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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Business benefits"”.
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The challenges of evaluating business benefits of Information Systems Investments
The complexity of evaluating business benefits of Information Systems (IS) Investments stems from the aggregation of business benefits at organisational level, making the correlation of business benefits and IS Investments challenging to ascertain. In an attempt to resolve these correlation …
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Evaluation of Business Benefits of SaaS-based Integrated Enterprise Systems for SMEs
Decision support and business management systems are becoming increasingly important for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). There has been very limited research on software-as-a-service-based (SaaS) systems for SMEs and the subsequent benefits of these. This study aims to gain an …
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E-business strategy : an industry clockspeed perspective
… The Internet Phenomena - the recent upsurge in business use of the Internet can be attributed to the World Wide Web or the web. The web uses universally accepted communication protocol and presentation language (i.e. Internet Protocol and Hyper Text Markup Language) that makes it a standard …
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The effect of responsible tourism management practices on business performance in an emerging market
… challenges have fuelled the demands on businesses to manage their operations in a more sustainable and responsible manner. Global pressure, changing consumer demands and proof of business benefits have driven the growth in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR). The tourism …
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Measuring the business success of enterprise systems projects
… most of the information systems requirements of business organisations. ERP, or more simply enterprise systems (ES), have constituted the majority of investment in information technology by global businesses over the last two decades and have had a profound impact upon the way these businesses …
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The IT integration of mergers & acquisitions
… issues include the need to integrate personnel, business processes, information systems, and diverse information technologies across the merging organizations. Executives who underestimate or disregard the costs and time associated with merging computer applications, infrastructure or IT …
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Socio-Economic Impacts of Micro-enterprise Credit in the Informal Sector of Managua, Nicaragua
… assets, and facilitating expansion of micro-business enterprises. Secondly, micro-enterprise credit promotes social development by empowering females in the home and business, benefits to children, and improving borrowers' personal well being.
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Business impacts of CRM implementations
… expected results in such projects; ** What business benefits and impacts (e.g., return on investment, customer value, and redesign of business processes), are typically observed in CRM initiatives; ** How companies rearrange their organizational structures to, maximize the benefits of CRM. …
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Microfinance in rural Ghana : a view from below
… the implementation processes on households and businesses. The thesis’ central argument is that microfinance discourse has neglected the perspective of microfinance users and this can negatively affect microfinance interventions as development tools. The study examines two microfinance …
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Facebook Adoption by Australian Small Tourism Enterprises (STEs): Business Requirements and User Perceptions
… a marketing platform for the STE accommodation businesses. On the other hand, the research found significant limitations in the social media knowledge and skills STEs possessed, including the manner in which they interpreted the main function and goals of having a Facebook presence. In general, …
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"How do value chain (VC) decisions in bread production contribute to quality characteristics related to human health?"
… Control Point (HACCP) food safety system--agribusiness producers who employ kaizen would not only achieve general business benefits, but improved food safety and quality, as well.
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Extracting the Wisdom of Crowds From Crowdsourcing Platforms
… My work shows that people can obtain business benefits from crowd wisdom, and it provides several effective methods to extract wisdom from online crowdsourcing platforms, such as StockTwits, Good Judgment Open, and Kickstarter.
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Corporate Social Responsibility in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can Companies Economically Benefit While Helping the Society?
… product companies. The focus is on the economic benefits which the companies can gainfrom the CSR projects if they are conducted in a certain manner. A number of potential business benefits resulting from CSR are introduced, and the idea that CSR is comparable to Research & Development (R&D) …
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A model-based service customization framework for consumer variability management in service-oriented architectures
In today‘s service-oriented business environments, the standard Publish-Find-Bind model as embodied by the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) paradigm presents a new strong challenge in the consumption and applicability of services to its consumers. This is because services in SOA-based …
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Building user context into workflow process models
industries. This work identified clear business benefits for an intelligent algorithm that couldmatch their information delivery requirements to the capability of their delivery networks.Therefore this research introduces a new model for relating distributed information sourcesto a user's …
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A collaborative framework for feasibility analysis in automotive product development with global supply chain
… (OEM) and suppliers providing future business benefits. An industrial investigation of an OEM in the automotive industry within the research identified that there are different decision making points in product development and manufacturing. The proposed methodology and framework use …
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A group coaching approach to authentic leadership development
… achieving desirable organisational and business benefits. Yet there is almost a complete absence of any research demonstrating how Authentic Leadership is actually developed. This is the sole purpose of this piece of research, to investigate one particular approach to Authentic …
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Using innovation and business models to analyse the organisational embedding of travel plans
… into the organisations working practices as a business management tool. This work is distinct from previous research, as it concentrates on the business perspective of travel plans, through a series of in depth interviews within organisations. These interviews were analysed using innovation and …
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Reflexivity and whole brain thinking : An exploration.
… case studies in two different category businesses are used as the research vehicle. The findings support that the synergistic combination is warranted.The research focusses on a concern that in many organisations thinking is not encouraged or valued. The hierarchical model of …
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