This paper studies the organizational hiccups that can occur during the development of technological platforms for complex ICT systems and focuses on an important part of the ICT ecosystem; committees that develop common ICT platforms. Given the diverging interests of the parties involved, it is surprising that consensus is usually reached in these committees. A case study of the development of...

Business/ICT (Information and Communication Technology) alignment is an ongoing concern for both academics and practitioners. However, little academic research focuses on the process or practice of alignment. In this paper we build a theoretical model and test it empirically. We investigate the influence of ICT management intensity and investment justification on alignment. Four indicators are ...

We have been studying the influence of ICT diffusion on environmental problems. From previous study " s results, we selected three important ICT applications. These are an " SCM (Supply Chain Management) system " , which reduces resources used in the industry sector, an " advanced traffic utilization system & teleworking " , which increases energy use efficiency and decreases the frequency of t...

geography as an interdisciplinary science that always trying to play their proper role in development process, it has been focused so much attention on the women as half of development power. this research with interdisciplinary approach is trying to analyze influence of ict on empowerment of rural women in the central part of lahijan eparchy. then applied the explanatory approach. field studie...

Advanced economies, also known as knowledge-based economies, rely their performance on high skilled workers and quick access to information and knowledge, allowing organizations to react to a competitive, rapidly changing and global environment. Innovation is recognized as a crucial factor for survival, driving the development of new or improved products, services, processes or marketing strate...

This study adds to the body of knowledge in research of ICTs in organizations by exploring the relevance of alignment between ICT users and managers responsible for the ICT strategy and ICT project processes. Alignment research is usually conducted at an organizational analytical level, but this study explores alignment between individuals by addressing ICT managers and ICT users, considering b...

The under-representation of women entering into information and communication technology (ICT) programmes is a long-standing problem. While ICT continues to be increasingly accepted and integrated into everyday life, gender stereotypes prevail in ICT turning female students away from ICT as an occupation. Based on existing literature on factors influencing girls’ career choices and on an empiri...