012-01-31T23:20:50-05:00 http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=45171 This research proposes a new multi-dimension trust model and develops a typology of antecedents to trust in the context of high domain complexity. Using open-ended questions, we explore what users think would create, promote or manage trust. We argue that trust affects individuals' intention to use tax preparation software and electronic tax filing. This is an interesting research setting because of 1) the complexity of the tax law; 2) the privacy of the subject matter; 3) the omnipresence of the issue; 4) the current promotion of e-filing by the Internal Revenue Service; 5) individual taxpayers' ambivalence or negative attitude toward taxes and the government. We propose that when the information system serves as surrogate for a domain expert, multi-dimensional trust and several novel antecedents to trust, such as power and control based, reparative and system-quality based antecedents, should be considered as potential determinants of use. Toward multi-dimensional trust: exploring antecedents to trust in a complex domain
Alexander McLeod; Sonja Pippin
International Journal of Business Information Systems, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2012) pp. 222 - 238
This research proposes a new multi-dimension trust model and develops a typology of antecedents to trust in the context of high domain complexity. Using open-ended questions, we explore what users think would create, promote or manage trust. We argue that trust affects individuals' intention to use tax preparation software and electronic tax filing. This is an interesting research setting because of 1) the complexity of the tax law; 2) the privacy of the subject matter; 3) the omnipresence of the issue; 4) the current promotion of e-filing by the Internal Revenue Service; 5) individual taxpayers' ambivalence or negative attitude toward taxes and the government. We propose that when the information system serves as surrogate for a domain expert, multi-dimensional trust and several novel antecedents to trust, such as power and control based, reparative and system-quality based antecedents, should be considered as potential determinants of use.

]]> 10.1504/IJBIS.2012.045171 International Journal of Business Information Systems, Vol. 9, No. 2 (2012) pp. 222 - 238 Alexander McLeod; Sonja Pippin Department of Accounting and Information Systems, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St. Reno, NV 89557, USA. ' Department of Accounting and Information Systems, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St. Reno, NV 89557, USA tax preparation software multi-dimensional trust trust antecedent model trust antecedent typology logic trust privacy trust security trust software creator trust trust antecedents electronic tax filing online tax filing e-filing determinants of use. 2012-01-31T23:20:50-05:00 9 2 222 238 2012-01-31T23:20:50-05:00