This paper develops a new framework for explaining the dynamic aspects of business models in value webs. As companies move from research to roll-out and maturity three forces cause changes in business models. The technological forces are most important in the first phase, regulation in the second phase, and markets in the third. The forces cause change through influence on the technology, services, finances, and organizational network of the firm. As a result, partners in value webs will differ across these phases. A case study of NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode illustrates the framework.
{"title":"Dynamic Business Model Framework for Value Webs","authors":"H. Bouwman, I. MacInnes","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2006.131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2006.131","url":null,"abstract":"This paper develops a new framework for explaining the dynamic aspects of business models in value webs. As companies move from research to roll-out and maturity three forces cause changes in business models. The technological forces are most important in the first phase, regulation in the second phase, and markets in the third. The forces cause change through influence on the technology, services, finances, and organizational network of the firm. As a result, partners in value webs will differ across these phases. A case study of NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode illustrates the framework.","PeriodicalId":432250,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'06)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133808674","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}
The role of a facilitator is key to the effective establishment and maintenance of communities of practice (COPs). This paper presents challenges faced by facilitators in COPs based on a taxonomy of facilitation tasks inspired by facilitation research in the area of Group Support Systems (GSS). An online survey of the experiences of COP facilitators was conducted to discover which tasks were the most difficult and the most important for COP facilitation. The results show that tasks related to participation are considered by the majority of facilitators to be difficult as well as important. This and other findings can help facilitators in preparing for their role in COPs.
{"title":"Identifying Challenges for Facilitation in Communities of Practice","authors":"Halbana Tarmizi, G. Vreede, I. Zigurs","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2006.210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2006.210","url":null,"abstract":"The role of a facilitator is key to the effective establishment and maintenance of communities of practice (COPs). This paper presents challenges faced by facilitators in COPs based on a taxonomy of facilitation tasks inspired by facilitation research in the area of Group Support Systems (GSS). An online survey of the experiences of COP facilitators was conducted to discover which tasks were the most difficult and the most important for COP facilitation. The results show that tasks related to participation are considered by the majority of facilitators to be difficult as well as important. This and other findings can help facilitators in preparing for their role in COPs.","PeriodicalId":432250,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'06)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115773588","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}
This article examines the relationship between e-business competence, training, and the performance of e-business in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). E-business competencies and e-business performance were investigated based on survey data from a sample of 339 SMEs in three European countries. In addition, data of the training supply related to e-business was collected from a sample of 116 providers of e-business related training. The findings show that training can explain variances in e-business related competencies as well as e-business performance in terms of efficiency, complementarities, lock-in and novelty. The research has implications for business managers and for policy makers who make decisions regarding support for the SME segment.
{"title":"Training for the e-Business Competition: An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship between Competence, Training and Performance in European SMEs","authors":"Dag H. Olsen, T. Eikebrokk","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2006.506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2006.506","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the relationship between e-business competence, training, and the performance of e-business in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). E-business competencies and e-business performance were investigated based on survey data from a sample of 339 SMEs in three European countries. In addition, data of the training supply related to e-business was collected from a sample of 116 providers of e-business related training. The findings show that training can explain variances in e-business related competencies as well as e-business performance in terms of efficiency, complementarities, lock-in and novelty. The research has implications for business managers and for policy makers who make decisions regarding support for the SME segment.","PeriodicalId":432250,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'06)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125584318","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}
S. Nerur, RadhaKanta Mahapatra, Venugopal Balijepally, George Mangalaraj
In recent times, there has been a growing interest in the level of intellectual contribution that IS makes to other disciplines. Much of the debate that has dominated the literature so far is based on the visions and opinions of a few IS scholars. This study endeavors to provide new insights into these deliberations by examining citation flows between journals from various business fields, many of which have served as reference disciplines to IS research. A log-multiplicative model was used to assess the influence of IS journals vis-à-vis other business journals. Further, inter-disciplinary flows were analyzed to address the question of whether IS is a valuable source or provider of knowledge. The results suggest that IS, while serving as a modest source of knowledge to management and marketing, is still predominantly a refereeing discipline, relying primarily on these two disciplines for its research.
{"title":"Is Information Systems a Reference Discipline?","authors":"S. Nerur, RadhaKanta Mahapatra, Venugopal Balijepally, George Mangalaraj","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2006.230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2006.230","url":null,"abstract":"In recent times, there has been a growing interest in the level of intellectual contribution that IS makes to other disciplines. Much of the debate that has dominated the literature so far is based on the visions and opinions of a few IS scholars. This study endeavors to provide new insights into these deliberations by examining citation flows between journals from various business fields, many of which have served as reference disciplines to IS research. A log-multiplicative model was used to assess the influence of IS journals vis-à-vis other business journals. Further, inter-disciplinary flows were analyzed to address the question of whether IS is a valuable source or provider of knowledge. The results suggest that IS, while serving as a modest source of knowledge to management and marketing, is still predominantly a refereeing discipline, relying primarily on these two disciplines for its research.","PeriodicalId":432250,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'06)","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134304261","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}
In this paper we examine the dissemination of reports about resources in mobile peer-to-peer networks, where moving objects communicate with each other via short-range wireless transmission. Each disseminated report represents information about a spatial-temporal resource, such as the availability of a parking slot at a particular time and location. We introduce an architecture and a data model for dissemination of such reports. We develop an analytical model to quantify the benefit of report dissemination, where the benefit is measured in terms of time-saving. We further propose an incentive mechanism for participation in resource dissemination, and a method of pricing the resource information.¹
{"title":"Benefit and Pricing of Spatio-Temporal Information in Mobile Peer-to-Peer Networks","authors":"Bo Xu, O. Wolfson, N. Rishe","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2006.74","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2006.74","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we examine the dissemination of reports about resources in mobile peer-to-peer networks, where moving objects communicate with each other via short-range wireless transmission. Each disseminated report represents information about a spatial-temporal resource, such as the availability of a parking slot at a particular time and location. We introduce an architecture and a data model for dissemination of such reports. We develop an analytical model to quantify the benefit of report dissemination, where the benefit is measured in terms of time-saving. We further propose an incentive mechanism for participation in resource dissemination, and a method of pricing the resource information.¹","PeriodicalId":432250,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'06)","volume":"192 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132110276","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}
Knowledge representation began with logic and ontology from Aristotle and focuses on managing information via structured metadata about relationships. Tools evolved employing subset approximation, categorization, and computational analysis that enable human understanding and mathematical manipulation. System fidelity requires that relationship richness be kept proportional to information size and complexity. This paper introduces knowledge simulation (Ks) resulting in knowledge inference (Ki). Ks is based on network science principles rather than structured metadata. Ki suggests knowledge potential by relaxing requirements for human understanding but increasing capability for human interaction in directing computational analysis.
{"title":"Knowledge Simulation via Relationship Mapping and Network Science","authors":"S. Halladay, Charles A. Milligan","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2006.245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2006.245","url":null,"abstract":"Knowledge representation began with logic and ontology from Aristotle and focuses on managing information via structured metadata about relationships. Tools evolved employing subset approximation, categorization, and computational analysis that enable human understanding and mathematical manipulation. System fidelity requires that relationship richness be kept proportional to information size and complexity. This paper introduces knowledge simulation (Ks) resulting in knowledge inference (Ki). Ks is based on network science principles rather than structured metadata. Ki suggests knowledge potential by relaxing requirements for human understanding but increasing capability for human interaction in directing computational analysis.","PeriodicalId":432250,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'06)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122117964","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}
Previous studies indicate that the expected effects of e-Government are slower to realize than initially expected. Several authors argue that e-Government involves particularly complex settings, consisting of a variety of stakeholders promoting different and often conflicting objectives. Yet, few studies have explicitly addressed the inherent challenges of this complexity. This study focuses on the extent to which contradictory stakeholder objectives can help explain the relatively slow progress of G2G initiatives, and reports evidence from a G2G effort in Norway. A cluster of 5 local governments decided to explore the potential of ICT collaboration as leverage for their e-Government efforts. A neighboring cluster of 6 additional local governments were invited to join the project. During the course of the project, a number of challenges arose and the project objectives were only partially realized. The case is analyzed using stakeholder theory (ST) combined with dialectical analysis. This analysis model proved promising as a means of enhancing our understanding of conflicts in complex environments and even more important, why some stakeholders manage to achieve their objectives at the expense of other groups.
{"title":"Stakeholders, Contradictions and Salience: An Empirical Study of a Norwegian G2G Effort","authors":"L. Flak, Stig Nordheim","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2006.436","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2006.436","url":null,"abstract":"Previous studies indicate that the expected effects of e-Government are slower to realize than initially expected. Several authors argue that e-Government involves particularly complex settings, consisting of a variety of stakeholders promoting different and often conflicting objectives. Yet, few studies have explicitly addressed the inherent challenges of this complexity. This study focuses on the extent to which contradictory stakeholder objectives can help explain the relatively slow progress of G2G initiatives, and reports evidence from a G2G effort in Norway. A cluster of 5 local governments decided to explore the potential of ICT collaboration as leverage for their e-Government efforts. A neighboring cluster of 6 additional local governments were invited to join the project. During the course of the project, a number of challenges arose and the project objectives were only partially realized. The case is analyzed using stakeholder theory (ST) combined with dialectical analysis. This analysis model proved promising as a means of enhancing our understanding of conflicts in complex environments and even more important, why some stakeholders manage to achieve their objectives at the expense of other groups.","PeriodicalId":432250,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'06)","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120970770","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}
Adjusting the level of supply chain integration is a key instrument for managers to improve supply chain performance. Tightly integrated supply chains, shortly integrated supply chains, are typified by intensified cooperation between organizations and by the existence of a so-called business bus, being the supply chain wide IT-backbone for business processes and transactions. It is generally believed that this type of supply chains can be highly efficient, leading to a relatively high performance. The level of integration is closely related to that of networkability, which refers to the ability of an organization to become and stay a partner in an existing supply chain. In literature, a higher level of networkability is implicitly regarded as desirable, to improve the performance of a supply chain. To clarify the relationship between networkability, supply chain integration and supply chain performance, we have assessed these notions in an SME based supply chain in the high tech manufacturing industry. We found some preliminary evidence that supply chain performance can be comparatively high, without high levels of networkability at the level of IT (e.g., a business bus), as long as it is compensated by networkability of process, products, people and/or organization.
{"title":"The Tacit Liaison between Networkability and Supply Chain Performance","authors":"M. Smits, W. Heuvel, W. Huisman","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2006.485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2006.485","url":null,"abstract":"Adjusting the level of supply chain integration is a key instrument for managers to improve supply chain performance. Tightly integrated supply chains, shortly integrated supply chains, are typified by intensified cooperation between organizations and by the existence of a so-called business bus, being the supply chain wide IT-backbone for business processes and transactions. It is generally believed that this type of supply chains can be highly efficient, leading to a relatively high performance. The level of integration is closely related to that of networkability, which refers to the ability of an organization to become and stay a partner in an existing supply chain. In literature, a higher level of networkability is implicitly regarded as desirable, to improve the performance of a supply chain. To clarify the relationship between networkability, supply chain integration and supply chain performance, we have assessed these notions in an SME based supply chain in the high tech manufacturing industry. We found some preliminary evidence that supply chain performance can be comparatively high, without high levels of networkability at the level of IT (e.g., a business bus), as long as it is compensated by networkability of process, products, people and/or organization.","PeriodicalId":432250,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'06)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115240599","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}
Neha Padmanabhan, F. Burstein, L. Churilov, J. Wassertheil, Bernard Hornblower, N. Parker
This paper describes an evaluation methodology for assessing the decision impact of the intelligent Mobile Decision Support Triage prototype called "iTriage", which was implemented on a handheld personal digital assistant (PDA). The initial evaluation of iTriage by a clinician has provided validation of the proposed model in terms of its capability to for decision support. Since then the recommended changes have been made to iTriage for further testing. The described research evaluates the prototype using lab experiment study design involving nursing students as participants. The study measures the decision impact of iTriage on triage decision making process and outcomes. The paper describes the resulting findings from the data collected and comments on the use and applicability of the mobile DSS prototype for medical triage.
{"title":"A Mobile Emergency Triage Decision Support System Evaluation","authors":"Neha Padmanabhan, F. Burstein, L. Churilov, J. Wassertheil, Bernard Hornblower, N. Parker","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2006.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2006.17","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes an evaluation methodology for assessing the decision impact of the intelligent Mobile Decision Support Triage prototype called \"iTriage\", which was implemented on a handheld personal digital assistant (PDA). The initial evaluation of iTriage by a clinician has provided validation of the proposed model in terms of its capability to for decision support. Since then the recommended changes have been made to iTriage for further testing. The described research evaluates the prototype using lab experiment study design involving nursing students as participants. The study measures the decision impact of iTriage on triage decision making process and outcomes. The paper describes the resulting findings from the data collected and comments on the use and applicability of the mobile DSS prototype for medical triage.","PeriodicalId":432250,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'06)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114899109","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}
Although prior research has tended to dichotomize work teams as virtual or non-virtual, most project teams today involve some mix of face-to-face and virtual interaction. We develop a construct called Virtual Distance ® that includes temporal, spatial and relational facets and apply it to 115 project teams. We propose that virtual distance will influence trust, goal clarity and organizational citizenship and will indirectly have an influence on innovativeness and project success. Our results showed that virtual distance had significant influences on trust, goal clarity and OCB and indirectly influenced innovation and success. The results have implications for the selection and management of teams that are geographically dispersed and interact virtually.
{"title":"The Role of Virtual Distance in Innovation and Success","authors":"Karen Sobel Lojeski, R. Reilly, P. Dominick","doi":"10.1109/HICSS.2006.484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2006.484","url":null,"abstract":"Although prior research has tended to dichotomize work teams as virtual or non-virtual, most project teams today involve some mix of face-to-face and virtual interaction. We develop a construct called Virtual Distance ® that includes temporal, spatial and relational facets and apply it to 115 project teams. We propose that virtual distance will influence trust, goal clarity and organizational citizenship and will indirectly have an influence on innovativeness and project success. Our results showed that virtual distance had significant influences on trust, goal clarity and OCB and indirectly influenced innovation and success. The results have implications for the selection and management of teams that are geographically dispersed and interact virtually.","PeriodicalId":432250,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'06)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116080459","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}
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