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View article: Benefit sharing: Why inclusive provenance metadata matter
Benefit sharing: Why inclusive provenance metadata matter Open
Fair and equitable benefit sharing of genetic resources is an expectation of the Nagoya Protocol. Although the Nagoya Protocol does not yet formally apply to Digital Sequence Information (“DSI”), discussions are currently underway regardin…
View article: Digital Infrastructure, Business Unit Competitiveness, and Firm Performance Growth: The Moderating Effects of Business Unit IT Autonomy
Digital Infrastructure, Business Unit Competitiveness, and Firm Performance Growth: The Moderating Effects of Business Unit IT Autonomy Open
This study examines the benefits that firms accrue from digital infrastructures that are effective in supporting corporate and business unit strategic objectives—which we term digital infrastructure effectiveness. We hypothesize that digit…
View article: Containing the Not-Invented-Here Syndrome in external knowledge absorption and open innovation: The role of indirect countermeasures
Containing the Not-Invented-Here Syndrome in external knowledge absorption and open innovation: The role of indirect countermeasures Open
This paper builds new theory and provides supporting evidence to contain the Not-Invented-Here Syndrome (NIHS) – a persistent decision-making error arising from an attitude-based bias against external knowledge. Conceptually, we draw on th…
View article: Managing the Network of Supply and Demand at AGL Energy
Managing the Network of Supply and Demand at AGL Energy Open
AGL Energy operates in one of the most fiercely competitive markets in the world. Demand is volatile with high customer churn rates and supply procurement is real time with huge price variability. These characteristics make supply chain ma…
View article: The Complementarity of Corporate IT Alignment and Business Unit IT Alignment: An Analysis of Their Joint Effects on Business Unit Performance
The Complementarity of Corporate IT Alignment and Business Unit IT Alignment: An Analysis of Their Joint Effects on Business Unit Performance Open
Alignment between IT and business strategy is a perennial challenge for IT executives, in part due to the evolving nature of organizational structure. In multi-business organizations (MBOs), a pressing issue for IT executives is how to imp…
View article: Corporate Knows Best (Maybe): The Impact of Global versus Local IT Capabilities on Business Unit Agility
Corporate Knows Best (Maybe): The Impact of Global versus Local IT Capabilities on Business Unit Agility Open
The relationship between the corporate unit and its strategic business units (SBUs) has been variously described in the IS literature as either antagonistic or affable. At a time when corporate units are considering how to share platform-b…
View article: Modelling options to increase milk production while reducing N leaching for an irrigated dairy farm in Canterbury
Modelling options to increase milk production while reducing N leaching for an irrigated dairy farm in Canterbury Open
The Forages for Reduced Nitrate Leaching programme (FRNL) aims to address the challenge of presenting farmers with alternatives for forage production that will sustain milk production and farm profit, but simultaneously reduce nitrogen lea…
View article: Business Process and Information Technology Alignment: Construct Conceptualization, Empirical Illustration, and Directions for Future Research
Business Process and Information Technology Alignment: Construct Conceptualization, Empirical Illustration, and Directions for Future Research Open
Since strategic alignment first rose to prominence with Henderson and Venkatraman’s (1993) seminal paper, research has tended to focus on the extent of fit between IT and business strategy at the firm level. Although useful, a firm-level v…
View article: Technological Innovation in the Maritime Industry: The Case of Remote Pilotage and Enhanced Navigational Assistance
Technological Innovation in the Maritime Industry: The Case of Remote Pilotage and Enhanced Navigational Assistance Open
Advances in technological innovation have been deployed to support autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles in many industries. A question that remains unanswered is why very little progress has been made in remote pilotage over the past 15 …
View article: Realizing value from business analytics platforms: The effects of managerial search and agility of resource allocation processes
Realizing value from business analytics platforms: The effects of managerial search and agility of resource allocation processes Open
Few organizations have been able to realize value from their investments in business analytics. This could be due to an inadequate understanding of the pattern of investments required to realize value from business analytics. Specifically,…
View article: Four steps to realizing business value from digital data streams
Four steps to realizing business value from digital data streams Open
Based on four case studies and a follow-up survey, we have identified the key success factors for realizing value from DDS (digital data stream) investments. But managers need to pay attention to the combinations of success factors. A key …