36th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-36 2003), CD-ROM / Abstracts Proceedings, January 6-9, 2003, Big Island, HI, USA. IEEE Computer Society, 2003, ISBN 0-7695-1874-5 - Track 8

Track Introduction

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  Hugh J. Watson: Introduction to the Organizational Systems and Technology Track. 223

Compettive Strategy and Information Systems (OSSCI

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  Eric K. Clemons, Rajiv M. Dewan, Robert J. Kauffman: Competitive Strategy and Information Systems Minitrack Introduction. 224
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  Hemant K. Bhargava, Shankar Sundaresan: Managing Quality Uncertainty Through Contingency Pricing. 225
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  Eric K. Clemons, Bin Gu, Rick Spitler: Hyper-Differentiation Strategies: Delivering Value, Retaining Profits. 225
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  Eric K. Clemons, Bin Gu: Justifying Information Technology Investments: Balancing the Need for Speed of Action with Certainty before Action. 226
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  Rajiv M. Dewan, Marshall L. Freimer: Does Bundling Add-Ins Help Consumers? 226
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  Yoris A. Au, Robert J. Kauffman: Information Technology Investment and Adoption: A Rational Expectations Perspective. 226
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  Robert J. Kauffman, Bin Wang: Duration in the Digital Economy. 227

Creativity in Information Systems (OSCIS)

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  Brenda Massetti, Eric L. Santanen: Creativity in Information Systems. 228
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  Eric L. Santanen, Robert O. Briggs, Gert-Jan de Vreede: The Impact of Stimulus Diversity on Creative Solution Generation: An Evaluation of the Cognitive Network Model of Creativity. 229
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  David Mendonça, Giampiero E. G. Beroggi, William A. Wallace: Evaluating Support for Improvisation in Simulated Emergency Scenarios. 229

Data Warehousing (OSDWH)

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  Barbara Wixom, Paul Gray, Hugh J. Watson: Introduction to the Minitrack on Data Warehousing. 230
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  Robert Winter, Bernhard Strauch: A Method for Demand-Driven Information Requirements Analysis in Data Warehousing Projects. 231
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  Steven R. Haynes: Institutional Metrics for the United States Marine Corps. 231
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  Hans-Georg Kemper, Phil-Lip Lee: The Customer-Centric Data Warehouse - An Architectural Approach to Meet the Challenges of Customer Orientation. 231
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  Svetlozar Nestorov, Nenad Jukic: Ad-Hoc Association-Rule Mining within the Data Warehouse. 232
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  Leslie K. Hodge, Charles A. Milligan: Managing Virtual Data Marts with Metapointer Tables. 232

ERP/ERPII System Issues and Answers (OSERP)

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  Gail Corbitt: ERP/ERP II Issues and Answers: Session Overview. 233
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  Marinos Themistocleous, Zahir Irani: Towards a Novel Framework for the Assessment of Enterprise Application Integration Packages. 234
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  Celeste See Pui Ng, Guy G. Gable, Taizan Chan: An ERP Maintenance Model. 234
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  Jen-Her Wu, Yuh-Min Wang: Enterprise Resource Planning Experience in Taiwan: An Empirical Study and Comparative Analysis. 235
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  Marie-Claude Boudreau: Learning to Use ERP Technology: A Causal Model. 235
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  Paul Hawking, Andrew Stein: E-Skills: The Next Hurdle for ERP Implementations. 235
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  Liang Zhang, Matthew K. O. Lee, Zhe Zhang, Probir Banerjee: Critical Success Factors of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Implementation Success in China. 236

Information Systems in Global Business (OSGLO)

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  Pieter M. A. Ribbers, Christopher P. Holland: Introduction to Information Systems in Global Business Minitrack. 237
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  Dale Ganley, Kenneth L. Kraemer, Poh-Kam Wong: Spillover Effects of Production of IT on Use of IT. 238
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  Benjamin B. M. Shao, Wesley S. Shu: Productivity Breakdown of the Information Technology Industries across Countries. 238
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  Naureen Khan, Wendy L. Currie, Vishanth Weerakkody, Bhavini Desai: Evaluating Offshore IT Outsourcing in India: Supplier and Customer Scenarios. 239
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  Kai Reimers: Developing Sustainable B2B E-Commerce Scenarios in the Chinese Context A Research Proposal. 239
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  Alea M. Fairchild, Ryan Peterson: Business-to-Business Value Drivers and eBusiness Infrastructures in Financial Services: Collaborative Commerce Across Global Markets and Networks. 239
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  Sherry M. B. Thatcher, William Foster: B2B E-Commerce Adoption Decisions in Taiwan: The Interaction of Organizational, Industrial, Governmental and Cultural Factors. 240
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  Joe Nandhakumar, Matti Rossi, Jari M. Talvinen: Planning for 'Drift'?: Implementation Process of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. 240
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  David C. L. Kuo, Martin Smits: Performance of Integrated Supply Chains - An International Case Study in High Tech Manufacturing. 241

IT Governance and Its Mechanisms (OSITG)

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  Wim Van Grembergen: Introduction to the Minitrack IT Governance and its Mechanisms. 242
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  Ryan Peterson, Alea M. Fairchild: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Business Readiness on Leadership Capabilities in Information Technology Governance. 243
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  John C. Beachboard: Automating Land Management: An Interpretive Analysis of Information Technology Management within the Bureau of Land Management. 243
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  Nandish V. Patel: Health Informatics Governance: Researching Deferred IS/IT Mechanisms. 244
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  Carla Wilkin, Tanya Castleman: Development of an Instrument to Evaluate the Quality of Delivered Information Systems. 244
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  Rick Hefner: Aligning Strategies: Organizational, Project, Individual. 244

Measuring IT Value (OSMIV)

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  Measuring IT Value. 245
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  H. James Nelson, Kay M. Nelson: IT: What's It Good For? 246
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  Bruce Dehning, Vernon J. Richardson, Theophanis Stratopoulos: Reviewing Event Studies in MIS: An Application of the Firm Value Framework. 246
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  Sonya H. Y. Hsu, Siva K. Balasubramanian: Telecommunication Infrastructure Investments and Firm Performance. 247
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  James A. Senn: o Managers and IT Professionals View the Business Value of Information Technology Differently? 247

Project Management (OSPRM)

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  Hans J. Thamhain: Project Management Minitrack Introduction. 248
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  Grace M. Bochenek, James M. Ragusa: Virtual (3D) Collaborative Environments: An Improved Environment for Integrated Product Team Interaction? 249
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  Roberto Zanoni, Jorge Luis Nicolas Audy: Projected Management Model for Physically Distributed Software Development Environment. 249
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  Joseph W. Weiss, Don Anderson Jr.: CIOs and IT Professionals as Change Agents, Risk and Stakeholder Managers: A Field Study. 249
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  Russell L. Purvis, Gordon E. McCray, Tom L. Roberts: The Impact of Project Management Heuristics to IS Projects. 250
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  Maaret Pyhäjärvi, Kristian Rautiainen, Juha Itkonen: Increasing Understanding of the Modern Testing Perspective in Software Product Development Projects. 250
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  Mark A. Turnquist, Linda K. Nozick: Allocating Time and Resources in Project Management Under Uncertainty. 250

Research Methods and Approaches in Organizational Systems Research (OSRMA)

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  Sajda Qureshi, Douglas R. Vogel, Gert-Jan de Vreede: Research Methods and Applications in Organizational Systems Research Introduction to the Minitrack. 251
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  Steven Alter: Pervasive Real-Time IT as a Disruptive Technology for the IS Field. 252
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  Deepak Khazanchi, Bjørn Erik Munkvold: On the Rhetoric and Relevance of IS Research Paradigms: A Conceptual Framework and Some Propositions. 252
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  Felix B. Tan, M. Gordon Hunter: Using Narrative Inquiry in a Study of Information Systems Professionals. 253
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  David Yuh Foong Law, Joo Eng Lee-Partridge: Towards a Strategy for Sense-Making of Empirical Knowledge Management Perceptions - The TFL Methodology. 253
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  Kai R. T. Larsen: Development of the Information Systems Implementation Research Method. 253
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  Somasundaram Ramanathan, Jeremy Rose: Rationalizing, Probing, Understanding: the Evolution of the Inter-Organizational Systems Adoption Field. 254

Social Issues in Organizations (OSSIO)

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  Donald L. Amoroso, Karen D. Loch, Robert M. Davison: Social Issues in Organizations Minitrack Introduction. 255
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  Vladimir Kvassov: The Effects of Time and Personality on the Productivity of Management Information Systems. 256
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  Tom L. Roberts Jr., Marek Wermus, Michael L. Gibson, Wayne Gober: The Career of the Technical Professional: A Look at the Career Path and Reward System in Technical Polish Companies. 256
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  Magnus Holmqvist, Håkan Enquist: Enterprise Wide Development - A Survey of Critical Factors for Co-Ordinated Development in Complex Organizations: What Development Managers Consider. 257
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  Donald L. Amoroso: Successful Penetration into the e-Business Environment: An Empirical Study. 257
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  Jeremy Rose, Ray Hackney: Towards a Structurational Theory of Information Systems: A Substantive Case Analysis. 258

Technology Management in the Knowledge Based Economy (OSKBE)

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  G. John van der Pijl, Pieter M. A. Ribbers, Martin Smits: Technology Management in the Knowledge Based Economy. 259
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  Koen Milis, Michel Meulders, R. Mercken: A Quasi-Experimental Approach to Determining Success Criteria for ICT Projects. 260
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  Effy Oz: The 'Vanishing' IT Productivity: A Simple Theory. 260
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  Shih-Wei Chou, Su-Ju Wang, Hsing-Pang Chen: Facilitating Knowledge Management with Information Management and Organizational Mechanisms. 260

Topics in Organizational Systems and Technology (OSOST)

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  R. M. Richards: Topics in Organizational Systems and Technology Minitrack Introduction. 261
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  Narcyz Roztocki, Nawal Ait Lahri: Is the Applicability of Web-Based Surveys for Academic Research Limited to the Field of Information Technology? 262
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  George M. Scott: Internet/Web Systems Development: What Can Be Learned from Hi-Tech New Product Strategic Planning. 262
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  Harald F. O. von Kortzfleisch: Organizational Impact of Information Technology (IT) in the Context of E-Business: Development of a General Framework for Balancing the Tensions between Opportunities and Risks. 263
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  Jen-Her Wu, Tse-Chih Hsia, I-Chia Chang, Sun-Jen Tsai: Application Generator: A Framework and Methodology for IS Construction. 263
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  Michael C. L. Lai, Susanna S. Y. Ho, Wendy W. Y. Hui: Adoption Process of Upgrading Software: An Empirical Study of Windows XP. 264
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  Ye-Sho Chen, Chitu Okoli, P. Pete Chong: IT Businesses and Franchising: A Research Proposal. 264
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  Jintae Lee, Emilio Collar Jr.: Information Technology Fashions: Lifecycle Phase Analysis. 265
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  Jesper Holck: 4 Perspectives on Web Information Systems. 265
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  Fred A. B. Lohman, Henk G. Sol, Gert-Jan de Vreede: The Illusion of Effective Management Information: A Critical Perspective. 266

Trends in Outsourcing of Information Systems (OSISO)

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  Benoit Aubert, Wendy Currie, Suzanne Rivard: Introduction to the Trends in Outsourcing of Information Systems Minitrack. 267
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  Erik Beulen, Pieter M. A. Ribbers: IT Outsourcing Contracts: Practical Implications of the Incomplete Contract Theory. 268-
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  Jae-Nam Lee, Young-Gul Kim: Exploring a Causal Model for the Understanding of Outsourcing Partnership. 268
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  Wendy L. Currie, Bhavini Desai, Naureen Khan, Xinkun Wang, Vishanth Weerakkody: Vendor Strategies for Business Process and Applications Outsourcing: Recent Findings from Field Research. 268
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  Bouchaib Bahli, Suzanne Rivard: A Validation of Measures Associated with the Risk Factors in Information Technology Outsourcing. 269
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  Benoit Aubert, Jean-François Houde, Michel Patry, Suzanne Rivard: Characteristics of IT Outsourcing Contracts. 269

Virtuality in Organizations and Communities (OSVOC)

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  Virtuality in Organizations and Communities. 270
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  Erin Bradner, Gloria Mark, Tammie D. Hertel: Effects of Team Size on Participation, Awareness, and Technology Choice in Geographically Distributed Teams. 271
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  JoAnne Yates, Wanda J. Orlikowski, Stephanie L. Woerner: Virtual Organizing: Using Threads to Coordinate Distributed Work. 271
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  Roland Bauer, Sabine T. Köszegi, Michaela Wolkerstorfer: Measuring the Degree of Virtualization - An Empirical Analysis in two Austrian Industries. 271