Pattern of information technology use: The impact on buyer–suppler coordination and performance

The use of information technologies between supply chain organizations has been shown to promote organizational coordination and have a positive impact on performance. Drawing from organizational theories of learning, we build on this research by proposing a model that relates the pattern of supplier use of IT to specific types of supply chain coordination activities and a comprehensive set of organizational benefits. Specifically, we evaluate how two patterns of IT use by suppliers (exploitation and exploration) relate to two specific types of coordination activities with their buyers (operational and strategic coordination), which in turn are posited to promote specific organizational benefits. Using data from 241 first-tier OEM suppliers in the computer industry, our findings show that each pattern of IT use directly promotes a specific type of coordination activity. Although both types of coordination activities are needed to achieve both strategic and operational benefits, we find each coordination activity to be uniquely promoted by a specific pattern of IT use. IT use for exploitation is found to be an antecedent to operational coordination; IT use for exploration is found to be an antecedent to strategic coordination. No crossover between pattern of use and coordination activities is found. Our findings show that to achieve a complete set of benefits, suppliers must ultimately use IT for both exploration and exploitation. These findings provide a deeper understanding of the mechanism of how the pattern of IT use can result in a comprehensive set of organizational benefits for supplier firms.     

期权理论在IT项目风险管理中的应用

本文简要介绍了金融期权和IT项目期权的含义,以及期权定价模型,详细分析了IT项目期权的类型和IT项目期权的套期保值,其中对比分析了NPV方法和期权方法(B-S模型)在评估IT项目中的差异。     

企业员工信息的系统组织与开发利用

网络组织是一种适应信息社会生产要求的新型组织模式 ,本文在分析科层组织存在的问题以及IT对组织变革的技术与环境支持基础上 ,提出了网络组织的基本概念、内容框架。     

Does IT alignment between supply chain partners enhance customer value creation? An empirical investigation

In today's hypercompetitive market, a firm's individual efforts, by themselves, are not sufficient to respond to marketplace changes in a timely and effective manner. Rather, the firm must rely on its intermediaries and bundle their respective resources to create responsiveness and added value to customers. In this investigation, the authors draw on the relationship marketing literature and the resource-based perspective to examine how firms can increase their customer value creation by exploring two specific driving forces, i.e., strategic importance of supply chain partners and interfirm integration, and relationship-enabled responsiveness as the dynamic capabilities derived from the driving forces. Using the developed scales for customer value creation, hypotheses are tested on data collected from 184 firms. Results suggest that strategic importance of supply chain partners motivates interfirm integration, i.e., strategic collaboration and information technology alignment, setting the stage for enhanced relationship-enabled responsiveness, and subsequently, customer value creation for the firm.     

信息技术(IT)能力与组织结构以及组织效益的关系研究——基于国内企业的实证分析

论文以国内企业为研究对象,通过研究组织结构与信息技术(IT)能力之间的关系以及IT能力对组织效益的影响,以明确适合发展IT能力的组织结构类型以及发展IT能力的价值所在。文章在对相关领域已有的研究作了综述的基础上指出,是信息技术(IT)能力而非仅信息技术(IT)本身对企业效益产生影响。文章接着提出相关假设并进行实证分析,研究结论显示,在中国企业中,组织结构有机化程度与IT能力之间呈正相关关系,企业的IT能力与组织效益呈正相关关系。有关研究资料来源于中国大陆的137家企业。     

IT外包绩效及其管理研究评介

随着IT的广泛应用和企业竞争的加剧,将IT外包而使企业集中于核心能力的培育与提升已成为企业战略管理的重要手段.而实践表明,IT外包的运作相当复杂,许多IT外包以失败而告终,如何确保IT外包取得良好绩效日益引起人们的关注.本文在阐述IT外包绩效管理重要性的基础上,对国外和国内IT外包及其绩效管理研究现状进行评述,并提出了IT外包绩效未来的研究方向.     

应用信息技术提升非营利组织的持续经营能力

信息技术正在改变着非营利组织。计算机和互联网使组织以比以前更快、更有效的方式处理管理、员工和社会各界以及志愿者等方面的问题。互联网引进了强有力的新型沟通、营销和商务手段。信息技术必将使非营利组织的持续经营能力得到提高。     

基于决策树技术的信息化项目文化冲突研究

企业在信息化项目实施的各个环节中普遍存在各种各样的冲突．对冲突进行有效识别，依据冲突类型选择合适的对策．是降低项目风险、实现项目效益的关键。信息化项目的高复杂性、高风险性对项目的冲突管理提出了较高的要求．目前对信息化项目中的冲突管理研究较多集中于管理理念和理论分析层面。结合文化冲突特点的实证研究较少。决策树方法是数据挖掘及数据分析中广泛应用的技术。具有清晰直观、易于解释的优点。本文通过决策树C5．0算法，尝试运用数据挖掘技术进行文化冲突研究。通过对项目中6种冲突管理决策类型的分析，提供了依据冲突情景选择应对策略的分类决策方法。实验证明，该方法可行。本研究为我国企业在信息化项目中遇到的冲突问题。提供了应对方法，同时也扩展了数据挖掘决策树技术的应用领域。     

中小企业IT外包实务分析

IT外包已成为中小企业实现信息化的主要运作方式。中小企业在进行IT外包时,必须审慎地进行外包战略分析,正确决策外包业务范围,选择合适的服务商,设计全面清晰的外包合同,并对合同执行过程进行监督管理,注重培养内部IT外包管理人员。只有这样才能使中小企业借助于IT外包迅速实现信息化。     

企业IT部门绩效评估体系的建立

如何合理地、真实地量化企业内部IT用户的满意度,IT技术人员的服务响应时间的合理性,企业总体考核评定指标如何融入IT部门考核,IT项目的绩效如何进行考核等等,这些问题的解决需要一个有效的绩效评估体系.