2 CIO, MIS, Hilti Inc., USA, E-mail: [email protected]; . ABSTRACT: Information technology can no longer viewed as a strictly business supportive mechanism incurring expenses to an organization. With the advent of the global economy concept, it is rather thought to be the vehicle that will carry the business into the future. The paradox lies in determining what makes technology sense in conj...

This teaching case provides a practical illustration of the challenges of managing IT outsourcing and evolving the IT function’s capabilities, structure, and governance arrangements in a dynamic business context. A central focus is on retained core IT capabilities at Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) in the 1997-2006 period that were needed to gain business value from IT, and IT suppliers. I...

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Dear Colleagues, For many years, this journal has been a vehicle for the delivery of timely and thoughtful information and opinion on the many issues that involve the EnT community. Firstly, i would like to join all the members of the italian Society of otorhinolaryngology in thanking the past editors-in-chief for their service to our readers. i also would like to thank those who served on the ...

The Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program is the sole discretionary research and development (R&D) investment program at Sandia. LDRD provides the opportunity for our technical staff to contribute to our Nation's future, to our collective ability to address and find solutions to a range of daunting scientific and technological challenges. The results of their work will sha...

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in the name of allah, the compassionate, the merciful   my esteemed friends and colleagues from thousands of years ago, with the increase in the number of immigrants for finding new lands and then for trading, learning other languages became inevitable. from second half of the twentieth century, the ever increasing need for getting into communication with others, development in technological gr...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a benefits realisation road-map for ERP usage in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – Direct interviews were used to collect data from a random sample of 48 MBA students and 87 business managers (CIO/IT directors and CFO roles). Findings – The ERP benefits road-map suggests that a long-term visi...

Unlike digitally savvy banking and retail industries, oil and natural gas businesses are latecomers to digitization. With large capital investments in complex industrial operations, firms in latecomer industries are seeking ways to cut costs and become responsive to market demands. Executives in oil and natural gas companies are facing unprecedented pressure to cut costs due to market turbulenc...

Because it is a strategic resource that is complex, costly and permeates all functions of the modern organization, information technology (IT) is closely scrutinized for its contributed value, particularly in relation to resources expended. From this perspective, understanding the business value of information technology is a requirement not only for CIO’s and CEO’s, but also for non-managers w...