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- Keller, Christina, 1961-
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Technology acceptance research : Reflections on the use of a theory
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Ingår i: Management and Information Technology. - New York : Routledge. - 9780415888165 - 9780203134528 ; , s. 176-190
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The technology acceptance model (TAM) assumes that an individual’s acceptance of an information system is a necessary predecessor of actual use of the information systems, and that acceptance is determined by two major factors; perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. Although being one of the most applied theories in information systems research since its introduction in 1989, TAM has been a target of criticism on behalf of being too simplistic, not taking user’s organizational contexts in account and avoiding controversial issues concerning the use of information systems by concentrating too much on the individual user’s self-reported perceptions. To refute the criticism, a number of extensions of TAM has been developed and tested, the most influential being Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), which was presented in 2003 introducing the core constructs of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions as influencing factors of user acceptance. The chapter provides a review of information systems research that applies technology acceptance models and gives advice to researchers, students and practitioners, who wish to use technology acceptance models in research and evaluation of information systems use in different contexts.
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- Cöster, Mathias
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IT Innovation Influence and Industrial Transformation : The Case of the Swedish Graphic Industry
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Ingår i: Management and information technology. - New York : Routledge. - 9780415888165 ; , s. 145-159
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Societies are constantly in a state of transformation, and today this transformation is largely driven by the ongoing digitization of information. The way we are able to access and use information through devices such as cellphones, the Internet, databases, GPS, etc., was not so long ago more or less treated as mere science fiction. But nowadays such devices have become almost everyone’s tool.In this context IT might be defined as the single most important technology for the development of societies and industries. Not only through the use of desktop computers connected to a world wide web of information, but also through embedded IT applications that enable digitized information flows to integrate. One example of an industry greatly influenced by IT is the graphic industry, where for centuries the creation and distribution of information has been the main business.
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- Dahlin, Peter, 1981-, et al.
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Introduction
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Ingår i: Management and Information Technology. - : Routledge. - 9780415888165
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Dahlin, P., et al.
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Introduction
- 2011
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Ingår i: Management and Information Technology. - : Taylor and Francis. - 9781136481871 - 9780415888165 ; , s. 1-7
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In different ways and degrees, companies and organizations of today embrace the promises of productivity, knowledge development, and interorganizational connectivity that contemporary information technology (IT) offers. Whether the motives are internal needs or external demands, the goal is increased effi ciency or effectiveness, and whether the argumentation emphasizes added capability or decreased costs, companies have made IT an integral part of today’s business world. This may be manifested in the form of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems from SAP, knowledge management systems (KMS) from IBM, offi ce packages from Microsoft, or network solutions from Cisco, but organizations likewise face a challenging integration of IT with their established business. By now, many organizations have already passed several cycles of IT implementation, and their current challenges are thus often a matter of migration rather than clean-slate implementations.
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- Dahlin, Peter, et al.
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Introduction chapter
- 2012
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Ingår i: Management and information technology. - New York : Routledge. - 9780415888165 ; , s. 1-7
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- Ekman, Peter, 1969-
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The limitations of enterprise systems for marketers and salesmen
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Ingår i: Management and Information Technology. - : Taylor and Francis. - 9781136481871 - 9780415888165 ; , s. 65-82
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- To understand the impact of an enterprise system on a company’s business, an approach is proposed in which the company’s business relationships are seen as a valuable resource that needs to be managed. Extensive studies of mainly industrial companies’ business with each other carried out by researchers belonging to the IMP Group (see www.impgroup.org) have shown that the companies have a limited number of long-term business relationships with what are considered important customers and suppliers (Ford, Gadde, Håkansson, & Snehota, 2003; Håkansson & Snehota, 1995). These business relationships often involve several people with different business functions, given that the exchanged product or service might be complex and that it is often adapted to the customer’s requirements. This matching process between a buyer and a seller is sometimes discussed in terms of homogeneous markets (Alderson, 1965; Penrose, 1959) where the exchanged value needs to be scrutinized and negotiated by the partners involved. Thus, prior to a business exchange of the product and service for a negotiated price, there will be information exchanges as well as personal interactions between different employees from both the selling and buying companies. This chapter addresses the research question of how do enterprise systems support the business activities that take place in a business relationship? An underlying assumption is that the enterprise system can help the participating staff by supporting the execution of their business activities. The following chapter presents lessons from case studies of two large companies’ business relationships with customer and partner companies. The aim of the chapter is to offer an insight in how enterprise systems are used in an interorganizational setting, with an emphasis on marketers and salesmen. It also shows the challenges that companies aiming for a fully integrated enterprise system are facing.
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- Hrastinski, Stefan, 1980-
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Management of asynchronous and synchronous E-learning
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Ingår i: Management and Information Technology: Challenges for the Modern Organization. - : Taylor and Francis. - 9781136481871 - 9780415888165 ; , s. 56-64
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In order to manage e-learning initiatives, organizations and educational institutions must understand benefi ts and limitations of different e-learning techniques and methods. This can help managers to evaluate their organization for readiness to implement e-learning and give them support when planning future e-learning initiatives. An important task for research is to support the management of e-learning by revealing the impact of different factors on e-learning effectiveness. Commonly, two basic types of e-learning are compared, i.e. asynchronous and synchronous e-learning. Until now, e-learning initiatives have mainly relied on asynchronous means for teaching and learning (Romiszowski & Mason, 2004; Hrastinski & Keller, 2007). However, recent improvement in technology and increasing bandwidth have led to the increasing popularity of synchronous e-learning (Kinshuk & Chen, 2006).
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- Lindh, Cecilia, 1974-
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Integration of information technology in business relationships : A managerial issue
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Ingår i: Management and Information Technology: Challenges for the Modern Organization. - : Taylor and Francis. - 9781136481871 - 9780415888165 ; , s. 83-94
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The use of information technology in business is a challenging managerial issue; the technology is commonly employed to increase effi ciency and fi nd new ways of exchanging necessary information. However, the situation where this is achieved is not one that is reached instantly or easily maintained. Accomplishing this situation in a company is a cumbersome task but still within the range of control of a single management. The issue of information technology use in the business with customers and suppliers is even more complex and tedious as managers from not only one company, but two, need to have an understanding of the new technology in its actual business setting if they want to use it effectively. Several studies have provided valuable insights into how information technology is adopted by a single company’s organization and what benefi ts can be achieved when the technology is part of the organization’s activities. However, when information technology becomes part of actual business-i.e. used in the interaction between two companies’ organizations instead of within the single one-the situation is very different and calls for alternative approaches. In this chapter the situation of information technology in the interaction of two companies is approached with a business relationship perspective. This perspective is argued to be more suitable for fi nding crucial knowledge necessary for managers given the focus on information technology use in the interaction between companies. The managers of companies need this knowledge and other input on the matter of how information technology is integrated in business relationships and, above all, what the implications of information technology are when it is integrated in the business with suppliers and customers in order to reach the desired increased effi ciency.
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