Pervasive or Invasive? A Strategic Approach to IT-Enabled Access and Immediacy

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 63-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda L. Brennan
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
New Information ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Implementation Plans ◽  
Systematic Framework

While many organizations and individuals use information technologies (IT) to overcome the limitations of time and space, they often experience unintended consequences from increased immediacy and access. How can they achieve the desirable changes and address the negative effects that can result? This article presents a systematic framework that managers can use to proactively identify ways to either leverage or mitigate the increased immediacy and access. Specific examples are used as illustrations to demonstrate how these issues can be anticipated and used for competitive advantage. They are not offered as specific “prescriptions” for any one organization. Rather, they show how the framework can info*m managers as they evaluate proposals for and implementation plans of new information systems in their organizations.

Friend or Foe?

2011 ◽  
pp. 376-388
Author(s):  
Linda L. Brennan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
New Information ◽  
Implementation Plans ◽  
Systematic Framework

While many organizations and individuals use social media and information technologies (IT) to overcome the limitations of time and space, they often experience unintended consequences from increased immediacy and access. How can they achieve the desirable changes and address the negative effects that can result? This article presents a systematic framework that managers can use to proactively identify ways to either leverage or mitigate the increased immediacy and access. Specific examples are used as illustrations to demonstrate how these issues can be anticipated and used for competitive advantage. They are not offered as specific “prescriptions” for any one organization. Rather, they show how the framework can inform managers as they evaluate proposals for, and implementation plans of, new information systems in their organizations.

The Impact of E-Commerce Technology on the Air Travel Industry

2011 ◽  
pp. 341-356
Author(s):  
Susan Gasson
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
Travel Agents ◽  
New Information ◽  
Travel Industry ◽  
The Impact ◽  
American Airlines

This case study examines the impact of online reservation systems and e-commerce on the travel industry. Two questions are examined: 1. How can competitive advantage be obtained from the exploitation of new information technologies—in particular, e-commerce technologies? 2. How has the role of travel agents changed because of the new information technologies being used to achieve competitive advantage in the air travel industry? Initial discussion concerns the impact of the American Airlines SABRE system, as this has often been touted as giving American Airlines first-mover advantage in the industry. The wider impact of remote-access, computerized reservation systems, or Global Distribution Systems, and e-commerce access to online reservations in the travel industry is analyzed, using Porter’s five-force model of industry competitive forces, to understand how the travel industry has shaped and has been shaped by information systems. The case study concludes with a comparison of the impact of information technologies between the U.S. and European travel industries. It concludes that technology alone does not affect the roles of industry players, but the development of winning technologies exploits structural factors in the environment. Constant evolution of strategic information systems is critical to producing competitive advantage, but opportunism also plays a strong role.

The Impact of E-Commerce Technology on the Air Travel Industry

2011 ◽  
pp. 234-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Gasson
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Air Travel ◽  
Travel Agents ◽  
New Information ◽  
Travel Industry ◽  
The Impact ◽  
American Airlines

This case study examines the impact of online reservation systems and e-commerce on the travel industry. Two questions are examined: 1. How can competitive advantage be obtained from the exploitation of new information technologiesin particular, e-commerce technologies? 2. How has the role of travel agents changed because of the new information technologies being used to achieve competitive advantage in the air travel industry? Initial discussion concerns the impact of the American Airlines SABRE system, as this has often been touted as giving American Airlines first-mover advantage in the industry. The wider impact of remote-access, computerized reservation systems, or Global Distribution Systems, and e-commerce access to online reservations in the travel industry is analyzed, using Porters five-force model of industry competitive forces, to understand how the travel industry has shaped and has been shaped by information systems. The case study concludes with a comparison of the impact of information technologies between the U.S. and European travel industries. It concludes that technology alone does not affect the roles of industry players, but the development of winning technologies exploits structural factors in the environment. Constant evolution of strategic information systems is critical to producing competitive advantage, but opportunism also plays a strong role.

Technology as Competitive Advantage in Intelligence and Facilitator of Security Cooperation

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36
Author(s):  
Iulian Marius COMAN
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Security Cooperation ◽  
Export Controls ◽  
New Information ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Global Access

Technology has become the Intelligence Community’s new reliability, as well as its new challenge. The new transnational adversaries – international terrorists foremost among them – the flood of new information technologies, the easing of export controls on encryption technology and global access to the Internet, has led the security agencies to charting new directions in identifying, gaining access to and successfully exploiting target communications, through cooperation with all related bodies.

Information Technologies (ICT), Network Organizations, and Information Systems for Business Cooperation

2014 ◽  
pp. 324-348
Author(s):  
Antonio-Juan Briones-Peñalver ◽  
José Poças Rascão
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Systems Management ◽  
Information Systems Management ◽  
Network Organizations ◽  
Strategic Knowledge Management

Information Technologies (ICT) have developed systems and network organizations that foster the creation of resources for company management. The establishment of strategic alliances and business cooperation systems has been encouraged by ICT and information systems management. This focus on organization and strategic knowledge management shows the capabilities they provide in managing organizations’ intangible assets, information and knowledge, since they are a competitive advantage. Network organizations, intercompany systems, cooperation, and alliances with the support of ICT are the paths to enterprises growth and development.

Complex Information and Architecture

2022 ◽  
pp. 155-193
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Business Architecture ◽  
Additional Problem ◽  
Complex Information ◽  
Special Project ◽  
System Project ◽  
Systematic Framework

This chapter discusses the need for a systematic framework to categorise and store the large quantity of complex information required to determine competitive advantage. The length of time necessary to collect all the relevant and complex information creates an additional problem, which can only be alleviated by having an appropriate framework to guide the project. The assessment of information means that the context and accuracy of the information must also be stored. Creating an effective information system needs to be the focus of a special project, and the idea of an information system project will be explored as part of the methodology. The concepts of information architecture and business architecture to assist in the project's design will also be reviewed. Part of the information systems project will be the project planning document which will get more complex as the project develops; therefore, the planning document requirements will also be reviewed.

scholarly journals Reflections on a Course in Emerging Information Technologies

10.28945/2572 ◽  
2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Frederick Sencindiver ◽  
William Money
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Departure Point ◽  
Participatory Learning ◽  
New Information

The purpose of this paper is to serve as a departure point for a discussion on the design of a course in Advanced Information Technologies, with a special emphasis upon providing students with the tools to identify new, emerging technologies. The paper also shares the experience of offering such a course to graduate students in Information Systems during the Spring of 1999, the Spring of 2001, and the Spring of 2002. The course was designed to engage the students in participatory learning exercises in order to give them experience differentiating emerging from simply new information technologies, using principles described early in the course.

scholarly journals A Review of the Monograph by R.V. Amelin, S.E. Channov Tendencies and Prospects of the Use of State Information Systems in Public Administration: Legal Aspects. Moscow: DMK Press, 2019. 172 p.

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 85-88
Author(s):  
Marina B. Dobrobaba ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
State Information ◽  
Current State ◽  
New Information ◽  
Domestic Legislation ◽  
Development Prospects

The monograph is devoted to the consideration of the possibilities of using state information systems in various spheres of public administration. The authors study both the current state and the development prospects of domestic legislation on information systems; analyze the implementation of state information systems in education, healthcare, financial management, environmental protection, etc., paying particular attention to the effectiveness of their use. Separately, the work considers the advisability of switching to new information technologies in public administration, such as blockchain, “big data”, etc., taking into account potential threats from their implementation and their elimination by legal means.

Computer-Supported Learning of Information Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 85-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Benbunan-Fich ◽  
Leigh Stelzer
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Management Information Systems ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
New Information

New information technologies (IT) can enhance management information systems (MIS) education by improving the quality of the learning experience. This chapter proposes a tri-dimensional conceptual model based on the pedagogical assumptions of the course, the time dimension of the communication between students and professors, and the geographical location of learners and instructors. The implications of the model are reviewed in terms of their potential to contribute to teaching MIS courses and doing research in computer-supported MIS education.

New Business Requirements in the Knowledge-Based Society

2007 ◽  
pp. 211-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Draghici
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
New Information ◽  
New Business ◽  
Business Requirement ◽  
Management Functions

This chapter explains knowledge management’s (KM) role for competitive advantage as a means of new business requirement in the knowledge-based society. It argues that KM, combined with new information technologies, determines new approaches of business strategy, knowledge leadership, culture, management content, organizational structure, technology and innovation, which are key enablers for competitive advantage. In addition, these are discussed in the case of a virtual organization (Network of Excellence) for building the knowledge sharing culture, based on interaction of the management functions and stages of the knowledge creation process. Furthermore, the authors hope that understanding the main issues and trends of KM as an essential element of business integration for obtaining a considerable competitive advantage will not only inform researchers but also assist them in developing new approaches for attending efficiency in the new global virtual organizations.

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