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Karimi, Jahangir

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0.697 information strategy strategic technology management systems competitive executives role cio chief senior executive cios sis
0.681 management practices technology information organizations organizational steering role fashion effective survey companies firms set planning
0.576 capabilities capability firm firms performance resources business information technology firm's resource-based competitive it-enabled view study
0.575 implementation erp enterprise systems resource planning outcomes support business associated understanding benefits implemented advice key
0.573 firms firm financial services firm's size examine new based result level including results industry important
0.402 software development maintenance case productivity application tools systems function tool engineering projects effort code developed
0.389 research study influence effects literature theoretical use understanding theory using impact behavior insights examine influences
0.359 business digital strategy value transformation economy technologies paper creation digitization strategies environment focus net-enabled services
0.330 design systems support development information proposed approach tools using engineering current described developing prototype flexible
0.307 technology investments investment information firm firms profitability value performance impact data higher evidence diversification industry
0.305 satisfaction information systems study characteristics data results using user related field survey empirical quality hypotheses
0.299 information management data processing systems corporate article communications organization control distributed department capacity departments major
0.249 information research literature systems framework review paper theoretical based potential future implications practice discussed current
0.245 issues management systems information key managers executives senior corporate important importance survey critical corporations multinational
0.222 countries global developing technology international country developed national economic policy domestic study foreign globalization world
0.216 participation activities different roles projects examined outcomes level benefits conditions key importance isd suggest situations
0.215 article information author discusses comments technology paper presents states explains editor's authors issue focuses topics
0.212 reuse results anchoring potential strategy assets leading reusability incentives impact bias situations effect similarity existing
0.206 leadership leaders effective leader roles authority assume slow responsibility structure recognize responsibilities look size inevitable
0.203 customer customers crm relationship study loyalty marketing management profitability service offer retention it-enabled web-based interactions
0.185 technology organizational information organizations organization new work perspective innovation processes used technological understanding technologies transformation
0.166 choice type functions nature paper literature particular implications function examine specific choices extent theoretical design
0.156 task fit tasks performance cognitive theory using support type comprehension tools tool effects effect matching
0.140 uncertainty contingency integration environmental theory data fit key using model flexibility perspective environment perspectives high
0.140 effect impact affect results positive effects direct findings influence important positively model data suggest test
0.135 process business reengineering processes bpr redesign paper research suggests provide past improvements manage enable organizations
0.131 coordination mechanisms work contingencies boundaries temporal coordinating vertical associated activities different coordinate suggests dispersed coordinated
0.126 complexity task environments e-business environment factors technology characteristics literature affect influence role important relationship model
0.124 methods information systems approach using method requirements used use developed effective develop determining research determine
0.117 user involvement development users satisfaction systems relationship specific results successful process attitude participative implementation effective
0.114 systems information research theory implications practice discussed findings field paper practitioners role general important key
0.107 organizational organizations effectiveness factors managers model associated context characteristics variables paper relationships level attention environmental
0.105 innovation innovations innovative organizing technological vision disruptive crowdsourcing path implemented explain base opportunities study diversity
0.102 diversity free impact trial market time consumer version strategy sales focal premium suggests freemium trials

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Article Keywords (60)

competitive strategy 2 globalization 2 information systems architecture 2 information technology management sophistication 2
abstraction 1 autonomous growth 1 business process outcomes 1 businessprocess outcomes 1
control and coordination 1 Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreements 1 customer relationship management 1 customer service 1
complementarities 1 digital disruption 1 digital platforms 1 digital transformation 1
digitization disruptive innovation 1 environmental uncertainty 1 Europe 1992 1 enterprise systems 1
ERP effects 1 ERP implementation 1 ERP radicalness 1 ERPcapabilities 1
firms' strategic response to globalization 1 global information systems management 1 group common language 1 Information engineering 1
information systems design 1 information asset 1 information systems architecture. 1 information technology investment 1
information technology maturity. 1 information technology leaders 1 information technology management 1 information technology impact on marketing and operation functions 1
information technology leader's role 1 information technology management practices 1 information technology innovation 1 innovation diffusion theory 1
information systems resources 1 innovative culture multimedia mindset 1 object-oriented systems development 1 organizational strategies and structures 1
organizational capabilities 1 resource-based view 1 resource-picking and capability-building mechanism 1 resources-processes-values (RPV) framework 1
response performance 1 software engineering 1 system development methodologies 1 software reusability 1
software productivity 1 semantic modeling 1 strategy-technology alignment. 1 steering committees 1
staged resource allocation 1 task characteristics 1 task technology fit 1 user satisfaction 1

Articles (11)

The Role of Dynamic Capabilities in Responding to Digital Disruption: A Factor-Based Study of the Newspaper Industry (Journal of Management Information Systems, 2015)
Authors: Abstract:
    Internet and digitization are fundamentally changing and disrupting newspaper companies' traditional operating models. Disruptive innovation theory offers explanations for why companies succeed or fail to respond to disruptive innovations. This study builds on disruptive innovation theory by ascertaining the role of dynamic capabilities in the performance of response to digital disruption. Empirical results suggest that first-order dynamic capabilities that are created by changing, extending, or adapting a firm's existing resources, processes, and values are positively associated with building digital platform capabilities, and that these capabilities impact the performance of response to digital disruption. For information systems (IS) researchers, this study clarifies the role of first-order dynamic capabilities in responding to digital disruption. For IS practice, it helps managers to focus on the most promising factors for creating first-order dynamic capabilities, for building digital platform capabilities, and for reinventing their core functions to accelerate digitization. > >
The Impact of ERP Implementation on Business Process Outcomes: A Factor-Based Study. (Journal of Management Information Systems, 2007)
Authors: Abstract:
    Failures in large-scale information technology implementation are abundantly documented in the practitioner literature. In this study, we examine why some firms benefit more from enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation than others. We look at ERP implementation from a technological diffusion perspective, and investigate under what contextual conditions the extent of ERP implementation has the greatest effect on business process outcomes. Using empirical data, we find that the extent of ERP implementation influences business process outcomes, and both ERP radicalness and delivery system play moderating roles. For information systems (IS) practice, this study helps managers direct their attention to the most promising factors, provides insights into how to manage their complex interactions, and elaborates on their differential effects on business process outcomes. For IS research, it integrates innovation diffusion theory into our current knowledge of ERP implementation and provides theoretical explanations for ERP implementation failures.
The Role of Information Systems Resources in ERP Capability Building and Business Process Outcomes. (Journal of Management Information Systems, 2007)
Authors: Abstract:
    Many enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation projects fail despite huge investments. To explain such failures, we draw on the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm to define various dimensions of information systems (IS) resources. Using resource-picking and capability-building arguments, we examine the relationships between IS resources and ERP capabilities to find out whether they have complementary effects on outcomes. Empirical results from a survey of manufacturing firms that recently implemented ERP systems support the hypothesized model. For IS research, this study further develops the complementary and capability-building roles of IS resources, integrates RBV into our current knowledge of ERP implementation, and provides theoretical explanations for when or under what conditions building ERP capabilities has the highest impact on business process outcomes. For IS practice, it emphasizes the importance of IS resources in building ERP capabilities, provides preliminary measures for IS resource dimensions, and demonstrates their impact on firms' ERP capabilities and consequent business process outcomes.
Impact of Environmental Uncertainty and Task Characteristics on User Satisfaction with Data. (Information Systems Research, 2004)
Authors: Abstract:
    Today, more than ever before, organizations are faced with the task of processing volumes of information under more uncertain and more competitive environments. This study investigates the impact of environmental uncertainty and task characteristics on user satisfaction with data by using IS and organizational theories. Responses were matched from 77 CEOs and 166 senior managers, who were end users of IS. The partial least squares technique indicated that environmental uncertainty has a positive impact on task characteristics. Task characteristics have a direct and mediating impact on user satisfaction with data. Our findings also demonstrated that user satisfaction with data could be better understood by overlapping IS and organizational theories, rather than by treating the subject matter in disjoint fields. The paper concludes with discussions and implications for researchers and practitioners.
Impact of Information Technology Management Practices on Customer Service. (Journal of Management Information Systems, 2001)
Authors: Abstract:
    Recently, despite huge incentives and subsequent increases in investment in customer relationship management technology, many firms have not been able to increase their customer satisfaction index ratings. The purpose of this paper is to gauge whether IT management practices differ among firms where IT has a major role in transforming marketing, operations, or both, which give the firms advantage by affecting their customer service. Several research hypotheses are tested using data obtained from a survey of 213 IT-leaders in the financial services industry. The results clearly indicate that the IT-leader firms have a higher level of IT management sophistication and a higher role for their IT-leaders compared to IT-enabled customer focus, IT-enabled operations focus, and IT-laggard firms. This paper concludes with the implications for both researchers and practitioners.
The Effects of MIS Steering Committees on Information Technology Management Sophistication. (Journal of Management Information Systems, 2000)
Authors: Abstract:
    Despite the ever increasing importance of information technology (IT) in firms, the extent to which IT management practices are applied creatively to critical tasks varies widely across firms. For over a decade, firms have employed IT steering committees to manage their IT resources. However, the impacts of such committees on the IT management function have not been examined in depth. This paper hypothesized relationships between the level of sophistication of IT steering committees and level of IT sophistication of management within firms, and tested those relationships empirically via a field survey of 213 IT managers in the financial services industry. Results of the study suggest that presence and roles of IT steering committees are significantly related to the level and nature of IT management sophistication within firms. Firms interested in achieving the most benefit from their steering committees should carefully select their preferred roles depending on the type and the level of IT management sophistication desired. The article concludes with discussion and implications for IT researchers and firms' executives.
Impact of Competitive Strategy and Information Technology Maturity on Firms' Strategic Response to Globalization. (Journal of Management Information Systems, 1996)
Authors: Abstract:
    Recently the globalization of competition has caused many firms in the financial services industry to integrate their information systems. Based on a selective review of literature from strategic and information management disciplines, a model is developed to study the firms' strategic response to Europe 1992 and Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreements. According to a survey of 213 managers, this study finds that competitive strategy, information technology (IT) maturity and size influence firms' perceived increase in IT investment. Further, this study finds that the degree of IT integration within firms is a primary determinant of firms' willingness to use IT as part of their strategic response to globalization. It suggests that the new competitive strategies will be increasingly technology-based global initiatives that are affected by the firms' IT maturity.
The Congruence between a Firm's Competitive Strategy and Information Technology Leader's Rank and Role. (Journal of Management Information Systems, 1996)
Authors: Abstract:
    Today's firms are faced with new competitive and technological challenges. As a consequence, many senior executives are looking for information technology (IT) leaders who not only can understand technology but also can comprehend technology's potential to affect business strategy. For the IT leaders, rising to such numerous, and often conflicting, challenges is not easy. Indeed, there is a higher than average corporate dismissal rate and shorter tenure for IT leaders compared with other top executives. Based on the responses from 213 IT leaders in the financial services industry, this study found that the rank and role of a firm's IT leader must be aligned with the firm's competitive strategy. The implications of the findings for the firms' executives, as well as researchers, are discussed in detail.
Globalization and Information Management Strategies. (Journal of Management Information Systems, 1991)
Authors: Abstract:
    Recent globalization initiatives have encouraged firms to consider new organizational strategies and to change their coordination and control systems, management processes, and organization structures, leveraging new technologies. To compete effectively, at home or globally, firms often coordinate their activities in the world markets. Coordination has become a key to competitive advantage. Market and product innovation often involves coordination and partnership across a diverse set of organizational and geographically dispersed entities. What is often lacking for many global finns is a clear strategy for alignment in the evolution of information technology (IT) architecture and the evolving global business strategy. An understanding of administrative options that are available to the general manager in a global environment is important in the derivation of a strategy for the information technology infrastructure. This paper discusses issues that confront the senior executive regarding the evolution of control and organizational structures and the associated information technology management strategy.
An Asset-Based Systems Development Approach to Software Reusability. (MIS Quarterly, 1990)
Authors: Abstract:
    The article discusses a strategy for improving software reusability within an organization. The author states that an overview of software reusability research suggests that the traditional approach to software development is inappropriate for the development of reusable software parts. The author says that an asset-based systems development method, teased on this strategy, focuses on the development of information assets designed to be reused. Studies of software reuse state that one-half of all code from one application is reusable in another and as much as 85 percent of code is reusable for several applications. Article topics also include an overview of software reusability research and an asset-based systems development strategy.
A Framework for Comparing Information Engineering Methods. (MIS Quarterly, 1988)
Authors: Abstract:
    This article proposes a comprehensive framework for comparing the current methodologies and tools for information engineering and using these methods for applying information technology to construct the overall information systems architecture for the organization. The proposed framework consists of two dimensions: (1) an expanded sequence of the traditional system life cycle; and (2) the conceptual depth of the methods. The article shows that information engineering is the key to effective information management. Using the proposed framework, 26 widely-cited methods for information engineering are compared. Evolution to more effective methods of information engineering are needed to align future information systems requirements to strategic goals and objectives of an organization and to exploit the current information systems technologies for competitive advantage.