... with more time and wider resources, the research would include further exploration of virtual COPs. Originality/value – The investigation provides a rich insight into the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) within craft and DIY COPs. The application of theoretical perspectives...

... to communication module. Finally, the communication module disseminates warning information through SMS. Descriptions of the different modules (Figure 1) are as follows. Mobile communication systems Mobile technology Information dissemination Communication technologies Cellular communication Warning...

... Communication technologies China An increasing awareness of the importance of IS in SMEs has emerged over the past decade (Hussin et al., 2002), and there have been two research streams addressing the role of IT in SMEs. One focuses the impacts of IT adoption in SMEs' specific domains...

... necessary business and organizational reconfiguration (Chatterjee et al., 2002), and may shape, and/or be shaped by, the industry environments (Kowath and Choon, 2001). Communication technologies Small to medium‐sized enterprises Nigeria Team working A pre‐survey list of 524 SMEs...

... and information communications technology (ICT) adoption stages, and research results cannot be easily generalised across all industry. UK SMEs experienced significant growth in the 1980s; SMEs accounted for 25 per cent of the total workforce and about 20 per cent of gross national product by 1989 (Lee, 1991...

...Paul Jones; Paul Beynon‐Davies; Idisemi Apulu; Ann Latham; Robert Moreton Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider factors affecting the effective utilisation of information and communication technology (ICT) and the adoption of more sophisticated ICT solutions in small and medium‐sized...

...Paul Jones; Paul Beynon‐Davies; Knowledge Chinyanyu Mpofu; Lorraine Watkins‐Mathys Purpose This paper aims to examine information and communications technology (ICT) adoption among small hotel businesses in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative...

...' characteristics with regards to competitiveness? Alidou Ouedraogo can be contacted at: alidou.ouedraogo@umoncton.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Canada Communication technologies Islands Organizational structures Business development France Today, globalization...

... Tourism management Narratives Communication technologies Internet New Zealand The “shaping and making” (Clarke and Preece, 2005) or adaptation of a generic technology to a specific organizational situation frequently involves “configurational intrapreneurs” (McLoughlin et al., 2000...

... Communication technologies After sales service Managed service providers (MSPs) of information technology (IT) services have experienced significant service growth in the past decade and are forecast to increase their market penetration (Hall, 2008). One popular service offered is after‐sales...

... and metrics; no clear distinction among strategic, tactical and operational performance measures and metrics; and the difficulty in identifying and measuring intangible and non‐financial measures. Communication technologies Decision making Value analysis As information technology (IT) advances...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Customer orientation Product innovation Business excellence Communication technologies To provide seamless and transparent service to customers, IT infrastructure should be flexible enough so that it can easily be modified to share additional load...

... in IT in the SC. In the examination of the drivers below, direct quotations of coded sentences from NVivo are used in some cases to confirm their value as expressive tokens. Supply chain management Communication technologies Strategic planning Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a complex...

... Communication technologies Modelling Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has been one of the latest and most popular innovations in healthcare (IDTechEx, 2008). The technology has been developed into systems to track mentally impaired patients, prevent kidnapping of babies, and track...

... within their organisations. Channel relationships Communication technologies Manufacturing industries Australia Finland Various aspects of long‐term business relationships have been studied since the 1960s across a number of industries (see, e.g. steel industry, Johanson, 1966...

.... Wireless Communication technologies Health services Information systems Australia The last three decades of investment in information and communication technology (ICT) has had a dynamic effect on healthcare. Such an investment has resulted in increased productivity, high quality of services...

...@MissouriState.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Health services Communication technologies Records management Doctors Perception United States of America For over a decade analysts, policymakers and healthcare software vendors have forecast rapid adoption and implementation...

... research studies focus on issues regarding the use of information and communication technology (ICT) solutions by SMEs and digital divide phenomena which exist between SMEs and large corporations. Design/methodology/approach The data collected during face‐to‐face interviews with SMEs' owner–managers...

... settings. But is it realistic to expect the alignment of every perspective? If only some of these perspectives could be aligned, then which ones would they (in a real system) be? Strategic alliances Systems analysis Communication technologies More and more organisations work jointly...

... for meaningful outcomes. Mohammed Quaddus can be contacted at: mohammed.quaddus@gsb.curtin.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Health services Optimization techniques Wireless Communication technologies Australia India The acceptance of new technologies can be viewed...