Requirements on IT business value measures for mobile-integrated business processes

Investments in information technology (IT) do not always result in the expected tangible payoffs, and the factors which influence the effect of IT investments on organizational performance are not well understood. Stock market reaction is one approach to appraising IT investments. In this paper we propose a conceptual model describing the factors that impact IT investments based on market reaction findings of major event studies on IT implementation announcements. This preliminary model may serve as a starting point to better understand the complex issue of stock movements related to IT investments

Horizon Perspectives, Volume3, Number 2, December, 1999

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Determining Improvement Directions for Transactional and Relational Components of Websites

In this paper we propose and test a model of the stages through which firm websites become more advanced. The advancement of a website is reflected in the goals firms pursue with it. Since websites are used by customers during their decision process, we derive the website goals from the customer service life cycle. The concept of website advancement stages assumes that the website goals form one or more goal hierarchies. A goal hierarchy implies that a firm that pursues simpler goals may or may not pursue more advanced goals, but that a firm that pursues advanced level goals also pursues the more basic goals. We present the results of an empirical study of 380 firms with a website, sampled from a wide range of industries. Using the generalized partial credit model, we find two separate hierarchies of website development, namely a transactional and a relational dimension, each having three stages. The findings of this study offer insights to managers for advancing their websites and building sites with improved customer oriented strategies

Standing on Unstable Grounds: A Reexamination of the WLBT-TV Case

In 1962, the Jackson Nonviolent Movement began to change business as usual in Mississippi. The upstart organization, comprised largely of local teens, targeted prominent Jackson businesses, demanding that basic employment and consumer rights be extended to African Americans. They insisted that the segregation, degradation, and physical abuse grimly familiar to black consumers in the white marketplace be confronted and addressed. In the spring, when a pregnant African-American mother was verbally and physically assaulted by a white grocer, the Movement called a church meeting, distributed leaflets, and led a successful boycott against the store. Months later, this strategy was reemployed with a massive boycott of downtown businesses and the demand that Negro consumers ... [be] treated as they ought to be-as first class citizens (Salter, 1987, pp. 36, 56)

Behavioral Modeling of the Individual’s Acceptance and use of Internet in Bangladesh: An Analysis Using an Integrated Approach

This study attempts to examine individuals’ behavior in the adoption and usage of the Internet for accomplishing various transactions and communication in Bangladesh. A descriptive research design is administered to ascertain the joint impact of the study constructs. A combination of AMOS 18 and PLS graph has been used for structural equation modeling with a cross-sectional dataset of 239 individuals in Bangladesh collected through a questionnaire survey. The proposed model was assessed with two step procedure after scrutiny and correction for non response and subjective response bias. The psychometric properties of the model, convergent and discriminant validity were assessed through confirmatory factor analysis, construct reliability and the constructs correlation. The structural model estimation results reveal a significant association of image with perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness and intention while indirect correlation with actual usage through intention. On the other hand, perceived usefulness has direct effects on intention while perceived ease of use is found to be indirectly associated through perceived usefulness. The path analysis furthered the significant effects of intention on actual usage behavior. The study also reports that analysis of the entire dataset with two different a roaches of structural equation modeling produces a consistent result which ensures robustness in the analysis. The study concludes with implications