Received: 4 January 2008 Revised: 4 January 2008 Accepted: 4 January 2008 Abstract Although knowledge management (KM) has been examined in previous research, the utilization of KM technologies is still not well understood. Hence, in this study, a model was developed to investigate the utilization of KM technologies, specifically, knowledge portals, from the task–technology fit (TTF) perspective...

ERP implementations are complex undertakings. Recent research has provided us with plausible critical success factors (CSFs) for such implementations. This article describes how one list of CSFs (Somers & Nelson, 2001) was used to analyse and explain project performance in one ERP implementation in the aviation industry. In this particular case, poor project performance led to a serious project...

Reports of key information systems issues have been published over the last two decades in many journals. Leading IS journals (e.g., MIS Quarterly, Information & Management, among others) have published key IS management issue reports every three or four years over the last 15 years, and will probably continue to provide such reports in the future. Although these reports claim to provide decisi...

Received: 10 August 2005 Revised: 10 October 2005 Accepted: 10 October 2005 I first met Claudio Ciborra in Dallas, Texas in 1994. I had had the fortune to be introduced to him by a Finnish friend. I have a vivid recollection of his personal charm and natural ability in establishing immediate connections with people, even with a young scholar like me. One thing really surprised me that first tim...

Received: 8 April 2008 Revised: 18 August 2008 2nd Revision: 31 January 2009 Accepted: 23 February 2009 Abstract As one of the most common authentication methods, passwords help secure information by granting access only to authorized parties. To be effective, passwords should be strong, secret, and memorable. While password strength can be enforced by automated information technology policies,...

XIAOQUAN (MICHAEL) ZHANG is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management in the School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He holds a PhD in Management from MIT Sloan School of Management, an MSc in Management, a BE in Computer Science and a BA in English from Tsinghua University. His research interests are ...

Emergency management is a diverse field. Effective disaster management involves knowledge of various subjects as well as work experience in all aspects related to mitigation, planning, response, and recovery efforts. One field not being fully exploited by disaster management is the use of geospatial tools in the form of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), cartography, and geovisualization. On...

knowledge management is a process of using a source of strategic knowledge in organizations in order to find key information and organize and transfer it. many organizations adopted knowledge management systems to maintain their stability and usefulness. since there is occupational similarity between informatics experts and librarians, librarians can change to knowledge managers by being inform...

Received: 10 August 2005 Revised: 21 September 2005 Accepted: 28 September 2005 From my perspective as a sociologist there are far too few artists in sociology today, those who combine an innovative vision with an exhilarating voice. With the loss of Claudio Ciborra that number has diminished. Readers of this journal may be somewhat surprised that I appreciate Ciborra largely as a sociological ...

European Journal of Information Systems (2003) 12, 167. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000472 In the last editorial, I discussed the change management process associated with my Faculty. Things have moved on. As Washington Irving said ‘There is a certain relief in change, even though it is from bad to worse; as I have found travelling in a stage-coach, that it is often a comfort to shift one’s posi...