Adoption of electronic commerce-enabled supply chain management: a trans-national comparison study. The framework developed will allow practitioners to identify an appropriate strategy to promote the adoption of EC-enabled SCM in developing countries. By including Indonesia and China as two of Australia's large trading partners in this study, the relationships can be further enhanced, leading to an increase in Australia's export market and improvement in national productivity and growth. Through ....Adoption of electronic commerce-enabled supply chain management: a trans-national comparison study. The framework developed will allow practitioners to identify an appropriate strategy to promote the adoption of EC-enabled SCM in developing countries. By including Indonesia and China as two of Australia's large trading partners in this study, the relationships can be further enhanced, leading to an increase in Australia's export market and improvement in national productivity and growth. Through wider adoption of EC-enabled SCM by Australia's trading partners, Australia can trade with them more efficiently. The empirical data and the research instruments developed will also enhance Australia's research standing and contribute to university teaching and research training. Read moreRead less
Testing the Big Bets Theory of strategic IT decision making. This project will test a new theory of strategic IT decision making called the Big-Bets theory. If confirmed, senior decision makers will have grounds for requesting more evidence-based decision making for major IT projects such as the Australian Government's IT outsourcing initiative, Telstra's Siebel-based CRM, and Victoria's Myki.
Competing on Business Analytics. Business analytics can provide Australian organisations with a means to gain competitive advantage in the face of increasing global competition. By using the Business Analytics Success Model, Australian organisations will be able to understand better how to gain competitive advantage with business analytics. The model is an original contribution in an important area of information systems research and will contribute to university teaching and research training. ....Competing on Business Analytics. Business analytics can provide Australian organisations with a means to gain competitive advantage in the face of increasing global competition. By using the Business Analytics Success Model, Australian organisations will be able to understand better how to gain competitive advantage with business analytics. The model is an original contribution in an important area of information systems research and will contribute to university teaching and research training. The empirical data and rigorous research protocols will enhance Australia's reputation as a leader in the area of organisational use of business-analytic systems.Read moreRead less
Competition and Collaboration in the Market for Digital Publishing. This is a pioneer, in-depth analysis of the shifting relationships and alliances between key stakeholders in digital publishing, in a context of complexity, rapid technological change and Australian involvement in high value electronic information service markets. Using a multi-staged approach, the project aims to identify the fundamental requirements and expectations of key stakeholders in digital publishing. The outcomes will ....Competition and Collaboration in the Market for Digital Publishing. This is a pioneer, in-depth analysis of the shifting relationships and alliances between key stakeholders in digital publishing, in a context of complexity, rapid technological change and Australian involvement in high value electronic information service markets. Using a multi-staged approach, the project aims to identify the fundamental requirements and expectations of key stakeholders in digital publishing. The outcomes will include an ecological analysis of the digital publishing space and a redefinition of value propositions and business models with practical significance for Australia's participation in the information economy in general, and for the development of the digital publishing industry in particular. Read moreRead less
Succeeding with Enterprise Architecture Service Provision in Australian Organisations. This project aims to develop, test and refine an innovative model that explains how and why Australian organisations achieve benefits with enterprise architecture services. Enterprise architecture services involve the provision of relevant and timely advice about future IT systems, databases and digitised processes to strategic IT decision-makers. The model will enable Australian organisations to better unders ....Succeeding with Enterprise Architecture Service Provision in Australian Organisations. This project aims to develop, test and refine an innovative model that explains how and why Australian organisations achieve benefits with enterprise architecture services. Enterprise architecture services involve the provision of relevant and timely advice about future IT systems, databases and digitised processes to strategic IT decision-makers. The model will enable Australian organisations to better understand the capabilities required to achieve success with enterprise architecture services, the outcomes that can be achieved and the benefits realised. This will help Australian organisations to make more effective strategic investments in IT and remain globally competitive.Read moreRead less
Managing IT Service Provision and Sourcing in Australia, 2010-2019. Commoditization of IT and increasing globalization mean that the best ways to organize IT service provision in Australian organizations are changing rapidly. By studying the way IT is managed in 12 large Australian organizations over three years (2007-9), the primary benefit expected for this study is that we will be able to offer sound advice to Australian Chief Information Officers on the best ways to structure and manage IT ....Managing IT Service Provision and Sourcing in Australia, 2010-2019. Commoditization of IT and increasing globalization mean that the best ways to organize IT service provision in Australian organizations are changing rapidly. By studying the way IT is managed in 12 large Australian organizations over three years (2007-9), the primary benefit expected for this study is that we will be able to offer sound advice to Australian Chief Information Officers on the best ways to structure and manage IT service provision in Australian organizations. As a secondary benefit, we will be able to offer advice to students, on careers in IT, and to Information Systems Departments in Australian universities, on desirable curriculum content for the next decade.Read moreRead less
The Impact of Strategy on Business Analytics Success. The successful implementation of business analytics systems will enhance the ability of Australian organisations to operate and compete efficiently and effectively within Australia and globally. By understanding the capabilities that lead to improved firm performance and their relationship to strategy, organisations can use the theoretical model to plan for business analytics systems implementation. The model is an original contribution in an ....The Impact of Strategy on Business Analytics Success. The successful implementation of business analytics systems will enhance the ability of Australian organisations to operate and compete efficiently and effectively within Australia and globally. By understanding the capabilities that lead to improved firm performance and their relationship to strategy, organisations can use the theoretical model to plan for business analytics systems implementation. The model is an original contribution in an important area of information systems research and will enhance Australia's reputation as a leader in the area of organizational use of information systems.Read moreRead less
A Methodology for Designing Information Systems based on Situational Theories of Agency. Information systems (IS) are part of work systems that are goal-directed. Existing methodologies for designing IS implicitly assume that goal-directed behaviour is enabled by deliberation upon abstract models (the 'thinker' metaphor). Recent work in robotics and artificial intelligence has tested an alternative theory of goal-directed behaviour that emphasises reactive responses to situations (the 'routine' ....A Methodology for Designing Information Systems based on Situational Theories of Agency. Information systems (IS) are part of work systems that are goal-directed. Existing methodologies for designing IS implicitly assume that goal-directed behaviour is enabled by deliberation upon abstract models (the 'thinker' metaphor). Recent work in robotics and artificial intelligence has tested an alternative theory of goal-directed behaviour that emphasises reactive responses to situations (the 'routine' metaphor). We will refine and test a new IS design methodology based on this situational theory and show that it can produce effective IS designs, applicable to time-constrained routine operational domains, which are radically different from those produced using existing methodologies.Read moreRead less
Idea Sources for Product Innovation in Australian Frontier Technology: The Case of the Australian IT Industry. The source of new product ideas, and how new ideas are generated, is a research area that is not well understood in the management literature and frontier industries such as information technology. The aim of the proposed study is to identify and compare what idea sources (e.g., competitor sources or customer sources) are most useful for Australian firms to generate breakthrough product ....Idea Sources for Product Innovation in Australian Frontier Technology: The Case of the Australian IT Industry. The source of new product ideas, and how new ideas are generated, is a research area that is not well understood in the management literature and frontier industries such as information technology. The aim of the proposed study is to identify and compare what idea sources (e.g., competitor sources or customer sources) are most useful for Australian firms to generate breakthrough product innovations in frontier industries (in this case the IT industry). It also aims to improve our theoretical understanding of the link between market orientation and innovation sources.Read moreRead less