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- Golshan, Behrooz, et al.
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Research Proposal : Business-to-Business IT Capabilities as Conditioner of Business Model Reconfiguration
- 2015
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 9<sup>th</sup> European Conference on IS Management and Evaluation (ECIME 2015). - : Academic Conferences Limited. - 9781910810569 - 9781910810545 ; , s. 297-299
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents a research proposal aimed to explore coevolution of firms' B2B-IT capabilities, at the relationship and network level, and interfirm collaborations to understand how those IT-enabled relationships affect value creation and appreciation through Business Model Change. In the recent years, interfirm collaborations have become critical for competitive success as digital interconnection between products and processes within and across industries proliferated and in turn disrupted traditional industries. Today's competitive landscape forces firms to constantly persuade strategic change and business models are dynamic IT enabled mechanisms which firms execute their intentions for strategic change and interfirm collaborations. Two sets of IT capabilities mentioned to be necessary for Business model reconfigurations, yet IS researchers have not studied how those capabilities are acquired in relation to the firms strategic intentions and how preexisting capabilities affect adaptation of new strategies. Adopting a coevolutionary perspective, we aim to study this phenomenon through an explorative case study.
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- Kurti, Erdelina, et al.
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Barriers and Enablers of Digital Business model Transformation
- 2015
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Ingår i: Proceedings of 9th European Conference on IS Management and Evaluation, ECIME 2015. - : Academic Conferences Limited. - 9781910810545 ; , s. 262-269
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents some current results from an ongoing research into how a non-digital business model may transform successfully into a digital business model.Amit and Zott’s break-through business model construct is assumed here as the core conceptual foundation for digitalization. Its main focus on economic value creation and appropriation attempts to unify several contemporary theoretical strands (Schumpeterian innovation, value chain logic, product-market strategies, resource-based view of firm, transaction cost economics and strategic networks). Building upon this conceptualization and by using a digital transformation of a bookselling company as a means of illustration, we bring to the forefront two central arguments to be considered for a successful transformation of business model from non-digital to digital. First, digital transformations shift the notion of firm centric value creation and as such cannot be comprehended without the network. Thus the digital transformation of business models implies multi-actor coordination, where no single executive authority may command the desired behavior, other than by means of negotiations. Secondly, the economic characteristics of digital information challenge conventional managerial wisdom such as the function of positive network effects being opposite to the conventional business logic, reduction of transaction costs and the negligible marginal costs, among others. A key assumption here is that managers’ wisdom is challenged by these characteristics of digital information economics as they act as filters that enable and hinder opportunities, adequate analysis, planning and decision-making.A review of previous studies on business model change indicates that digital transformation of business models is rather under-researched. Analysis show that whilst these studies provide solid grounds on the factors that hinder and enable business model change, they may not be sufficient to explain and account for digital transformation of business models. Majority of these studies provide very weak connections of the business model with the value network thus disregarding the very distinct feature of business model. We consider that future exploration of these central arguments that this study advocates, would potentially provide insights on how to embark into a successful transformation, and thereby avoid the tragic fate of Blockbuster.
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- Myreteg, Gunilla, 1968-
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The Construction of Financial Information in an Organizational Setting : The Interactions Between Social Actors and ERP Systems
- 2015
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Ingår i: Proceedings of 9th European Conference on IS Management and Evaluation (ECIME 2015). - Reading, UK : Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited. - 9781910810569 - 9781910810545 ; , s. 144-150
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are fundamentally bound up with organizational processes of accounting. They influence the design and structure of categorization and aggregation of transactions, and are involved with the systematization and co-ordination of records. Research on the interface between accounting and IT is however scarce, especially concerning how financial information is constructed in an organizational context. Previous researches argue that the practice of financial accounting and management accounting are both dividing and converging. The present paper develops a theoretical model to understand the processes of interactions between social actors and ERP systems when financial information is constructed in an organizational setting. It draws on the notion of occupational roles and explores the significance that an ERP system has in practices where financial information is constructed. The model is based on a literature review and further developed with the help of a case study of a medium sized manufacturer organization in Sweden. The case investigates the interactions between financial accountants and shop-floor workers in processes of recording and aggregating financial information. The model provides an understanding of how social actors construct financial information in interaction with other actors and with technology. It illustrates how they either focus on getting the numbers right or on getting the business right. It also shows how the tools connected to the occupational roles differ. Conflicts might arise because of that and actors have different possibilities to avoid or solve these conflicts. Here, the ERP system has a role to play as an enabler.
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- Zec, Milos, et al.
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Examining how IT Professionals in SMEs Take Decisions About Implementing Cyber Security Strategy
- 2015
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Ingår i: PROCEEDINGS OF 9TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON IS MANAGEMENT AND EVALUATION (ECIME 2015). - : Academic Conferences Limited. - 9781910810569 - 9781910810545 ; , s. 231-239
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- With the significant growth of cyber space, business organizations have become more alert than ever before that cyber security must be considered seriously and that there is a need to develop up-to-date security measures. It has become an increasing trend that cyber-attackers concentrate more on small and medium than on large enterprises, due to their known vulnerability towards cyber security. In exchange of successful cyber security measures in organizations, the security risks must be taken into consideration more closely that could be helpful for re-thinking their decision-making on cyber security. This article develops a theoretical framework on cyber security with three aspects taken in consideration: organizational, technological and psychological, that deserves the attention of IT professionals while and after creating cyber security measures in their SMEs. The first two aspects (organizational and technological) focus on understanding the IT professionals' decision-making process, while the third aspect (psychological) focuses on understanding the IT professionals' post decision-making reactions. Firstly, the organizational aspect presupposes that the ones who create cyber security measures are exposed to unclear and undefined decision processes and rights that lead to system vulnerabilities. Secondly, the technological aspect focuses on disclosing how many IT professionals in their organizations fail to meet foundational technological measures, such as the existence of Internet firewall, logs of system events, existence of hardware and software inventory list, data backup, antivirus software and password rules. Lastly, the psychological aspect, explains how post cyber security decisions made by IT professionals may have a contra-effect on the organization. Our data analyses collected based on interviews with IT professionals across 6 organizations (SMEs) show that cyber security is yet to be developed among SMEs, an issue that must not be taken lightly. Results show that the IT professionals in these organizations need to strengthen and develop their security thinking, in order to decrease the vulnerability of informational assets among SMEs. We believe that a perspective on understanding decision-making processes upon the cyber security measures by IT professionals in SMEs may bring a theoretical redirection in the literature, as well as an important feedback to practice.
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