(2010) Value-oriented process modeling : integrating financial perspectives into business process redesign. Abstract Purpose – Financial information about costs and return on investments are of key importance to strategic decision-making but also in the context of process improvement or business engineering. In this paper we propose a value-oriented approach to business process modeling based o...

Models that aim to optimize the designof supply chain networks have becomeamainstream in the supply chain literature. This paper aims to fill a gap in the literature by introducing a mathematical model that integrates financial considerations with supply chain design decisions under demand uncertainty. The proposed Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) problem enchases financial statement ana...

This paper illustrates how knowledge based systems technology, and in particular case based reasoning technology, can assist in the interpretation of financial data for acquisition analysis. The authors discuss a prototype model designed to help a company formulate an effective acquisition decision. The model includes both rule based and case based reasoning technology. There is a particular fo...

Since the LOS platform is among the most significant investments that a mortgage bank makes, LOS evaluation and selection is critical to the success of the organization. With multiple forces and constraints to consider, selecting an LOS can be a daunting task. The considerations that influence this decision include strategic, business, functional, nonfunctional, technology, interfacing, complia...

The use of Monte Carlo simulation for evaluation of financial risk of an information technology project selection decision is described. A major Thai bank considered the opportunity to expand credit card operations through information technology (IT). Alternatives considered were in-house development and outsourcing. There were many strategic reasons for the initiative. However, there were also...

During recent years, IT alignment research has gained considerable attention in both academia and practice. However, so far most studies focus on the strategic-to-strategic IT alignment dimension, thus omitting an integration of the strategic-to-tactical IT alignment dimension. By drawing upon assimilation and institutional theory, our research model depicts a perspective on IT project alignmen...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: R&D R&D investment Resource-based view Decision factors This study investigates the decision factors regarding R&D investment activities. The subjects in this empirical study are from the countries of Taiwan, Japan, and Korea, which are all similar in the level of regional economic development and technology manufacturing. The research samples consist of the fina...

This paper proposes a Fuzzy Group Decision Approach for making strategic decisions about knowledge management adoption. Most SMEs are suffering because of low profits caused by hyper competition and OEM dead-end. Moreover, since the middle of 2008, the financial tsunami has caused serious damage to the global economy. They lack the financial and systematic basis to introduce knowledge managemen...