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E-tailing in Ireland: a review of Ireland's top 25 retailers
(2002)Electronic commerce provides a new sales channel for traditional retailers (Gulati and Garino, 2000, Griffith and Krampf, 1998). Yet, many traditional retailers have been slow to embrace the new technology (Bellman, ... -
The role of process evolution in achieving citizen centered e-government
(Association for Information Systems, 2003)The growth and popularity of e-commerce has both challenged and enabled public sector organizations to redefine their levels of service. In the late 1990¿s E-government provided unparalleled opportunities for governments ... -
Assessing the role of open source software in the european secondary software sector: a voice from industry
(2005-06-09)This paper addresses the open source software (OSS) phenomenon from an industry perspective and reveals a number of complexities surrounding the role of OSS in the secondary software sector. It presents the research results ... -
The influence of quality on the success of e-commerce systems
(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
(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 ... -
From Business Process Management to Business Process Ecosystem
(2006)New technologies, notably service oriented architectures and Web services, are enabling a third wave of business process management (BPM). Supporters claim that BPM is informed by complexity theory and ... -
Innovation management in a multi-national corporation's subsidiary of Ireland's evolving knowledge economy.
(Springer Verlag, 2006)Innovation management is now seen as an important competitive advantage for Multi-national Corporation (MNC) subsidiaries located in Ireland's changing economy. This paper reports on the initial stages of a case study in ... -
Organizing for Agility: a Complex Adaptive Systems perspective on Agile Software Development Process
(2006)Agile software development has caught the attention of both practitioners and academics in recent years. In spite of many anecdotes and papers describing lessons learnt the theoretical foundation of agile software development ... -
Chaos and Order in Agile Software Development: a Comparison of Two Software Development Teams in a Major IT Company
(2007)Agile methods have emerged and become popular over last few years as a response to shortcomings of the waterfall process model. However, agile processes are stamped by some as chaotic processes and are placed in opposition ... -
How Perceptions of Open Source
(2007)Much of the assessment of OSS benefits and drawbacks has been based on anecdotal evidence appearing in practitioner publications. Due to its focus on software development, such work neglects whether managerial ... -
Agile Practices in Use from an Innovation Assimilation Perspective: a Multiple Case Study
(2007)Agile methods have been adopted by many information systems development (ISD) teams and organizations in recent years. However, while agile method research is growing, many studies lack a strong theoretical and conceptual ... -
Empathy and teamwork: reflections on the legacy of Claudio Ciborra through the phenomenology of Edith Stein.
(European Conference on Information Systems, 2007-06)Claudio Ciborra argued that the position of information and communications technology (ICT) in organisations requires a shift from the present focus on the ¿scientific paradigm¿ to an ¿alternative centre of gravity: human ... -
Supply chain transformation in APC Ireland: lean thinking, opposing logics and bricolage.
(ECIS, 2007-06)This paper presents a number of observations and findings from an ongoing study of supply chain transformation in a subsidiary of American Power Conversion (APC) located in the West of Ireland. The study is being carried ... -
A Paradoxical Perspective on Contradictions in Agile Software Development
(2008)An ongoing debate on agile methods focuses on the contradictions in software development, especially responding to change vs. following a plan, and people vs. processes. Unlike the ¿either-or¿ perspective adopted in the ... -
Decisive and Incisive - The Path of DSS
(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. ... -
A dialogical action research approach to innovation as organisational change.
(Action in Language, Organisations and Information Systems (ALOIS), 2008-05)This paper argues that dialogical action research (AR) recently proposed by Mårtensson & Lee, provides a novel framework for both relevant and rigorous collaboration between academics and practitioners. The work is presented ... -
Understanding net benefits: a citizen-based perspective on e-government success
(2009)eGovernment promises more efficient services and a more responsive government. Despite substantial investment, increasing failure rates have prompted critics to argue that policy makers are not achieving this vision. ... -
Project Management in Information Systems Development
(2009)Although there is a growing body of literature concerned with the adoption of agile software development within a large organization, there is still very little in terms of empirical research of practice. This research ... -
People over process: the implications of agile for IS skills
(2009)Agile approaches to information systems development have become increasingly popular in recent years, as more and more IS organisations are eager to capitalise on the alleged opportunities and benefits they provide. ... -
Challenges for aided online shopping and product selection - a decision making perspective.
(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 ...