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Mapping factors influencing EAI adoption in the local government authorities on different phases of the adoption lifecycle
Several private and public organisations have adopted Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), however, its application in the Local Government Authorities (LGAs) is limited. Although, there exist few EAI adoption models, these models mainly focus on a number of different factors (e.g. benefits, barriers, cost) influencing the decision making process for EAI adoption. Moreover, these models do not illustrate which factor(s) influence the decision making process for EAI adoption on the adoption lifecycle phases. Literature indicates that the adoption process involves a sequence of phases an organisation passes through before taking the decision for adoption. This exemplifies that LGAs may also have to pass through several adoption phases before taking the decision to adopt EAI. However, due to the: (a) multiplicity of diverse EAI adoption factors and (b) not able to recognise which factor(s) influence EAI on adoption lifecycle phases, it may not be easy for LGAs to take decisions to adopt EAI by merely focusing on different factors. This may impede the decision making process for EAI adoption in LGAs. Notwithstanding, the implications of EAI have yet to be assessed, leaving scope for timeliness and novel research. Therefore, it is of high importance to investigate this area within LGAs and result in research that contributes towards successful EAI adoption. This paper makes a step forward as it: (a) investigates and proposes four adoption lifecycle phases, (b) validates the adoption lifecycle phases and (c) mapping the factors influencing EAI adoption on the adoption lifecycle phases, through a case study. Hence, it significantly contributes to the body of knowledge and practice. In doing so, providing sufficient support to the decision makers for speeding up the decision making process for EAI adoption in LGAs
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Investigating factors influencing the decision making process for ERP adoption and implementation: An exploratory case study
The rapid developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have resulted into a borderless business environment along with an amplified market competition. Traversing through such a trend globally, organisations have significantly focused on adopting and implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to automate their prime business processes, enhance organisational productivity with lower costs and prompt service delivery to fulfil consumer demands. Thus, ERP systems are considered as a principal source to provide imperative information vital for strategic decision making process. On the contrary, ERP systems adoption and implementation is also highly considered as a challenging and expensive process that not only requires rigorous efforts but also demands to have an exhaustive investigation of influential factors that are critical to the adoption and implementation of ERP systems. A plethora of research studies have been theorised exploring factors influencing the decision making process for ERP adoption and implementation; however, the authors claim that these studies are not filtered comprehensively in terms of the different perspectives. Notwithstanding, the implications of such research have yet to be assessed, leaving scope for timeliness and novel research. This paper thus focuses on the ERP critical success factors from five different perspectives such as: stakeholders; process; technology; organisation; and project based on the literature analysis. These perspectives comprise of 24 factors that are imperative for a successful ERP adoption and implementation, which are validated through a qualitative single case study based research. The empirical findings illustrate that these factor help realise significant benefits such as reducing costs and saving time or extra effort
Supersymmetric Intersecting Branes in Time-dependent Backgrounds
We construct a family of supersymmetric solutions in time-dependent
backgrounds in supergravity theories. One class of the solutions are
intersecting brane solutions and another class are brane solutions in pp-wave
backgrounds, and their intersection rules are also given. The relation to
existing literature is also discussed. An example of D1-D5 with linear null
dilaton together with its possible dual theory is briefly discussed.Comment: 12 pages, corrected typo, added reference, to appear in Phys. Rev.
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What drives consumers' e-loyalty to airlines web site? Conceptual framework and managerial implications
This study proposes a revised technology acceptance model that integrates expectation confirmation theory to measure continuance intentions of online shopping for airlines web sites. The sample respondent 465online users in Saudi Arabia. A structural equation model confirms model fit. Perceived usefulness, enjoyment, social pressure, and loyalty incentives are determinants of online flight booking continuance in Saudi Arabia. This research moves beyond online booking intentions and includes factors affecting online booking continuance. The research model explains 53% of the intention to continue booking using airlines web sites
A Comprehensive Study of the Radiative Decays of and to Pseudoscalar Meson Pairs, and Search for Glueballs
Using 53 pb of annihilation data taken at
GeV, a comprehensive study has been made of the radiative decays of samples of
5.1 million and 24.5 million into pairs of pseudoscalar
mesons, , , , , and .
Product branching fractions for the radiative decays of and
to scalar resonances , and tensor
resonances have been determined, and are
discussed in relation to predicted glueballs. For radiative decays
the search for glueballs has been extended to masses between 2.5 GeV and 3.3
GeV.Comment: 21 pages, 14 figures, published in PR
First Measurement of the Electromagnetic Form Factor of the Neutral Kaon at a Large Momentum Transfer and the Effect of Breaking
At large momentum transfers the photon interacts with the charges and spins
of the constituent partons in a hadron. It is expected that the neutral kaon
can acquire finite electromagnetic form factors because its wave function is
affected by the order of magnitude difference between the mass of the strange
quark and that of the down quark, or flavor breaking. We report on the
first measurement of the form factor of neutral kaons at the large timelike
momentum transfer of GeV by measuring the cross section for
at GeV using CLEO-c data with an integrated
luminosity of 586 pb. We obtain
, with a 90% C.L. interval of
. This is nearly an order of magnitude smaller than
, and indicates that the
effect of breaking is small. In turn, this makes it unlikely that the
recently observed strong violation of the pQCD prediction,
, which is based on the
assumption of similar wave functions for the pions and kaons, can be attributed
to breaking alone.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, accepted to PL
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