This paper outlines how information technology (IT) can help to drive business innovation and growth. Today innovation is a key to properly managing business growth from all angles. IT governance is responsible for managing and aligning IT with the business objectives; managing strategic demand through the projects portfolio or managing operational demand through the services portfolio. IT port...

A evolução e o futuro da logística e do gerenciamento da cadeia de suprimentos Abstract This article will be divided into three sections: past, present, and future. The past section will trace major events that created business logistics as it is practiced today. In particular, do the events portend the future of business logistics and supply chain management? The present section will attempt t...

The global nature of business today and the advances in information and communications technologies have compelled corporations to employ emerging technologies in order to remain competitive. In recent years electronic business has been adopted by many corporations to improve operational efficiency, profitability, and to strengthen their competitive position. This study examines the impact of w...

The vigorous technological development of the world is a key driver of the continuous improvement of business processes at the enterprise of today. For staying competitive, the companies have to be able to adapt to changes of business environment quickly and effectively. The conventional approaches to business process reengineering are based mostly on activity flows, and mostly not considering ...

The perspective of the business sector is crucial in advancing efforts for the sustainability of socialecological systems. This paper reports an exploration performed around sustainability related business initiatives. The point of departure is a literature review where sustainability is portrayed as a business mega-trend. Interestingly, out of a series of semi-structured interviews, the respon...

Due to violent and ferocious competition and global changes of new trends, directions and new ways of doing business, financial institutions grapple with new challenges and opportunities in today business. The advancement in technology, information and communication has forced banks and financial institutions into hard competition.  In this new technology era, people as the customers are t...

When Procter & Gamble’s CEO Bob McDonald set a strategic goal announcing “We want to be the first company that digitizes from end to end” he turned to CIO and head of Global Business Services Filippo Passerini to lead the transformation. Many CIOs tell us their jobs are expanding and many CEOs tell us they would like their CIOs to do more. In addition to providing highquality and cost-effective...

Data management seems to experience a renaissance today. One particular trend in the so-called data economy has been the emergence of business models based on the provision of high-quality data. In this context, the paper examines business models of business partner data providers. The paper explores as to how and why these business models differ. Based on a study of six cases, the paper identi...

attention from entrepreneurs, executives, investors, and industry observers. In commenting about the impact of Internet technology and E-commerce on the world’s economy, former Vice President Al Gore stated: We are on the verge of a revolution that is as profound as the change in the economy that came with the industrial revolution. Soon electronic networks will allow people to transcend the ba...

This article proposes a flexible way in business process modeling and managing. Today, business process needs to be more flexible and adaptable. The regulations and policies in organizations, as origins of change, are often expressed in terms of business rules. The ECA (Event-condition-action) rule is a popular way to incorporate flexibility into a process design. To raise the flexibility in th...