Browsing by Author "Acton, Thomas"
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Enterprise resource planning for e-Government in the cloud
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas (ICTIC (Information and Communication Technologies - International Conference), 2013-03-25)E-Government has long endured a myriad of problematic issues associated with traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP). Cloud computing is being lionized as a nascent platform that possesses the capabilities to reduce ... -
An exploratory study into IT governance implementations in living laboratory ecosystems and its impact on open innovation effectiveness
Clohessy, Trevor; Morgan, Lorraine; Acton, Thomas (AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2014-06)This paper describes a research-in-progress that explores how the information technology (IT) governance mechanisms of Living Laboratories are associated with open innovation effectiveness. In recent years Living Labs, ... -
Group Decision Quality in Agile Software Development: The Impact of Contribution Behaviours
Coyle, Sharon (2013-07-16)The purpose of this research is to develop an understanding of the impact of contribution behaviours on group decision quality in the context of Agile Software Development (ASD) teams. ASD is the most commonly deployed ... -
The impact of cloud computing on IT service providers’ business models
Clohessy, Trevor (2016-03-15)This study’s objective is to understand how cloud computing impacts information technology service providers’ business models. Cloud computing has accelerated business model evolution for delivering information technology ... -
The impact of cloud-based digital transformation on ICT service providers’ strategies
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas; Morgan, Lorraine (AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2017-06-18)The relationship between digital transformation and strategy formulation in the context of new digital technologies is emerging as a research area which is ripe for investigation. Recently, information system researchers ... -
The impact of cloud-based digital transformation on IT service providers: Evidence from focus groups
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas; Morgan, Lorraine (IGI Global, 2017)Cloud-based digital transformation is having a profound impact on new and incumbent information technology service providers. In transitioning from traditional to cloud-based service provision, some IT service providers ... -
Improving customer decisions using product reviews: CROM - Car Review Opinion Miner
Dabrowski, Maciej; Acton, Thomas; Jarzebowski, Przemyslaw; O'Riain, Sean (2010-04-07)Online shopping is a very goal-oriented activity. Consumers have a set of preferences for a product or service that is used as criteria for assessment of the available alternatives. However, crucial information about ... -
Improving decision quality through preference relaxation.
Dabrowski, Maciej; Acton, Thomas (IOS press, 2010)In online shopping scenarios, it can be difficult for consumers to process the vast amounts of information available and to make satisfactory buying decisions. Interactive decision aids are a potential solution to this ... -
The influence of quality on e-commerce success: an empirical application of the Delone and Mclean IS success model
Sharkey, Ultan; Scott, Murray; Acton, Thomas (IGI Global, 2010-01)This research addresses difficulties in measuring e-commerce success by implementing the DeLone and McLean (D&M) model of IS success (1992, 2003) in an e-commerce environment. This research considers the influence of quality ... -
The influence of quality on the success of e-commerce systems
Sharkey, Ultan; Scott, Murray; Acton, Thomas (ECIS, 2006)Appraising the success of information systems has long been a difficulty for management. Indeed, the definition of 'success' is controversial as the term itself is multi-dimensional and can be assessed at various levels ... -
The influence of quality on the success of e-commerce systems
Sharkey, Ultan; Scott, Murray; Acton, Thomas (2006)Appraising the success of information systems has long been a difficulty for management. Indeed, the definition of 'success' is controversial as the term itself is multi-dimensional and can be assessed at various ... -
Information systems - unavoidable nuisances in combining local administratives?
Golden, William; Conboy, Kieran; Acton, Thomas; Halonen, Raija (2009)Local administratives face challenges similar to enterprises due to changes in their environment. Municipalities need to join their resources to reimburse and to deliver services. However, municipalities have not received ... -
Innovating in the Cloud
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas; Coughlan, Chris (Center for Innovations in Business & Management Practice, 2013)This paper describes salient issues in cloud computing capable of facilitating innovation in organisations. The holy grail of the attainment of sustained competitive advantage has long featured in business strategy and has ... -
Intelligent product search with soft-boundary preference relaxation
Dabrowski, Maciej; Acton, Thomas; van der Heijden, Hans (Elsevier BV, 2012-07-01) -
Interoperability in intercloud
Joyce, Paul (NUI Galway, 2023-08-24)Intercloud is a cloud deployment model that interconnects multiple public cloud services together in a ‘cloud of clouds’. Intercloud provisioning has the potential to be the next stage in cloud evolution, involving ... -
An investigation into time pressure, group cohesion and decision making in software development groups
Lohan, Garry; Acton, Thomas; Conboy, Kieran (Australasia Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), 2014-12-04)Two of the key themes in contemporary ISD literature are (i) how to build and release systems in shorter time frames and (ii) how to enable work group to build systems in a cohesive manner. This is reflected by today s ... -
Modelling preference relaxation in e-commerce.
Dabrowski, Maciej; Acton, Thomas (IEEE, 2010-09-23)In multi-attribute decision choice scenarios, although decision-makers desire access to very large sets of possible choice options (alternatives), their cognitive resources are limited. They may simply be unable to process ... -
Modelling the Effects of Decision Tools in Online Shopping
Sharkey, Ultan; Acton, Thomas; Conboy, Kieran (2009)The provision of tools to focus user interaction in analysing data to come to a decision is the core principle of a decision supporting system. This became the inherent characteristic of decision support systems to ... -
Online Shop Presentation Modes for Consumer Decision Making and Flow Experiences
Sharkey, Ultan (2011-08-29)This research investigates the influence of product record presentation modes on the process and outcomes of online shopping. Experiments investigated eight combinations of product presentation modes by partnering with an ... -
Open innovation as a route to value in cloud computing
Clohessy, Trevor; Acton, Thomas (AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2013-06-09)Both the cloud computing and open innovation paradigms represent recent phenomenon and as such many unanswered questions still persist. Indeed cloud computing s full innovation potential may only be fully realised through ...