Managing Peer-to-Peer Conflicts in Disruptive Information Technology Innovations: The Case of Software Reuse

MIS Quarterly ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherif ◽  
Zmud ◽  
Browne
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Software Reuse ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Technology Innovations ◽  
Peer Conflicts

A Service Marketing Approach to High Technology Innovations Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 124-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malin Brannback ◽  
Alan Carsrud
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Service Marketing ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Basic Element ◽  
Business Failure ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Manufacturing Processes ◽  
Customer Needs ◽  
Technology Innovations ◽  
Marketing Approach

This chapter reviews the different approaches of innovations management, often treated as synonymous to R&D, which is seen as a component of the product development and manufacturing processes. It is argued that customer needs and expectations are not considered sufficiently through these approaches, which ultimately leads to business failure. Understanding customer needs and expectations is a fundamental source to business success and also a basic element of service marketing. Therefore this chapter explores the possibility of applying a service marketing approach—more specifically, relationship marketing as presented by the Nordic school of thought—to the management of high technology innovations management. The arguments are illustrated with insights from high technology sectors: information technology (IT) and biotech.

Diffusion of Information Technology Innovations within Retail Banking

2011 ◽  
pp. 235-255
Author(s):  
Bernardo Batiz-Lazo ◽  
Douglas Wood
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Internet Banking ◽  
Major Effect ◽  
Retail Banking ◽  
Banking And Finance ◽  
Diffusion Of Information ◽  
Technology Innovations ◽  
Early Adoption ◽  
Front Office

Technological innovation in general and information technology (IT) applications in particular have had a major effect in banking and finance. Following Garbade and Silber (1978), this research reviews the effects on banking organisations with reference to front office or external changes as described by the nature of product and service offerings. Following Morris (1986), Quintás (1991) and Fincham et al. (1994), the research also considers innovations in the back office or internal (operational function) changes brought about to banking organisations. Outstanding IT-based innovations are considered and grouped into four distinct periods: early adoption (1864-1945), specific application (1945-1965), emergence (1965-1980) and diffusion (1980-1995). The research then discusses the potential impact of more recent innovations (i.e., electronic purses, digital cash and Internet banking). As a result, the research provides an historical perspective on the main drivers determining the adoption of technological innovation in retail banking.

Use of Wikis for Enhancing E-Collaboration in Geographically-Dispersed Environments

2011 ◽  
pp. 233-253
Author(s):  
Anand Simha ◽  
Rajiv Kishore
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Requirements Elicitation ◽  
Organizational Memory ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Media Richness ◽  
Geographically Dispersed ◽  
Technology Innovations ◽  
Task Requirements ◽  
Requirements Quality

Information technology has radically altered corporate structures and the way work is transacted in corporate organizations. Firms are seeking to enhance their efficiency by themselves becoming more geographically dispersed and by availing of the benefits of outsourcing. Functional groups are becoming increasingly “virtual” and spatially dispersed; much of organizational interaction is now technology mediated. These trends in turn call for further technology innovations to facilitate communication and collaboration in such situations. Wiki-based systems are an emergent and promising platform for technology mediated interaction. In this study, we describe a Wiki-based system, delineate its major features, and compare it with other available communication technologies. We then examine how the use of Wiki-based systems can enhance communication and collaboration outcomes in the context of a collaborative task, requirements elicitation, chosen for this purpose since it is high value and demands intense interaction across functional domains. We present a model and develop an understanding of the manner in which specific Wiki features enhance three variables – media richness, contextual richness, and organizational memory – which in turn impact communication quality as well as requirements quality in terms of the clarity, completeness, and consistency of a requirements specification. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our study and of possible future research in this area.

Peer-to-Peer SIP for Mobile Computing

2011 ◽  
pp. 326-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erkki Harjula ◽  
Jani Hautakorpi ◽  
Nicklas Beijar ◽  
Mika Ylianttila
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Heterogeneous Environments ◽  
Information Technology Industry ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Technology Industry

Due to the increasing popularity of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) computing, the information technology industry and standardization organizations have started to direct their efforts on standardizing P2P algorithms and protocols. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has recently formed the Peer-to-Peer SIP (P2PSIP) working group for enabling serverless operation of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). This chapter introduces the P2PSIP by presenting its background and purpose, operational principles, current status, and application areas. The focus is on the challenges and problem areas from the viewpoint of standardization and related research. The mobile- and heterogeneous environments are considered with special care. The authors provide a glance to the existing and emerging solutions that may be used in tackling the mentioned challenges and thus paving the way for successful deployment of P2PSIP in mobile environments.

Business Process Reuse and Standardization with P2P Technologies

2010 ◽  
pp. 516-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
José A. Rodrigues Nt ◽  
Jano Moreira de Souza ◽  
Geraldo Zimbrão ◽  
Geraldo Xexéo ◽  
Mutaleci Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Cultural Changes

Business Process Management (BPM) brings together the idea of effectively managing organizations and properly using Information Technology to fulfill organizations’ needs. For this purpose, BPM systems are largely used nowadays. However, most process models are started from scratch, not having reuse promoted. Sometimes, large enterprises have the same business process implemented in a variety of ways due to differences in their departmental cultures or environments, even when using a unique integrated system. Additionally, although technology plays an important role in actually improving organizations, the human factor is still fundamental, since any improvement attempt goes through cultural changes. In this chapter, a peer-to-peer (P2P) tool is proposed as a way to cooperatively develop business processes models, minimizing the time needed to develop such models, reducing the differences among similar processes conducted in distinct organizational units, enhancing the quality of models, promoting reuse, and distributing knowledge.

A Critical Review of Information Technology Innovations

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 63-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruben Xing ◽  
John Wang ◽  
Qiyang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Technology Innovations ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Information ◽  
Key Terms ◽  
National Competitive Advantage

The authors critically review the history of information technology innovations, from a national competitive advantage perspective. Definitions of key terms are grounded in a thorough literature review, to inform a future meta-analysis. The authors identify the most significant US-based innovations, which in turn are driving future IT development. Propositions are generated for future IT-related studies.

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