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Business intelligence in public sector organizations: a case study
No full textInformation Technology (IT) makes it possible to manage the increased complexity that all businesses, both public and private, face. One of the consequences of the growing use of IT is the large quantity of data produced and stored. However, very often this data is not exploited to their full potential. An existing tool that can increase the benefits related to the availability of data, specifically for
supporting the decision-making process, is Business Intelligence (BI). BI may be defined as “an integrated, company-specific, IT-based total approach for managerial decision support” (Kemper et al. Business intelligence and performance management: theory, systems, and industrial applications, Springer, U.K., pp. 3–12, 2013).
We investigate the impact of BI on managers’ behaviours. More specifically, the main aim of our research is to understand how the information provided by BI is used, what the perceived advantages and disadvantages are of its use and how the use of the BI module influences the managerial decision-making process
Benefits and Barriers of Social/Collaborative ERP Systems: A State of the Art and Research Agenda
No full textDespite a growing interest on the topic of a “social or collaborative” evolution of ERP systems, studies analyzing the suitability and more in general managerial implications of this process are lack in the literature. This research aims to explore key benefits and obstacles of such software integration providing a systematic in-depth investigation of the academic literature in the field. Fourteen main benefits and eight barriers were identified and analyzed while a first interpretive framework is drawn in order to provide valuable direction for further research
The adequacy of information systems for supporting the asset quality review process in banks. Evidence from an Italian case study
No full textThis chapter analyzes the role of the Information System (IS) in the Asset Quality Review process (AQR) for asset evaluation in a small Italian bank, whose main activity is credit intermediation (Mehta and Manhas in J Serv Res 5(2), 2006). ‘Information Technology (IT) is a critical component in creating value in the banking sector. It provides decision-makers with an efficient means of reporting information about risk, profitability and preceding conditions for a loan’ (Huaiq et al. in Monit Syst 16(2), 2011). IT is basic for supporting Risk Management (RM) in the decision-making process and aiding performance evaluation. Through a case study, we highlight the possibility of IS being able to support this new integrated process of credit monitoring, providing increasingly reliable real-time data, that are available on demand, and facilitating the development of global knowledge and new reporting tools, as well as the collaboration and integration between the areas of risk and business operating processes (Al-Laith in Int Manage Rev 8(1), 2012). The study focuses on the process of active monitoring of the entire credit portfolio, aimed at guiding the best migration between risk classes (Malinconico in Il credit risk management del portafoglio prestiti. FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2013) (Bouteille and Pushner in The handbook of credit risk management: originating, assessing, and managing credit exposures. Wiley Finance, New York, 2012). This is no longer understood as a sequence of stages, but as a set of integrated activities, in which the quality of information becomes a major determinant of the outcome (Bennardo et al. in J Internet Banking Commer 16(2), 2011). The study shows that the characteristics of the specific business make it necessary to take into account several aspects such as: variety of education and culture of the staff; functional relationships; and further appropriate technology resources. All these features affect the conception, development and deployment of IS solutions to be adopted in order to achieve the business objectives and in particular to improve asset quality, as mentioned above
Interpreting the Correlation Between the Capacity of Generating Added Value and the Use of Business Information Systems Through the Example of SMEs
No full textThis research has two main objectives. It aims to investigate the relation
between ICT development and enterprise capacity to generate added value and
explore the IT infrastructure of enterprises with reference to Hungary, Slovakia,
Italy and Portugal. Data have been obtained from international datasets and an
online survey including about 300 enterprises classified into microenterprises, small
and medium-sized enterprises, and corporations. With reference to company IT
infrastructure, findings indicate that enterprises of the two Southern European
countries are more developed in relation to the number of workstations, the use of
server-based networks and business information systems regardless of their size.
Hungarian and Slovakian businesses hardly seem to use any of these systems. In
addition, results suggest that business size does play a role in IT adoption in all
examined countries. This implies that policy-makers should pay attention to business
size and country-specific conditions as these two factors might affect ICT
policy implementation
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Strenthening information and control systems: The synergy between information technology and accounting models
No full textThis book presents a collection of original research papers focused on the relationship between information technology and accounting and control models. The book discusses the importance of establishing a synergetic relationship between new information technologies (ERP, BI, web-based technology, data mining, XBRL, etc.) and new or renewed accounting models and tools (performance indicators, prevision and simulation models, accounting models for public administration, etc.) in order to enhance an organization’s capability to manage information and make valuable decisions. The search for these synergies takes place at all organizational levels:
at a strategic level, in order to simulate and forecast behaviors and financial results
at a management level, in order to innovate performance measurement and improve value creation
at the operational level, in order to improve information quality and the efficiency of the information process. This book is particularly useful for IS and CFO managers and scholars, as it is based on a selection of the best papers – original, double blind reviewed contributions - presented to the Annual Conference of the Italian Chapter of AIS under the category “Accounting Information Systems”
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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