Information Technology and Organizations : Trends, Issues, Challenges and Solutions

by Khosrowpour, Mehdi

• ISBN13: 9781591400660
• ISBN10: 159140066X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Igi Global

Summary

Information Technology and Organizations: Trends, Issues, Challenges and Solutions aims to provide a collection of unique perspectives on the issues surrounding the management of information technology in organizations around the world and the ways in which these issues are addressed. This valuable book is a compilation of features including the latest research in the area of IT utilization and management, in addition to being a valuable source in support of teaching and research agendas.

Table of Contents

e-Collaboration in Organizations
Technologically Comprehensive e-Collaboration Platform	260	(47)
Witold Abramowicz
Tomasz Kaczmarek
Marek Kowalkiewicz
Knowledge Sharing Infrastructure for Virtual Enterprises	307	(11)
Farhad Daneshgar
Pradeep Ray
Fethi Rabhi
Unraveling the E-Collaboration Paradox: Evidence of Compensatory Adaptation to Low Media Naturalness	318	(573)
John D'Arcy
Ned Kock
Construction, Communication and Caring for Contextual Workflows: Scenarios from Homeland Defense	891
Edward Glantz
Sandeep Purao
Identifying Web Service Integration Challenges	335	(457)
Frank Goethals
Wilfried Lemahicu
Jacques Vandenbulcke
Collaborative Engineering Communities-Architecture and Integration Approaches	792
Norbert Gronau
Text-Based Group Support Systems: A Simmelian Perspective on E-Collaboration	481	(441)
Esther E. Klein
Paul Herskovitz
Establishing Trust in a Business-to-Business Collaboration: Results from an International Simulation	922	(164)
Yvonne Lederer-Antonucci
Penelope Sue Greenberg
Michael zur Muehlen
Ralph Greenberg
An Innovative Multiparty Videoconferencing System Supporting the Effective Viewing Based on the Seamless Multiparty Videoconferencing System	1086
Thitiporn Lertrusdachakul
A. Taguchi
T. Aoki
H. Yasuda
Workplace E-Collaboration in Practice Identifying Preconditions for Successfully Implementing E-Collaboration in Organizations	409	(114)
David Mayrhofer
Andrea Back
Developing an Internet Based Groupware System	523	(26)
Georg Peters
Tobias Lang
Mike Lie
An Electronic Parent Teacher Association	549	(617)
H.M. Harmain
Mohammed Radaideh
Bridging Knowledge Diversity in Distributed Multidisciplinary Teams	1166	(470)
Violina Ratcheva
Internet Groupware Systems for Project Management: Experiences from an Empirical Study	1636
Petra Schubert
Uwe Leimstoll
Tobias Wackernage
Collaborative Knowledge Sharing: A Case Study for an Academic Portal	1116
Antonio Serrano
Paulo da Silva
Leonilde Reis
Ana Mendes
Peer-to-Peer Corporate Resource Sharing and Distribution with Mesh	1078
Ramesh Subramanian
Brian Goodman
IRM in Government
Full Confirmation Electronic Voting Model: Countermeasures to Forcible or Internal Illicit Improprieties	230	(129)
Ikuo Kitagaki
A Descriptive Framework for Federal Electronic Government: A Necessary Step Prior to Field Research	359
Wayne F. Lemon
Stephen H. Holden
Jennifer J. Preece
Wiring Weber's Iron Cage? Divergent Patterns of Informatization in Government Bureaucracies	244	(516)
Albert Jacob Meijer
Vincent Homburg
Stakeholder Involvement in Electronic Commerce Projects: Examples From the Public Sector	760	(240)
Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou
Key Factors in Establishing Successful E-Government Services	1000
Khalid S. Soliman
John Affisco
Intelligent Information Systems
Artificial Neural Networks: Enhanced Back Propagation in Character Recognition	263	(16)
Evon M. Abu-Taieh
Dynamic Indexing of Information in the Web: The Case of News Sites	279
Luciano de A. Barbosa
Mariano Cravo T. Neto
Ana Carolina Salgado
Franklin de S. Ramalho
Structural Synthesis of Universal Multiple-Valued Structures of Artificial Intelligence Systems	205	(134)
M.F. Bondarenko
A.V. Karpuhin
G.G. Chetverikov
Web Change Monitoring by JWebWatch	339	(554)
Vikram Natarajan
Angela Goh
Speedup Learning for Text Categorization and Intelligent Agents	893
Jeffrey Goldberg
Matthew Jenkins
A Comparison of Different Solution Approaches to Simultaneous Manufacturing Kanban Design and Scheduling	746	(3)
In Lee
A Methodology for Developing Complex Information System based Multiple Intelligent Agents	749
Yao Li
Feng Xiaosheng
Zhang Weiming
Web-Based Inception Decision Support System for Healthcare Construction Projects	545
Alaa Abdou
John Lewis
Mohammad A. Radaideh
IT in Small Business
Implications in E-Commerce Research in Small Business	5	(1011)
Nabeel A.Y. Al-Qirim
Micro- and Small-to-Medium sized Enterprises in the Austrian Computer Software Industry: Their Economic Importance, Software Process Characteristics and ICT Utilization	1016
Edward W.N. Bernroider
A Staged Approach to Identifying Web Site Features for Small Businesses	290
Stephen Burgess
Information Technology (IT) in Small Businesses: An Overlooked Opportunity?	102	(702)
Monica Diochon
Barry Wright
Identifying IT/IS Strategy Profiles in Manufacturing SMEs	804
Chris E. Hillam
Helen Edwards
Small Business and CRM: An Application Framework for a Light Approach	788	(131)
Leonardo Mangia
Developing a Framework for SME: E-Commerce: A UK Perspective	919	(169)
Marie Quinn
Brian Lehaney
Peter Every
Information Need and Its Impact on the Adoption of E-Commerce Tools in the Small Business Sector in Western Australia	1088
V.S. Venkatesan
E-Business Information Technology in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Rural Eastern Kentucky: A Preliminary Survey	236
Scott A. Wymer
Elizabeth Regan
George Kelley
Computing History
Early Catalysts of Centralized Information Resource Management	55	(567)
Paul M. Chalekian
Artificial Neural Networks (ANN): History and Foundations of Traditional ANN	622	(144)
Najib Saylani
The Modeling of the History of Information	766
Andrew Targowski
IT Management in Asia Pacific Countries
Critical Success Factors of B2C Website Storefronts	270	(245)
Rumel V. Atienza
Adoption and Usage of Collaboration Information Technologies in Australia and New Zealand	515	(495)
Graham P. Pervan
Deepinder Bajwa
Floyd Lewis
Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies
Web-Based Consumer Research Surveys: An Essential Addition to the Undergraduate Marketing Curriculum	1010	(95)
Susan A. Baim
ICT Supported Learning: A New Institutional Approach	1105
Paola Bielli
Stefano Basaglia
Action Alternatives and Solutions for a Market-Oriented Design of Web-Based Academic Offers	31	(10)
Gunnar Martin
August-Wilhelm Scheer
Oliver Bohl
Udo Winand
Applying Test Paradigms on a Generic Tutoring System Concept for Web-Based Learning	41	(257)
Matthias R. Brust
Developing a Web-based Computer Lab through Terminal Services	298	(875)
Li Chao
Faculty and Student Perceptions on Interaction in Web-Based Learning	1173
Arif Dagli
Diversity and Needs in Web-Based Learning: Do We Know What Students in Online Learning Contexts Need?	1170
Arif Dagli
The Determinants of Web-Based Instructional Systems Outcome and Satisfaction: A Causal Model	1060
Sean B. Eom
Michael Ketcherside
John Cherry
Content Presentation in a Four Factor e-Learning Model	910
Rhoda Joseph
Video Streaming Solutions for Web-based E-Learning Courses	874
Karl Kurbel
Which Gender Benefit from Web-Based Seminar in Knowledge Work Course?	252
Pekka Makkonen
The Emerging Profile of the On-line Learner: Relating Course Performance with Pre-tests, GPA, and Other Measures of Achievement	248	(727)
Kathryn A. Marold
Wayne Haga
Web-Based Multimedia Educational Application for the Teaching of Multimedia Contents: An Experience with Higher Education Students	975	(151)
Alcina Prata
Pedro Lopes
Distance Learning as a Tool to Support a Classroom Based Learning: College of Business Administration Challenge	1126
Leonilde Reis
Ana Mendes
Jose Gaiveo
Vasco Silva
Learning Outcomes in Web Based Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning Environments-A Comparative Analysis	1070
Chayan Rattanavijai
Sushil K. Sharma
Information Security Management
Safety of Data in Computer Systems: Introduction to the Study of Cryptography Methods and Algorithms	1012	(25)
Romulo Cassio Reginaldo Bezerra
Aluizio Ferreira da Rocha Neto
Measuring Information Security: Combining the SSE-CMM with the ISO 17799 Standard	1037	(15)
Vaughn Christie
James Goldman
Information Security Policies in Large Organizations: Developing a Conceptual Framework to Explore Their Impact	1052
Neil F. Doherty
Heather Fulford
Assurance Through Control Objectives, A Governance Basis for Protecting Corporate Information Assets	741
Dan Shoemaker
Antonio Drommi
Multicast Security: Issues and New Schemes for Key Management	123	(17)
K.D. Edoh
Hussein Abdel-Wahab
Agent Based Intrusion Detection with Soft Evidence	140	(670)
G. Gowadia
C. Farkas
M. Valtorta
Development of a Framework for Secure Patch Management	810	(52)
Lech Janczewski
Andrew Colarik
Developing Intelligence-Based Threat Definitions for Global Information Security Management	862	(22)
Alexander D. Korzyk
Identifying Security Threats and Mitigating Their Impact: Lessons from Y2K and 9/11	884
Laura Lally
Cryptography: What It Is and Where Are We Heading?	363	(598)
Leslie Leong
The Critical Role of Digital Rights Management Processes in the Context of the Digital Media Management Value Chain	961
Margherita Pagani
A Methodology for Assessing IS Security Controls	240	(287)
Malcolm R. Pattinson
Time Management in Information Security	527	(179)
Goran Pulkkis
Kaj Grahn
Towards Powerful, User-Friendly Authentication: The Check-Off Password System (``COPS'')	706
Ernst Bekkering
Merrill Warkentin
Kimberly Davis
An XML-Based Security Protocol for Semi-Autonomous Agents	674	(424)
Allen Johnston
Merrill Warkentin
Unified Modelling Language and Unified Process
Adapting UP for CORBA Application Development	1098
N. Bencomo
A. Matteo
From Strategy to Information Systems: A Business Process Oriented Framework	44	(86)
Andre Vasconcelos
Artur Cactano
Pedro Sinogas
Ricardo Mendes
Jose Tribolet
Unified Modeling Language and Relationship Management Methodology in the Development of Applications for Distance Teaching	130	(348)
Jose Augusto Fabri
Mauro de Mesquita Spinola
Marcelo Schneck de Paula Pessoa
Meta-Model Patterns in Object-Oriented Analysis	478	(640)
Devos Frank
Eric Steegmans
A Metamodel for Specifying Design Patterns in UML	1118
Reza Jaberi
Mohammadreza Razzazi
End User Monitoring: A Case for Linking Static and Dynamic Models	405	(155)
Subhasish Mazumdar
Wei Hu
Business Process Diagrams: An UML Extension	560	(64)
Peter Rittgen
Aspect-Oriented Architectural Analysis Using Multi-Level Modeling of Complex Systems	624	(150)
Phillip Schmidt
Robert Duvall
Greg Mulert
Jaime Milstein
Jesus Rivera
Analysis Pattern Definition in the UML	774
Ernest Teniente
Heterogeneous Data Mediation Using Meta-models: An Architectural View	719	(330)
Luyin Zhao
Keng Siau
IT Management in Developing Countries
A B2C Development Model for Electronic Commerce in Less Developed Countries: The Peruvian Case	1049
Antonio Diaz Andrade
Free Internet in the Lands of the Pharaohs	228	(206)
Hesham A. Salama
Sherif Kamel
Toward a Model of Interactions of Technology Adoption Factors vis-a-vis Socio Economic Development Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa	434	(702)
Philip Musa
Peter Meso
Victor Mbarika
Teledensity, Privatization, and the Andean Community of Nations: The Peruvian Case	1136
Herberto Ochoa-Morales
Country as Brand: A Marketing Information System for Developing Countries	953	(20)
Margaret Crossman O'Connor
The Role of the Information Technology Executive in Chilean Firms	973
Gloria E. Phillips-Wren
Osvaldo M. Ferreiro
Information Infrastructure in Developing Countries: Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide	769	(9)
Venkatesh Subramanian
Subhash Wadhwa
William Estrem
Monideepa Tarafdar
E-Colonialism the New Challenge of the 21st Century	778	(230)
V. S. Venkatesan
Neetha Nambiar
Social Responsibility in the Information Age
Socioeconomic Environment and Technological Change: The Case of California	1008	(11)
Rasool Azari
James Pick
Ethics and Students in the Information Professions: A Survey of Beliefs and Issues in Information Ethics Coursework	1019	(2)
Elizabeth Buchanan
It's Never Too Soon: Responsible Technologies in K-12 Education	1021
Elizabeth A Buchanan
Tomas Lipinski
How Accessible are the 50 Most Visited Web Sites?	75	(69)
Jack Cook
Wasner Martinez
David Messina
Melissa Piggott
I-Voting: To Have or Not to Have	144	(364)
Trisha Woolley
Craig Fisher
Moving Beyond the Digital Divide: Developing a Psychological Perspective of Digital Inequality	508	(35)
Helen Partridge
Mobile Communities and the ``Generation that Bleeps and Hums''	543	(513)
Marian Quigley
IT Business Value
Buttons, Sliders and Dials: Implementing Metrics in DSS	1056
William Holstein
Jakov Crnkovic
IT Productivity Paradox --- A Duopoly Prospective	535	(467)
Jim Quan
Qing Hu
Assessing Impact of Organizational Culture in the Transformation of IT into Business Value	1002
Li Xiao
Subhasish Dasgupta
Electronic Commerce Technologies Management
A Model of e-Business Transformation	266	(205)
Colin Ash
J.M. Burn
The Effects of a Third-Party Assurance Seal in Consumer Behavioral Intention	471	(601)
Jeongil Choi
Sang-Gun Lee
Sang M. Lee
Market Share as a Determinant for Making Profits in the e-Commerce Industry-An Empirical Enquiry	1072
Ramesh Dangol
Sushil Sharma
B2B Global Trade: Electronic Catalog Content and Supplier Enablement Challenges	89	(44)
P. Candace Deans
James Strachan
An Integrated Model of Negative Critical Incidents and Quality Attributes Satisfaction	133	(797)
Kwoting Fang
Ya-Yueh Shih
Duen-Ren Liu
Integrated Domain Model for Digital Rights Management	930	(3)
Eetu Luoma
Saila Tiainen
Pasi Tyrvainen
Assessing eCommerce Technology Enabled Business Value: An Exploratory Research	933	(224)
M. Adam Mahmood
Leopoldo Gemoets
Laura Hall
Francisco Lopez
Ritesh Mariadas
Research on the Technology for Systems Design of E-Business	1157
Masaru Makino
Evaluating Electronic Commerce Acceptance with the Technology Acceptance Model	413
Donna McCloskey
The Benefits and Difficulties of the Internet Use in Hotels: The Effect of Hotel Rate on the Managers' Perception	328	(637)
Luiz Augusto Machado Mendes-Filho
Anatalia Saraiva Martins Ramos
Supplier Integration in Web-Based Supply Chains	965
Somendra Pant
Rajesh Sethi
Anju Sethi
Facilitating Conditions and Institutional Trust in Electronic Marketplaces	556	(11)
Pauline Ratnasingam
Paul Pavlou
Yao-Hua Tan
David Gefen
Conceptual Development of Web Strengths E-Business Systems Utilization Fulfillment	567	(3)
Fjodor Ruzic
The Electronic Commerce Enterprise Environment	570	(17)
Ali Salchnia
Digital Watermarking: Methods to Protect Digital Goods Against Copyright Infringement as an Assumption for a Successful e-Business Integration	587	(17)
Tino Jahnke
Juergen Seitz
Reverse Auctions: Analysis and Review	604	(38)
Andrew Stein
E-Business: A Value Chain Perspective	642	(449)
Mohammad A.H. Tafti
Khalid Soliman
A Community Based Approach to E-Commerce: An Alternative E-Commerce Model for Small Communities	1091
V. S. Venkatesan
Information Ethics Issues
The Ethical Implications of Web Accessibility for Users with Disabilities	109	(464)
Afreda Dudley-Sponaugle
Jonathan Lazar
Protection of Children from Harmful Internet Content: Case Study-Australia	573	(4)
Geoffrey Sandy
MAMA on the Web: Ethical Consideration for Our Networked World	577	(429)
Barbara A. Schuldt
Decision Support Technologies
Legalization of Online Gambling	1006
Mario Alba
Louis Papa
Anthony Basilc
Stuart Bass
Eugene Maccarone
Complex Decision Support in Web Time	38	(44)
Daniel Brandon
Design and Research Implications of Customer Relationship Management on Data Warehousing and CRM Decisions	82	(1031)
Colleen Cunningham
Il-Yeol Song
Jin Tack Jung
Peter Chen
The Effect of Cultur and Environmental Context on Strategic Use of Decision Support Systems in Local Authorities: A Comparative Study of Egypt and the UK	1113
Ibrahim Elbeltagi
Bridging the Gap Between Business Decision and Process Modeling	444	(690)
Dina Neiger
Leonid Churilov
Computational Techniques for Pricing Options	1134
Sanju Vaidya
Accounting Information Systems
Monitoring Accounting Information via Control Charts	1054
Richard B. Dull
David Tegarden
Adding Economic and Information Theory to Technique: The Case of Using the Uniform Chart of Accounts for Building Entrepreneurial Nonprofit Organizations	987	(27)
John F. Sacco
Odd J. Stalebrink
Strategic IT Management
Strategic Utilization of Choice-Board Technology: A Conceptual Framework	1014
Pratyush Bharati
Abhijit Chaudhury
Information Systems Strategy: Principles and Practice	459
Michael Boahene
George Ditsa
Issues in Business Continuity Management	287	(753)
Rosemary Hill
Stephen Burgess
Environment, Organizational and Managerial Determinants of Strategic IS Plan Implementation	1040
Jason F. Cohen
Tasks of the Information Management at a German Major Bank --- A Tool Supporting Case Study	343	(510)
Jubran Rajub
Claus Rautenstrauch
Jorge Marx Gomez
A Risk-Trust-Control Perspective for Risk Management in the ASP Outsourcing Paradigm	853
Rajiv Kishore
Pauline Ratnasingam
An Empirical Study on the Influencing Factors of Website Development in the Public Sector	738	(197)
Jae-Kwan Lee
A Methodology to Implement a Workflow Management Process: The Case of University ``Federico II''	935
Paolo Maresca
Antonino Mazzeo
How to Choose an Application Service Provider (ASP): Best Practices Selection Guidelines	424	(191)
Luisa Focacci
Robert J. Mockler
Marc E. Gartenfeld
Dorothy G. Dologite
Moving Toward Mission Critical: The Migration of Strategic and Support Systems	615	(38)
Linda Knight
James White
Theresa A. Steinbach
Coming to Terms with the New Economics of Information	653	(23)
Stijn Viaene
Guido Dedene
Strategies of Organizational Informatization and the Diffusion of IT	676
Ruediger Weissbach
Database Management Technologies
Dynamic Specialization of Data to Fit the Requirements of E-Commerce Applications	274
Youcef Baghdadi
Multi-Link Lists as Data Cube Structure in the MOLAP Environment	35	(721)
Fadila Bentayeb
Omar Boussaid
Jerome Darmont
XML Storage in Relational Databases: An Approach Combining Description Logic and Statistics	756
Mourad Ouziri
Christine Verdier
Supporting Object and Relational Data in a Data Warehouse	496	(16)
Ramesh Suribhatla
Les Miller
M. Mehdi Owrang O.
Basic Impedance Mismatch Problem Resolution	512	(650)
Erick Slazinski
Michael J. Payne
Gathering User Needs: A Case Study on the Process Used to Gather User Needs for the Adaptive Management Area's Forestry Portal	1162	(13)
Balbinder Banga
Lois Delcambre
Eris Landis
Fred Phillips
Tim Tolle
Modeling Data Warehouse Structures	1175
Michel Schneider
Implementation and Selection of Derived Partitioning for Optimizing the Performances of Relational Data Warehouses	632	(436)
Michel Schneider
Herve Lorinquer
The Availabilty of Domain/Key Normal Form	1068
Robert A. Schultz
Indexing by Conditional Association Semantics	691	(3)
Xiaowei Yan
Chengqi Zhang
Shichao Zhang
Zhenxing Qin
K-NN Search in Non-Clustered Case Using K-P-Tree	694	(302)
Yang Zhi-rong
Li Lei
The Human Side of IT
The Communication in the Communities of Practice: Is there a ``Best'' Tool?	996
Anabela Sarmento
Joao Batista
Leonor Cardoso
Mario Lousa
Rosalina Babo
Teresa Rebelo
Towards Defining IT Skills Portfolio for E-Business	63	(153)
Susy S. Chan
Abdulrahman Mirza
A Study of a U.K. Police Call Centre	216
Steve Clarke
Brian Lehaney
Huw Evans
Building a Shared Basis for Effective Use of Computer-Mediated Communication in Group Decision Making	86	(301)
Wayne Huang
Greg Stephens
John D'Ambra
Zixiu Guo
Employee Perceptions of Outsourcing Success of Information Technology Operations	387	(742)
Lynda Roberson Louis
Using Scripting to Investigate Perceptions of the IT Helpdesk	1129
Neil McBride
Ibrahim Elbeltagi
Paravhjoyt Dosanjh
Surfacing Occupational Threats to Electronic Government-A Neglected Role for Organization Development?	416	(4)
Joe McDonagh
Change and Challenge: The Impact of E-Business from an Organizational Management Perspective	420	(535)
John Mendonca
Human Factors in the `System Selection' Stage of Library Automation	955
Nasrine Olson
Supporting Knowledge Sharing isn't Easy: Lessons Learned from a Case Study	531	(151)
Dulce T. Pumareja
Klaas Sikkel
Tatyana Bondarouk
Do IT Professionals Think Differently?	682
Hongjiang Xu
Latif Al-Hakim
End User Computing
Testing the Boundaries of the Technology Acceptance Model	57	(977)
Hock Chan
Jill Lam-Hang
Hock Teo
Jing Yang
A SSM-Driven Knowledge-Portal Design	1034
Chan Wei Cheah
Enabling a Do-It-Yourself Requirements Analysis	322	(496)
Ray Dawson
Tom Jackson
Managing End-User System Development: Lessons from a Case Study	818	(107)
Murray E. Jennex
A Holistic Approach for Initial Acceptance and Continuance Model in Website Stickiness	925
Chulmo Koo
Kichan Name
Jae Beom Lee
Sang-Gun Lee
The Role of Affiliation Motivation on the Use of Groupware in an MBA Program: A Pilot Study	373	(54)
Dahui Li
Hao Lou
John Day
The Impact of Work System Reconceptualization and Motivation on Information Technology Infusion	427	(239)
Jarvis B. Moore
Thomas Stafford
Intentional Communication Breakdowns in Virtual Communities of Interest: A Hindrance to End-User Knowledge Management	666	(12)
Christian Wagner
Fion Lee
Rachael Ip
Karen Cheung
Business Website Design: Some Emerging Standards for Developers	678
Carmine Sellitto
Andrew Wenn
IT Evaluation Methods and Management
The Evaluation of ERP Systems Using Data Envelopment Analysis	283	(497)
Edward W.N. Bernroider
Volker Stix
Renovation of an IT Infrastructure and its POC Evaluation	780
Masaru Furukawa
System Quality and Information Quality: Do They Really Reflect Information System Success?	158	(435)
Edward J. Garrity
G. Lawrence Sanders
Computer Aided Software Engineering
Generating Synchronization Contracts for Web Services	593	(119)
Otto Preiss
Anuj Shah
Alain Wegmann
Component Context Specification and Representation in Systems Analysis and Design	712
Zheying Zhang
Janne Kaipala
Virtual Organizations and Society
In the Virtual World	147	(7)
Michelle W.L. Fong
How Does Virtual Organizations as Collaboration Networks Benefit Society? Descriptions and Experiences from Collaboration Networks in the Rogaland Area	154	(702)
Jan Frick
Virtualization as a New Trend of Applications of the Global Information Technology (IT): Analysis on the Example of Transformation of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Global Market	856
Jerzy Kisiclnicki
Strategic Use of Virtual Organizations	784
Jinyoul Lee
Mike Eom
Bonn-Oh Kim
SME Network Taxonomy-A Qualitative Study of Network Practice in the EU	453	(570)
Andreas Nilsson
Johan Magnusson
Enterprise Resource Planning
Management Theory Based Critical Success Factors in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Implementation	1023
Joseph Bradley
A Goal/Question/Metric Plan Proposal to Monitor User Involvement and Participation in ERP Implementation Projects	325
Jose Manuel Estevez
Joan Pastor
Josep Casanovas
Project-MEMO --- Integrated Process Based Enterprise-Resource and Project Planning	256	(643)
Bardo Fraunholz
Hanno Schauer
Customization, Configuration, or Modification? A Taxonomy for Information System Specialization	899
Marc N. Haines
E-Procurement Practices: An Australian Survey	349	(447)
Paul Hawking
Benefit Realization and ERP Systems	796	(45)
Paul Hawking
Analysis of the User's Behavior in Business Application Systems with Methods of the Web Usage Mining	841
Gamal Kassem
Jorge Marx Gomez
Claus Rautenstrauch
Implementing ERP Systems Using SAP	732
Linda K. Lau
B2B E-Marketplaces: An Australian Case Study	608	(304)
Andrew Stein
Industry-Academia
Environment, Generic Strategies and Resource-Based Perspectives on Performance in Online Firms: An Empirical Analysis	912	(172)
Chulmo Koo
Kichan Nam
Jac Beom Lee
Chang Koh
Engaging Industry to Benefit Industry and Academia	1084
Dewey A. Swanson
Erick Slazinski
Meeting Industry's Changing IT Needs	1082
Dewey Swanson
Nancy Wilson Head
Julie Phillips
Text Databases and Document Management
An Analysis of Tools for an Automatic Extraction of Concept in Documents for a Better Knowledge Management	200	(10)
Rocil Abascal
Beatrice Rumpler
Jean-Marie Pinon
On the Web and Document Databases	210	(622)
Yangjun Chen
Ron McFadyen
Time-Indexer: A Tool for Extracting Temporal References from Business News	832	(17)
Pawel Jan Kalcyznski
Witold Abramowicz
Krzysztof Wcccl
Tomasz Kacmarek
Management of Document Versions in Workflow Systems	849
Yeongho Kim
Hyerim Bae
Yong Tae Park
Woo Sik Yoo
Using Boosting in a Multilabel Text Categorization Problem	431	(108)
Jorge Muruzabal
Eduardo Souto
Fast Search for Multimedia Metadata in an XML Data Repository	539	(61)
Shibin Qiu
Shu Li
CS-Engine: Development of a Cross Search Engine for Multiple Heterogeneous Databases	600	(88)
Min Song
Il-Yeol Song
Peter Chen
Incremental Indexing and its Evaluation for Full Text Search	688
Hiroshi Yamamoto
Seishiro Ohmi
Hiroshi Tsuji
Distance Learning Technologies
Developing a New Distance Learning Program in Business Technology at Miami University	277	(37)
Susan A. Baim
Online Learning, Quality and Student Satisfaction: A Case Study	314	(507)
Paul Darbyshire
Enhancing E-learning with a Document Control Environment	821	(94)
Ajin Jirachiefpattana
Waraporn Jirachiefpattana
From the Ground Up: An E-Learning Designer's Experience with the Development, Deployment and Assessment of E-Learning	915
Vincent F. Kwisnek
UML Modeling for Cooperative Problem-Based Learning Situations: Towards Educational Components	880
Pierre Laforcade
Franck Barbier
A Method for Implementing Distributed Learning Environments	484
Fuhua Lin
Pete Holt
Hong Lin
An Effective Course Authoring and Student Evaluation System for Distance Learning	379	(114)
Timothy Shih
Nigel H. Lin
Louis Lin
Jason Hung
Operational Procedures for Distance Learning Courses in Information Technology	493	(209)
Parviz Partow-Navid
Ludwig Slusky
The Negotiation of Privacy Policies in Distance Education	702
George Yee
Larry Korba
Human Computer Interaction
User Profiling in an Automated Environment to Promote Universal Web Usability	24	(439)
Shirley Ann Becker
Luke L. Nowak
Explaining Groupware Implementation through Group Learning	463
Tatyana Bondarouk
Klaas Sikkel
Using Simple Email to Communicate with an Agent Based System	310	(752)
William Wei Na
Paul Darbyshire
User Acceptance of Online Computer Games: A Two-Model Comparison	1062
Yuan Gao
The Effects of Web Usability on Online Shopper's Repurchase Intention	928
Jeongil Choi
Sang-Chul Jung
Dahui Li
Operators Not Needed? The Impact of Query Structure on Web Searching Results?	814
Bernard J. Jansen
WISDcM and E-Learning and Interaction Issues	162	(902)
W.A. Janvier
Claude Ghaoui
IT-Labor Intensities and Firm-Level Productivity	1064
Stephan Kudyba
Web-Star: A Survey Tool for Analyzing User Requirements for Web Sites	917	(225)
Jonathan Lazar
Adam Jones
Kish Greenidge
Automating Web Personalization with a Self-Organizing Neural Network	1142
Victor Perotti
The Impact on Unsolicited Help on the Usability of Software Applications	992	(103)
Suzanne Sackstein
Renata Sanfona
Interactive URL Correction for Proxy Request	1095
Kai-Hsiang Yang
Chi-Chien Pan
Tzao-Lin Lee
Individual Behavioral Consistency in Virtual Communities	716
Zheng Xin
Zheng Cheng
Chan Hock Chuan
Information Technology Education
Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering: An Effective Interactive AI Resource	17	(1093)
Stephanie E. August
Confirming an Industry Certification Examination as an Outcome Assessment for IS Programs	1110
Andy Borchers
Introducing Leadership Issues in Pre-Service Teacher Education Programs Through Instructional Technology Courses	208
David D. Carbonara
The Open Catalogue of Manuscripts Between Paleographic Research and Didactic Application	51	(981)
Antonio Cartelli
Marco Palma
Evolving Learning Environments in Information Technology Education	1032	(107)
Kuan-Chou Chen
Organizational Model and Organizational Information Systems: The Context of a Public Portuguese University	1139
Carlos Zorrinho
Paulo Resende da Silva
Information Systems Security in the Information Systems Curriculum	117	(779)
Caroline Eastman
Csilla Farkas
Analysis of Data Communication Aspects of Computer-Based Teaching	896	(227)
Anatoliy Gordonov
Cultural Influences on Information Technology Skills Acquisition	1123
Anita Greenhill
Network Security Course Model	800
Mariana Hentea
Susan Conners
The Effect of Technology on Student Science Achievement	180	(790)
June K. Hilton
An Exploratory Study on How Double Majors, MIS Internships, MIS Courses, and GPA Influence Job Opportunity	970
Wayne Huang
Hao Lou
John Day
Using Innovative Teaching Techniques in Transition from Teacher-Centered to Learning-Centered Education	836	(53)
Volin Karagiozov
Mathematical Statistics in SW Engineering Education	889
Jaroslav Kral
Michal Zemlicka
Tip of the Iceberg Simplicity in E-Commerce: Issues for Educators	721	(382)
Laura Lally
Challenges for Curriculum Design in IT Education	1103
Wai K Law
Jeffrey Hsu
Automated Essay Scoring and Flexible Learning	369	(6)
Raymond Li
Kwang-Hoon Oh
A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of IT on Learning Outcomes	375	(16)
John Lim
Ting-Ting Chang
Implementation Strategies and the Technology Acceptance Model: Is ``Ease of Use'' Really Useful or Easy to Use in Implementation?	391	(558)
Will Ma
The Evolution of a Global Information System Course: Case Study at Southern Connecticut State University	949	(2)
Robert Mullen
The Evolution of an MIS Program: Case Study at Southern Connecticut State University	951
Robert Mullen
Personality Type and the Use of Information in Decision-Making: An Exploratory Study	437	(530)
Karen S. Nantz
Barbara Kemmerer
Campus-wide Faculty Development: No ``Mission Impossible.'' Results from Implementation of Intensive Summer Programs	967	(22)
Katia Passerini
Kemal Cakici
William Koffenberger
Virtual Reality in Education	989
Nicoletta Sala
Student Approaches to Projects: Software Engineering vs. Information Systems	584	(492)
Anthony Scime
Constructing a Java Programming Syllabus: Some Observations	1076
Robert Joseph Skovira
E-Commerce Curriculum: After the Fall	611	(549)
James White
Theresa A. Steinbach
Linda Knight
Certification of K-12 Computer Teachers	1160
Lawrence A. Tomci
Designing an IT Course Website: A Case Study	174	(477)
Meliha Handzic
Christine Van Toorn
A Context-Based Organization Model for e-Learning Initiatives	651
Kam Hou VAT
Project Management and Information Technology
Project Management in Academic Libraries: A Case Study of Retrospective Conversion and Serials Automation Projects in the University of Botswana	474
Kwasi Darko-Ampem
Project Communication Management in Australia, Germany and India - A Cross Cultural Study	150	(182)
Bardo Frunholz
Chandana Unnithan
Jeff Chamberlain
A Meta-Process Model for Process Management and Evolution	332	(308)
Pilar Gomez
Angel Martinez
Jesus D. Garcia-Consuegra
Mobile Project Management-Status Quo and Perspectives	640	(184)
J. Felix Hampe
Silke Schonert
Situational and Task Characteristics Systematically Associated with Accuracy of Software Development Effort Estimates	824	(160)
Magne Jorgensen
Kjetil Molokken
Discovering the Causes of IT Project Failures in Government Agencies	984
Mark R. Nelson
Diana Thomas
Re-escalation Cycles in Large Scale Government Information Systems	446	(419)
Mark R. Nelson
Taylor Smith
Influence of Geographic Dispersion on Control and Coordination Approaches for Management of Software Development Projects	865
Rajeev Sharma
S. Krishna
Global IT Management
Developing the Information Society: A Hungarian Case Study	227	(674)
G. Harindranath
G. Magyar
Investigating the Optimum Manager-Subordinate Relationship in Global Managerial Systems: Case Study and Report of Key Findings for Practical Use in Global IT Management and Organizations: A Trend for the Future	901
Sergey Ivanov
Breaking Bad Habits: The Negative Effect of Email and Instant Messaging on the Workplace	399	(324)
Thomas Jackson
Ray Dawson
Darren Wilson
Measuring the Readiness of Globalisation: A Metrics Based Approach	723
Yi-chen Lan
Khaled Md. Khan
Testing of the Cross-Cultural Applicability of Technology Acceptance Model: Evidence from the PRC	383	(504)
Huang Linjun
Lu Ming-te
Wong Bo K.
IT Management in Healthcare
Web Based Education to Prepare Health Information Management (HIM) Students in the Realm of Coding	887
Marcia M. Andrews
Visual Analysis of Human Health Data	580
Petra Schulze-Wollgast
H. Schumann
C. Tominski
Data Warehousing and Mining
Data Push versus Metric Pull: Competing Paradigms for Data Warehouse Design and their Implications	14	(123)
John Artz
Recommendation System Using Fuzzy C-Means Clustering	137	(194)
Kwoting Fang
Chung-Yuan Liu
Architecture of a Gene Expression Data Warehouse	331
Aryya Gangopadhyay
Critical Success Factors for Data Warehouse Implementation: A Framework for Analysis and Research	195	(651)
Mark Hwang
An Exploratory Study: Forecasting the Price in the Online Auction Markets	846	(21)
Hong-Il Kim
Bongjun Kim
Sungbin Cho
Seung Back
Discovering Valuable Patterns Through Internet Web-Log Access Analysis	867
Navin Kumar
Aryya Gangopadhyay
Managing Large Healthcare Database for Decision Support Systems	490	(62)
Bambang Parmanto
Fei-Ran Guo
Pamela Alan
Syarief Ahmad
Christopher Lombard
Toward a XML-Based Data Warehouse Architecture	552	(212)
Rifaich Rami
Nabila A. Benkat
Analysis of Current Data Mining Standards	764
Janusz Swierzowicz
KDD Toward Maturity: Issues and Challenges	618
Stijn Viaene
Guido Dedene
Multimedia Information Management
MODE: A Tool for Conceptual Modeling of Web Applications	27	(267)
Mario Bochicchio
Nicola Fiore
Observing Online Responses to Internet Advertising After Exposure to Magazine Advertising	294	(173)
Linda Jo Calloway
Helen H. Li
Multiple Rights Management Framework for Personal Private Networks	467
Kyung-Ah Chang
Byung-Rae Lee
EMIMS: A Medical Image Management System with a Visual Multi-Criteria Query Interface	66	(27)
David Coquil
Solomon Atnafu
Lionel Brunie
Richard Chbeir
Emergence Index and Content-Based Image Retrieval	93	(347)
Sagarmay Deb
Yanchun Zhang
Contributions of Web-Services-Technology for Improving Resource Management of Real-Time Multimedia on the Internet	440	(564)
Benny Nasution
Elizabeth Kendall
Asad Khal
Jana Dospisil
Knowledge Management
Towards an Effective Organizational Knowledge Management Strategy	1004
Theophilus Addo
Zsuzsa-Klara Barna
Murray Jennex
A Sensemaking Model of Knowledge in Organizations---Theoretical Foundations	220
Dubravka Cecez-Keemanovic
Perceptions of Knowledge and Knowing - A Focus Group Research	61	(239)
Ivy Chan
Review of Features of Enterprise Portals to Support Knowledge Management Processes	300
Abdus Sattar Chaudhry
Quck Kian Chye
An Organizational Approach to Knowledge Sharing	79	(225)
Jack Cook
Christopher Hunt
Jeff McCullor
Amber Szymanski
A Methodology for Sharing Contextual Knowledge in Virtual Communities	304
Farhad Daneshgar
Customer Derived Revenue: A Dynamic Model of Value Creation	168	(3)
Michael Hall
Corporate Memories: Tombs or Wellsprings of Knowledge	171	(490)
Meliha Handzic
Glenn Bewsell
Design of an Instrument for Improving Project Management Efficiency Through Projects' Knowledge-Based Evaluation	661	(245)
Sameh A. Hemeid
Khaled Wahba
Effects of Informal Networks on Knowledge Management Strategies	906
Tony Jewels
Helen Partridge
Alan Underwood
Basic Conceptualization of a Resource Modelling Language	827
Jurgen Jung
Exploring the Frontier of E-Innovation	730	(370)
Ping Lan
K_SERVICES: From State of the Art Components to Next Generation Distributed KM Systems	1100
Frank Laskowski
Norbert Gronau
From Ontology to Service Discovery in Bluetooth	735
Maria Lee
Ching Lee
Design Factors of Knowledge Management Systems for Effective Learning and Training	366	(29)
Albert C.K. Leung
Incentives: Getting People to Participate in Web Based Knowledge Networks	395	(544)
Bonnie Rubenstein Montano
Ross Malaga
Knowledge Creating Process: Evolving Knowledge Process Model	939
Win Maung
Organizational Value of Knowledge Management	488	(456)
Denise Johnson McManus
Charles Snyder
Knowledge Creation and Competitive Advantage	944
Patricia Miller
A Model to Improve Knowledge Management Through the Effective Integration of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	449	(70)
Francisco Milton Mendes Neto
Francisco Vilar Brasileiro
A Template for Assessing Knowledge-Centricity	519	(460)
Jonaathan Pemberton
George Stonehouse
Three Types of Data for Extended Company's Employees: A Knowledge Management	979	(18)
Michel Grundstein
Camille Rosenthal-Sabroux
Knowledge Management: A Rewarding Challenge for SME's?	997
Anabela Sarmento
Ana Maria Corrcia
Knowledge Creation and Sharing in Telework	597	(47)
Hong-Gil Lee
Bongsik Shin
Kunihiko Higa
A Proposed Model for Tacit Knowledge Capture Between Consultancies and Freelance Subcontractors	644	(3)
W.A. Taylor
N.A. Boraic
Improving Innovation Performance Through IS Enabled Knowledge Scanning	647	(8)
Qiang Tu
A Framework for Knowledge Management Adoption in a Steel Company	655	(15)
Nahed Azab
Khaled Wahba
Organizational Knowledge Management: Enabling a Knowledge Culture	670
Steven Walczak
Dale Swart
Enhanced Knowledge Warehouse in the Semantic Web	232	(452)
Krzysztof Wecel
Witold Abramowicz
Pawel Jan Kalczynski
Knowledge Discovery Process in Sales Data	684	(25)
Katsutoshi Yada
Web Services and Workflow Modeling	709
Vincent C. Yen
Object Oriented Technology
GIS-Enabled Health Services Call Center System	187	(3)
Brian Hilton
Tom Horan
Bengisu Tulu
Energy-Efficient Objects Retrieval on Indexed Broadcast Parallel Channels	190	(400)
Angela Maria Munoz-Avila
Ali Hurson
Business Components Based Design for Enterprise Systems	590	(484)
Tarun K. Sen
David Tegraden
Reza Barkhi
The Concepts of Class and Object as Presented in Selected Java Textbooks	1074	(19)
Robert Joseph Skovira
Distributed Object Based SCM Simulator: LOSIMOPU	1093
Hiroshi Tsuji
Takefumi Konzo
Ryosuke Saga
Software Engineering
Using Neural Networks for Addressing Data Quality During the Software Maintenance Process	1	(19)
Abdullah A. Al-Namlah
Shirley Ann Becker
Managing the Interconnection and the Distribution of Urban Models with XML and Distributed Objects	20	(51)
Alain Becam
Maryvonne Miquel
Robert Laurini
Describing W2000 Using RDF: When the Meaning is Essential	71	(41)
Luca Contursi
Roberto Paiano
Meta Model based Approaches to Information System Engineering	112	(53)
Joerg Becker
Alexander Dreiling
Michael Ribbert
Adaptation of a Parallel Processing Technique Used to Solve Physics Problems to a Computer Network Management Application	165	(12)
Dennis Guster
Renat Sultanov
Jim Chen
The Context of System Development	177	(20)
Jerome Heath
Implementing Software Metrics Programs: Lessons and Approaches	197	(547)
Helle Damborg Frederiksen
Jakob Holden Iversen
Design of Lowpass Narrowband Fir Filters Using IFIR and Modified RRS Filters	744	(99)
Gordana Jovanovic-Dolecek
Vlatko Dolecek
Isak Karabegovie
Recreating Design Artefacts of Information Systems for System Evolution and Maintenance	843
Khaled M. Khan
Yi-chen Lan
The ``Software Equation'' Revisited	456	(44)
Keith B. Olson
From the Design to the Development: A W2000 Based Framework, Issues and Guidelines	500
Roberto Paiano
Andrea Pandurino
Medical Information Technology
Cyber Psychiatry: A Review of Internet Self Help Sites for Depression and Related Problems	224
Gordana Culjak
Nutritional Information on the Web: An Analysis of Information Sought and Information Provided	106	(240)
Susan G. Doran
Caroline Eastman
Bernard Jansen
An Exploratory Study Exploiting Image Features for Term Assignment in Medicine	346	(407)
Abby A. Goodrum
Virtual Reality, Telemedicine and Beyond	753
Franco Orsucci
Nicoletta Sala
Adapting the Task-Technology-Fit Model to the Development and Testing of a Voice Activated Medical Tracking Application	564
James Rodger
Parag Pendharkar
Mobile Computing and Commerce
Critical Factors for Mobile Business Success	10	(1017)
Nabeel A.Y. Al-Qirim
A Comparison of CRM Implementation Across Internet and Wireless Channels	1027	(19)
Susy S. Chan
Jean Lam
Wireless Cryptographic Systems	1046
Amanda Dambrouckas
Framework for Emerging Mobile Data Services: Survey of GSM Operators	904
Tomasz Jarmoszko
Mobile Commerce and National IT Infrastructure	352	(590)
Ook Lee
Woonghee Lee
Introducing Mobile Computing-Student Built Mobile Databases	942	(15)
W. Brett McKenzie
Motivations and Barriers to the Adoption of 3G Mobile Multimedia Services: An End User Perspective in the Italian Market	957	(37)
Margherita Pagani
Danilo Schipani
A Hypothetical Wireless Network with Mobile Base Stations in Urban Areas	994
G. Sampath
Information Presentation on Mobile Handhelds	628
B. Karstens
R. Rosenbaum
H. Schumann
Mobile Payments (mPayments)-An Exploratory Study of Emerging Issues and Future Trends	99	(599)
Melissa Soo Ding
Chandana R. Unnithan
Rates of Change in Ad hoc Networks	698	(249)
Alec Yasinsac
IT in Europe
Information Technology is Thriving in Yugoslavia: Case Study of Delta Holding	947
Lakshmi Mohan
Jokov Crnkovic
Customer Management and New Technology	504
Ioannis S. Pantelidis
Maria Protopapa
Software Process Improvement
Using Ethnographic Techniques to Define User Requirements-A Corporate Example	96	(23)
Gary J. DeLorenzo
Frederick Kohun
IT Teaching Cases
Don't Show me the Price Tag: A Case Study of IT Chargeback in a Government Agency	119	(64)
Dana Edberg
William Kuechler
Implementation of a Technology Plan in a High-Poverty School: Opportunities and Challenges	183	(769)
June K. Hilton
c-PizzaUSA: A Web-Based Pizza Ordering System for a Statewide Pizzeria	952	(87)
Yousif Mustafa
Open Source Technologies and Systems
Open Source Business Solutions: A Case Study and Application of SQL and PHP	1039	(3)
Dan Clark
Alan Rea
OSS for Vital Public Projects	1042
Amanda Dambrouckas
Effort Estimation in Open Source Software Development: A Case Study	859	(118)
Stefan Koch
The Open Source Software Model and a Business Case for Open Source Software Implementation: Creating a Symbiotic Open Source Solution	977
Alan I Rea
Minorities in Information Technology
Multimedia Metaphors for Young Children: TVM a Case Study	127	(711)
Kirsten Ellis
Katherine Blashki
Assimilation, Accommodation and Activism: How Women in the IT Workplace Cope	838	(39)
Sue Ellen Kase
Eileen Trauth
Liberation and Domination: Understanding the Digital Divide from the Standpoint of the `Other'	877
Lynette Kvasny
Diffusion of Innovation: A Preliminary Assessment of the Perception and Use of Technology in Complex Social Environments	355	(47)
Roderick L. Lee
A Proposal to Recruit Underrepresented Groups into Information Technology Careers	402	(664)
Julia R. Mariga
Women and Minorities in Technology: With Focus on Local Schools	1066
Guity Ravai
Telecommunications and Networking Technologies
Network Risk Assessment for Systems Change	808
Philip J. Irving
Helen Edwards
JMX-Based Network Service Management	727	(298)
Guilan Kong
Boyi Xu
Lan Fang
Doctoral Symposium Papers
Towards a Framework for Distributed Collaboration: A Study of Technology Impact on Isolation in Distributed Extreme Programming	1025	(4)
Dedric Carter
The Strategic Impact of Enterprise Systems: A Dynamic Capabilities Study	1029	(115)
Ying-Hueih Chen
Business Transaction Standards for Electronic Commerce	1144	(2)
Boriana Rukanova
Techno-Economic Modeling of Basic Telecommunication Services in India: A System Dynamics Approach	1146	(3)
Piyush Jain
Dimensional Modeling: Initial Approach for Identifying and Classifying Patterns	1149	(2)
Mary Elizabeth Jones
Tracing Variability in Software Product Families	1151	(3)
Kannan Mohan
Developing and Optimizing Distribution Model of Electronic Supply Chain Management System in Indian Context	1154	(23)
Satyendra Kumar
Workshop Summaries	1177	(2)
Panels	1179	(5)
Author Index	1184