Best-fit Alliance Partners: The Use of Critical Success Factors in a Comprehensive Partner Selection Process

Integrated library system (ILS) supports the entire business operations of an academic library from acquiring and processing library resources to making them available to user communities and preserving them for future use. As libraries’ needs evolve, there is a pressing demand for libraries to migrate from one generation of ILS to the next. This complex migration process is often the single largest investment in both budget and personnel involvement, but its success is by no means guaranteed. We draw upon enterprise resource planning (ERP) and critical success factors (CSFs) literature to identify the most salient CSFs for ILS migration success through a qualitative study with four cases. We identified that top management involvement, vendor support, user involvement, selection process, project team competence, project management and tracking, interdepartmental communication, data analysis and conversion, user education and training, and user emotion management are the CSFs that determine a migration project success. Keywords: Integrated library systems, information systems, library automation, critical success factors, and academic libraries.

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Critical success factors of expatriation by Malaysian international corporations

Social and Management Research Journal ◽

10.24191/smrj.v5i1.5153 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 103

Author(s):

Awang Rozaimie Awang Shuib ◽

Senian Malie ◽

Lsma Izza Mohd Esa

Keyword(s):

Language Proficiency ◽

Critical Success Factors ◽

Success Factors ◽

Selection Process ◽

Primary Data ◽

International Expansion ◽

International Assignment ◽

Global Business ◽

Critical Success ◽

Business Goals

Globalization is fuelling competition f or international expansion. As firms move from creating new products and services to marketing, this effort requires increased expatriation to achieve global business goals. This study identifies critical success factors (CSF) relating to expatriation by Malaysian corporations operating internationally and identifies a number of strategies that can be adopted by these corporations to enhance their viability overseas. In addition, this study reviews current issues related to expatriation and identifies and ranks factors that contribute to the success or failure of expatriation by Malays ian corporations. Self-a dministered questionnaires were developed to collect the primary data, yielding a response rate of 35. 2 percent. The results indicate that most Malaysian manufactur ers are involved in expatriation activities. The ability to work in international teams was identified and ranked as the most important factor in determining the effectiveness of expatriation. Language proficiency ranked next in importance. In addition, adaptability to the international assignment and expatriate sensitivity to cultural elements were considered important to the success or failure of an international assignment. Results support previous research with regard to the importance ofan effective expatriation selection process in order for a companys international expansion strategy to succeed.

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A Framework for Applying CSFs to ERP Software Selection

International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies ◽

10.4018/ijiit.2017040103 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 41-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Rekha Gupta ◽

S. Kazim Naqvi

Keyword(s):

Critical Success Factors ◽

Success Factors ◽

Selection Process ◽

Selection Procedure ◽

Fuzzy Topsis ◽

Selection Problem ◽

Erp System ◽

Critical Success ◽

Straightforward Application ◽

System Selection

The literature review studies on ERP system indicate two main areas of thrust: the study of critical success factors for the risk aversion in ERP implementation projects and the ERP system selection studies. However, ERP system selection is a tedious and a time-consuming activity. The critical success factors (CSFs) serve as vital input ingredients to the ERP selection Models. It is however notable that, that none of the CSFs listing propagated by the researchers find a straightforward application in the selection procedure. The paper bridges the gap between the two thrust areas by proposing a framework for applying the prioritized CSFs listed for direct utilization in the selection process. An exhaustive review on the ERP selection techniques reveals the focus on AHP and/or the Fuzzy Logic approaches to ERP selection problem. A new approach to ERP selection problem with the extensions of the Fuzzy-TOPSIS is subsequently introduced and is illustrated by a solved numerical example. Also, the computational simplicity of the extensions of Fuzzy TOPSIS is demonstrated.

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Critical Success Factors For Supplier Selection: An Update

Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) ◽

10.19030/jabr.v20i2.2209 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

S. Hossein Cheraghi ◽

Mohammad Dadashzadeh ◽

Muthu Subramanian

Keyword(s):

Supplier Selection ◽

Critical Success Factors ◽

Success Factors ◽

Selection Process ◽

Communication Process ◽

Just In Time ◽

Critical Success ◽

Performance Quality ◽

Number Of Factors ◽

Definition Of

For many organizations effective supplier evaluation and purchasing processes are of vital importance. As the pace of market globalization quickens, the number of potential suppliers and the number of factors to consider when selecting suppliers increases. In this paper we present the critical success factors (CSFs) for supplier selection reported in the literature emanating from the seminal work of Dickson and provide an update based on reviewing more than 110 research papers. Our study indicates significant change in the relative importance of various critical success factors in the research reported during 1966-1990 versus 1990-2001. Increased competition and globalization of markets facilitated by Internet-based technologies have combined to dramatically change the ranking of factors while introducing new criteria to the supplier selection process. Based on the results of this study, we conclude that supplier selection criteria will continue to change based on an expanded definition of excellence to include traditional aspects of performance (quality, delivery, price, service) in addition to non-traditional, evolving ones (just-in-time communication, process improvement, supply chain management).

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Critical Success Factors for Twinning Measure

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t73901-000 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Franka Cadée ◽

Marianne J. Nieuwenhuijze ◽

Antoine L. M. Lagro-Janssen ◽

Raymond de Vries

Keyword(s):

Critical Success Factors ◽

Success Factors ◽

Critical Success

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Investigating the Critical Success Factors for Small Contractors to Implement Sustainable Construction

ICCREM 2020 ◽

10.1061/9780784483237.031 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Wenque Liu ◽

Ming Shan ◽

Bongang Hwang ◽

Junming Lye

Keyword(s):

Critical Success Factors ◽

Success Factors ◽

Sustainable Construction ◽

Critical Success

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Critical Success Factors in Russian R&D Projects in the Real Economy

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2010-11-41-61 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 41-61

Author(s):

V. Andreev

Keyword(s):

Empirical Research ◽

Critical Success Factors ◽

Success Factors ◽

Innovation Process ◽

Real Economy ◽

Key Factors ◽

Industrial Products ◽

Successful Development ◽

The Real ◽

Critical Success

The article discusses the concept of "success" in relation to innovative business and its performance. The quantity of innovative projects that can consistently overcome the stages of the innovation process to achieve the desired result is defined. The author presents the results of empirical research of successful and unsuccessful projects of leading Russian innovative companies in various industries, identifies key factors of successful development of new industrial products.

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