[AISWorld] JGITM, Vol 18, No 3, 2015

[Prashant Palvia]

Please distribute to colleagues and relevant lists.  The issue was
published in time; I just got around posting the contents. Sorry for the
delay.
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Dear IS friends:

JGITM is among the elite group of MIS journals included in the prestigious
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).  It is included in both SSCI and
CC/S&BS, both produced by Thomson Reuters.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group (T&F), http:// www.tandfonline.com/UGIT
Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Prashant Palvia, University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, pcpalvia at uncg.edu
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CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS: The journal invites contributions from all parts of
the world from academic and industry scholars involved in research,
management, and the utilization of global information resources. Besides
quality work, at a minimum each submitted article should have the following
three components:  an IS topic, an international orientation (e.g., cross
cultural studies or strong international implications), and strong evidence
(e.g., survey data, case studies, experiments, secondary data, etc.).
Please submit your manuscript to the submission site:
http://www.editorialmanager.com/ugit

REVIEW PROCESS: Each suitable article is blind-reviewed by three members of
the editorial review board. A recommendation is then made by the
Editor-in-Chief or an Associate Editor. The final decision is made by the
Editor-in-Chief.  If a revision is recommended, the revised paper is sent
for final approval to one of the Editors.
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 18, NUMBER 3, (July - September, 2015) OF THE JOURNAL OF
GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (JGITM)

EDITORIAL PREFACE: NATIONAL CULTURE CONFLICTS IN THE TRANSFER OF IT
SOLUTIONS TO LATIN AMERICAN COMPANIES
Nicolau Reinhard, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, reinhard at usp.br
Culture plays a central role in shaping the particular orientation that
each individual assumes in its behavior in an organization. This influence
has long been identified, leading to significant amount of research,
particularly related to the success of IT solutions transfer between
cultures. In fact, IT artifacts are not culturally neutral as they embody
values, assumptions, meanings and consequences. In this short essay, the
author exemplifies these issues through the identification of specific
conflicts between values of IT outsourcing frameworks developed in the
North American contexts with those of typical Brazilian companies.

MEASURING THE IMPACT OF DATA WAREHOUSE AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ON
ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE IN PERU - A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
Rolando Gonzales, Universidad ESAN, Perú, rgonzales at esan.edu.pe
Jonathan Wareham, Ramon Llull University, Spain,  jonathan.wareham at esade.edu
Jaime Serida, Universidad ESAN, Perú, jserida at esan.edu.pe
The purpose of this research is to assess the impact of Data Warehouse (DW)
and Business Intelligence (BI) on the business performance of enterprises
in developing regions such as Peru. The analysis began with a qualitative
study to identify relevant factors that provide greater assistance in
explaining the impact of DW and BI in the enterprises of a developing
country.  For the Quantitative study, the DeLone and McLean model from 2003
was applied to verify the significance of each construct. Considering the
insights from the literature review and the results of qualitative and
quantitative analysis, additional constructs relevant to studies of DW and
BI in developing economies were identified. These constructs include:
financial investment, alignment between the BI project and business, and
technology and specific skills.

USING E-LIFESTYLE TO ANALYZE MOBILE BANKING ADOPTERS AND NON-ADOPTERS
Chian-Son Yu, Shih Chien University, Taipei, csyu at g2.usc.edu.tw

Most research on mobile banking adoption has considered all respondents as
part of the same group. Using a two-step clustering method, this research
identifies five e-lifestyle patterns that exhibit distinct profiles:
digital laggards, traditional banking likers, digital followers, digital
careers, and digital seekers. Using a sample of mobile banking adopters and
non-adopters in Taiwan, results show that a person’s e-lifestyle
significantly moderates the effects of individual attitudes, subject norms,
and perceived behavioral control on their behavioral intention. The
moderating effect of a person’s e-lifestyle on the relationship between
behavioral intention and actual behavior is insignificant. The comparison
and analysis of five clustered customers further the current understanding
about mobile banking adopters and non-adopters in Taiwan, which assists
banks in effectively communicating with different e-lifestyle consumers.


A CROSS-CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF SMARTPHONE ADOPTION BY CANADIAN AND TURKISH
ORGANIZATIONS
The objective of this study is to identify the impact of cultural
differences on adoption of smartphones in Canada and Turkey and investigate
the differences in patterns between the adoption behaviors of the two
countries.    Sequential explanatory design mixed method research strategy,
which incorporates quantitative and qualitative approaches was used in this
research. A multi-group structural equation model analysis was conducted to
assess the model based on the data collected from senior and middle
managers of private sector organizations in two countries. Constant
comparative method was used to analyze follow-up data that resulted from
transcription of the interviews. Results show that national culture has a
significant effect on adoption behavior and there are major differences in
adoption characteristics between the two countries. For example,
organizational characteristics, specially top management support, have a
stronger effect on adoption of smartphones by organizations in Canada,
while environmental characteristics, including competitive pressure,
partner expectations, and customer expectations have a stronger effect on
the adoption in Turkey.

THE EXPERT OPINION: AN INTERVIEW WITH SAAD SHAH (OWNER OF METRIC-X,
ROCHESTER, MI, USA)
Interview conducted by Paul S. Licker
Saad Shah is an immigrant to the USA who founded a small IT business over
fifteen years ago. He relates his experience and provides a message of
entrepreneurial spirit and sharing. He states that IT entrepreneurship is
both a "global" and a "local" phenomena, “you have to start by solving a
problem locally for your first customer, then scale it out. A solution can
be scaled across countries and continents because of the technology and the
Internet”. Shah believes that in the US, and in the tech space especially,
what matters is how much your target market values what you have to offer.
So, he thinks that being an immigrant is not much of a factor in terms of
whether your business makes it or not.

BOOK REVIEW: INFORMATION SYSTEMS REENGINEERING, INTEGRATION AND
NORMALIZATION.
SWITZERLAND: SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL; 2015, JOSEPH SHI PIU FONG.
Reviewed by: Robert Vinaja, Texas A&M University San Antonio, Texas, USA,
bvinaja at tamusa.tamus.edu
Organizations across the world have become reliant on their existing
information systems. In the meantime, the unparalleled growth of cloud
computing and new big-data technologies have created a need to replace or
migrate/convert existing systems to take advantage of the new technology
advances. One of the author’s major objectives is to demonstrate that
reengineering is a better option than redevelopment. Overall, one of the
major contributions of this book is that it fills an important gap by
providing a tool set with practical solutions for system redesign. The book
is an appropriate option as a textbook for an information systems course or
a database - or web-development-related course. Every chapter includes a
list of review questions that can be very useful for review. It also
contains a list of references for additional information related to each
chapter. It is useful as a handbook for IT professionals, system
integrators, and systems architects interested in the areas of systems
migration, reverse engineering, and forward software engineering.
Additionally, this book will offer valuable insights for researchers   and
practitioners interested in system reuse, conversion, and migration.

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For copies of the above articles, please check for the Journal of Global
Information Technology Management (JGITM) in your institution's library.
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MISSION: The mission of the Journal of Global Information Technology
Management (JGITM) is to continue to be the premier journal on Global
Information Technology Management.  It is a refereed international journal
supported by global IT scholars from all over the world.  JGITM publishes
articles and reports related to all aspects of the application of
information technology for international business.  For example, it will
report on information resource management, managerial and organizational
concerns, educational issues, and innovative applications related to global
IT. Very important to the journal is its emphasis on quality and
relevance.  The journal disseminates this knowledge to researchers,
practitioners, academicians, and educators all over the world on a timely
basis.  Finally, the journal is international in all respects: content,
article authorship, readership, and the editorial board.

SCOPE AND COVERAGE: The journal's scope is multidisciplinary. It publishes
research, applied, and educational articles from all areas of MIS as well
as functional IT applications that have international focus. The journal
also entertains a variety of methodological approaches. It encourages
manuscript submissions from authors all over the world, both from academia
and industry. In addition, the journal will also include educational cases
and reviews of MIS books that have bearing on global aspects. Practitioner
input will be specifically solicited from time-to-time in the form of
industry columns and CIO interviews.

Articles in the journal include, but are not limited to the following
areas:  Frameworks and models for global information systems (GIS),
Development, evaluation and management of GIS, Electronic Commerce,
Internet related issues, Societal impacts of IT in developing countries, IT
and Economic development, IT Diffusion in developing countries, IT human
resource issues, DSS/EIS/ES in international settings, Organizational and
management structures for GIS, Transborder data flow issues, Electronic
data interchange, Telecommunications, Distributed global databases and
networks, Cultural and societal impacts, Comparative studies of nations,
and Applications and case studies (both educational and research).
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