Knowledge is a broad and abstract notion that has defined epistemological debate in western philosophy since the classical Greek era. In the past few years, however, there has been a growing interest in treating knowledge as a significant organizational resource. Consistent with the interest in organizational knowledge and knowledge management (KM), IS researchers have begun promoting a class of information systems, referred to as knowledge management systems (KMS). The objective of KMS is to support creation, transfer, and application of knowledge in organizations. Knowledge and knowledge management are complex and multi-faceted concepts. Thus, effective development and implementation of KMS requires a foundation in several rich literatures.

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Review: Knowledge management and knowledge management systems: conceptual foundations and research issues

According to W. Edwards Deming, American companies require nothing less than a transformation of management style and of governmental relations with industry. In Out of the Crisis, originally published in 1982, Deming offers a theory of management based on his famous 14 Points for Management. Management's failure to plan for the future, he claims, brings about loss of market, which brings about loss of jobs. Management must be judged not only by the quarterly dividend, but by innovative plans to stay in business, protect investment, ensure future dividends, and provide more jobs through improved product and service. In simple, direct language, he explains the principles of management transformation and how to apply them.

Out of the Crisis

Purpose: This paper discusses partial least squares path modeling (PLS), a powerful structural equation modeling technique for research on international marketing. While a significant body of research provides guidance for the use of covariance-based structural equation modeling (CBSEM) in international marketing, there are no subject-specific guidelines for the use of PLS so far.Methodology/approach: A literature review of the use of PLS in international marketing reveals the increasing application of this methodology.Findings: This paper reveals the strengths and weaknesses of PLS in the context of research on international marketing, and provides guidance for multi-group analysis.Originality/value of paper: The paper assists researchers in making well-grounded decisions regarding the application of PLS in certain research situations and provides specific implications for an appropriate application of the methodology.

The Use of Partial Least Squares Path Modeling in International Marketing

We will review some of the major results in random graphs and some of the more challenging open problems. We will cover algorithmic and structural questions. We will touch on newer models, including those related to the WWW.

Random graphs

The ability to detect and accurately estimate the strength of interaction effects are critical issues that are fundamental to social science research in general and IS research in particular. Within the IS discipline, a significant percentage of research has been devoted to examining the conditions and contexts under which relationships may vary, often under the general umbrella of contingency theory (cf. McKeen et al. 1994, Weill and Olson 1989). In our survey of such studies, the majority failed to either detect or provide an estimate of the effect size. In cases where effect sizes are estimated, the numbers are generally small. These results have led some researchers to question both the usefulness of contingency theory and the need to detect interaction effects (e.g., Weill and Olson 1989). This paper addresses this issue by providing a new latent variable modeling approach that can give more accurate estimates of interaction effects by accounting for the measurement error that attenuates the estimated relationships. The capacity of this approach at recovering true effects in comparison to summated regression is demonstrated in a Monte Carlo study that creates a simulated data set in which the underlying true effects are known. Analysis of a second, empirical data set is included to demonstrate the technique's use within IS theory. In this second analysis, substantial direct and interaction effects of enjoyment on electronic-mail adoption are shown to exist.

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A Partial Least Squares Latent Variable Modeling Approach for Measuring Interaction Effects: Results from a Monte Carlo Simulation Study and an Electronic-Mail Emotion/Adoption Study

Tens of millions of users worldwide play games, as well as make phone calls, on their cell phones and other handheld devices.

Mobile gaming

This study assesses the ability of innovation diffusion theory to predict the adoption intention of organizations for financial EDI. Six factors potentially affecting adoption intention were studied: relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, observability, trialability, and risk (operational and strategic). Both present and future adoption intentions were measured, The questionnaire was developed using a process of conceptual construct validation. It was administered to three key employees of all participating organizations through a survey. Responses were subjected to a process of empirical construct validation. Results show that present adoption intention is dependent on complexity, operational risk, and strategic risk to a greater extent, and relative advantage and observability to a lesser extent. Future adoption intention is contingent upon complexity, observability, and strategic risk to a greater extent, and trialability to a lesser extent. These findings permit financial EDI operators to shape their marketing strategies to encourage adoption.

https://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1057&context=icis1995

Innovation Diffusion Theory as a Predictor of Adoption Intention for Financial EDI

This document, "MSIS 2016: Global Competency Model for Graduate Degree Programs in Information Systems", is the latest in the series of reports that provides guidance for degree programs in the Information Systems (IS) academic discipline. The first of these reports (Ashenhurst, 1972) was published in the early 1970s, and the work has continued ever since both at the undergraduate and master's levels. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has sponsored the reports from the beginning. Since the Association for Information Systems (AIS) was established in the mid-1990s, the two organizations have collaborated on the production of curriculum recommendations for the IS discipline. At the undergraduate level, both the Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP) (formerly DPMA) and the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) have also made significant contributions to the curriculum recommendations.

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MSIS 2016: Global Competency Model for Graduate Degree Programs in Information Systems

Organizations are setting up online forums to obtain inputs and feedback from key stakeholders, such as employees, customers, and citizens. Examples of such virtual spaces are online policy deliberation forums (OPDFs) initiated by government organizations to garner citizens’ views on policy issues. Incorporating the inputs from these forums can result in more inclusive policies for societal benefit. Yet, as with other such forums, a common issue facing OPDFs is the sustainability of participation. When examining this issue, previous research has mostly explored the participation antecedents of existing contributors. However, engaging lurkers is also important, because these forums need to compensate for contributor attrition and become more effective with greater reach. Thus motivated, this study develops a model to explain the antecedents of both contributors’ and lurkers’ participation deriving from public participation and information technology-enabled public goods theories. It hypothesizes difference...

What Motivates Contributors vs. Lurkers? An Investigation of Online Feedback Forums

Social network sites (SNSs) can create new marketing opportunities by leveraging on members’ online social networks. In particular, such sites can produce a new type of product endorser – “friend endorser”, whose effectiveness remains unknown as compared to other types of product endorsers. This paper investigated the impact of three critical factors on advertising effectiveness of different types of product endorser on SNSs - tie strength, endorser expertise, and product type. A 2 ￻ 2 ￻ 2 factorial design was used to test the interaction effects among the three variables. The results indicate that, for hedonic products endorsed on SNSs, strong-tie endorsers are more effective than weak-tie endorsers, regardless of their expertise on the endorsed products; but for utilitarian products endorsed on SNSs, high-expertise endorsers, as compared to low-expertise endorsers, result in higher consumers’ purchase intention, regardless of their tie strength with consumers. Based on these results, theoretical and practical implications were discussed, and suggestions for future research in social network advertising were also provided.

Advertising effectiveness on social network sites: an investigation of tie strength , endorser expertise and product type on consumer purchase intention

Bernard C. Y. Tan

Papers

Mobile gaming

Innovation Diffusion Theory as a Predictor of Adoption Intention for Financial EDI

MSIS 2016: Global Competency Model for Graduate Degree Programs in Information Systems

What Motivates Contributors vs. Lurkers? An Investigation of Online Feedback Forums

Advertising effectiveness on social network sites: an investigation of tie strength , endorser expertise and product type on consumer purchase intention