Ma, Q. (2008) "A Review of Emerging Technology Trends in E-Commerce", pp. 1-15.

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Title: A Review of Emerging Technology Trends in E-Commerce
Keywords : Emerging Technology Trends, Application Service, Web Service, Grid Service, Service-Oriented Architecture, E-commerce
Category of paper: Review paper
Purpose of the research: After several years of growth, E-commerce has become mainstream and matured. However, the new challenges require that tomorrow's E-commerce system move beyond the basic functions such as a static website with electronic catalogue and/or a shopping cart towards an intelligent, dynamic, and secure commerce system. This research project attempts to explore the emerging technologies that can solve these issues such as systems integration and information sharing. Specifically, the nascent technologies introduced include application services, Web Services, grid computing and their combinations. The benefits and perils of each technology as well as the potential factors that influence businesses to adopt them are also discussed.
Methodology: Qualitative
Implications for practices: The description and discussion of the emerging technology trends will have implications for businesses in making strategic decisions and thus increase their business sustainability and competitiveness.
Value of the paper: This paper will be of interest to business students, academics, and business planners and decision makers as well.
Number of pages: 15
Number of figures: 2
Section headings: Abstract, Introduction, Application service, Web Services, Grid computing, Service-oriented architecture, Grid service, Conclusion

Xu, J., Sankaran, G., Sankaran, S. & Clarke, D. (2008) " Knowledge Management in Twenty-first Century: Literature Review and Future Research Directions", pp. 16-24.

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Title: Knowledge management in twenty-first century: literature review and future research directions
Keywords: Knowledge Management, Literature Review, Research Issues and Future Research Directions
Category of paper: Conceptual paper
Purpose of the research: This paper aims to review and investigate the gaps in the current literature on knowledge management.
Findings: By reviewing 80 knowledge management papers from seven selected journals in the disciplines of information systems, business, management and operations research, we identified the current status, activities and directions of knowledge management research.
Value of the paper: This paper will make contribution in the field of knowledge management by proposing a number of research agenda along the dimensions of research methods, research levels and research topics of knowledge management.
Number of pages: 9
Number of tables/figures: 6
Section headings: Introduction, The Method, Results of the Literature Review, Identified Research Agenda and Research Issues.

Lin, C., Huang, Y. & Jalleh, G. (2008) " Improving Alliance Satisfaction: The Resource Alignment of IT Competency in Small Healthcare Centers", pp. 25-42.

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Title: Improving Alliance Satisfaction: The Resource Alignment of IT Competency in Small Healthcare Centers
Keywords : e-health, IT competency, alliance performance, health promotion.
Category of paper : Research paper
Purpose of the research/paper : The objective of this research is to establish whether greater deployment of resource alignments leads to more satisfactory alliance. Two research questions are proposed: (1) do organizations which use supplementarity alignment more likely to be satisfied with their alliance activities compared with those which have adopted asymmetric supplementarity alignment? and (2) do organizations which use complementarity alignment more likely to be satisfied with their alliance activities compared with those which have adopted asymmetric complementarity alignment?
Methodology : Case Study Interviews.
Findings : IT competency can be built into four types of IT resource alignment for cooperative alliance and different types of IT resource alignment can affect alliance performance differently. Moreover, we found that the contribution of symmetric complementary and supplementary IT competency by both the focal and partner firms had a significant positive impact on the degree of satisfaction of the focal firms.
Value of the paper : The paper will be of interest to academics, health professionals, and healthcare managers.
Number of pages : 18
Number of tables/figures : 4
Section headings : Abstract, Introduction, Literature review, Research methodology, Research findings, Discussions, Managerial Implications, Limitation, conclusions, and future directions, References.

Alawneh, A.A., Hattab, El & Al-Ahmad, W. (2008) " An Extended Knowledge Management Framework during the Software Development Life Cycle", pp. 43-62.

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Title: An Extended Knowledge Management Framework During the Software Development Life Cycle.
Keywords : software development (SD), knowledge (K), knowledge management (KM), software engineering (SE), organisational memory (OM), requirements knowledge, domain knowledge, technical knowledge.
Category of paper: Conceptual paper
Purpose of the paper: This paper describes the role of knowledge management and its application in the context of software development. Knowledge management (KM) can be used to capture, organize, and catalo knowledge and experience generated during the software process.
Methodology : Literature review
Findings: The paper proposes a new way of thinking about the role of (KM) in software engineering environments by developing an extended framework that integrates five types of knowledge into the five phases of software development lifecycle and the five phases of the KM life cycle. The results found that the proposed framework for managing knowledge during software development will help individuals in identifying the critical knowledge available during software development and choosing the right phase of KM lifecycle for the right knowledge area in the right phase of software development lifecycle.
Implications for practice: The application of the proposed framework will improve the success rate of software development projects, through enhancing the exchange and transfer of knowledge and experience among software development teams. This will also result in improved software development training programs, policies, project management, and practices in software development projects.
Value of the paper: The paper will be of interest to researchers, academics, knowledge workers, top management, and software practitioners.
Number of pages: 20
Number of figures: 4
Section headings: Abstract, Introduction, Research problem, Knowledge in Software Organisations, Reasons why people would not share knowledge, KM in Software Engineering Environments, The need for capturing and sharing process and product knowledge, A five C's KM lifecycle, A five-layered KM model for software team knowledge, Combining the five layered and the five C's models, Discussion and Key Findings, Conclusions and future work, References.

Howard, D. 2007, "Testing the Veracity of Supply Chain Management Technology in a Developing Country - Context: A Case Study of Agriculture in Bacolod , The Philippines", pp. 1-11.

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Title: Testing the veracity of supply chain management technology in a developing country context: a case study of agriculture in Bacolod , The Philippines
Keywords: Supply chain management, Developing countries, Agriculture, Enterprise development
Category of paper: Conceptual paper
Purpose of the paper: This paper describes in the broad terms, the field of supply chain management and then, in particular, its application to agriculture. Modern supply chain management technologies have a lot to offer in the development of agriculture in developing countries.
Methodology: Literature review
Findings: The paper proposes a rudimentary model for analysing developing country environments and the veracity of supply chain management in its modern form. A test of the model is proposed by way of an case study of a remote farming community in the Philippines .
Implications for practice: The design of supply chain management strategies for enterprise development in developing country contexts will be facilitated.
Value of the paper: The paper will be on interest to development practitioners and researchers.
Number of pages: 11
Number of figures: 3
Section headings: Abstract; Introduction; Supply chain management and agriculture; Agriculture in developing countries; Agriculture as an enterprise; Developing country realities; The case study: Bacolod, Negros Occidental, The Philippines; Conclusion; References.

Aidoo-Sam, M.A. & Sloan, K. 2007, "Modelling of Supply Chains is the Way Forward", pp. 12-21.

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Title: Modelling of Supply Chains is the Way Forward
Keywords: Supply chain, modelling, performance management,
Category of paper: Practice paper
Purpose of the research/paper: To demonstrate that modelling of the supply network can be a useful tool for managers
Implications for practice: Sensitive modelling of the supply network using readily available validated modelling approaches can provide insights which enable improved management of supply networks
Value of the paper: The paper will be of interest to academics, practitioners, managers, and/or students of business and management.
Number of pages: 11
Number of tables/figures: 2
Section headings: Introduction, Value of modelling, Factors captured in models, Factors in framing models, Criteria in developing models for a particular organisation, The use of models in policy and competition decisions, Conclusion.

Wilson, D.N. & Avison, D. 2007, "Service Sector Role in the ICT Contribution to Economic and Productivity Growth", pp. 22-33.

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Title: Service sector role in the ICT contribution to economic and productivity growth.
Keywords: ICT value, ICT productivity, ICT services.
Category of paper: Conceptual paper.
Purpose of the research: The contribution of information and communications technology (ICT) to economic and productivity growth has traditionally been difficult to calculate because of the complex relationship between them, but this relationships is now better understood with ICT now accepted as a transforming and revolutionary ‘general purpose technology' (GPT). This paper describes t he transformation of ICT from backroom cost centre to bottom line contributor of significant economic and productivity growth and suggests that the rise of the services industry has had, and will continue to have, a significant role in the continued payoff for ICT.
Findings: Acceptance of ICT as a GPT means that the contribution of ICT to economic and productivity growth is better understood and is measurable. However, the substantial contribution to productivity gains that ICT is now understood to make is not fully explained by this change in measurement. The transformation from productivity paradox to productivity payoff has coincided with the rise of the services industry that has then been, and will continue to be, a significant contributor to the ICT productivity payoff.
Value of the paper: The paper will be of interest to academics and government policy makers.
Number of pages: 12
Number of tables/figures: 1
Section headings: Abstract, Introduction, Background and context, ICT as a general purpose technology (GPT), ICT's contribution to economic and productivity growth, The role of the service sector , Conclusion.

Sankaran, S., Xu, J. & Sankaran, G. 2007, " Knowledge Sharing in Doctoral Research", pp. 34-42.

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Title: Knowledge sharing in doctoral research
Keywords: Knowledge management, knowledge management systems, knowledge sharing, doctoral research, doctoral research supervision, pod structure of research supervision
Category of paper: Practice paper
Purpose of the research: This paper aims to address issues of doctoral research and supervision, including isolation, lack of resources, candidate-supervisor relationship, quality of supervision, experience of supervisor, match between supervisor and candidate, and quality assurance.
Findings: The Graduate College of Management at Southern Cross University, Australia, has implemented a number of knowledge sharing technologies, techniques and practices, including an online Doctoral Candidates Centre, Doctoral Supervisors Centre, doctoral symposia, and a professional development program for supervisors. It has also encouraged collaborative knowledge creation and sharing by promoting a ‘pod' structure of doctoral research and supervision and personal and electronic networks by means of e-learning software that permits asynchronous distance learning in a real-time collaborative environment.
Value of the paper: This paper will make contribution in how the current situations in doctoral research in Australia , especially for practitioner research situations in business and management, can be improved.
Number of pages: 9
Number of tables/figures: 2
Section headings: Abstract, Introduction, Knowledge management and knowledge sharing, Creating a knowledge sharing culture, ‘Pod' structure, Knowledge management systems, Research workshops, Professional development, User feedback and future directions.