E-readiness to G-readiness: developing a green information technology readiness framework

Businesses are under increasing pressure from competitors, regulators and community groups to implement sustainable business practices. Balancing economic and environmental performance to be green and competitive is therefore a key strategic issue. The increased discussion on green information technology (IT) has sparked the interest of this research. Green IT is poised to influence not only technology but also competitive strategy and even the legality of some business strategic options. Understanding and leveraging Green IT is therefore critical for businesses¿ continued progress. Nevertheless, the principles, practices and value of Green IT is yet to be researched. This paper introduces the concept of Green IT and describes the main pillars of a g-readiness framework to help organisations evaluate their readiness for adopting Green IT. It argues that just as e-readiness has been, and continues to be, a critical quality in the digital economy, g-readiness is an equally critical quality in the low carbon digital economy. Without a clear understanding of g-readiness, organisations would approach Green IT initiatives on an ad hoc and somewhat reactive basis which is undesirable

Active control of annular bistable jet

Original scientific work on the theme of experimental investigation and numerical simulation of axisymetric jet with bistable behaviour

E-Business in agribusiness: investigating the e-readiness of Australian horticulture firms

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Organisational value of social technologies: An Australian study

This paper discusses the value of social technologies in organizations. It is based on 'value focused thinking' approach to establish the fundamental objectives of social technology applications in organizations. Data for the study was gathered from interviews with 26 individuals in 10 organizations about the value of social technologies. Value focused thinking approach helped structure the interview responses to establish value of social technology in terms of business improvements. The findings highlight innovation of internal processes, creation of organisational identity and new business models, integrated business functions, as well as employee support to be important values of social technology enabled innovation in organisations. Other values include low cost interactive marketing, news dissemination, organizational transparency and customer service. This research suggests that internal organizational applications of social technologies are just as valuable as external applications

Politics, complexity, and systems implementation - critically exposing power

This article identifies the role of power and politics in systems implementation under a critical epistemology. Research in information systems has typically adopted a positivist or interpretive approach. This article highlights the use of the critical epistemology, providing a case study exploring the power and politics in the systems implementation process. Previous implementation studies that have investigated human and political factors involved in systems implementation have taken a simplistic view of power and politics. A critical, poststructuralist view of power provides a lens for observing the selection and implementation of an enterprise-wide learning management system. Such an approach has important implications for research methods as the critical epistemology needed is challenged by acceptance of bias and the need to expose it as an important factor in explaining success and/or failure in systems implementation. This article illustrates how useful a critical approach is in seeking out the real impact of power and politics in systems implementation and offers an alternative perspective that provides more insight into the observed process

The adoption of e-business in Australian agribusiness: investigating the e-readiness of Australian horticulture firms

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E-business diffusion among Australian horticulture firms

The aim of this paper is to understand the extent of e-business utilisation in the horticulture supply chain, an area where there is little research coverage. To achieve this, we assess the current and planned adoption of e-business technologies and functions. Data were collected through a survey of Australian horticulture growers, service providers and industry associations. The findings indicate that, while farm management systems (such as computerised accounting) and mobile technologies are widely diffused, the uptake of e-supply chain technologies is limited. Correspondingly, existing e-business functions are by and large informational and there is a general lack of sense, monitor, track and supply chain coordination and collaboration e-business capabilities. The future doesn't look promising as most of the respondents have neither a plan nor an intention for upgrading the implementation of e-business. Some of the reasons appear to be lack of pressure from market forces and the fact that respondents are yet to be convinced about the value of e-business to generate efficiency and return on investment. The results have established a benchmark that provides an understanding of developments in e-business in agribusiness. Some implications of the results are discussed

Strangely behaving fluidic oscillator

Fluidic oscillators became recently of increasing importance for a number of applications. Two alternative variants have been known so far: (a) feedback-loop configurations, with Strouhal number invariance and (b) configurations with a resonator and frequency not dependent on flow rate. Authors tested an oscillator of seemingly quite conventional two-loop design. Surprisingly, its properties fit to neither of the two established categories. Its Strouhal number is not constant and the frequency of oscillation is flow-rate dependent. There is, so far, no reasonable physical explanation for this strange behaviour