...; and the article closes with a concluding section. To define the relationship between information technology and organizational performance, some understanding of the organization, its structure, goals, and objectives is imperative since each firm has its organization‐specific characteristics. Each...

... for products and services and to increase productivity. Hence, business process re‐engineering (BPR) is the “new god”[ 2 ]. The growing importance of “re‐engineering” the business to provide better customer service is confirmed by its high rankings. Besides restraining existing budgets, IT directors must also...

... be approached from a conventional route by using gravity‐based models to provide a theoretical foundation. The gravity model has been around for a long time and it has proved its worth in helping to explain certain types of human spatial behaviour. Gravity theory holds that more people will travel from...

... features and using this to generate paragraphs in the letters. For example the carrying capacity of the container" must be 30,480kg including its tare; if this is not the case it is necessary to write and tell the vendor so that they can consider amending their offer accordingly. This aspect of the expert...

... advantage flows from the relationship of activities within the firm or industry value chain and the ability of the firm to find ways of creating extra value or reduce costs by operating on these components and their interlinkages. A company's cost position reflects the collective cost of performing all its...

...Joe Peppard The application of information technology (IT) to corporate environments is now widespread. Recent years have seen IT successfully applied to a wide range of corporate activities. Artificial intelligence, in the guise of knowledge‐based systems is on the point of delivering its long...