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作者：Lee, B; Barua, A; Whinston, AB
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要：The lack of theories and methodological weakness have been pointed out as two distinct but related problems in empirical management information systems (MIS) research. Reinforcing the existing belief that too much attention has been devoted to ''what'' as opposed to ''why'' or ''when'' relationships exist, this paper focuses on a subset of model building and methodology issues involving the systematic discovery and representation of causal relationships. Our analysis of the existing empirical ...
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作者：Kettinger, WJ; Teng, JTC; Guha, S
作者单位：University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要：Growth in Business Process Reengineering (BPR) consulting services has led to a proliferation of methods for conducting BPR. Sifting through vendor promotional hype and identifying a set of techniques and tools that best meets a particular projectAEs needs can be a daunting task. This article investigates BPR Methods, Techniques, and Tools (MTTs) and places them within an empirically derived reference framework. A comprehensive picture of BPR emerges that includes MTTs that help in reengineeri...
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作者：Chau, PYK; Tam, KY
摘要：Advocates of open systems believe that problems related to compatibility, interoperability, scalability, and efficient use of IT resources can be resolved by setting software and hardware standards and strictly adhering to these standards in systems development and management. Representing a major departure from the traditional way of running an IS operation, the adoption of open systems has major ramifications on the IT infrastructure with longlasting effects. Unfortunately little research ha...
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作者：Vandenbosch, B; Huff, SL
作者单位：Western University (University of Western Ontario); University Western Ontario Hospital
摘要：Executive information systems may be used in different ways by managers in retrieving information. Two common modes of use are scanning, or general browsing of data; and focused search, or seeking answers to specific questions or well-defined problems. The purpose of this study was to investigate the antecedents of these two different modes of EIS use and also to examine their implications for perceived performance changes. The results show that, when executives focus their use of NS to answer...
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作者：Zmud, B
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作者：Choudhury, V; Sampler, JL
作者单位：University of London; London Business School
摘要：This paper addresses two questions. First, how does an organization allocate its environmental scanning resources among all the potential sources of information in the environment? Second, how does an organization allocate responsibility for acquiring environmental information? Specifically, when does an organization choose to monitor an environmental source within its hierarchy, and when does it outsource the task? In the former case, when does the responsibility for acquiring information res...
