Knowledge is a vital component of organizational success embedded within the human resources of a firm (Grant, 1996). Knowledge is lost by organizations when it is not us[...]

In the last couple of years, a new aspect of online social networking has emerged, in which the strength of social network connections is based not on social ties but mut[...]

Protecting children online from sexual predators has been a focus of research in psychiatry, sociology, computer science, and information systems (IS) for many years. How[...]

This article focuses on computing in very small businesses (VSB). We have defined a business to be very small if it has less than 50 employees. They have been ignored in [...]

This study investigates the IT workplace in Japan in the context of rapidly changing technological innovation and a long-standing collectivist culture in Japanese firms. [...]

In today's intensely competitive world, many firms have developed applications of information technology (IT) that provide a significant global competitive advantage. Mos[...]

Many of the instruments to measure information and system quality were developed in the context of mainframe and PC-based technologies of yesteryears. With the proliferat[...]

In recent years, information systems (IS) outsourcing is increasing in business organizations as a way to govern their IS operations. Burgeoning IS costs, lack of IS orga[...]

Product sales via sponsored keyword advertising on search engines rely on an effective selection of keywords that describe the offerings. In this study, we consider both [...]

When an innovative product is introduced into the market, consumers are often uncertain about the product value. Over time they may learn the value of product. This paper[...]

A periodic-review, random-demand inventory model is analyzed under the assumption that replenishment quantities are random fractions of the amounts ordered. Results of a [...]

As organizations increasingly deploy Inter-organizational Information Systems (IOS), the interdependent security risk they add is a problem affecting market efficiency. C[...]

Many inter-organizational systems are increasingly using electronic data interchange (EDI) to support the strategic supply chain by way of delivering and processing busin[...]

In this editorial, we wish to offer: (1) some reflections on my experience as EIC—initially and as I got involved in the role, as well as after I retired from the role; ([...]

This is the fourth year of operation of the Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM). While it has been a lot of hard work on part of a lot of people, [...]

Much of the research in information systems and information technology (IS/IT) has been dominated by a U.S-centric or a Western-centric view. Research paradigms and model[...]

Prior works, for estimating the number of pages (blocks) accessed from secondary memory to retrieve a certain number of records for a query, have ignored the effect of ma[...]

Both academic institutions and corporations have invested huge amounts of resources in computer-based training and education. The evidence in support of the effectiveness[...]

Information technology (IT) professionals develop and maintain quality information systems (IS). As capable IT professionals are scant resource, many organizations work h[...]

Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) is a relatively new phenomenon and refers to the use of computer applications to store, process, and use clinical, administrative,[...]

Many methodologies and techniques may be used in the development of information systems. Two widely used methodologies are: system development life cycle, and proto-typin[...]

Two important classes of end-users are: command level users, and end-user programmers. For each of these classes, controlled experiments have been conducted to measure th[...]

This paper presents a novel task-oriented, user-centered, multi-method evaluation (TUME) tech-nique and shows how it is useful in providing a more complete, practical and[...]

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between environmental management practices (EMP) and competitive operational performance with respect to[...]

There is an increasing need to implement a total business solution which supports major functionalities of a business. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is desi[...]