Pub Date : 2008-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617999
H. Jarvenpaa, S. Makinen
Hype Cycle is a graphic representation of the level of maturity, adoption and business application of a technology, originally introduced by Gartner Researchpsilas Jackie Fenn. The Hype Cycle concept has gained wide popularity among practicing managers but its empirical testing or relation to theoretical frameworks is to a large extent missing in current literature. This paper presents some alternative theoretical frameworks that might lend support to the existence of the Hype Cycle. The paper also proposes a method for measurement of the Hype Cycle empirically. A bibliometric study of the existence of the Hype Cycle in terms of technology life cycle indicators was carried out. In general, the results in the case of DVD technology support the existence of the Hype Cycle -type of dynamics in the visibility of technologies in media. Moreover, the suggested method for measurement revealed some possibilities for future research.
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Pub Date : 2008-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617976
M. Kachienga
Advancement in the information technology industry and improved communication technologies has made telehealth an increasingly viable health care delivery alternative for emerging economies like South Africa. Simply stated telehealth is the use of electronic information and communication technologies to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants. This paper reports a pilot study in the East Cape Province, South Africa. It discusses challenges of managing telehealth systems in rural areas of South Africa. The objective of the study was to highlight and create awareness of technological management constraints in the delivery of telehealth services in the rural areas of South Africa.
{"title":"Technological innovations in health care: Challenges of managing telehealth technology in South Africa","authors":"M. Kachienga","doi":"10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617976","url":null,"abstract":"Advancement in the information technology industry and improved communication technologies has made telehealth an increasingly viable health care delivery alternative for emerging economies like South Africa. Simply stated telehealth is the use of electronic information and communication technologies to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants. This paper reports a pilot study in the East Cape Province, South Africa. It discusses challenges of managing telehealth systems in rural areas of South Africa. The objective of the study was to highlight and create awareness of technological management constraints in the delivery of telehealth services in the rural areas of South Africa.","PeriodicalId":408691,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126243949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4618013
Y. Marinakis, M. Marinaki, N. Matsatsinis
This paper introduces a new hybrid algorithmic nature inspired approach based on honey bees mating optimization, for solving successfully one of the most popular supply chain management problems, the location routing problem (LRP). The proposed algorithm for the solution of the location routing problem, the hybrid honey bees mating optimization (HBMO-LRP), combines a honey bees mating optimization (HBMO) algorithm, the multiple phase neighborhood search - greedy randomized adaptive search procedure (MPNS-GRASP) algorithm, the expanding neighborhood search (ENS) strategy and a path relinking (PR) strategy. The algorithm is tested on a set of benchmark instances. The results of the algorithm are very satisfactory for these instances and for seven of them a new best solution has been found.
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Pub Date : 2008-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617954
R. Adim
Intense competition has forced the telecommunications industry to continuously develop and deliver new products to market. The key factor in selecting successful products is a comprehensive upfront evaluation of the productpsilas economic viability. This paper introduces a structured methodology to evaluating telecommunication NPIs. The methodology introduces key decision criteria for evaluating the new productpsilas viability based on economic indicators and non-economic selection criteria focused on the business ecosystem within which the new product is being offered. Additionally, sensitivity analysis of input variables is introduced to facilitate evaluation of critical variables and mitigating the associated risks. Though this paper is targeted at the evaluation and analysis of Telecommunication NPIs, the evaluation framework can be applied to any high technology industry.
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Pub Date : 2008-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4618012
T. Pinho, J. Telhada, M. Carvalho
Construction industry involves several players in a same project. Defining and coordinating such players and their activities is a very complex task. Hence, an information system capable of aggregate and display the relevant information, in the right time, is an extraordinary tool to help the construction site managers. There is a diversity of software available in the market that is very powerful in many specialised areas, but lacks the supply chain management overview. An integrated web portal to assist the managers in their daily tasks and simultaneously effectively control the entirely construction project is a partial result of a research project in a Portuguese construction company. This paper intends to show the main developments and preliminary conclusions in the implementation of this web portal to assist the logistics of construction projects.
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Pub Date : 2008-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617980
S. Onsel, F. Ulengin, O. Kabak
In this paper, 100 countries investigated by World Economic Forum are analyzed and compared according to their innovation and technological readiness related criteria for 2004 and 2007 respectively. In total, 15 criteria taken into consideration. The countries are clustered to find their respective position in terms of innovation and technological readiness. In order to improve the accuracy of the cluster analysis and to reduce the subjectivity, a combination of hierarchical and non-hierarchical clustering is used.
{"title":"A cluster-based approach for the innovation assessment of countries","authors":"S. Onsel, F. Ulengin, O. Kabak","doi":"10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617980","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, 100 countries investigated by World Economic Forum are analyzed and compared according to their innovation and technological readiness related criteria for 2004 and 2007 respectively. In total, 15 criteria taken into consideration. The countries are clustered to find their respective position in terms of innovation and technological readiness. In order to improve the accuracy of the cluster analysis and to reduce the subjectivity, a combination of hierarchical and non-hierarchical clustering is used.","PeriodicalId":408691,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","volume":"154 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124289387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617991
J. Leitão, R. Baptista
This paper investigates whether Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and investment in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) advances the development of technological entrepreneurship. We propose that the combination of inward FDI with investment in ICT is an important driver of technologically-oriented entrepreneurial activity. Under a feedback causality context, a Cointegrated Vector Autoregressive approach is used to examine the 'pull' effect of ICT and the 'push' effect of FDI. On the one hand, ICT 'pulls' inward FDI; on the other hand, FDI 'pushes' investment in ICT. Under a neo-Schumpeterian approach, the triple-mix among technological entrepreneurship, inward FDI, and ICT drives creative destruction through the creation of further SMEs, thus revitalizing the entrepreneurial innovative capability of nations.
{"title":"ICT and FDI: Do they advance the development of technological entrepreneurship?","authors":"J. Leitão, R. Baptista","doi":"10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617991","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617991","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates whether Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and investment in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) advances the development of technological entrepreneurship. We propose that the combination of inward FDI with investment in ICT is an important driver of technologically-oriented entrepreneurial activity. Under a feedback causality context, a Cointegrated Vector Autoregressive approach is used to examine the 'pull' effect of ICT and the 'push' effect of FDI. On the one hand, ICT 'pulls' inward FDI; on the other hand, FDI 'pushes' investment in ICT. Under a neo-Schumpeterian approach, the triple-mix among technological entrepreneurship, inward FDI, and ICT drives creative destruction through the creation of further SMEs, thus revitalizing the entrepreneurial innovative capability of nations.","PeriodicalId":408691,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124667966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617995
J. Zhao, Zhen Zhu, Fei Wang
The objective of this paper is to investigate and confirm the critical success factors for e-business implementation from the e-business process perspective. We develop a critical success factors (CSFs) framework which is composed of six constructs. It is applied to investigate and confirm the CSFs in three traditional e-business processes (e-procurement, e-ordering and CRM). From a survey of 34 enterprises practicing e-business processes, we use weighted factor analysis and fuzzy integrated judgment to study the impact of six constructs on three types of e-business processes and to identify the critical success factors in each process. This research provides a scientific basis for implementing e-business strategies to improve and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of e-procuring and e-ordering, and strengthen customer relationship management.
{"title":"An empirical investigation of critical success factors for e-business strategy implementation","authors":"J. Zhao, Zhen Zhu, Fei Wang","doi":"10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617995","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617995","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this paper is to investigate and confirm the critical success factors for e-business implementation from the e-business process perspective. We develop a critical success factors (CSFs) framework which is composed of six constructs. It is applied to investigate and confirm the CSFs in three traditional e-business processes (e-procurement, e-ordering and CRM). From a survey of 34 enterprises practicing e-business processes, we use weighted factor analysis and fuzzy integrated judgment to study the impact of six constructs on three types of e-business processes and to identify the critical success factors in each process. This research provides a scientific basis for implementing e-business strategies to improve and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of e-procuring and e-ordering, and strengthen customer relationship management.","PeriodicalId":408691,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130092684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617943
Diogo A. C. Narciso, N. Faísca, E. N. Pistikopoulos
In this paper we present an overview of the recent developments in multi-parametric programming and its specific use for control. An unifying optimisation framework to solve general multi-parametric programming problems is described, with special focus given to the important class of model predictive control problems.
{"title":"A framework for multi-parametric programming and control — an overview","authors":"Diogo A. C. Narciso, N. Faísca, E. N. Pistikopoulos","doi":"10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4617943","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present an overview of the recent developments in multi-parametric programming and its specific use for control. An unifying optimisation framework to solve general multi-parametric programming problems is described, with special focus given to the important class of model predictive control problems.","PeriodicalId":408691,"journal":{"name":"2008 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122001935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2008-06-28DOI: 10.1109/IEMCE.2008.4618029
V.G. Cervigon, N. Romero
This paper presents a 5-years experience in a Knowledge Management Program in an energy sector company, characterized by geographical dispersion, different languages and cultures, standard processes, decentralized organization and high impact of technical knowledge. The approach is based on communities of practice (CoP). During this period a team has worked to facilitate and promote the exchange of knowledge, playing a role in defining the methodological approach and coordinating some activities such as CoP creation, budgeting, etc. We provide indications on which we think were the most valuable initiatives, in terms of: - amount of people reached - impact to the business results - resources needed. Successfully implementing a Knowledge Management program in an organization is related with the culture in the organization, and all the mechanisms available to influence the culture of the organization need to be aligned. We briefly present the mechanisms that were put in place in this experience.
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