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Organizations' dependency on information technology (IT) resources raises concerns over IT confidentiality, integrity, and availability. IT security standards (ITSS) which play a key role in IT security governance, are meant to address those concerns. It is then important for researchers, managers, and policymakers to understand the reasons for the low levels of ITSS diffusion in organizations. Building...
This paper discusses the factors influencing Indian Small and Medium Enterprises' (SMEs) adoption of Cloud based services. This research, through an extensive literature review, analyzes the current situation, benefits, and challenges of Cloud based services adoption for Indian SMEs. It identifies and confirms the key factors (e.g., Cost reduction, relative advantage, security, regulatory support,...
Cloud computing has materialized as a new platform in the field of Computer Science. Its focus is on providing different facilities through its flexible infrastructure. With its vast capabilities, the cloud has expanded itself into various applications. In this paper, we have surveyed 15 papers on cloud computing; analyzing its history, development and future aspects. Our paper summarizes how the...
Externally funded research, development and innovation (RDI) projects can be seen as a learning environment creating new skills and competencies for students, teachers, researchers, companies and public organizations. Laurea University of Applied Sciences' RDI project model develops academic knowledge and competencies by solving real problems in real-life situations. This paper describes how this...
Information security-related policies are important for organizations to safeguard against threats and plan for adverse events. However, adoption of policies (devised to insure security, privacy and acceptable use in organization, as well as to outline audit processes, disaster recovery and business continuance planning) are equally important for organizations to insure legitimacy in the eyes of stakeholders...
Cloud computing is bringing significant changes in the way that public organizations interact with information systems. Existing research exploring cloud computing adoption in the public sector tends to privilege the technological factors. This paper contributes to the understanding of cloud computing adoption decisions in the public sector by also considering the organizational and environmental...
Risk management intertwines with information exchange in any collaborative venture. We consider four aspects of risk management (standard, compliance, security and disaster/catastrophe) with very different types of handlers, and often with different teams being responsible. Comprehensive assurance requires satisfaction of the criteria for each aspect, but each has its own perspective and knowledge...
Security-related policies can help organizations safeguard against breaches and other threats and plan for how to respond to events. However, adoption of security, privacy and acceptable use policies, audit processes and disaster recovery, and business continuance planning may lag behind an organization's efforts to leverage the benefits of web-based technologies. This paper presents findings from...
This paper draws upon the innovation assimilation theory and the conceptual lens of business processes to explain the importance of the facilitators in achieving higher levels of e-business assimilation within an organization. Survey data are utilized to test the relationships among these factors and the extent of organizational assimilation of e-business in China. The results assist managers to implement...
University library service is an important guarantee for improving the competitiveness of libraries. This paper aims at the level of subject in university, based on the concept of subject-user-centered library knowledge management, analyzes the idea of knowledge and framework of the university library services. The conclusion is that knowledge management for user can strengthen academic collections,...
SMEs have been recognized as a key source of innovation in many developed and developing countries. However, much of existing research on predictors of innovation was aimed at identifying the effects of structural and external factors that are more appropriate for larger firms. Fewer studies have considered the role of HRM practices on SMEs innovativeness. Furthermore, empirical evidence in existing...
This paper classifies and concludes the risks existed in knowledge management from a view of identification. It has been divided into two aspects of knowledge assets at risk: the risk of knowledge spillovers, knowledge conversion risk, the risk of wastage, leakage risks, contractual risks, moral hazard from Knowledge and knowledge of risk vector. At the same time, risk of IT security, risk of assessment,...
This paper examines the match between chief information officer (CIO) characteristics and the organization's business strategy and how this match will influence the impact of IS on the organization's business performance. Based on the study of typologies of business strategy, alignment between IS and business strategy and upper echelon theory, a conceptual model is proposed. Survey data from 81 CIOs/IS...
Human resources are the core resources of the innovative organization. The effective human resource management is important content in innovative organization. According to the characteristics of the innovative organizationpsilas human resources, this article analyzes the common problems such as the structure of the innovative organization's talents is unreasonable; the introduction of the innovative...
Continuing technological innovation and competition among existing banking organizations and new entrants have allowed for a much wider array of banking products and services to become accessible and delivered to retail and wholesale customers through an electronic distribution channel collectively referred to as financial service. However, the rapid development of financial service capabilities carries...
Privacy helps to establish personal autonomy and create individualism. Privacy is a state or condition of limited access to a person. In particular, information privacy relates to an individual's right to determine how, when, and to what extent information about the self will be released to another person or to an organization. It can be said that privacy is a much broader concept than security; privacy...
Energy is the bedrock of our daily lives and industry. Now is the time that industry, government and academia must join together and examine highly independent, fully environmentally considerate and rational energy systems. In this presentation, recent Japanese policy will be introduced focusing on new national energy strategy. Looking at future technology trends, it is probable that, in the case...
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