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Influence of environmental and organizational factors on the success of internet‐based interorganizational systems planning
Authors: Lee Gwo‐Guang , Lin Hsiu‐Fen , Pai Jung‐Chi 
Published: January 2007

PurposeTo examine the influence of environmental factors (environmental uncertainty and trading partners' influence) and organizational factors (CEO/CIO relationship and internet‐based IOS maturity) on the internet‐based interorganizational systems (IIOS) planning success and whether more leads to superior organizational performance.Design/methodology/approachData gathered from 202 IS executives in large Taiwanese organizations were employed to test the relationships between the research model constructs. Moreover, the structural equation modeling technique was used to evaluate the research model.FindingsOne of the environmental factors (trading partners' influence) and two organizational factors significantly influence the IIOS planning success. The results also indicate that the success of IIOS planning enables the firm to achieve organizational‐level outcomes.Research limitations/implicationsFuture studies could seek an enhanced understanding of the effects on IIOS planning of the environmental and organizational factors investigated in this study through structured interviews and case studies of IS executives dealing with ongoing or recently completed IIOS planning projects.Practical implicationsIIOS planning is an organizational and inter‐organizational process. Top management and IS executives considering IIOS involves not only technical innovations, but also considerable environmental and organizational changes.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to IIOS planning research by clarifying the effects of both environmental and organizational factors on the success of IIOS planning, and provides a valuable reference for e‐business managers and IIOS planners, as well as researchers interested in IIOS planning and management.
Sectet: an extensible framework for the realization of secure inter‐organizational workflows
Authors: Hafner Michael , Breu Ruth , Agreiter Berthold , Nowak Andrea 
Published: January 2007

PurposeThis contribution aims to present the core components of a framework and illustrate the main concepts of a methodology for the systematic design and realization of security‐critical inter‐organizational workflows with a portion of a workflow‐scenario drawn from e‐government. It is additionally shown how the framework can be adapted to incorporate advanced security patterns like the Qualified Signature, which extends the concept of digital signature by requiring a natural person to sign.Design/methodology/approachThe framework is based on a methodology that focuses on the correct implementation of security‐requirements and consists of a suite of tools that facilitates the cost‐efficient realization and management of decentralized, security‐critical workflows.FindingsThe framework has been prototypically validated through case studies from the healthcare and e‐government sector. Positive results in pilot applications with industrial partners encourage further steps: the set of supported security requirements is continuously extended (e.g. rights delegation, four eyes principle), a testing environment for industrial settings is being implemented, and the requirements for the efficient management of inter‐organizational workflows are being analysed systematically.Practical implicationsThe framework caters to the needs of an industrial audience, in need of a cost‐efficient support for the systematic and correct realization of secure, inter‐organizational workflows.Originality/valueThe contribution provides a description of the Sectet framework. It is shown how it can be adapted to incorporate advanced security patterns like the Qualified Signature, which implement a legal requirement specific to e‐government.
An electronic voting system supporting vote weights
Authors: Eliasson Charlott , Zúquete André 
Published: January 2007

PurposeThis paper aims to provide a solution for allowing an arbitrary number of weights and weight values to be used in an electronic voting system.Design/methodology/approachRobust Electronic Voting System (REVS) was chosen, a voting system designed to support internet voting processes, as the start point for studying the introduction of vote weights.FindingsThe work resulted in an internet voting system supporting vote weights, based on REVS.Research limitations/implicationsIn the solution presented, there is still a problem regarding anonymity, for the case of a single voter with a particular weighted vote. This is a fundamental problem, since it also exists in paper‐based elections.Practical implicationsThis version of REVS has the same properties as the original REVS, apart from the anonymity issue above. Apart from this the process of registering voters got more complicated, since now it includes an extra action for binding a weight.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this modified version of REVS is the first electronic voting system supporting vote weights. Another novelty of this work is the modulus sharing optimization used for the RSA key pairs of each entity.
Security patterns and requirements for internet‐based applications
Authors: Rosado David G. , Gutiérrez Carlos , Fernández‐Medina Eduardo , Piattini Mario 
Published: January 2007

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is that of linking security requirements for web services with security patterns, both at the architectural and the design level, obtaining in a systematic way a web services security software architecture that contains a set of security patterns, thus ensuring that the security requirements of the internet‐based application that have been elicited are fulfilled. Additionally, the security patterns are linked with the most appropriate standards for their implementation.Design/methodology/approachTo develop secure WS‐based applications, one must know the main security requirements specified that applications have to fulfil and find appropriate security patterns that assure, through combination or relationships between them, the fulfilment of the implicated security requirements. That is why a possible link or connection between requirements and patterns will have to be found, attempting to select for a determined security requirement the best security patterns that solve this requirement, thus guaranteeing the security properties for internet‐based applications.FindingsUsing security patterns, that drive and guide one towards a secure development as well as towards security software architecture, one can be sure that this design based on these patterns fulfils and guarantees the most important security requirements of the internet‐based applications through the design and implementation of security solutions that provide reliable security services.Practical implicationsSecurity architecture for internet‐based applications and web services can be designed considering the security requirement types that it must fulfil and using the most appropriate security patterns.Originality/valueThis paper proposes a relationship between security requirements that can be specified for internet‐based applications and the possible security patterns that can be used in the design and implementation of the secure system based on the internet, guaranteeing that these security requirements are fulfilled.
On the validity of client‐side vs server‐side web log data analysis
Authors: Woong Yun Gi , Ford Jay , Hawkins Robert P. , Pingree Suzanne , McTavish Fiona , Gustafson David , Berhe Haile 
Published: January 2007

PurposeThis paper seeks to discuss measurement units by comparing the internet use and the traditional media use, and to understand internet use from the traditional media use perspective.Design/methodology/approachBenefits and shortcomings of two log file types will be carefully and exhaustively examined. Client‐side and server‐side log files will be analyzed and compared with proposed units of analysis.FindingsServer‐side session time calculation was remarkably reliable and valid based on the high correlation with the client‐side time calculation. The analysis result revealed that the server‐side log file session time measurement seems more promising than the researchers previously speculated.Practical implicationsAn ability to identify each individual user and low caching problems were strong advantages for the analysis. Those web design implementations and web log data analysis scheme are recommended for future web log analysis research.Originality/valueThis paper examined the validity of the client‐side and the server‐side web log data. As a result of the triangulation of two datasets, research designs and propose analysis schemes could be recommended.
All professors as philosophers; not, all philosophers as professors
Authors: Abeles Tom P. 
Published: January 2007

PurposeThe function of college degrees in general, and PhDs, in particular, seems increasingly, to serve as a measure of certification and, in some instances, control for entrance into a profession. Advanced degrees in the humanities seem to have lost credence outside of academic circles as hard scientists have assumed the bully pulpit on many issues once the domain of the philosophers, as students, increasingly, question the rhetoric of “The Academy” (and some in the private sector) promoting broad liberal studies, a, especially, as less of the cost is provided by public funds. The entire post secondary experience is becoming increasingly questionable when analysis shows, that for the foreseeable future, less than 30 percent of US jobs really require a college degree. The facts are that in the USA over 44 percent of faculty are adjuncts, often with less than a PhD, and less than 40 percent of current positions are tenure track. This editorial aims to alert readers to underlying trends which are reshaping the roll of the academic both within The Academy and the world at large. It may suggest the need to bring rhetoric of the past in line with the reality of the present/future and change the model of post secondary education.Design/methodology/approachLooks at the area of the PhD in the humanities in the academic world.FindingsAdministrators and policy analysts need to assess the changing roll of faculty and the implications for both the fiscal and structural soundness of the university in the digital age as well as its roll and position within the larger society.Originality/valueProvides information that is useful to administrators and policy analysts.
The MBA is dead – part 1: God save the MBA!
Authors: Blass Eddie , Weight Pauline 
Published: January 2007

PurposeThe Master of Business Administration (MBA) is becoming increasingly publicly criticised by the likes of Mintzberg and other management writers. Much of their criticism is based on personal experience and opinion rather than any systematic research, and ready‐made solutions are proposed as alternatives. This paper (and its counterpart) are the result of a year of research into the future of the MBA. Its purpose is to question whether its current market decline is terminal or if indeed it can be resurrected.Design/methodology/approachA year‐long future study was undertaken at Cranfield School of Management combining a range of traditional research methods and samples including literature review, surveys of alumni, academics and futurists, interviews with recruiters and human resources (HR) managers, a Delphi study with international participants, and interviews and a focus group with business leaders. The results were then analysed and combined to form the pictures developed in this article and its counterpart.FindingsThe MBA is positioned here as a qualification that is plagued by market confusion as to what it actually represents and what its value is. A pre‐emptive post‐mortem is carried out into the future of the MBA and the future senior manager/leader, which highlights the gap between research and practice, league tables, e‐learning and attempts at internationalisation as some of the causes of the current malaise. The paper also looks at how some business schools are starting to address these issues in order to maintain the MBA as a valued qualification in the management marketplace.Originality/valueThis paper provides a comparison of MBA offerings and potential substitutes. It opens the arena of senior management education for debate by charting the future decline of the MBA, challenging business schools to make changes or witness the death of their cash‐cow.
Employee disengagement: is there evidence of a growing problem?
Authors: Pech Richard , Slade Bret 
Published: January 2007

PurposeThe article discusses employee disengagement, a phenomenon where employees are at work but are minimizing their work contribution.Design/methodology/approachExamples of disengagement are discussed as well as possible causes. This is a call for further research in order to examine whether employee disengagement is rampant in our organizations, and on the increase while being largely ignored by managers, or whether it is a myth and should be of little concern to anyone.FindingsThe phenomenon of employee disengagement appears to be correlated with conditions where there is a lack of psychological identification and psychological meaningfulness. Disengagement also appears to be maximized under conditions of poor leadership and when levels of trust between managers and subordinates are low. Evidence suggests that there are large discrepancies in the methods and the scales used to measure employee engagement and disengagement.Practical implicationsThere is much conflicting and anecdotal evidence that employee disengagement is increasing. Disengagement may result from numerous causes and conditions. Once the catalysts for disengagement are understood, managers can be better equipped to deal with falling employee commitment and energy levels, thus gaining greater traction on the global business landscape.Originality/valueThis paper argues that the phenomenon of employee disengagement is increasing but that the methods for its identification are inadequate. Finally, the authors argue that the majority of managers seem unwilling or unable to halt the rising tide of employee disengagement.
Mastering the dynamic nature of modern strategy
Authors: Daniell Mark H. 
Published: January 2007

PurposeTo improve the quality of strategy development and implementation in a large or small enterprise.Design/methodology/approachPrinciples extracted from the author ís observation and experience and set out as a checklist for strategy formulation.FindingsBy acting on ten key principles or trends, businesses can reduce risks and take advantage of future market opportunities.Practical implicationsImprove strategy through an ability to anticipate change in the environmental business model.Originality/valueThe article creates a practical approach to allow business strategists to think through the micro application of macro trends.
Strategic opportunities at the intersection of globalization, technology and lifestyles
Authors: Sengupta Sanjit , Mohr Jakki , Slater Stanley 
Published: January 2007

PurposeIn this article, we discuss four “hot” strategic opportunities for the next three‐five year time frame arising from globalization and technology trends and present frameworks that can help business executives leverage these opportunities.Design/methodology/approachThe methods used include review and synthesis of the academic and popular business literature to identify trends, opportunities and managerial problems, and conceptual analysis and inductive generalization of frameworks as useful tools for managers to deal with those opportunities.FindingsCompanies across a wide spectrum of industries have to contemplate and position themselves with respect to the following four strategic opportunities. R&D outsourcing may seem attractive from a cost perspective but appropriate safeguards have to be negotiated so that a company’s intellectual property does not get appropriated. Digital convergence requires firms to think creatively about complementary products and services without straying too far from their core competencies. Identifying customer needs and emerging markets needs new tools and techniques to be embraced for gathering market intelligence. Finally new technologies and business models should stimulate companies to develop policies on digital rights management after balancing stakeholder interests and assessing the threat of disruptive innovations.Originality/valueThis article identifies four current strategic opportunities that global firms should be thinking about if they are not doing so already. It discusses the benefits and challenges of getting into these areas with new technologies, new partners and new business processes. As such this article will be of interest to senior business executives responsible for setting the strategic direction of their company. Careful consideration and exploitation of these strategic opportunities will yield significant payoffs for proactive firms.
Competitive strategy in a global industry: tourism
Authors: Font Xavier , Tapper Richard , Cochrane Janet 
Published: January 2007

PurposeThis paper demonstrates how the tour operating industry must take responsibility of the sustainability of its suppliers as part of the quality expected by tourists, in order to remain competitive.Design/methodology/approachCase studies resulting from telephone surveys, interviews and document searches. The theoretical approach is that of using sustainable supply chain management both as a method of corporate social responsibility and a strategy for industry survival.FindingsPrice wars have forced mass tourism operators to small margins, while ignoring the growing special interest market. Sustainability is now part of quality expectations and the industry as a whole has to reinvent itself to meet changing demands, while also embedding corporate social responsibility in a way that makes business sense.Research limitations/implicationsThe challenge is transferring experience to less sophisticated and mature markets, where at present there is little evidence of demand for sustainable products.Practical implicationsIndustry wide standards are necessary as the lever for change in those industries where short return on investment eco‐savings will not be possible, and where the future of a whole industry relies on joint action.Originality/valueThe paper makes a contribution to the limited knowledge of sustainable supply chain management in the service sector. Most research emphasizes environmental issues in manufacturing.
Managing for strategic success in emerging markets
Authors: Haley Usha C.V. , Haley George T. 
Published: January 2007

PurposeTo develop a strategic model for effective management that incorporates aspects of strategic decision‐making from both industrialized and emerging markets.Design/methodology/approachTo interview senior managers (many at CEO level) of successful companies operating in emerging markets. We assume the senior managers best understand strategy formulation and implementation.FindingsA strategic model for both information rich and information void business environments.Research limitations/implicationsWe did not use a random sample, but rather a convenience sample of CEOs and senior managers of companies operating in emerging markets. This sample limits the study’s generalizability.Practical implicationsSuccessful managers argued that best practices developed for information‐rich Western markets were not effective in information‐void emerging markets.Originality/valueThe paper has value for managers moving from industrialized economies to emerging economies and vice‐versa, and to academics researching strategic decision‐making in emerging markets.
Beyond advertising: why people are the new media
Authors: Degraffenreid Scott 
Published: January 2007

PurposeTo identify and explain the causative factors in the ongoing and chronic decline of general advertising effectiveness.Design/methodology/approachMethodology is Social Network Analysis. Specific tools used multiple regression analysis, AnCoVa, and various proprietary algorithms.FindingsTraditional media advertising has lost significant impact at an accelerating rate over the past 20 years and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Referrals are the primary viable alternative for reaching customers and can be used to reinvigorate traditional marketing.Research limitations/implicationsResearch was based primarily on author’s extensive work with clients in numerous industries, also on available advertising industry data. No controlled tests were possible.Practical implicationsOrganizations that ignore the importance of referral marketing will find markets increasingly expensive and difficult to access and will lose competitive advantage with organizations that do understand and manage the value of word‐of‐mouth marketing.Originality/valueIt explains why traditional marketing is failing and suggests an effective solution.
CRM and customer service: strategic asset or corporate overhead?
Authors: Smith Alan 
Published: January 2007

PurposeTo provide practitioners of management a sense of the importance of strategically leveraging the customer relationship management (CRM), which has been growing since the mid‐1990s. Many industries were experiencing increased demand from their customers for higher quality and easier access to service. Corporations and top managers started to rethink their traditional ways of providing service. Customer relationships started to become a strategic asset among corporations.Design/methodology/approachA review of the applied literature on practices for improving customer relationships include analyzing the customer, being proactive to their needs, segmenting customers by group and empowering employees to improve the customer experience.FindingsOnce the need and importance surfaced, tools such as technology to provide customers and employees faster and more useful information surfaced. Once a CRM strategy and technology for customer service was in place, it became vital to develop processes for measuring and monitoring performance. Metrics created to measure customer retention; acquisition and market share have been implemented and used as a key management tool.Practical implicationsThis paper describes how strengthening customer relationships have been moved to the top of the corporate priority list and cites examples of how the technology can improve CRM strategies.Originality/valueGoing forth with understanding the customer by segment and implementing CRM processes and applying software tools. Continually monitoring of customer satisfaction and behavior and measuring successes with benchmarking and more will make sure the processes continue to evolve in the best method.