1. Describe the balanced scorecard and dashboard reporting. 2. Describe the four key elements of dashboard reporting. 3. Explain what the most important measure of financial success is. 4. Explain what a health care firm’s primary financial objective should be. 5. Describe the critical drivers of financial performance. 6. Discuss relevant healthcare financial performance measures. 7. Describe t...

Online production systems represent a new and innovative approach for producing information goods. However, the success of such endeavors depends on a careful interrelationship between their social and technical dimensions. In this paper, we explore how various aspects of those dimensions impact the success of online production systems. We collected data from the open source community GNOME and...

The creation and execution of sound business strategy is essential to today’s enterprise. Business Performance Management (BPM) offers organizations an IT-enabled approach to formulate, modify, and execute strategy effectively. This article describes Business Performance Management, presents a framework for BPM, and discusses the potential drivers, barriers, and critical success factors for a B...

This paper describes the design and development of electronic network organisations in health care. The strategic drivers, design and ICT infrastructure of electronic health care network are outlined. Based on an in-depth investigation of electronic health care networks, this paper summarises the main lessons learned and the critical success factors. The implications for research and directions...

This paper presents the results of reinforcement learning experiments for the Robot Auto Racing Simulator (RARS). We compare three different drivers, each taking a different approach to function approximation and reinforcement learning in this continuous-action problem. We report moderate success learning optimal paths around an oval track with simple learners, and we discuss difficulties encou...

In order to adopt IT, SMEs need to consider drivers and barriers that can influence the IT adoption success. This paper proposes a guideline to assists SMEs in adopting IT. The guidelines are formulated based on existing literature and authors’ experience in assisting Indonesian SMEs. An example of adopting email have been used to illustrate the process.