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ICT STRATEGIC PLANNING AT PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: BUILDING AN APPROACH THROUGH ACTION RESEARCH AT UNIRIO
Get PDFEste artigo apresenta como principal contribuição a descrição do processo e experiência de formulação de planejamento estratégico de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação (PDTIC) em uma Instituição Federal de Ensino Superior (IFES). A Pesquisa-Ação foi o método científico utilizado e as etapas do desenvolvimento da pesquisa são narradas. São apresentados os instrumentos construídos para levantamento das necessidades organizacionais, o formulário para diagnóstico institucional, as adaptações indicadas para o modelo de planejamento estratégico do SISP requerido pelos órgãos de gestão, assim como as reflexões sobre o processo de elaboração do PDTIC neste contexto. O planejamento estratégico de ICT resultante deste trabalho demonstra a viabilidade de utilização e adaptação do modelo de planejamento estratégico do SISP, permitindo a efetiva construção do planejamento estratégico de ICT em contextos similares.This paper\u27s main contribution is the description of the process and experience in developing Information and Communication Technology strategic planning at a Brazilian public higher education institution. Action research was used as the scientific method and each of its research steps are presented. It also presents the instruments that were built for assessing organizational needs, the institutional diagnosis form, the required adaptations in the SISP ICT strategic planning model, as well as the reflections about the ICT strategic development process for this particular organizational context. The results evidence the feasibility of use and adaptability of the SISP ICT strategic planning model, enabling the effective ICT strategic development in similar contexts
The controversies of self – from (info) ethics to cyber terror
No full textThe media relations make possible new structural arrangements regarding the constructions of identities and new paradigms relating to ethical and moral assumptions. Psychic formation processes are influenced by several variables that are interrelated in an open system, converging in anthropological, environmental, genetic, psychological, historical and social factors that determine relational interaction behaviors. However, in virtual cities where flow-image, timelessness and non-place reign, they enable new psychic arrangements and a greater plasticity and speed in processing information and generating knowledge. At this conjectural point, where technology is a key factor that permeates the interactions and offers unknowns in the construction of identities, a new order without standards is established, which rules ethical parameters. The results catalyzed by the speed of exchanges of information characterize deviant and antisocial behaviors that can bring uncountable damage to every human being basic rights
A STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION SHARING AMONG CYBER HACKERS
Get PDFWe build a game theory model where the market design is such that one firm invests in security to defend against cyber attacks by two hackers. The firm has an asset, which is allocated between the three market participants dependent on their contest success. Each hacker chooses an optimal attack, and they share information with each other about the firm\u27s vulnerabilities. Each hacker prefers to receive information, but delivering information gives competitive advantage to the other hacker. We find that each hacker\u27s attack and information sharing are strategic complements while one hacker\u27s attack and the other hacker\u27s information sharing are strategic substitutes. As the firm\u27s unit defense cost increases, the attack is inverse U-shaped and reaches zero, while the firm\u27s defense and profit decrease, and the hackers’ information sharing and profit increase. The firm\u27s profit increases in the hackers’ unit cost of attack, while the hackers’ information sharing and profit decrease. Our analysis also reveals the interesting result that the cumulative attack level of the hackers is not affected by the effectiveness of information sharing between them and, moreover, is also unaffected by the intensity of joint information sharing. We also find that as the effectiveness of information sharing between hackers increases relative to the investment in attack, the firm\u27s investment in cyber security defense and profit are constant, the hackers’ investments in attacks decrease, and information sharing levels and hacker profits increase. In contrast, as the intensity of joint information sharing increases, while the firm\u27s investment in cyber security defense and profit remain constant, the hackers’ investments in attacks increase, and the hackers’ information sharing levels and profits decrease. Increasing the firm\u27s asset causes all the variables to increase linearly, except information sharing which is constant. We extend our analysis to endogenize the firm\u27s asset and this analysis largely confirms the preceding analysis with a fixed asset. We use the software Mathematica 10.1 (www.wolfram.com) to program the model mathematically with equilibrium constraints, and perform numerical analysis illustrated graphically
Economic Resilience and Crowdsourcing Platforms
No full textThe increased interdependence and complexity of modern societies have increased the need to involve all members of a community into solving problems. In times of great uncertainty, when communities face threats of different kinds and magnitudes, the traditional top-down approach where government provides solely for community wellbeing is no longer plausible. Crowdsourcing has emerged as an effective means of empowering communities with the potential to engage individuals in innovation, self-organization activities, informal learning, mutual support, and political action that can all lead to resilience. However, there remains limited resource on the topic. In this paper, we outline the various forms of crowdsourcing, economic and community resilience, crowdsourcing and economic resilience, and a case study of the Nepal earthquake. his article presents an exploratory perspective on the link can be found between crowdsourcing and economic resilience. It introduces and describes a framework that can be used to study the impact of crowdsourcing initiatives for economic resilience by future research. An initial a set of indicators to be used to measure the change in the level of resilience is presented
Fatores determinantes da estrutura de capital de empresas brasileiras de tecnologia
No full textO objetivo do estudo foi identificar os fatores determinantes da estrutura de capital de empresas brasileiras de tecnologia. A pesquisa caracterizou-se como descritiva, documental e quantitativa, composta por 21 empresas dos setores de comunicações, telecomunicações e indústria digital, conforme classificação da Revista Exame. A análise estabeleceu-se no período de 2009 a 2013 por meio de regressão de dados em painel. Os resultados indicam que a taxa de crescimento do capital e o tipo de controle apresentam uma relação positiva com o endividamento geral e de longo prazo. Entretanto, observou-se que o tamanho da empresa, a rentabilidade e o tipo de capital apontam uma relação negativa com a estrutura de capital
IT OUTSOURCING MANAGEMENT: THE STATE OF THE ART RECOGNITION BY A CONSTRUCTIVIST RESEARCH PROCESS AND BIBLIOMETRICS
Get PDFEste trabalho tem como objetivo identificar e conhecer os mais relevantes artigos e seus parâmetros sobre o tema Gestão da Terceirização de Tecnologia da Informação por meio de um processo construtivista – Knowledge Development Process – Constructivist (ProKnow-C). Foram selecionados 23 artigos, compondo o Portfólio Bibliográfico (PB). A partir do PB evidenciou-se que: i) o periódico mais presente foi o The Journal of Strategic Information Systems; ii) o artigo mais citado foi Poppo, L. & Zenger, T. (2002); iii) o autor mais presente no PB foi o J. Goo; iv) os autores mais citados em geral foram L. P. Willcocks e M. C. Lacity; v) a palavra-chave mais presente no portfólio foi “Outsourcing”.This paper underlines the task characteristics of the emergency management life cycle. Moreover, the characteristics of three ubiquitous technologies including RFID, handheld computers and GIS are discussed and further used as a criterion to evaluate their potential for emergency management tasks. Built on a rather loose interpretation of Task-technology Fit model, a conceptual model presented in this paper advocates that a technology that offers better features for task characteristics is more likely to be adopted in emergency management. Empirical findings presented in this paper reveal the significance of task characteristics and their role in evaluating the suitability of three ubiquitous technologies before their actual adoption in emergency management
Resilience and enterprise architecture in SMEs
No full textConsidering that SMEs need to embrace the drivers of resilience and that a well-defined and readily available Enterprise Architecture (EA) supports enterprise integration by enabling the common view of business processes, data and systems across the enterprise and its partners, we can say that EA is one of the tracks making resilience predictable and it should support and collaborate with other resilience tracks. However, the EA frameworks do not give relevance to the activities that contribute most to business resilience, so this paper aims to clarify the dimensions and the activities related to the development of an EA and the touching points with other enterprise wide processes in order to guarantee that resilience requirements are met in SMEs. For this I propose an approach of ecological adaptation, and four architectures: business, organizational, information, and technological, although this paper only presents the Business and Organizational Architectures