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No full textDigital academic entrepreneurship: The potential of digital technologies on academic entrepreneurship
No full textToday's digital technologies, such as social media, business analytics, the Internet of Things, big data, advanced manufacturing, 3D printing, cloud and cyber-solutions and MOOCs, permeate every private and public organization. However, even if this phenomenon has been analyzed for entrepreneurship in general, to the best of our knowledge, the impact of digital technologies on academic entrepreneurship remains not only slightly addressed. With the aim of filling this gap, this paper proposes a novel contribution regarding the emerging concept of Digital Academic Entrepreneurship. Based on a qualitative literature review, an interpretative framework for Digital Academic Entrepreneurship is deductively proposed that is composed of the following components: the rationale for the adoption of digital technologies for academic entrepreneurship (why), the emerging forms of digital academic entrepreneurship (what), the stakeholders involved through the digital technologies to achieve the academic entrepreneurship goal (who), and the processes of academic entrepreneurship supported by digital technologies (how). The discussion section provides a conceptualization of Digital Academic Entrepreneurship. The paper closes with the identification of a research agenda for this promising and under-researched field
The assessment of the organizational impact of IT for KM: an AHP based-approach
No full textPurpose – In this paper, authors propose a methodological approach aimed at assessing and measuring the benefits deriving from the adoption of IT for KM, keeping into consideration the strategic intangible assets and the specific context of the company. Design/methodology/approach – We propose a methodological approach that adopts the hierarchical structure, where the strategic tangible and intangible assets of the company are represented as value drivers and classified into sub-elements, and where a series of indicators are selected to describe the specific characteristic of company performance. Originality/value – This methodology is able to support complex decision making processes by providing guidelines for the managers to ascertain the key organizational factors able to improve the organizational impact of IT investments in KM. Practical implications – The outcomes of the application is a model to assess the company benefits deriving from the implementation of IT solutions for KM, with a particular attention to the evaluation of the contribution of the intangible assets to the performance
Awareness of organisational readiness in ERP implementation process
No full textThe literature on ERP is replete with stories of unsuccessful project outcomes. One of the issues that have attracted relatively little research is the level of firm's awareness about organisational problems that can occur in the course of the implementation process. The paper shares some insight into research aimed at identifying organisational requirements able to identify the organisational readiness of the firm to the ERP implementation process. A methodological tool is proposed to develop a prescriptive model firms can adopt in order to measure the level of organisational readiness. Results from three case studies are discussed. The proposed methodology is prescriptive in terms of business process reengineering and change management interventions needed on the basis of the firm's predisposition of its organisational and technical contex
ERP Implementation: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
No full textThe literature on ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems implementation is replete with stories of unsuccessful project outcomes. One of the issues that have attracted relatively little research is the interplay between national culture and the manner in which the ERP project unfolds. The goal of this article is to explore this issue through the use of two case studies from the US and Italy. The data from the case studies is used to demonstrate the impact of national cultural on the two ERP implementation projects. Based on the unique patterns of the implementation process in each of the two cultures, broader issues of ERP implementation are explored and directions for future research on ERP implementation across cultures are proposed
A methodology to evaluate the organizational impact of IT on knowledge management: an Italian Case Study
No full textThe important role played by Information Technology (IT) for Knowledge Management (KM) within many companies has been widely recognized. However, the relationship between IT investment and firm performance is complex and multifaceted and the evaluation of the impact of IT for KM on organizational performance has proved to be a difficult task. This has made it difficult to demonstrate that IT for KM may be used to leverage other firm advantages and opportunities and to justify spending on IT projects in support of KM. This paper provides a methodological framework to analyse the consequences related to the adoption of IT tools for the management of information and knowledge. In particular, we present a four-phase framework that captures the benefits of KM features in meeting business objectives through an examination of organizational processes and actors. The aim of the constructed methodology coincides with the main target pursued by firms: to have the possibility of evaluating IT solutions both ex ante, i.e. at the project/design phase, and ex post, i.e. at the assessment phase. A case study application in an Italian small business is described in detail
A planned-oriented approach for EPR implementation strategy selection
No full textPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a methodological approach aimed at identifying technical and organizational capabilities firms should have before the ERP implementation process starts, in order to select the more appropriate implementation strategy and the change management interventions to support the selected strategy. Design/methodology/approach – Capabilities to implement ERP system are selected on the basis of a literature review and through focus group session in collaboration with the company partner of the project. Then, a methodological approach is proposed on the basis of such capabilities. Scales of the capabilities are built, and an algorithm to analyze and evaluate firms’ capabilities is proposed. Findings – The methodological approach has been tested through a validation experiment with the company partner of the research project. Results reveal the usefulness of the methodology in estimating the capabilities that firms should have in order to select the more appropriate implementation strategy. Research limitations/implications – Further research is under development in order to validate the methodological approach through a case study. Practical implications – Starting from the methodological approach a useful tool could be developed to analyze technical and organizational capabilities of the firm, and to select the more appropriate ERP implementation strategy. Originality/value – The methodological approach is the result of a research project based on tight collaboration between academic researchers and IT managers involved in ERP implementation processes. Thanks to such collaboration, tacit knowledge and expertise accumulated by IT managers during ERP implementation processes was explicated and evaluated in the proposed methodology. The result is a model that goes beyond descriptive analysis and offers prescriptive advice on how to address the potential challenges prior to and during the implementation processe
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