Browsing by Author "Acton, Thomas"
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Access rights as a part of information security in enterprises
Golden, William; Conboy, Kieran; Acton, Thomas; Halonen, Raija (Association of Information Systems, 2008)This paper highlights the problem with access rights as a part of information security in enterprises with many information systems and their human users. In many organisations, users often write down their user names and ... -
An analysis of the 2016 American presidential nominees' tweets: A magical realism perspective
Clohessy, Trevor; Callinan, Colin; Acton, Thomas; Whelan, Eoin; Scott, Murray (NUI Galway, 2017)Twitter is the latest social networking tool said to be reshaping political presidential campaigns. In order to maximize the influence of their messages to voters, presidential nominees often use various techniques to ... -
An Assessment of Biometric Identities as a Standard for E-Government Services
Scott, Murray; Acton, Thomas; Hughes, Martin (2005)This paper investigates the applicability and potential use of biometrics for E- Government services. An in-depth case study is presented outlining the development of E-Government services in Ireland, highlighting potential ... -
An assessment of biometric identities as a standard for e-government services.
Scott, Murray; Acton, Thomas; Hughes, Martin (Inderscience, 2005-03)This paper investigates the applicability and potential use of biometrics for e-government services. An in-depth case study is presented outlining the development of e-government services in Ireland, highlighting potential ... -
Biometric identities and e-government services.
Scott, Murray; Hill, Seamus; Acton, Thomas; Hughes, Martin (IGI Global, 2006)Governments are using the Internet and e-commerce technologies to provide public services to their citizens (Watson & Mundy, 2001). In so doing, governments aim to form better relationships with businesses and citizens by ... -
Blockchain adoption: Technological, organisational and environmental considerations
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas; Rogers, Nichola (Implications of the Blockchain, 2018)Information technology (IT) innovation is rapidly reshaping organisations, affecting fundamental aspects of their everyday business activities and processes. This development is accompanied by benefits as well as challenges. ... -
Challenges for aided online shopping and product selection - a decision making perspective.
Dabrowski, Maciej; Acton, Thomas; Golden, Willie (2009)Consumers often face a task to select a best option from a large set of alternatives, such as choosing a car to buy1, an apartment to rent2, or an unforgettable trip to book3. E-commerce sites frequently provide the ... -
Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): A viable alternative for Irish e-Government
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas (AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2013-06-09)Irish e-Government has long endured a myriad of issues associated with traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation, hampering their ability for fiscal accountability, to control budgets and adhere to ... -
Comparing techniques for preference relaxation: a decision theory perspective
Dabrowski, Maciej; Acton, Thomas (Springer, 2010-09-01)This research proposes a decision aid based on a novel type of preference relaxation, which enables consumers to easily make quality choices in online multiattribute choice scenarios. In contrast to ltering and ... -
Contemporary digital business model decision making: a cloud computing supply-side perspective
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas; Morgan, Lorraine (Inderscience Publishers, 2017-07-27)Cloud computing is an example of a promising technological paradigm which possesses the potential to act as a catalyst to drive radical innovations in the development of the networked society. While some information and ... -
Contribution behaviours in systems development - a position paper
Coyle, Sharon; Conboy, Kieran; Acton, Thomas (2009-12-02)This development research paper explores concepts associated with contribution behaviours. Contribution, in its simplest context occurs in organization settings where employees share knowledge with one another. Usually, ... -
Data presentation for agile information systems project decision making
Halonen, Raija; Acton, Thomas; Conboy, Kieran (2008)Awareness and use of agile methods has grown rapidly amongst the information systems development (ISD) community in recent years, and have been largely well received. While there are a number of purported benefits, many ... -
(De)Mystifying the information and communication technology business model concept
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas; Morgan, Lorraine (Inderscience, 2019-06-28)Modern enterprises are currently experiencing volatile and rapid information and communication technology (ICT) change. A key challenge for business leaders is to ensure their organisations are ready for that change. This ... -
Decisive and Incisive - The Path of DSS
Sharkey, Ultan; Acton, Thomas; Conboy, Kieran (2008)Through this study we explore the literature discussing what management information systems are what decision support systems are in an attempt to clarify the taxonomies available in the literature into a holistic discourse. ... -
DeLone & McLean success model as a descriptive tool in evaluating the use of a virtual learning environment
Conboy, Kieran; Golden, William; Acton, Thomas; Halonen, Raija (2009)This paper contributes the discussion about applying DeLone & McLean success model. Since its introduction in 1992, the model has been widely used and evaluated. In this paper the model is used as a descriptive tool in ... -
The Effectiveness of Decision Support Systems on Mobile Devices
Acton, Thomas; van der Heijden, Hans; Golden, William (2008-11-26)This paper reports the results of an experiment as part of a study assessing the impact of decision aid use on performance-based decision-making. We examine the effect of a single- user decision support mechanism for ... -
Effects Of See-Through Interfaces On User Acceptance Of Small-Screen Information Systems
van der Heijden, Hans; Golden, William; Acton, Thomas (2008-11-26)Small-screen devices such as mobile phones are increasingly pervasive. Reduced screen areas compromise the ease-of-use of such devices, and consequently, a concern for system designers becomes the maximization of ... -
Enterprise personal analytics: A research agenda
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas (NUI Galway, 2018-08-16)There have been increased calls by academics to investigate the individuation of information systems (IS) which has largely gone unnoticed in the IS research discipline. Thus, we focus on an emergent category of analytics ... -
Enterprise personal analytics: Research perspectives and concerns
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas (IGI Global, 2017)Modern enterprise technological landscapes are being impacted by the increasing individuation of information systems (IS). Consequently, the end-user computing phenomenon is being extended to incorporate a multitude of ... -
Enterprise personal analytics: The next frontier in individual information systems research
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas; Whelan, Eoin; Golden, Willie (now publishers, 2018-07-12)Modern enterprise technological landscapes are being impacted by the increasing individuation of information systems (IS). Consequently, the end-user computing phenomenon is being extended to incorporate a multitude of ...