[AISWorld] Abstract Announcement for Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM) 23(3)

[Choon Ling SIA]

Abstract Announcement for Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM)
23(3)The contents of the latest issue of:
*Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM)*
Impact Factor: *0.483*
Volume 23, Issue 3, July - September 2015
Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically
ISSN: 1062-7375; EISSN: 1533-7995;
Published by IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, USA
www.igi-global.com/jgim
<http://www.igi-global.com/journal/journal-global-information-management-jgim/1070>

Editor(s)-in-Chief: Choon Ling Sia (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
*Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted
to the Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM). All manuscripts are
accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.*

*ARTICLE 1*

The Process of Strategic, Agile, Innovation Development: A Healthcare
Systems Implementation Case Study

Say Yen Teoh (School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University,
Melbourne, Australia), Shun Cai (Department of Management Science, Xiamen
University, Xiamen, China)

Despite many attempts to introduce computerization in the healthcare
industry, the majority of the current healthcare information systems still
fail to meet the rising expectations of patients for service. This study
aims to understand how agility and innovation capabilities can be
strategically nurtured, developed, and managed to upgrade the quality of
healthcare services. Based on a case study, a process model is developed to
explain that an agile innovation strategy is a complex helix process
involving a firm's sensitivity and responsiveness to integrating and
reconfiguring its resources to cope with innovative change. Three key
managerial contributions for IT and medical practitioners are presented.

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www.igi-global.com/article/the-process-of-strategic-agile-innovation-development/127022

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www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=127022

*ARTICLE 2*

What Influences the Market Outcome of Online P2P Lending Marketplace?: A
Cross-Country Analysis

Yun Xu (Information School, Southwestern University of Finance and
Economics, Chengdu, China), Chuan Luo (Information School, Southwestern
University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China), Dongyu Chen (Dongwu
Business School, SooChow University, Jiangsu, China), Haichao Zheng
(Information School, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics,
Chengdu, China)

Online Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending marketplaces allow individuals to lend
and borrow directly among each other without the mediation of a creditor
bank institution. Prior literature has examined online P2P, but has largely
been limited to the Western context. This paper thus explores how social
capital and other factors influences online P2P lending in the U.S. and
China. Based on the archival data of Prosper and PPDai, we compare market
outcome of two online P2P lending marketplaces in the U.S. and China. The
empirical results show that social capital is not equally important in
different online communities. Social capital seems to be more influential
for likelihood of getting funded in China than in the U.S. In contrast,
social capital has influence on interest rate in the U.S. only. The
authors' study thus extends current understanding about how social capital
influences online communities to a global perspective.

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www.igi-global.com/article/what-influences-the-market-outcome-of-online-p2p-lending-marketplace/127023

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*ARTICLE 3*

Dimensions of Business-to-Consumer (B2C) Systems Success in Kuwait: Testing
a Modified DeLone and McLean IS Success Model in an E-Commerce Context

Kamel Rouibah (Department of Quantitative Methods and Information Systems,
Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait), Paul Benjamin Lowry (Department of
Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong
Kong), Laila Almutairi (Central Bank of Kuwait, Safat, Kuwait)

An extensive body of research has tested the information systems success
model in many contexts. Surprisingly, few of these studies have applied it
to e-commerce. A study by represents one such initiative, but it is crucial
to address several remaining gaps associated with that study. Moreover, no
e-commerce success model has considered the Arab world, which exhibits
unique cultural factors influencing e-commerce. The authors' study proposes
an improved IS success model for e-commerce in the Arab world. This model,
based on that of , adds several enhancements to the validity and
generalisability of his efforts, uses the latest SEM techniques, including
both monetary and nonmonetary value conceptualisations, uses a
multidimensional conceptualisation of system quality, and proposes specific
factors of e-commerce service quality. The authors tested the proposed
research model with a truly randomised sampling approach using 288
experienced business-to-consumer (B2C) consumers in the Arab world. The
results largely support our hypothesised model. The most important
difference between our results and those of previous studies is our finding
that although service quality influences value, it has no bearing on user
satisfaction in an Arab context. This study will be useful for
practitioners and researchers seeking to improve the understanding of B2C
e-commerce success in the Arab world.

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www.igi-global.com/article/dimensions-of-business-to-consumer-b2c-systems-success-in-kuwait/127024

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*ARTICLE 4*

Exploring Information Technology and Supply Chain Governance: Case Studies
in Two Brazilian Supply Chains

Pietro Cunha Dolci (Department of Management Sciences, University of Santa
Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil), Antonio Carlos Gastaud
Maçada (Department of Management Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande
do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil), Gerald G. Grant (Sprott School of
Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada)

The aim of this study is to investigate how information technology (IT)
investment supports and relates to SCG and its conceptions (transactional
and relational. The authors conducted exploratory case studies in two large
Brazilian companies and two major suppliers, interviewing top supply chain
executives. In the first case, they identified a more relational type of
governance that was mainly based on the company's relationship with its
suppliers which was driven by the desire to achieve a greater market share.
IT investments focused on sales and operations planning projects where all
systems were being integrated. In the second case, they identified
transactional governance as the predominant form. This reflects the
presence of a great number of suppliers, low partnership and low supply on
time delivery rate. IT investments are being made to achieve more
relational governance through expenditure on e-procurement and greater
integration with their suppliers using ERP.

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www.igi-global.com/article/exploring-information-technology-and-supply-chain-governance/127025

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www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=127025

*ARTICLE 5*

The Strategic Association between Information and Communication
Technologies and Sustainability: A Country-Level Study

Sarah Jinhui Wu (Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, New York
City, NY, USA), Wullianallur Raghupathi (Gabelli School of Business,
Fordham University, New York City NY, USA)

The authors investigate the strategic association between information and
communication technologies (ICTs) and sustainability using empirical data.
Their hypothesis is that ICTs can promote a country's sustainability. In
their framework the authors include the ICT factors of access, quality,
affordability, applications, and institutional efficiency & sustainability.
Sustainability is represented by individual development indicators, grouped
in the clusters of environment, transportation infrastructure, energy
consumption efficiency, economic development, and education. Using
secondary data on ICTs and sustainability development indicators for
countries from the World Bank, meanwhile controlling for the wealth effect,
our main multivariate result indicates that ICTs factors have a positive
association with sustainability. ICTs, therefore, have the potential to
promote sustainability. The authors' results are useful in shaping
strategic policy decisions that involve the nature and extent of investment
in ICT infrastructure at the country level.

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www.igi-global.com/article/the-strategic-association-between-information-and-communication-technologies-and-sustainability/127026

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*CALL FOR PAPERS*

Mission of JGIM:

The *Journal of Global Information Management (JGIM)* publishes original
material concerned with all aspects of global information resources
management. JGIM is the primary forum for researchers and practitioners to
disseminate the evolving knowledge in the theory and practice related to
information technology and management of information resources at the
international level. The journal emphasizes the managerial and
organizational facets of information technology resources management.
Articles published in JGIM deal with a vast number of issues concerning
usage, failure, success, policies, strategies, and applications of
information technology in organizations in and across developed, emerging
and developing nations.

Indices of JGIM:


   - ABI/Inform
   - ACM Digital Library
   - Aluminium Industry Abstracts
   - Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC)
   - Bacon's Media Directory
   - Burrelle's Media Directory
   - Cabell's Directories
   - Ceramic Abstracts
   - Compendex (Elsevier Engineering Index)
   - Computer & Information Systems Abstracts
   - Corrosion Abstracts
   - CSA Civil Engineering Abstracts
   - CSA Illumina
   - CSA Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts
   - Current Contents®/Social & Behavioral Sciences
   - DBLP
   - DEST Register of Refereed Journals
   - EBSCOhost's Business Source
   - EBSCOhost's Computer & Applied Sciences Complete
   - EBSCOhost's Computer Science Index
   - EBSCOhost's Current Abstracts
   - EBSCOhost's Library/Information Science & Technology Abstracts with
   FullTEXT
   - Electronics & Communications Abstracts
   - Emerald Abstracts
   - Engineered Materials Abstracts
   - Gale Directory of Publications & Broadcast Media
   - Google Scholar
   - INSPEC
   - Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts
   - ISBIB
   - Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition
   - JournalTOCs
   - KnowledgeBoard
   - Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA)
   - Library Literature & Information Sciences
   - Materials Business File - Steels Alerts
   - MediaFinder
   - Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
   - PubList.com
   - SCOPUS
   - Social Sciences Citation Index®
   - Social Scisearch®
   - Solid State & Superconductivity Abstracts
   - The Index of Information Systems Journals
   - The Standard Periodical Directory
   - Thomson Reuters
   - Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

Coverage of JGIM:

The Journal's coverage is increasingly international and cross functional.
Topics are far ranging and can be specific to the sections within each of
the three mentioned categories. Manuscripts describing the use of
innovative methodologies in international research are sought. Articles
that include a comparison of data gathered from multiple countries and
cultures are especially encouraged. Results should attempt to draw
conclusions of a cross-cultural nature. Authors of single country studies
are requested to extend their findings, where possible, to include
implications to global information management practice and research. Topics
should be drawn from the following categories:


   - Global enterprise systems and e-commerce
   - Global IT and government
   - Global IT diffusion and infrastructure
   - Global IT in library and information management
   - Global manufacturing and R&D information systems
   - Global marketing and human resources information systems
   - Global qualitative IS research
   - Global telecommunications and data security
   - IT in Europe
   - IT in Latin and North Americas
   - IT in the Asia Pacific
   - IT in the Middle East and Africa

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission
guidelines
www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/journal-global-information-management-jgim/1070