SHORT COMMUNICATIONS  

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

www.palgrave-journals.com/crr/ ABSTRACT Considering the gap between theoretical deliberations about strategic importance of Corporate Communications (CC) and the lack of faith of top management in CC practitioners, I adopt a practice-based approach to study roles, structure, strategic contribution and interfunctional coordination of CC of 25 organizations. In-depth, open-ended, semi-structured ...

Electronic data interchange (EDI)-enabled trading partnerships are even more important now that EDI and electronic commerce-based technologies are underlying long-term strategic business partnerships. This study investigates the trading partner selection criteria used by ®rms in a customer-supplier dyad and their relative importance according to EDI implementation level is also established. Usi...

From the perspectives of regulation and convergence, several debates on the industrial definition of smart TV service in Korean broadcasting and communications market have been in progress. The most heated controversy mainly depends on whether smart TV is controlled under the broadcasting regulations or under the communications regulations. This Korean specific problem is summarized in regulati...

From the perspectives of regulation and convergence, several debates on the industrial definition of smart TV service in Korean broadcasting and communications market have been in progress. The most heated controversy mainly depends on whether smart TV is controlled under the broadcasting regulations or under the communications regulations. This Korean specific problem is summarized in regulati...

Aligning Information Technology (IT) and business has been a persistent and pervasive problem for over three decades. Studies show that one of the essential components for organizations seeking to improve their alignment maturity is IT Governance. This paper demonstrates the relationship between IT Governance and business performance. The Strategic Alignment Maturity Assessment (SAM) framework ...

Tamborine Mountain is a 25 square kilometre plateau located within the urban-rural fringe of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Renowned for its superb climate, spectacular views, lush farmland and subtropical rainforest, Tamborine Mountain offers a wide variety of nature-based tourism activities such as bushwalking, rainforest appreciation and wine tasting. This phenomenon requires the har...

Due to the metallic structure of decks, bulkheads and watertight (WT) doors, wireless communications are a serious challenge in the particular environment of ships. In order to deploy reliable shipboard wireless networks, wireless devices (access points, routers, sensor nodes, etc) must be located at strategic locations ensuring full radio coverage and network connectivity. Strategic locations ...

The paper explores the diffusion of information and communications technology (ICT) in the country of Jamaica, and within the context of the national strategic plan for information technology. Further it discusses some policies and initiatives undertaken in support of the plan. Moreover it seeks to give a footprint of the steps taken by the Government of Jamaica since the conceptualization of t...