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Social Media is a subject that is being very discussed in the present. The increasing availability of internet and the growth of Social Media platforms drove organizations attention to Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis. One of the most popular Social Media Platform is Facebook. In this Social Media Platform users/consumers can express their feelings with comments or with emotion buttons. With...
In the current economic environment characterized by doubt and uncertainty the change is constant and those responsible for the organizations must be prepared to respond quickly and assertively to the challenges they face. Internal auditing activity can play a relevant role by providing information that may allow those in charge to decide with more knowledge. Hence this research evaluates the contribution...
This study aims to group hotels in terms of the level of IT competencies, and to characterize each group according to contingency factors (size, category, type of customer, among others) and the characteristics of the human resources that work in them. The study focuses on Portuguese hotel industry, based on a sample of 163 hotel professionals, across 3, 4 and 5 star hotels categories. The performance...
In the professional context of accountants and auditors there is a permanent need of executing data verification tasks due to the need to check data coherence. Software houses have specific computer-assisted audit tools to execute those procedures: those tools are presented as user friendly and no need of specific background in Information Technologies. CaseWare IDEA is among those tools. Additionally,...
Business analytics is an information system that combines different data from internal and external sources from organizations in order to help to improve the knowledge of the managers, as well as the decision making process. The competitive advantage is created by better and greater understanding of the data. It focuses on business and gathers three types of analysis: descriptive, predictive and...
The topic of donations is one of high relevance and has been widely covered in contemporary marketing literature. It is a topic of interest to both theoreticians and practitioners alike, particularly due to its implicit links to fundraising activities and research. The reality of what makes an individual donor ultimately part with his money and give it away to a nonprofit organization is a hot contemporary...
Computer-Assisted Audit Tools and Techniques' use among auditors has been a research topic on information systems' acceptance or adoption. Since the late 70, guidelines and suggestions on Computer-Assisted Audit Tools' use, relating it to auditors' efficacy and efficiency, have been published by professionals, academics and authoritative bodies. In this paper, the main objective is to define statutory...
Business models have evolved through the years. The collective online shopping systems emerge in 2008, and may be considered as an effective promotion tool for business partners. In this context, the objectives of this research paper are: i) to characterize the collective online shopping sites and the promotional campaigns; ii) to evaluate the perception of the business partners on the effectiveness...
Nowadays is conceivable to say that is almost impossible to accomplish auditors' tasks without using Information Technologies (IT). That discussion might be acceptable two decades ago but, now, is relevant to understand why are auditors using IT in their professional context and how could be possible, as stated in some authoritative bodies' guidance, to improve the efficacy and efficiency of statutory...
The Organizational Culture plays a crucial role in the management processes that can, directly or indirectly, influence the success of Information Technology (IT) implementation and use and also facilitate the Organizational Learning (OL). Although the importance of these issues have been widely discussed, there are no studies that investigate the combined effect of IT, OL and OC, particularly from...
After a massive adoption by domestic users, instant messaging (IM) wins a significant dimension in business domain. Its adoption in organizations, as a tool in the daily work, leads to a set of changes for all the employees. Their use generates relevant positive impacts, by establishing a more dynamic communication within the organization, but also with clients, partners and suppliers, which results...
The main goal of this research project is to verify on which terms the acceptance of learning management system (LMS), called Moodle, can be evaluated by using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) considering the intention of use a unchanged variable at the same time reflects the students evaluation by students enrolled in the first year, in the course of Informatics by the School of Business and...
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