in this paper an embedded framework is proposed to employ corporate entrepreneurship concepts into a business process reengineering (bpr) technique. the former has a strong theoretical background and the latter has application potentials. our case study is a government trading company (g.t.c). we applied a mix research method to answer the research questions, where, by using the grounded theory...

This study assessed e-healthcare readiness of rural and urban hospitals in North West Province of South Africa. Outcome of assessment led to creation of e-health architectural framework for e-health solutions. Assessment was conducted in usage of ICT in patient healthcare record system, processes and procedures in consultation among healthcare professionals, prescription of medication, referral...

The Global Information Technology Report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has employed networked readiness index (NRI) to measure the global competitiveness of a country’s information and communication technologies (ICT) diffusion. The final NRI overall scores were measured by an arithmetic mean aggregation of the composite pillars scores, which implicitly assumed that all the pillars...

In a digital era where Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play a pivotal role in driving forward the competitiveness of nations, it is imperative to understand the factors influencing the successful diffusion and deployment of this resource. ICT has become a global resource influencing the competitiveness of not only companies, but also nations. Previous research discussed the fac...

Purpose – Drawing from the literature, the purpose of this paper is to offer an empirically validated framework for examining information technology (IT) readiness in small firms. Design/methodology/approach – A conceptual framework of IT readiness for small firms is developed and validated empirically using a quantitative survey of 117 UK manufacturing small firms to identify distinct clusters...