... at: marcelo.azambuja@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Computer applications Communication technologies Information systems Information services Information management Innovation The major challenge for industry in logistic chains is the need to constantly optimize processes so...

...Alessandro Margherita; Claudio Petti Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the main factors affecting information and communication technology (ICT) adoption and process redesign within organizations, with the objective of defining a systematization framework and a set of methods...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Research methods Systems analysis Communication technologies Case studies IT systems and enterprise systems are particularly problematic to approach as an area of study, considering that their implementation and use are very much related...

... requirements management in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative interview study is carried out in the ICT sector to clarify the current challenges in requirements management. The results of the interview study are analysed using a benchmark...

... is “the use of electronic information and communications technologies to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants” (Field, 1996). Telehealth, another commonly used term, is sometimes used to refer to a broad application of telecommunications in three areas: medicine...

... Group Publishing Limited 2008 Process management Organizational performance Financial performance Business process re‐engineering Communication technologies The original approach to business process re‐engineering (BPR) (Hammer and Champy, 1993) has caused problems for companies...

... process re‐engineering Communication technologies Cost effectiveness Video equipment Conferencing Learning methods The most stunning educational materials ever developed will fail to teach if the context of delivery fails […] The “context of delivery” means more than a delivery system...

... the historical progress of knowledge management, clarifies the main knowledge management challenges faced by global business organizations today, and offers a basic framework for further studies. Knowledge management Communication technologies Globalization Tacit knowledge Veli Denizhan Kalkan...

... of related work that tries to tackle the special problems of the e‐business inter‐organizational domain, while Section 7 concludes the paper and discusses directions of future work. Business environment Communication technologies Computer networks The business process analysis from several...

.... Outsourcing Information systems Banking Malaysia Communication technologies Outsourcing of information systems (IS) services has exploded in recent years as many companies recognize its benefits ever since the landmark information technology (IT) outsourcing agreement signed between Eastman Kodak...

...‐suisse.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Business process re‐engineering Automation Production processes Communication technologies Business competition in the financial services industry has increased substantially over the last decade. On the one hand, margins have become...

... components and especially new standards have made proprietary software development an interesting possibility. Small to medium‐sized enterprises Manufacturing resource planning Computer software Communication technologies “IT doesn't matter” writes Carr (2003) in a much debated paper. He...

... shows the determining factors of strategic business outsourcing decisions. Arjun K. Pai and Subhajit Basu can be contacted at: a.pai@qub.ac.uk; and s.basu@qub.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Outsourcing Legal process Communication technologies...

... re‐engineering Communication technologies Change management Knowledge management Business process reengineering (BPR) is a management technique to radically transform organizations for dramatic improvement (Hammer, 1990 ; Hammer and Champy, 1993 ; Davenport, 1993). BPR movement has...

... through a case application on refuse incineration plant projects in Taiwan. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Construction operations Communication Communication technologies Organizational design In an exploding and fluctuating construction market, managers are facing...