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Towards A Systemic View Of Organizational Dynamic It Capability: An Empirical Assessment, Anurag Jain Aug 2007

Towards A Systemic View Of Organizational Dynamic It Capability: An Empirical Assessment, Anurag Jain

Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations - Archive

In an increasingly complex world characterized by hyper-competition and turbulence, an organization's ability to sustain its competitive advantages depends not only on how it acquires its capabilities, but also on how it orchestrates the relationships among them. While the resource based view of the firm and the literature on dynamic capabilities have provided strategic insights to the successful deployment and expeditious management of scarce resources, there is very little research on dynamic capabilities from an IT perspective. In particular, there is no common understanding of what the phrase "dynamic IT capability" means or how it can be achieved. This study …


Task Complexity And Effectiveness Of Pair Programming: An Experimental Study, Venugopal Balijepally Aug 2007

Task Complexity And Effectiveness Of Pair Programming: An Experimental Study, Venugopal Balijepally

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Extreme Programming, which is recently gaining popularity as an alternate software development methodology, involves two programmers working collaboratively to develop software. This study examined the efficacy of pair programming by comparing the effectiveness of collaborating pairs with those of programmers working individually. Student subjects participated in a controlled laboratory experiment. Two factors were manipulated in the experiment: programming task complexity (high vs. low) and programmers working individually vs. in pairs. The performance of programmer pairs was compared with those of the best performer and the second best performer from among nominal pairs. An important finding of the study is that …


Capturing The Longitudinal Dynamics Of Customer-Supplier Relationships: An Empirical Examination Of The Roles Of It, Transaction Economics And Social Exchange, William Wayne Willette Aug 2007

Capturing The Longitudinal Dynamics Of Customer-Supplier Relationships: An Empirical Examination Of The Roles Of It, Transaction Economics And Social Exchange, William Wayne Willette

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The forms of cooperative business hold the promise of reduced costs, increased efficiencies, rapid market and environmental responses, expanded market opportunities, new resources, faster product developments, and the most coveted of all benefits--competitive advantage. These cooperative business forms are a rich matrix for the exploration and testing of a wide range of theories, such as Transaction Cost Economics, Social Exchange Theory, Resource Dependence Theory, and Relational Exchange Theory. This thesis presents a process view of how IT and trust affect transaction costs in a transaction dyad consisting of a small supplier and a large customer. It goes beyond functional relationships …


Determinants Of Knowledge Sharing Behaviors: Developing And Testing An Integrated Theoretical Model, Anitha Chennamaneni Aug 2007

Determinants Of Knowledge Sharing Behaviors: Developing And Testing An Integrated Theoretical Model, Anitha Chennamaneni

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Knowledge sharing has been identified as the key enabler of knowledge management. To leverage knowledge resources and to support knowledge sharing, organizations are employing knowledge management systems. While knowledge management systems are important, practical implementations have found that technology alone cannot guarantee that knowledge will be shared. The objective of this research study was to examine factors that promote or discourage knowledge sharing behaviors of knowledge workers in the organizational context. Drawing from multiple streams of research including social psychology, organizational learning, knowledge management, information systems and so forth, this research developed an integrated theoretical model and unveiled three sets …


An Empirical Examination Of The Influence Of Information Technology And Trust On Supply Chain Dyad Relationships And Performance, Anil Singh Aug 2007

An Empirical Examination Of The Influence Of Information Technology And Trust On Supply Chain Dyad Relationships And Performance, Anil Singh

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Reacting to increased competition, companies are adopting inter-organizational information systems (IOS) that share information across the supply chain partners. This sharing requires trust. To better understand the phenomenon of trust between partners, we develop an integrated model of trust in supply chains with theoretical underpinnings of transaction cost economics and environmental factors like Information Technology and Power. The framework also takes into consideration; the association between trust and final outcome measures such as performance and satisfaction through supply chain relationship. By assessing the interconnectedness of trust in inter-organizational information systems, with environmental factors, our research model will help researchers as …


Implementation Of Enterprise Information Systems: A Comparative Study Of Enterpise Application Integration (Eai) Vs Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp), Randall W. Brown Aug 2007

Implementation Of Enterprise Information Systems: A Comparative Study Of Enterpise Application Integration (Eai) Vs Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp), Randall W. Brown

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This dissertation is a two part study which examines and compares two of the most common Enterprise Integration technologies: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Enterprise Application Integration (EAI). The first part examines the perceptions of individuals toward each of the technologies. The second part of the study compares and contrasts the two Enterprise Integration technologies with respect to the factors leading to success (or failure). The model determines three levels of factors and is derived from the two-factor motivational studies of Herzberg and Maslow's Hierarch of Needs. In addition, it attempts to discover which groups of factors may be more …


Data Mining And Statistics: Examining Critical Patterns Of Research And Practice, Ailing Wang Aug 2007

Data Mining And Statistics: Examining Critical Patterns Of Research And Practice, Ailing Wang

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Data Mining (DM) has gained increasing attention in academia and growing importance in business over past decades. This is a study to examine the current status of DM in both research and practice with a focus on the role of statistics for the advancement of the field. Being multi-disciplinary in nature, DM challenges researchers to work together and be aware of the progress made in other fields in order to contribute towards the development of the field. By employing citation analysis techniques and using publicly available citation data, I empirically examine how DM reference fields, such as statistics, machine learning, …


Influence Of Codified Knowledge On Software Design Task Performance: A Comparison Of Pairs With Individuals, George Ashok Mangalaraj Aug 2007

Influence Of Codified Knowledge On Software Design Task Performance: A Comparison Of Pairs With Individuals, George Ashok Mangalaraj

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The need to improve the success rates of software development projects has prompted the software engineering community to come-up with various initiatives. These initiatives include: new software development processes such as Extreme Programming (XP), leveraging the development process by reusing existing knowledge of software artifacts. XP utilizes pairs in the performance of various software development tasks. Moreover, development of software applications is a knowledge intensive process that utilizes both tacit and explicit knowledge. This experimental study utilized software development professionals as subjects and manipulated the mode of participation (individual or pairs) and availability of codified knowledge (design patterns). Results of …


What And Why Of Technostress: Technology Antecedents And Implications, Ramakrishna Ayyagari Aug 2007

What And Why Of Technostress: Technology Antecedents And Implications, Ramakrishna Ayyagari

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (2002) reports that, on average, individuals worked seven hours per week from home in addition to regular work hours. This is made possible by advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs). While the increasing workload is not unusual, it has been related to stress, including the relatively new phenomenon of stress induced by technologies (technostress). Academic literature, popular press and anecdotal evidence suggest that ICTs are responsible for increased stress levels in individuals. However, it is not very clear as to how or why ICTs create stress.
Prior research on technostress has been largely descriptive. …


The Development Research On Market Of Chinese Seafarer Market, Jin Cao Aug 2007

The Development Research On Market Of Chinese Seafarer Market, Jin Cao

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Research On Logistics Operation Mode Of Shanghai 2010 Expo, Jiaying Chen Aug 2007

Research On Logistics Operation Mode Of Shanghai 2010 Expo, Jiaying Chen

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Research Of Customer Relationship Management (Crm) In A Logistics Company, Surui Fang Aug 2007

Research Of Customer Relationship Management (Crm) In A Logistics Company, Surui Fang

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Research On The Status Quo And Operational Modes Of Chinese Petrochemical Logistics, Jiajie Hou Aug 2007

Research On The Status Quo And Operational Modes Of Chinese Petrochemical Logistics, Jiajie Hou

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Study On Modern Port Logistics (Mpl) And Forecasting Container Throughput Of Shanghai Port, Jingye Li Aug 2007

Study On Modern Port Logistics (Mpl) And Forecasting Container Throughput Of Shanghai Port, Jingye Li

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Research On Third Party Chemical Logistics In Shanghai, Yiqing Chen Aug 2007

Research On Third Party Chemical Logistics In Shanghai, Yiqing Chen

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Research On Kpi Management Project Of The Finished Vehicle Logistics Business Enterprise, Wenxin Hao Aug 2007

Research On Kpi Management Project Of The Finished Vehicle Logistics Business Enterprise, Wenxin Hao

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Analysis Of Regional Logistics Capacity And Enterprise Performance-Bengbu And Bbca Group Analysis, Liang Liu Aug 2007

The Analysis Of Regional Logistics Capacity And Enterprise Performance-Bengbu And Bbca Group Analysis, Liang Liu

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Logistics Supplier Selection Of Sgm With Ahp Method, Jian Wang Aug 2007

The Logistics Supplier Selection Of Sgm With Ahp Method, Jian Wang

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Strategic Research On The Construction Of Tianjin Northern International Shipping Center, Zongna Li Aug 2007

Strategic Research On The Construction Of Tianjin Northern International Shipping Center, Zongna Li

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Research On Multi-Agent-Based Shipping Information System, Kai Wang Aug 2007

Research On Multi-Agent-Based Shipping Information System, Kai Wang

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Research On Competitiveness Of Dalian Port, Zhaobo Xu Aug 2007

Research On Competitiveness Of Dalian Port, Zhaobo Xu

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Contrastive Analysis On Logistics Costs Between China And Some Developed Countries, Xuanxuan Wu Aug 2007

A Contrastive Analysis On Logistics Costs Between China And Some Developed Countries, Xuanxuan Wu

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Application Of Insurable Interest In Marine Transportation, Lijun Shi Aug 2007

The Application Of Insurable Interest In Marine Transportation, Lijun Shi

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Study On Xy Group Developing 3pl In The Xiamen Xiangyu Bonded Logistics Park, Wei Zeng Aug 2007

Study On Xy Group Developing 3pl In The Xiamen Xiangyu Bonded Logistics Park, Wei Zeng

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


On The Petroleum Security Strategy And Fleet Development Of China Shipping Tanker Company, Ye Zhao Aug 2007

On The Petroleum Security Strategy And Fleet Development Of China Shipping Tanker Company, Ye Zhao

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Activity-Based Cost Evaluation For The Performance Of Modern Shipbuilding Enterprise, Shuyu Wang Aug 2007

A Study Of Activity-Based Cost Evaluation For The Performance Of Modern Shipbuilding Enterprise, Shuyu Wang

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Study On Agile Service Oriented Shipping Companies In Container Terminal, Xin Zhao Aug 2007

Study On Agile Service Oriented Shipping Companies In Container Terminal, Xin Zhao

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Analysis Of The Bullwhip Effect In Chinese Medicine Supply Chain, Haiming Zhu Aug 2007

The Analysis Of The Bullwhip Effect In Chinese Medicine Supply Chain, Haiming Zhu

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Shipping Economic Analysis Of Enlargement For Containership To Maersk Ae10, Xiaodi Chen Aug 2007

Shipping Economic Analysis Of Enlargement For Containership To Maersk Ae10, Xiaodi Chen

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Research Of Be550 Rigs Transportation Projects, Lifeng Shi Aug 2007

Research Of Be550 Rigs Transportation Projects, Lifeng Shi

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.