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The Impact Of Relational Model Bases On Organizational Decision Making: Cases In E-Commerce And Ecological Economics, Elizabeth White Baker Jan 2006

The Impact Of Relational Model Bases On Organizational Decision Making: Cases In E-Commerce And Ecological Economics, Elizabeth White Baker

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation explores reifying the management science concept of organizations as a collection of decisions. Organizational management entails resource allocation activities that can be formulated in terms of elementary relational functions. All elasticity-type formulations, most generic "production" functions, and various projection models that organizations might require (such as sales forecasts) can all be represented by elementary relational functions. Therefore, information systems in organizations can be representative of relationships between decision requirements, as theorized in relational model bases. A relational model-base structure acts as an integrative device by relating an organization's elementary relational functions to each other, with all that is …


Rebuilding Theories Of Technology Acceptance: A Qualitative Case Study Of Physicians' Acceptance Of Technology, Jon T. Blue Jan 2006

Rebuilding Theories Of Technology Acceptance: A Qualitative Case Study Of Physicians' Acceptance Of Technology, Jon T. Blue

Theses and Dissertations

The Technology Acceptance Model has been widely applied and has been quite successful at explaining the behavioral intention to use technology in many organizations. One of the most significant variables in the Technology Acceptance Model is perceived ease of use. The Technology Acceptance Model purports that perceived ease of use contributes to the behavioral intention to use technology. Additionally, the model purports that perceived ease of use is an antecedent of perceived usefulness. In the adoption and use of technology by physicians, previous studies show that the Technology Acceptance Model predictions have been incorrect. Specifically, the aforementioned perceived ease of …


An Integrative Approach For Examining The Determinants Of Abnormal Returns: The Cases Of Internet Security Breach And Ecommerce Initiative, Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo Jan 2006

An Integrative Approach For Examining The Determinants Of Abnormal Returns: The Cases Of Internet Security Breach And Ecommerce Initiative, Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo

Theses and Dissertations

Researchers in various business disciplines use the event study methodology to assess the market value of firms through capital market reaction to news in the public media about the firm's activities. Capital market reaction is assessed based on cumulative abnormal return (sum of abnormal returns over the event window). In this study, the event study methodology is used to assess the impact that two important information technology activities, Internet security breach and ecommerce initiative, have on the market value of firms. While prior research on the relationship between these business activities and cumulative abnormal return involved the use of regression …


Impact Of The Investments In Information And Communication Technologies On Total Factor Productivity In The Context Of The Economies In Transition, Sergey Samoilenko Jan 2006

Impact Of The Investments In Information And Communication Technologies On Total Factor Productivity In The Context Of The Economies In Transition, Sergey Samoilenko

Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this research is to establish a link between investments in information and communication technology (ICT) and economic growth in the context of countries that are currently classified by the international community as transitional economies (TE). More specifically, in this study we focus on the relationship between ICT and one of the determinants of economic growth, total factor productivity (TFP). Neoclassical growth accounting and the theory of complementarity provide the theoretical framework on which we build this research. By combining the data obtained from two sources, the World Bank Database and the IT Yearbook, we were able to …