Technology has been shown to effectively enable economic growth at the firm and national level. Y... more Technology has been shown to effectively enable economic growth at the firm and national level. Yet ICT's effects upon, and the process by which it is incorporated into, microenterprises, remain largely unknown. This paper explores, through two case studies, interventions that enabled micro-enterprises (businesses with low revenues and one to five employees) in underserved communities to connect to the Internet, obtain technical assistance, and take advantage of free and low cost software. The cases illustrate instances in which the introduction of ICTs increased microenterprise mobility, ability to organize customer information, and connected microenterprises to other microenterprises. The cases also depict a number of related (secondary) benefits arising out of the microentrepreneurs' improved technology usage and literacy. The contribution of the paper is in illuminating patterns of access and use, concepts, and relationships that enable micro-enterprises to use ICTs to achieve what is valuable to them. The implications for global development lie in highlighting ideas, research techniques, and practices that are working 'in the field' in relation to ICT adoption by microenterprises, so that these techniques may be deployed and improved upon by others.
Organizations that use collaborative technologies expect to share resources, manage relationships... more Organizations that use collaborative technologies expect to share resources, manage relationships, and bring dispersed skills and knowledge to bear on joint projects that span global operations. Yet employees complain they are not motivated to use the technology, do not have the time or skills, or do not see rewards for participating. Why is reality so distant from the ideal?
2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2013
Technologies (ICTs) have fundamentally shaped a dramatic transformation in Small businesses, whic... more Technologies (ICTs) have fundamentally shaped a dramatic transformation in Small businesses, which represents the majority of all firms in both countries. However, while ICTs provide new opportunities and significant room of growth for the small business owners, the adoption of ICTs is still a challenge for the owners with limited resources in knowledge, skills, and abilities. In order to investigate how ICTs are adopted in small businesses in the United States and China, Grounded Theory is applied to code the interviews and cases. The contribution of this paper is in the comparative analysis of ICTs adoption in small businesses and the theory building that provides insight into the categories and relationships affecting the ICTs adoption in the two countries.
Proceedings of the 1995 ACM SIGCPR conference on Supporting teams, groups, and learning inside and outside the IS function reinventing IS - SIGCPR '95, 1995
Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2008), 2008
The use of information technology in microenterprises has been shown to bring about improvements ... more The use of information technology in microenterprises has been shown to bring about improvements in accessing new markets, in achieving administrative efficiencies, increased productivity and competitiveness. To benefit from IT, micro-enterprises require specialized intervention and support. At the same time these micro-enterprises require skill sets that can translate their unique needs to IT solutions. This paper provides an IT Therapy approach to addressing micro-enterprise needs through IT.
2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2015
With the growing use of mobile technology to access health information, patients are being empowe... more With the growing use of mobile technology to access health information, patients are being empowered in their healthcare choices. While specific mobile applications are becoming available for patients to manage their own care, most treatment processes support healthcare professionals and offer little support for patient centered care. In order to address this problem, federal regulations require providers to become "meaningful users" of Health Information Technology (HIT) in an effort to encourage patient centered care through the assessment of health outcomes. This paper contends that addressing meaningful use practices for patient centered care involves the activation of knowledge, which means bringing knowledge into action. A survey of 73 health care providers sought to discover how their knowledge activation affects patient centered care. The results suggest that current HIT usage by providers has limited knowledge activation. The contribution of this research is in that it identifies areas that would to bring about improvements in patient centered care and a model that shows how mobile access to patient records could potentially streamline the patient care process.
2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2015
With the growing use of mobile technology to access health information, patients are being empowe... more With the growing use of mobile technology to access health information, patients are being empowered in their healthcare choices. While specific mobile applications are becoming available for patients to manage their own care, most treatment processes support healthcare professionals and offer little support for patient centered care. In order to address this problem, federal regulations require providers to become "meaningful users" of Health Information Technology (HIT) in an effort to encourage patient centered care through the assessment of health outcomes. This paper contends that addressing meaningful use practices for patient centered care involves the activation of knowledge, which means bringing knowledge into action. A survey of 73 health care providers sought to discover how their knowledge activation affects patient centered care. The results suggest that current HIT usage by providers has limited knowledge activation. The contribution of this research is in that it identifies areas that would to bring about improvements in patient centered care and a model that shows how mobile access to patient records could potentially streamline the patient care process.
Journal of Global Information Technology Management, 2000
Research into Group Support Systems (GSS) has traditionally employed laboratory, or to a lesser e... more Research into Group Support Systems (GSS) has traditionally employed laboratory, or to a lesser extent, field study methodologies. Questions have been raised as a result concerning methodological appropriateness to complex dynamic organisational situations. In this paper, we describe an approach that combines Action Research with GSS, so as to gain the benefits arising both from direct intervention with organisations, and from the use of a system that encourages greater participation in group interaction.
2007 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'07), 2007
ABSTRACT Information Technology for Development (ITD) is the application and development of Infor... more ABSTRACT Information Technology for Development (ITD) is the application and development of Information Technology infrastructures to bring about economic, social and human development in emerging and developed economies. Contributions of research in ITD over twenty years have been to the management of economies through the implementation of IT infrastructures to stimulate national development. Examples of such research include the use of indicators such as gross domestic product and human development indices to assess the effect of IT technologies and infrastructures on national development. Such research provides insight for policy makers seeking to increase business investment in their regions. It also provides guidelines for businesses seeking to implement and use IT infrastructures to support their sourcing strategies.
36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2003. Proceedings of the, 2003
The use of collaborative technologies to support shared efforts give rise to environments ripe wi... more The use of collaborative technologies to support shared efforts give rise to environments ripe with potential for value creation. Organizational practice is amass with tools and techniques for value creation. However, this phenomenon remains illusive at best. Within the collaborative context lies the key to creating value from intellectual assets. This paper uncovers specific testable constructs that appear to directly influence value creation and concludes with a model through which the engines of value creation may be put into motion. It provides insight into key aspects of social intellectual infrastructure that may be fine-tuned to support value creation efforts.
... Vlatka Hlupic Brunel University Department of Information Systems and Computing Uxbridge, Mid... more ... Vlatka Hlupic Brunel University Department of Information Systems and Computing Uxbridge, Middelesex UB8 3PH United Kingdom Vlatka. ... Communication in organisations is defined as the process by which messages are transmitted from one person to another (Williams ...
Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2000
Managing Participative Diversity in Virtual Teams: Requirements for Collaborative Technology Supp... more Managing Participative Diversity in Virtual Teams: Requirements for Collaborative Technology Support Sajda Qureshi Information and Decision Sciences Faculty of Management Erasmus University Rotterdam 3000 DR Rotterdam The Netherlands [email protected] ...
Technology has been shown to effectively enable economic growth at the firm and national level. Y... more Technology has been shown to effectively enable economic growth at the firm and national level. Yet ICT's effects upon, and the process by which it is incorporated into, microenterprises, remain largely unknown. This paper explores, through two case studies, interventions that enabled micro-enterprises (businesses with low revenues and one to five employees) in underserved communities to connect to the Internet, obtain technical assistance, and take advantage of free and low cost software. The cases illustrate instances in which the introduction of ICTs increased microenterprise mobility, ability to organize customer information, and connected microenterprises to other microenterprises. The cases also depict a number of related (secondary) benefits arising out of the microentrepreneurs' improved technology usage and literacy. The contribution of the paper is in illuminating patterns of access and use, concepts, and relationships that enable micro-enterprises to use ICTs to achieve what is valuable to them. The implications for global development lie in highlighting ideas, research techniques, and practices that are working 'in the field' in relation to ICT adoption by microenterprises, so that these techniques may be deployed and improved upon by others.
Organizations that use collaborative technologies expect to share resources, manage relationships... more Organizations that use collaborative technologies expect to share resources, manage relationships, and bring dispersed skills and knowledge to bear on joint projects that span global operations. Yet employees complain they are not motivated to use the technology, do not have the time or skills, or do not see rewards for participating. Why is reality so distant from the ideal?
2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2013
Technologies (ICTs) have fundamentally shaped a dramatic transformation in Small businesses, whic... more Technologies (ICTs) have fundamentally shaped a dramatic transformation in Small businesses, which represents the majority of all firms in both countries. However, while ICTs provide new opportunities and significant room of growth for the small business owners, the adoption of ICTs is still a challenge for the owners with limited resources in knowledge, skills, and abilities. In order to investigate how ICTs are adopted in small businesses in the United States and China, Grounded Theory is applied to code the interviews and cases. The contribution of this paper is in the comparative analysis of ICTs adoption in small businesses and the theory building that provides insight into the categories and relationships affecting the ICTs adoption in the two countries.
Proceedings of the 1995 ACM SIGCPR conference on Supporting teams, groups, and learning inside and outside the IS function reinventing IS - SIGCPR '95, 1995
Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2008), 2008
The use of information technology in microenterprises has been shown to bring about improvements ... more The use of information technology in microenterprises has been shown to bring about improvements in accessing new markets, in achieving administrative efficiencies, increased productivity and competitiveness. To benefit from IT, micro-enterprises require specialized intervention and support. At the same time these micro-enterprises require skill sets that can translate their unique needs to IT solutions. This paper provides an IT Therapy approach to addressing micro-enterprise needs through IT.
2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2015
With the growing use of mobile technology to access health information, patients are being empowe... more With the growing use of mobile technology to access health information, patients are being empowered in their healthcare choices. While specific mobile applications are becoming available for patients to manage their own care, most treatment processes support healthcare professionals and offer little support for patient centered care. In order to address this problem, federal regulations require providers to become "meaningful users" of Health Information Technology (HIT) in an effort to encourage patient centered care through the assessment of health outcomes. This paper contends that addressing meaningful use practices for patient centered care involves the activation of knowledge, which means bringing knowledge into action. A survey of 73 health care providers sought to discover how their knowledge activation affects patient centered care. The results suggest that current HIT usage by providers has limited knowledge activation. The contribution of this research is in that it identifies areas that would to bring about improvements in patient centered care and a model that shows how mobile access to patient records could potentially streamline the patient care process.
2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2015
With the growing use of mobile technology to access health information, patients are being empowe... more With the growing use of mobile technology to access health information, patients are being empowered in their healthcare choices. While specific mobile applications are becoming available for patients to manage their own care, most treatment processes support healthcare professionals and offer little support for patient centered care. In order to address this problem, federal regulations require providers to become "meaningful users" of Health Information Technology (HIT) in an effort to encourage patient centered care through the assessment of health outcomes. This paper contends that addressing meaningful use practices for patient centered care involves the activation of knowledge, which means bringing knowledge into action. A survey of 73 health care providers sought to discover how their knowledge activation affects patient centered care. The results suggest that current HIT usage by providers has limited knowledge activation. The contribution of this research is in that it identifies areas that would to bring about improvements in patient centered care and a model that shows how mobile access to patient records could potentially streamline the patient care process.
Journal of Global Information Technology Management, 2000
Research into Group Support Systems (GSS) has traditionally employed laboratory, or to a lesser e... more Research into Group Support Systems (GSS) has traditionally employed laboratory, or to a lesser extent, field study methodologies. Questions have been raised as a result concerning methodological appropriateness to complex dynamic organisational situations. In this paper, we describe an approach that combines Action Research with GSS, so as to gain the benefits arising both from direct intervention with organisations, and from the use of a system that encourages greater participation in group interaction.
2007 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'07), 2007
ABSTRACT Information Technology for Development (ITD) is the application and development of Infor... more ABSTRACT Information Technology for Development (ITD) is the application and development of Information Technology infrastructures to bring about economic, social and human development in emerging and developed economies. Contributions of research in ITD over twenty years have been to the management of economies through the implementation of IT infrastructures to stimulate national development. Examples of such research include the use of indicators such as gross domestic product and human development indices to assess the effect of IT technologies and infrastructures on national development. Such research provides insight for policy makers seeking to increase business investment in their regions. It also provides guidelines for businesses seeking to implement and use IT infrastructures to support their sourcing strategies.
36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2003. Proceedings of the, 2003
The use of collaborative technologies to support shared efforts give rise to environments ripe wi... more The use of collaborative technologies to support shared efforts give rise to environments ripe with potential for value creation. Organizational practice is amass with tools and techniques for value creation. However, this phenomenon remains illusive at best. Within the collaborative context lies the key to creating value from intellectual assets. This paper uncovers specific testable constructs that appear to directly influence value creation and concludes with a model through which the engines of value creation may be put into motion. It provides insight into key aspects of social intellectual infrastructure that may be fine-tuned to support value creation efforts.
... Vlatka Hlupic Brunel University Department of Information Systems and Computing Uxbridge, Mid... more ... Vlatka Hlupic Brunel University Department of Information Systems and Computing Uxbridge, Middelesex UB8 3PH United Kingdom Vlatka. ... Communication in organisations is defined as the process by which messages are transmitted from one person to another (Williams ...
Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2000
Managing Participative Diversity in Virtual Teams: Requirements for Collaborative Technology Supp... more Managing Participative Diversity in Virtual Teams: Requirements for Collaborative Technology Support Sajda Qureshi Information and Decision Sciences Faculty of Management Erasmus University Rotterdam 3000 DR Rotterdam The Netherlands [email protected] ...
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