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Managing Modern Organizations With Information Technology VOLUME 1 2005 Information Resources Management Association International Conference San Diego, California, USA May 15-18,2005 Mehdi Khosrow-Pour Information Resources Management Association, USA TOC IDEA GROUP PUBLISHING TIB/UB Hannover 89 Hershey • London • Melbourne Singapore 127.447 873_ http://www.idea-groupxom

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Managing ModernOrganizations With

Information Technology

VOLUME 1

2005 Information Resources Management AssociationInternational Conference

San Diego, California, USA

May 15-18,2005

Mehdi Khosrow-PourInformation Resources Management Association, USA

TOCIDEA GROUP PUBLISHING

TIB/UB Hannover 89Hershey • London • Melbourne • Singapore 127.447 873_

http://www.idea-groupxom

Accounting Information SystemsAn Exploratory Study of Accounting & Financial Module in ERP

Systems: Accountants' Point of View in TurkeyVichuda Nui Polatoglu and Seval Selimoglu 1331

IT Auditing: A Possible Career for MIS MajorsJeffrey W. Merhout and Pauline E. Cothran 399

Business Data Communications and NetworkingThe Design and Implementation of an Integrated Web-Based

Network Management Accounting SystemAlan K. Zhang and Jairo A. Gutierrez 1170

A Pricing Scheme for Competitive Access to Wireless NetworksFernando Beltran and Matthias Roggendorf 1290

The State of VoIP Adoption in Contemporary OrganizationsCatherine Murphy Bakes, Kholekile L. Gwebu andDavid X. Zhu 492

A Study of the Adoption of Mobile Commerce Applications andof Emerging Viable Business ModelsKrassie Petrova 1133

The Battle for an ISP: The Case of a Polytechnic Institution in NewZealandNurul I. Sarkar and Nabeel A.Y. Al-Qirim 691

High Capacity Metro Access Networks: Technologies, Trends, anda Real-World ImplementationFarid Hallouche and John Laprad 829

Importance Analysis of Each Firm in the Keiretsu of ToyotaTakao Ito and Makoto Sakamoto 930

Business Process Management Tools and TechnologiesA Process Modeling Success Model: Case Study Insights from an

Australian Public Sector OrganisationWasana Sedera and Michael Rosemann 1158

How Corporate Portals Facilitate Transformational ChangeJeffGauer 767

Analyzing Loosely Structured Business Processes Using a MinimalSoftware PrototypeBirger Andersson, Erik Perjons and Ilia Bider 611

Modelling Multi-Facetted Purposes of ArtefactsColette Rolland and Naveen Prakash 411

Managing Uncertainty in Mega-Size Projects from Construction andEngineering Company's Point of ViewOlli-PekkaSalmivuori andHannu Vanharanta 1030

Using Roles and Business Objects to Model and Understand Busi-ness ProcessesArtur Caetano, Jose" Tribolet and Antonio Rito Silva ....796

A Software Component Specification: Founded in Business Pro-cessesMarie-Therese Christiansson andBenneth Christiansson 895

Conceptual Optimization in Business Process ManagementYves Callejas, Jean Louis Cavarero andMartine Collard 232

A Comparative State-of-the-Art for Flexible Workflow ModelingSeltnin Nurcan and Awatef Hicheur 267

BPM for Native ApplicationsKhushnood Naqvi and Srinivas Thonse 1121

Relating Business Process Automation to Workgroup ComputingBrian W. Hollocks 1307

The ProKMuni-Platform: Process Oriented Knowledge Manage-ment for MunicipalitiesLars Algermissen, Patrick Delfmann andBjornNiehaves 28

Partial Completion of Activity in Business Process SpecificationJoe Y.-C. Lin and Maria E. Orlowska 186

A Model to Enhance Risk Management of IT-Supported BusinessProcessesChristian Otto and Claus Rautenstrauch 380

BPR versus ISDSonia Ayachi Ghannouchi andFaida Ben Dhiab Mellouli 997

Business Objects Repository Approach for Managing Changes inEmployee IT SupportMatjaz Roblek, Tomaz Kern and Benjamin Urh 1039

Modelling Interdependencies for Electronic Supply Chain Manage-mentLatifAl-Hakim 1002

Organizational Context and Business Process AnalysisParag Kosalge 20

A Process Modeling Approach to Identify and Locate PotentialCrucial Knowledge: The Gameth* FrameworkMichel Grundstein and Camille Rosenthal-Sabroux 304

Assessing the Operational Impact of Changes in Business (OIC)Mayank Gupta and Udhai Kakani Reddy 363

The Role of Messaging in Collaborative Business ProcessesShazia Sadiq, Maria Orlowska and Wasim Sadiq 526

Information Collection Workflows for Automating Compliance withthe UK Data Protection ActBen Cawley, Georgios John Fakas andPedro R. Falcone Sampaio 1230

A Model for the Business Process ReengineeringPaolo Maresca and Antonino Mazzeo 1271

A Prototype of Business Process Management Using Web ServiceXin Li and Dongsong Zhang 1292

Data Warehousing and MiningAnalyzing the Latent Trait of Association Rules via Item Response

TheoryShinichi Hamano 1183

Performance of a Ternary Bayesian Stacked GeneralizationMatthew Donahue and Cecil Schmidt 1332

DW Techniques in Support of Kronos Banking BusinessFen Wang, Kenny Khoo and Ruodi Liu 913

Data Warehouse Projects: Increasing Awareness for Assumptionsand Complexity from the Perspectives of Business and ITAlexander Dreiling and Marta indulska 375

Prediction for Compound Activity in Large Drug Datasets UsingEfficient Machine Learning ApproachesLarry J. Layne and Shibin Qiu 57

Genetic Algorithm Enabled Data Mining in Information Maturity: AFrameworkPradeep Kumar and Tapas Mahapatra 1274

Configurati ve Reference Model-Based Development of Data Ware-house SystemsRalf Knackstedt and Karsten Klose 32

Dynamic Data Driven Forecasting Between Foreign Stock MarketsChiu-Che Tseng, Ching-Tsai Kang and June Wei 572

Detecting Gains from Severe Criminal Activities Using GenericAlgorithms for Money Laundering DetectionChristoph Blodig, Tino Jahnke and Juergen Seitz 563

Dimensional Modeling: Identifying Patterns and Classifying Pat-ternsMary Elizabeth "M.E." Jones and Il-Yeol Song 16

Database Management TechnologiesIndividualized Student Database Projects and How to Assess Them

Jeanne M Baugh 761Archilecturing Personalized Information Retrieval and Access Ser-

vices in Data Intensive DomainsNong Chen and Ajantha Dahanayake 1050

Towards Centralized Control and Autonomous Discovery and DataRetrieval of Distributed Heterogeneous Databases: A Concep-tual Framework for Federated Database SystemsXiaozhou David Zhu and Alan A. Brandyberry 1000

A Mining Approach to Support Database EvolutionMartine Collard 759

Embedded SOAP Server on the Operating System Level for Ad-HocAutomatic Real-Time Bidirectional CommunicationThomas B. Hodel, Florian Specker andKlaus R. Dittrich 384

A Benchmark Comparison Between Native XML and RelationalDatabasesAlexander van der Linden and Paul Darbyshire 216

Building a Data Quality Aware Internet Query System for HealthCare ApplicationsSandra de F. Mendes Sampaio, Chao Dong andPedro R. Falcone Sampaio 1217

An Analysis of XML Document and Data Storage TechnologyWouterZell and Ajantha Dahanayake 808

Decision Support TechnologiesA Normative, Simulation-Based Approach to Evaluating the Contri-

bution of Conflict-Management Mechanisms to GroupwareEffectivenessRichard Burkhard and Thomas Horan 507

The Web Based Trident Application for Analyzing QualitativeFactors in Mega Project ManagementHeli Aramo-Immonen, Jussi Kantola, Hannu Vanharanta andWaldemar Karwowski 1027

Building Optimal Back-Propagation Trained Neural Networks forFirm Bankruption PredictionsGary Qing Guan and Jim Q. Chen 449

A Web-Based Qualitative Decision Support Tool for Managing R&DOlli Naukkarinen, Jussi Kantola andHannu Vanharanta 1124

Some Issues in the Application of Artificial Intelligence: ExpertSystems Methods of Economic AnalysisAndrew Ben Nyaboga, Muroki F. Mwaura andFinbar A. Fletcher 1241

Impact of Technology on the Legal System: An Initial Study of a LawFirmStan Lewis, Ernest W. King, Chang-Tseh Hsieh,Kuo-Lane Chen and Eddy J. Burks 922

An Automatic Vehicle Classification System Using Pattern Recog-nitionH. Leng and Y. Lin 919

An Approach to Semantic Integration of Structured and Unstruc-tured Data to Improve the Interoperability Between DecisionSupport SystemsLiane Haak and Axel Hahn 1256

Intelligent Processing of Remote Sensing Imagery for Decision Sup-port in Environmental Resource Management: A Neural Com-puting ParadigmYuriy V. Shkvarkoand Ivan E. Villalon-Turrubiates.... 1060

Intelligent Decision Support for Strategic E-Business Management:Stage IFen Wang and Guisseppi Forgionne 1007

Decision Making and Information Visualization: Research Direc-tionsVinceKellen 741

Distance Learning TechnologiesDistance Mode Management Education through Information Tech-

nologyVilas D. Nandavadekar, Z.S. Mulla and Gurudas Nag ... 727

Learning Partnership: A Student-Centered Knowledge DeliveryBeyond the Academic WallsMihyar Hesson, Fatima Kaneez and Hayder Al-Ameed ...698

E-Learning Critical Success Factors: An Exploratory Investigation ofStudent PerceptionsHassan M. Selim 340

Assessing Satisfaction and Academic Locus of Control of DropoutStudents in e-Learning CoursesYairLevy 402

Religious Institutions and Distance LearningP. Clint Rogers and Scott L. Howell 1361

Scalability Factors in Online LearningR. Dwight Laws and Scott L. Howell I 3 6 6

Student Support Services in Distance LearningScott L. Howell and Wendi Ryder 1370

Diversity in Information TechnologyBridging the International Digital Divide: Content Relevancy and

CreationXiao Han and Xusheng Wang 1' 8

Computer ForensicsLeroy Beals 1 3 3 3

Enhancing the Information Technology Knowledge and Skills otIndiana High School Teachers and Their StudentsJulie R. Mariga 7 7 6

E-Business ResearchExploring E-Business Adoption: A European Perspective

Matthew Hinton and David Barnes ' ' l 5

Shopbot Market CoverageGove Allen and Jianan Wu 636

Electronic Markets and Infrastructure in India: Emerging TrendsM.J. XavierandG. Balasubramanian '207

Managing e-Business Change within a Global e-MarketplaceColin G. Ash 5 3

Information Quality Requirements of E-BusinessWichian Chutimaskul and Sivaporn Wangpipatwong 889

E-Business Transformation: An Emerging Model of Change in theE-Fulfilment IndustryPaul Alexander and Janice Burn 3 • 5

Towards an Electronic Marketplace Design for the German Geo-graphic Information IndustryMarcel Gogolin, Christoph Brox and Stefan Klein 738

Do the Key Mediating Variables of Overall Satisfaction, Trust andCommitment Affect Low and High Relational Customers'Future Intentions in Virtual Auctions?Thomas J. Decker and Andrew S. Borchers 476

The Effects of Customization on Satisfaction with Mobile SystemsJean Lam, Susy Chan, Xiaowen Fang andJacek Brzenzinski 44

The Development of Business Models for Internet Portals: AnExplorative Investigation of Revenue StreamsBjorn Ortelbach 290

Architecture for Next-Generation Holistic E-RecruitingIn Lee 987

IT Skills in E-Commerce JobsAbdulrahman A. Mirza 1095

Bargain Shopping on the Web: An Empirical InvestigationPola Gupta and Michael Klassen 1334

Conceptualization of an Approach for Automatic Re-Classificationof Product DataSven Abels and Axel Hahn 1074

Evaluating E-Business Level of Firms and Industries: The KEBIXCaseDong-Sung Cho, Hea-Jung Kim and Kyoung Jun Lee .... 202

The Impact of Web Assurance Seals on Consumer TrustXiaorui Hu, Guohua Wu, Yuhong Wu and Han Zhang... 462

The Notion of "Promises" in the Context of Web Site DesignFatina Aweidah and Felix B. Tan 671

E-CollaborationSoftware Tools forE-Collaboration: Evaluating Web-Conferencing

ToolsDavid Mayrhofer, Andrea Back, Roger Hubschmid andFlorian Heidecke 845

Leveraging the Virtual Concept to Improve Value Delivery: SomeLessons from Hong KongO.K.B. Barima and S.M. Rowlinson 123

DWDM Technology: An Enabler of E-Collaborative Networks andLambdaGridsMarlyn Kemper Littman 701

A Framework for Identifying the Conditions for Effective Collabo-rative Commerce AdoptionMichelle Rowe, Helen Cripps, Janice Burn, Craig Standing,Beth Walker and Shirley Bode 651

Impacts of Web-Based Collaboration in Managerial Control andWork Practices: The Case of Introducing a Web-Based Col-laboration Platform in a Construction ConsortiumAthanasios Nikas and Angeliki Poulymenakou 5

The E-Collaboration Paradox: A Study of 290 New Product Devel-opment TeamsNed Kock and Gary Lynn 444

Electronic Commerce Technologies ManagementGeneration and Storage of Contract Records in Electronic Businesses

Suresh Chalasani and Jayavel Sounderpandian 786Relationships Between Consistency of CRM and User Preferences

in E-CommerceA. Ant Ozok, Kristen Oldenburger, Booz Allen Hamilton andGavriel Salvendy 363

The Web Involved in Nolan's StagesAlberto de Medeiros Junior, Marcelo Schneck de Paula Pessoaand Fernando Jose" Barbin Laurindo 784

Empirical Investigation on Signaling in eBayZhaoli Meng and Sang-Yong Tom Lee 724

SME's Perceptions of IOR Impact on Customer Loyalty in B2B E-Commerce: An Empirical AnalysisAssion Lawson-Body and Abdou Illia 499

Electronic Government ResearchAssessing E-Government Evolution in Mexico: A Preliminary Analy-

sis of the State PortalsRodrigo Sandoval Almazan and J. Ramon Gil-Garci'a .. 1083

Epistemological Perspectives on Multi-Methodological ElectronicGovernment ResearchBjoern Niehaves, Lars Algermissen and Joerg Becker .... 258

Trends in E-Government and Their Implications for the ConstructionIndustry: A Customer-Supplier Value Delivery PerspectiveO.K.B. Barima 730

What Leads to Highly Functional State Websites'? Exploring theEffects of Organizational, Institutional, and Contextual Fac-torsJ. Ramon Gil-Garci'a 1222

Citizen Service Management, Web Portal Aggregation, and ElectronicService Delivery PerformanceAssion Lawson-Body and Glenn Miller 1077

Eliminate Imbalance: Analysis of Chinese Government InformationResources Distribution and Policy ResearchFeng Huiling, Zhao Guojun and Wang Jian 995

Defining E-Government and E-ReadinessHany Abdelghaffarand WalaaBakry 1233

A Taxonomy of Business Models: BM Patent AnalysisChulhyun Kim, Changwoo Choi, Youlbeen Kang, JuneseukShin and Yongtae Park 1112

E-Government: Transparency and AccountabilityV.S. Venkatesan 863

End User and Organization ComputingA Conceptual Framework and Model for Design of End-User Infor-

mation Systems CurriculaLola B. Smith, C. Steven Hunt, Rik Berry andDarla Hunt 68

A Conceptual IT Training Model for Motivations to Learn andTransfer, and Organizational PerformanceAlbert Leung 242

A Longitudinal Case Study of End-User SatisfactionTimo Leino 300

Critical Success Factors for Information Systems Implementation:An End-User PerspectiveHepu Deng and Pramila Gupta 80

The Expectation-Confirmation Model of IS Continuance: A Replica-tion in a Scandinavian E-Bank ContextAnne S0reb0, Johnny Andreassen and Roger Karlsson 205

An Empirical Examination of the Relationship Between ComputerSelf-Efficacy and Computer Training OutcomesBassam Hasan 9

The Impact of Interpersonal Conflict Between Managers and Userson Information Systems Success During the Implementation ofa New Information System0ystein S0reb0, Ann-Kristin Elstad, Anita Gustavsen andTor J. Larsen 198

Enterprise Information SystemsImpact of IT Trajectories on ERP Adoption

Michael Wybo and Pierre-Majorique Leger 1037Application Usage Mining to Improve Enterprise Workflows: ERP

Systems SAP R/3 as ExampleGamal Kassem and Claus Rautenstrauch 358

Essential Characteristics of Process Transformation in Real-TimeEnterprises Information IntegrationVikas S. Shah 756

Defining Business Agility: An Exploratory StudySathasivam Mathiyalakan, Noushin Ashrafi, Wei Zhang, FrenckWaage, Jean-Pierre Kuilboer and David Heimann 848

An Approach to Increase Adaptability in ERP SystemsKatja Andresen and Norbert Gronau 883

Migration Paths to Integrated Asset Management Systems at ElectricPower Distribution UtilitiesLars Nordstrom 1136

Data Quality Issues in Asset ManagementShien Lin and Andy Koronios 826

Measuring the Maturity of Data IntegrationDaniel S. Lah 1195

The Expanding Role of IT Trainers for Enterprise InformationSystems: A Case StudyTimothy Shea, Omar Khalil and Angappa Gunasekaran .. 1176

The Application of Enterprise Resource Planning Packages in LargeOrganizations: Developing a Conceptual Framework to Ex-plore Their Impact on Organizational StructureL. Wang and N.F. Doherty 1205

Implications of Enterprise Architecture for Enterprise InformationSystemsSudeep Mallick and Rakesh Mishra 874

A Preliminary Study of Organizational Culture and Enterprise Sys-tems SuccessPeter Birbeck and Glenn Stewart 1092

Critical Success Factors to ERP Implementation: A TechnologyInnovation PerspectiveHayward P. Andres 1220

Web Service-Based ERP Systems and an Open Security ModelNico Brehm. Jorge Marx Gomez andClaus Rautenstrauch 347

Global IT ManagementIssues and Challenges in Global IT Outsourcing

Subhankar Dhar and Bindu Balakrishnan 607E-Customer Chain Management for Airline Industry

William Echols, June Wei, Chiu-Che Tseng andLai Liu 835

Digital Offshore Outsourcing: The Hidden Transaction CostsKathleen S. Hartzel and Jennifer Paige Nightingale 764

Relationship Antecedents in Outsourcing Success: Empirical Inves-tigation of Three Outsourcing RelationshipsUsman Waheed, Alemayehu Molla, andAdekunle Okunoye 626

Optimising the Email Communication EnvironmentThomas W. Jackson, A.Burgess and J.Edwards 819

Metrics for Business Process AnalysisVladimir Modra^k and Imrich Kiss 801

Human Computer InteractionCatching Missing Attachments: The Use of Alternative Presentation

Techniques to Increase the Usability of Low Precision Sys-tems

Murray Crease and Anthony Lovesey 733Web Application of World Folktale Network

Noriko Horikawa 984Discovering the Sociability Needs of Two Types of Discussion

Board CommunitiesChadia Abras, Ant Ozok and Jennifer Preece 595

Users' Perceptions of Web Download Delay: An Empirical StudyFiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Qi Fei and Holtjona Galanxhi 748

A Power/Reliability Model for Spatial NavigationJinjuan Feng and Andrew Sears 1080

Online-Questionnaire Design: Establishing Guidelines and Evaluat-ing Existing SupportJoanna Lumsden, and Wendy Morgan 407

How Do We Accept Technology? The Effect of Individual Differ-encesKhaled Dahawy and Sherif Kamel 271

Tapping on the Move: Fitts' Law Under Mobile ConditionsMin Lin, Kathleen J. Price, Rich Goldman, Andrew Sears andJulie A. Jacko 132

A Framework for Multimodal Web-Based Information Systems onMobile AgentsCecilia Wai Shee Chan and Lindsay Smith 544

An Error Generator ModelLuiz Carlos Begosso and Lucia Vilela Leite Filgueiras... 1141

Computing Access for Public SpacesAlbert Fengan Liu and Carolyn Watters 1263

Supporting Context Driven Change in a User InterfaceMurray Crease 735

Human Side of ITTime for IT: Timing in Software Projects

Dariusz Jemielniak 1199User Acceptance of Technology and Success in IS Implementation

EivindBrevik 172Strategically Manage Your People Assets to Make Your Integration

Strategies Work for Your EnterpriseRakesh Kumar Mishra and Sudeep Mallick 904

What is Gender's Influence in Wireless Internet Access TechnologyAcceptanceMin Gong 683

Determinants of Telecommuting Among Women Workers in Penang:A Case StudyNoorliza Karia and Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari .. 660

College Students' Internet Use and Its Affect on Family RelationsYoung-jinJeon 1332

Information Ethics IssuesSoftware Agents: Ethical Issues Concerning Agent Autonomy

Kane Baxter Bignell 549An Economic and Ethical Analysis of Offshoring: Intercountry

Outsourcing of IT EmploymentWilliam H.Friedman 518

e-CAM and Online Banking: The Role of Risk in the Adoption ofConsumer Online BankingStephanie J. Etter 118 1

Staff Reactions to the Implementation of Electronic Monitoring andControl of Email Systems: A Contemporary Case StudyAidan Duane and Patrick Finnegan 465

Ethical Issues Associated with Biometric TechnologiesMensurCehic and Marian Quigley 540

Search Engine Result Bias: An Empirical Investigation of CommercialWeb Based Search ToolsKholekile Gwebu and Jing Wang 584

Managing Ethics in GIS ImplementationsDavid Gadish 815

The Use of DataglyphsinMail Surveys: Methodological and EthicalImplicationsEsperanza Huerta 746

IT as a Profession: Ethical ImplicationsRobert A. Schultz 778

Webmaster Perceptions of Ethics within an IT SettingAlfreda Dudley-Sponaugle and Jonathan Lazar 164

Information Security ManagementUse of Reconnaissance Patterns for Intelligent Monitoring Model

Mariana Hentea 160An Empirical Investigation into Actual User Password Use from an

E-Commerce SiteJoseph A. Cazier, B. Dawn Medlin and Dinesh S. Dave... 704

Comparing and Matching Privacy Policies Using Community Con-sensusGeorge Yee and Larry Korba 208

Classification of Online Gaming Crime and SecurityYing-Chieh Chen, Ronggong Song, George Yee, Larry Korbaand Patrick S. Chen 941

Student Perceptions of IT Risk in BankingJames A. Nelson and Maria de Boyrie 1254

Sending Messages via Port KnockingScott Magruder, Stanley X. Lewis Jr., Kuo Lane Chen andEddy J. Burks 1214

Security Model for Businesses with Network Data StructuresLech J. Janczewski and Victor Portougal 522

Scenarios for Privacy Rights Management Using Digital RightsManagementLarry Korba, Ronggong Song, George Yee andBomy Chen 468

Developing a Knowledge Architecture for IT SecuritySomeswar Kesh and Pauline Ratnasingham 1010

Cyber-Terrorism: A Threat to Australia?Christopher Beggs 472

Issues and Challenges for Secured Ad Hoc CollaborationKristie Kosaka and Samir Chatterjee 115

Enhancing Information Security: A Qualitative Risk Analysis Methodfor Overcoming the Insider ThreatPatricia Y. Logan and Allen C. Clarkson 212

WLAN Client AuthenticationGoran Pulkkis, Kaj J. Grahn and Jonny Karlsson 95

Watermarking Application System for Map Content DistributionTakaaki Yamada, Yasuhiro Fujii, Isao Echizen, SatoruTezukaand Norihisa Komoda 618

Adoption of Instant Messaging in an Information Security Supervi-sion and Management Environment: An Emprical Study inWorkplace AdoptionXin Luo, Cheon-Pyo Lee and Merrill Warkentin 856

Information Security Risk Analysis: A Matrix-Based ApproachSanjay Goel and Vicki Chen 220

Implementing a Comprehensive Information Security LaboratoryInfrastructure: A Case ReportJean-Philippe Labruyere, Linda V. Knight and Theresa A.Steinbach 959

Information Technology EducationTeaching Programming: The Shift from Conventional to Student-

Centred ApproachMatthew Butler 515

The Case for a CIS Application Systems Course: The Purpose of ITis Application Systems - So Why Do We Teach So Little AboutThem?Knox B. Wasley 1296

Changes in Technology SkilIs of In-Service Teachers after Technol-ogy Integration EducationDavid D. Carbonara 954

Graduates' Opinions ofCSULA's CIS Curriculum Survey of CSULA'sCIS Graduates: 1997-2001Knox B. Wasley 1287

The KARPE Model for Differentiating Teaching and Learning withTechnologyLawrence A. Tomei 1211

Information Technologies and Education: Towards New TeachingParadigmsAntonio Cartelli 867

Digital Business Portfolios: Categories and ContentEleanor J. Flanigan and Susan Amman 1042

Developing a Modularized Competency-Based IS CurriculumNorma G. Sutcliffe, Susy S. Chan andMakoto Nakayama 1087

Competency Based Teacher Education Program in InstructionalTechnologyDavid Carbonara 298

Evaluation of a Web-Based Tutoring System for Java: Design Impli-cationsHenry H. Emurian 421

Factors Influencing a Laptop Initiative: An Empirical Study onStudents' AttitudesSusan Elwood-Salinas, Robert Cutshall and ChuleepornChangchit 107

An Analysis of Changes in Value of MIS Courses Perceived byAlumniEarl Chrysler and Stuart Van Auken 978

An Investigation into the Benefits and Concerns of Using Large ScalePackaged Software in the Curricula: An Australian PerspectiveYee Shing Lam and Wasana Sedera 1053

Learning in Higher Education: The ISEGI CaseAna Maria Ramalho Correia and Anabela Sarmento 1019

System Conversion: Teaching versus RealityEfrem G. Mallach 103

Computing Curricula Disputes: How Accreditation Documents andCurriculum Guidelines Might HelpJanos Fiistos and Abel Moreno 13

Incorporating .Net Technology within an IS CurriculumDavid C.Wallace 1265

Guidelines for a Successful Computer Professional Internship Pro-gramParviz Partow-Navid and Ludwig Slusky 418

Computing and IT Education: What, Where and Why?Stuart R. Monroe and Abel Moreno 614

Using a Decision Support System to Teach Fundamental SystemConceptsGayla Jo Slauson 975

A Unique Learning Approach in Information TechnologyAnil Sharma, Khalifa Ali Alsuwaidi, Hussein Chehime andStephen Boylan 557

Tool Support for Learning Patterns: RequirementsNadine Frohlich and Georg Paul 789

The Philosophy of System Development MethodologyJerome B. Heath 429

Introducing Geographic Information Systems for Business in HigherEducationDavid Gadish 811

Why Students Need FRENDSTony Richardson 823

Developing IS Curriculum: A Hungarian Approach (Application ofthe Two Stage Model For Information Science Programs)Maria Raffai and Gyozo Molnarka and Janos Fiistos ... 880

A Content Analysis of Information Technology Job AdvertisementsStuart D. Galup, Ronald Dattero and Jim J. Quan 970

A Learner-Centered Approach to Computer Training in a Multi-Cultural ContextWai K. Law 850

Making Assignments More AuthenticDonald C. McDermid 870

Alternative Teaching Strategies Used for a Database Modeling CourseBarbara J. Nicolai 910

A Model Explaining the Degree of Success of Web Based Technolo-gies in the University EducationCarmen de Pablos Heredero, Adriana Romaniello Lopez andDavid Quintana Montero 792

Team Competency Principles in an IT Education EnvironmentTony Jewels and Rozz Albon 927

Information Systems Teaching in the Portuguese Public Universitiesin the Economics and Management FieldRui Filipe Cerqueira Quaresma and Antonio Serrano... 1178

Information Technology in AfricaResearch Proposal for E-Business in Developing Countries: A Theo-

retical Model of National InfrastructureChitu Okoli 744

Risks in the Collaborative Development of Management InformationSystems (MIS) by Nigerian UniversitiesPrincely Ifinedo and Charles Uwadia 694

Web Services Adoption of the Travel and Tourism Industry i n SouthAfrica, Kenya, Zimbabwe and UgandaTonderai Maswera, Ray Dawson and Janet Edwards ....916

Infrastructural and Organizational Factors Enabling E-Business inSub-Saharan Africa: A Case-Based Research ProposalChitu Okoli 993

Issues of ICTs and Development in Less Developed Countries: ACase of Africa and a View Towards Bridging the Digital DivideGeorge E.M. Ditsa 646

Information Technology in EuropeEurope (Romania): Midrange-OffShore Outsourcing Opportunity

Gary Schmidt 1333Current Approaches to Coupon Clearing in Germany

Jcirg Becker, Daniel Pfeiffer, Axel Winkelmann andChristian Janiesch 712

Exploration of Conceptual Models: Application of the GOM Frame-workChristian Janiesch, Christian Brelage and Roland Holten... 254

Customer Retention Strategies on Corporate Web Sites: An Empiri-cal StudyIrene Pollach and Horst Treiblmaier 332

Regulating Electronic Commerce in Europe: The Implications of EURegulation for the European Fund Management IndustryJeremy Fisher and G. Harindranath 1328

Intelligent Information TechnologiesMulti-Site Project Management: A Domain for Crafting an Ontology

System Methodology and System ArchitectureChan Cheah and Elizabeth Chang 1130

Intelligent Management of Call Centre KnowledgeMegan Vazey and Debbie Richards 877

IRM in GovernmentNetwork Creation as a Foundation for Information Sharing: The

Homeless Information Management Systems (HIMS)Jennifer Goodall Powers 906

Centralized Information Resource Management and Budget Period-icityPaul M. Chalekian 592

Implementing an Enterprise-Wide Geographic Information SystemUsing an IRM-Centric Approach: A Case Study of the US AirForce Geobase ProgramMario L. Oliver, Ellen C. England and Summer E. Bartczak.. 48

E-Mail in Government: Networks in the Shadow of HierarchyAlbert Jacob Meijer 392

The Myths of E-Government: Looking Beyond the Assumptions ofa New and Better GovernmentVincent Homburg 496

IT and Supply Chain ManagementThe Evolution of Supply Chain Management: "The Scor Model"

Bernardino Quattrociocchi and Fabio Ulgiati 1022An Integrated Supply Chain and Logistics System

Aik Joo Heng John, Pramila Gupta and Hepu Deng 965Technology and Inter-Organizational Trust: Examining Determi-

nants of Post-Adoption UtilizationSusan K. Lippert 246

The Perils and Promises of Supply Chain Management (SCM)Rasool Azari 1017

Management Issues in RFID ProjectsWilliam K. Hoistein, Jakov Crnkovic and Michael Ribeiro ..1151

Growing a Supply Chain into a Value ChainGerhard Plenert 1330

IT Enabled Business Process Re-Engineering for a Global SupplyChain Management: A Case StudyNarasimhaiah Gorla, Harish Verma and Tarn Wai Chu .... 1304

IT Outsourcing: An Assessment of Relative Failure Factor Complex-ityLatifAI-Hakim 687

IT Business ValueGetting the Best Value from the Intranet: A Case Study

Hardev Ubhi, Ray Dawspn, Thomas W. Jackson and MarkGoodson -319

Developing Dynamic IT Capabilities: Sustaining IT Advantage OverTimeGerald Grant and Bhasker Mukerji °38

A Firm Level Study of Information Technology Productivity byCompany Size Using Financial and Market Based MeasuresAlan R. Peslak 388

Information Technology Payoff and Time LagsCheon-Pyo Lee, David A. Vance and Xin Luo 99

Electronic Banking as a Direction for Development of Bankin: WhatMakes the Application of Information Technology (IT) Effec-tive in Development of Electronic Banking?Jerzy A. Kisielnicki and Sylwia Filipek 168

IT Evaluation Method and ManagementBenefit Evaluation of Web Content Management Systems

Axel C. Schwickert and Bernhard Ostheimer 1277Seeking Optimal IT Strategies by the Determination of Adaptability

in Domain-Specific Software ApplicationsKatja Andresen and Norbert Gronau 1284

A Critical Evaluation of Enterprise Systems Success MeasurementModelsDarshana Sedera, Satish Rangaswami andPavanaMallavaram 655

An Evaluation Framework for Enterprise Application IntegrationMarc Rabaey, Eddy Vandijck and Ghislain Hoffman ... 1311

Analysis of the Dimensions Involved in IT EvaluationClaudia Aparecida de Mattos and Fernando ios6 BarbinLaurindo 148

A Framework for Evaluating Organizational Characteristics in Adop-tion of New Applications and TechnologiesMeet Bhagde and John Mendonca 892

IS/IT Investment Evaluation Practices in Australia and Taiwan: AComparative StudyChad Lin and Helen Cripps 87

IT in Small BusinessAssimilation and Adoption of IT in Manufacturing SMEs: A Value-

Chain PerspectivePratyush Bharati and Abhijit Chaudhury 1101

Electronic Contracts: Evolving the Way Business is DonePatrick Dixon and Gary Schmidt 1332

The Use of 1ST in Portuguese SMEsRosalina Babo, Filomena Lopes and Paula Morais 1359

Information Systems Strategy in an SME: A Case Study in a Not-For-Profit OrganisationBrian W. Hollocks 1320

The Impact of the Entrepreneurial Characteristics of the CEO oneCommerce Adoption in SMEs in New ZealandNabeel A.Y. Al-Qirim 72

Can a Share-Sourcing Strategy for IT Adoption be SuccessfullyImplemented in Latin American SMEs?Raul Trejo-Ramirez and Guillermo Rodrfguez-Abitia .. 1329

The Role and Influence of Technology Consultants in the Acquisitionof ERP Functionality by Small and Medium EnterprisesMichael Wyboand Pierre-Majorique Leger 1058

Adoption of IT and E-Commerce Tools in the Business Sector inSouth Africa and Australia: A ComparisonV.S. Venkatesan and Kevin Johnston 480

Computer Aided Consulting for Small to Medium BusinessesAmjad Umar, Kamran Khalid, Nauman Javed and AdnanJaved 632

E-Commerce Adoption in Danish SMEs: A Synthesis of ResultsAda Scupola 1328

Virtual Communities for SMEs: Implementing a Regional ElectronicMarketplaceJanice M. Burn, Denise E. Gengatharen and Craig Stand-ing 667

Discovering a Solution to SME's Communication Problems:VoiceXML TechnologyZhi Yong Xu and Lindsay Smith 553

Factors Affecting IT and Business Alignment in Small and Medium-Sized EnterprisesChia-anChao 1193

E-Business and E-Commerce Adoption and Use in Rural versusUrban SMEsElizabeth A. Regan and Scott A. Wymer 1225

A Study of IT Use in Small and Medium Businesses in Melbourne,AustraliaStephen Burgess 182

Program Evaluation of the Chilean Telecenters Network for Microand Small CompaniesHector R. Ponce 1294

Competitor Intelligence Initiatives by Private Education Institutionsin SingaporeShaheen Majid and Imran Shaari 1331

IT Management in Developing CountriesCRM Strategies in a Brazilian Candy Company

Gabriela Matos de Medeiros and Luiz Augusto M. Mendes-Filho 1188

Discovering How Trust Affects Marketing Speciality Coffee in theU.S.Margaret Grossman O'Connor 1330

The Effect of Culture on User Acceptance of Information Technol-ogyKakoli Bandyopadhyay and Katherine A. Fraccastoro ... 1013

GIS Systems in Jordan: A Case Study of Public Transport AuthorityEvon Abu-Taieh 842

Assessing the Impacts of Establishing an Internet Cafd in the Contextof a Developing NationSherifKamel 176

Comparing China and India in the Offshore Software OutsourcingMarketYue Yang and Gary Schmidt 1331

Strategic Management of Information Technology in the Construc-tion Industry: Case Study of a Developing CountryChandra Bhuta, Samir Shah and M. Sapri Pamulu 603

Knowledge Management Systems Success Factors: An Investigationin Middle-Eastern OrganizationsKamla Ali Al-Busaidi and Lome Oilman 277

Evaluating Quality Perception in IT Services: A Brazilian Explor-atory StudyEduardo Margara da Silva, Gin Kwan Yue. Roberto GilioliRotondaro and Fernando Jose" Barbin Laurindo 194

E-Commerce Usage in Guatemala: An Exploratory StudyDavid Lewis and Timothy Shea 1245

IT Management in HealthcareManaging Modern Organisations with Information Technology

R. Venkatesh and S. Jayachandran 1085A UML Based Approach for "Patient Pathway" Modeling

Nicola Fiore and Anna Bruno 152Economic Efficiency of Mobile Terminals in Hospitals

Asarnusch Rashid and Tamara Hogler 962A Field Study of Database Communication Utilizing a Voice Acti-

vated Medical Tracking ApplicationJames A. Rodger and ParagC. Pendharkar 313

An Intelligent Wireless Application for Blood Pressure Self-Moni-toringKamel Karoui and Mohamed Salah Hamdi 780

A .NET Remoting Medical Record Management SystemFarid Hallouche and Matt Wendling 354

Mobile Healthcare Information Systems: Thru' the Ant LensBardo Fraunholz and Chandana Unnithan 371

Using Handheld Technology to Monitor Diabetes in Remote Com-munitiesShirley Ann Becker 432

IT Teaching CasesNew Landscapes: Teaching to Avoid Plagiarism in the Web Environ-

mentPaul Darbyshire and Stephen Burgess 224

Innovative Model for Information Assurance Curriculum: A Teach-ing HospitalSanjay Goel and Damira Pon 24

Teaching Information Fluency: A New Pedagogical FrameworkAnne Matheus, Rita Longo and Roger Norton 336

IT/Community PartnershipImplementing an Educational Technology Strategic Plan in the United

Arab Emirates Schools: Promises and ChallengesHazem T. El Khatib, Tofi Rahal and Ahmed Guessoum ... 934

Linking Critical IT Skills to Industry Needs: A StudyDonald J. Caputo, Gary A. Davis, Paul J. Kovacs and John C.Turchek 250

Attracting Female Students by Placing a Technical Curriculum in aSocietal FrameworkDonna M. Grant-Chappie 1164

Knowledge CommerceThe Emerging Trends in Information and Knowledge Management

CareersSuliman Al-Hawamdeh, Yun-Ke Chang, Miguel A. MoralesArroyo and Kanti Srikantaiah 951

Knowledge Integration in Organizations: Improving the Effective-ness and Efficiency of Heterogeneous Team CollaborationsBrigitte Steinheider and David Kremer 750

Knowledge ManagementKnowledge Management Based View of Information System Devel-

opment ProcessEl-Sayed Abou-Zeid and Bouchaib Bahli 576

Continuity Management for Enhancing Knowledge SharingAbdus Sattar Chaudhry and Tan Ching Ching 947

Knowledge Management, Knowledge Management Systems, andOrganizational Performance: An Empirical StudyShaoboJiandWeiheHan 1237

Issues in Knowledge Management StrategyMurray E. Jennex and Theophilus B. A. Addo 536

Cutting Through the Gordian Knot of Inefficient Healthcare Pro-cesses with the ICNilmini Wickramasinghe and Jonathan L. Schaffer 286

Analysis of Information in Workflow SystemsVincent Yen 1070

Uncertainty and the Willingness to Share KnowledgePernill van der Rijt, Bart van den Hooff, Jan de Ridder andMariekeWenneker 1067

Knowledge Dissemination and Validation: A Case of AcademicCredentialsPatrice Sargenti, MounirKeha and William Lightfoot ... 1065

Integrating Knowledge Across Organizations: The Role of SocialCapitalMamata Bhandar, Pan Shan-Ling, Bernard C.Y. Tan and GohPuay-Guan 484

A Research Approach Classification for Knowledge ManagementAnabela Sarmento, Isabel Ramos, Joao Alvaro Carvalho,Filomena Lopes and Paula Morais 1250

Knowledge Management and Sustained Competitive Advantage: AResource-Based AnalysisJean-Pierre Booto Ekionea and El-Sayed Abou-Zeid 622

Towards a Model for Global Knowledge Management within theEnterpriseMichel Grundstein and Camille Rosenthal-Sabroux 1259

Barriers to Knowledge Sharing: The Experience of a Higher EducationInstitutionOmar Khalil, Timothy Shea and Gregor Hense 1253

Knowledge Management in a Financial Institution: A Case of EAPBankAbdus Sattar Chaudhry and Tan Justine Tino 943

Success Factors on Intra-Organizational Knowledge TransferNoornina Dahlan, T. Ramayah, Noorliza Karia, Fun S wee Fongand Muhammad Hasmi Abu Hassan Asaari 663

Knowledge Management Best Practices in NPOs: A Doctoral LevelInvestigationPeter Knight and Norm O'Reilly 1301

What Kind of Market Orientation Exists in Finnish Research Librar-ies? Implications for Managing Customer Knowledge andRelationshipsRajesh Singh 899

Recommendations for the Selection and Efficient Use of ElectronicCommunication Tools for Knowledge Transfer in Agile Off-shore Software Development EnvironmentsFaisal Abdullah, Charles R. Woratschek and JeanneBaugh 1166

A Risky Business Retirement (For Higher Education)Elayne Coakes, Anton Bradburn, James Shearer, Fefie Dotsikaand Nick Barnett 1110

Organisation Design and Structure with Regard to the Facilitation ofTacit Knowledge ManagementPeter Busch, Megan Vazey and Debbie Richards 872

Applying Group Research Framework to Knowledge ManagementJulian Lin, Kwok Kee Wei and Hock Chan Chan 262

The Intellectual Bandwidth Maturity Model: An Instrument toDetermine Organizational Intellectual Bandwidth MaturityDeepa K. Ray and Nicholas C. Romano Jr 956

From Ontologies to the Semantic Web: The Engineering of Knowl-edgeAntonio M. Lopez Jr 136

The Knowledge Management ImperativeDenise J. McManus, Charles A. Snyder and Larry T. Wilson . 599

Trust, Quality and Motivation in Consumer-to-Consumer Interac-tions on the WWWIrene Pollach 425

Stakeholders in Knowledge ManagementGeorg Peters 981

A Study of the Community of Practice and Its Applicability toOrganisational KnowledgeThomas W. Parsons, Thomas W. Jackson and Ray Dawson .. 902

Effects of Online Collaboration Software Tools on Corporate SocialCapitalKiku Jones and Dennis Pearce 821

Computing the Knowledge Management Index: Validation of theInstrumentDerek A. Asoh, Salvatore Belardo and Jakov (Yasha)Crnkovic 1154

Mobile Computing and CommerceUsing a Three-Fabric Framework to Analyze Industry Dynamics: An

Exploratory Investigation of the Wireless IndustryDongBack Seo and King-Tim Mak 1143

A Peer to Peer (P2P) Workflow Architecture for Emergency TeamsSupportGeorgios John Fakas and Bill Karakostas 1045

Leadership on Distance: The Effects of Distance on Communication,Trust and MotivationSvein Bergum and Jan Tore Selvik 323

Contextual Impact on Information Filtering for Mobile UsersWitold Abramowicz, Krzysztof Banaskiewicz, Karol Wielochand Pawel Zebrowski 721

Searching for Value in Researching the Adoption and Use of M-Services: Pilot Research FindingsPatricia McManus and Craig Standing 111

Personalization in Mobile CommerceHY Sonya Hsu, Gordon C. Bruner and Songpol Kulviwat ..1103

Mobile Commerce Systems and Payment MethodsWen-Chen Hu, Tom Wiggen and Hung-Jen Yang 769

Applying the Target and Shield Model to Wireless TechnologiesLaura Lally and James J. Nolan 436

Motes: The New Privacy InvadersMax Hendriks and Laurel Evelyn Dyson 772

P2P and Mobile Computing: A New Networks Paradigm?ElisabettaSolidoro 1334

Determinants of Adoption of HSD (High Speed Data) Services in theBusiness MarketMargheritaPagani 1145

Multimedia Information ManagementExperimentingwith Wi-Fi Computer Links at the Auckland Univer-

sity of TechnologyNurul I. Sarkar 853

Object Oriented TechnologiesModelling XML and Web Services Messages with UML

SamirEl-Masri and Bhuvan Unhelkar 366Using Model-Driven Architecture in Designing an E-Application

Development and Deployment ShellBuddhima De Silva and Bhuvan Unhelkar 1268

Overcoming the Limitations of the ERP Paradigm: A Latin AmericanExplorationEitel J.M. Laun'a, Pablo Iacub and Dan Rozenfarb 1173

Applying Syntax, Semantics and Aesthetic Checks in Verifying andValidating the Quality of UML ModelsB. Unhelkar and B. Henderson-Sellers 1315

Open Source SoftwareOn Diffusion of Open Source Software

Amir Parssian 1139Beyond Development: A Research Agenda for Investigating Open

Source Software User CommunitiesLeigh Jin, Daniel Robey and Marie-Claude Boudreau.... 642

Open Source: Application Level - Ready for Prime Time?Daniel Brandon 805

Project Management and ITPreparing Students to Run Projects: A Self Evaluation Mapping Our

Current Curriculum to Needed Project Management LearningOutcomesLeslie Lorenz and Jeff Brewer 588

A Meta-Analysis of the Sunk Cost Effect on Project EscalationJijie Wang and Mark Keil 238

Aligning Project Management Office and Strategy: A Brazilian CaseStudyLeandro Alves Patah, Marly Monteiro de Carvalho andFernando Jose" Barbin Laurindo 140

Towards a Theory of Project Management Using Conceptual Mod-elingMichael Thygs and Christian Brelage 127

A Web-Based Project Network Diagram Modelling SystemLulu Zhang and Raymond Koon-Ying Li 395

Revisiting IS Project Management Strategies: The New ChallengesEvanW.Duggan 1

Efficiency and Effectiveness of Management in Project OrientedOrganizations: The Role of Information Technology in theOrganizationsJerzy Kisielnicki and Stanislaw Sroka 83

IT Project Failures: Improvement Opportunities for Project Manag-ers and OrganizationsDaniel S. Lah I 57

Organizing Project Management Maturity in a System IntegratingCompanyRoque Rabechini Jr., Roge'rio Pelloso Gelamo and MarlyMonteiro de Carvalho 503

A Web-Based Project Office System Supporting Lesson-LearnedRaymond Koon-Ying Li 453

The Effect of Contractors on Project Success: What the LiteratureDoesn't SaySue Bolton and Donald C. McDermid 990

Project Quality Management in Virtual Environments: A PrimerCarla Wilkin, Bardo Fraunholz and Chandana Unnithan ... 753

Service Oriented Architectures/Web ServicesImplementing Service-Oriented Architecture Using IBM WebSphere

Studio Application DeveloperMayur R. Mehta, Jaymeen R. Shah and Sam Lee 1341

A Security Solution for Web-Services Based Virtual OrganizationsYih-JiunLee 1107

Rule Markup for Active Web ServicesSam Lee, Jaymeen R. Shah and Mirza B. Murtaza 1190

E-Supply Chain Orchestration Using Web Service Technologies: ACase Using BPEL4WSSimon Samwel Msanjila. Tamrat Tewoldeberhan, WiekeBocks tae l -B lok . Marijn Janssen and AlexanderVerbraeck 282

Towards a Paradigm of Using Webservices CollectivelySuo Cong, Jonas Neukomm. Tibor Dekany and KlausDittrich 938

A Service Oriented Architecture for Personal Financial PlanningOliver Braun and Giinter Schmidt 1032

SLA Monitoring of Presence-Enabled Services: A New ApproachTapati Bandopadhyay and Pradeep Kumar 1324

Social Responsibility in the Information AgeManaging the Modern Workforce: Cultural Diversity and Its Impli-

cationsIndrawati Nataatmadja and Laurel Evelyn Dyson 580

Social Responsibility as a Key Factor in IT Management for Teacher-TrainingMarie-Christine Deyrich 1149

The Role of an Online Community to Support Overweight Adoles-centsLeisa Armstrong and Rachel Mahncke 1118

Recent Immigrants and ICTs: A New Zealand PerspectiveEltahir Kabbar and Barbara J. Crump 1063

Social Responsibility of Business in the Information Age: VedicPhilosophy the Guiding ForceA.K. Sharma and Balvir Talwar 1279

Software Engineering TechnologiesA Formal Approach to Managing System Security Reengineering

ProcessesKassemSalehandGhanemElShahri 1056

Exploring the Influence of Cultural and Political Factors on SoftwareProcess Improvement InitiativesDanaEdberg 710

Evaluation and Selection of CASE Tools for Educational PurposesHassan Pournaghshband and Shahriar Movafaghi 1228

Wrapper-Based Software Component ReuseHisham M. Haddad 832

A Blackboard-Oriented Architecture for e-Government Service Com-positionCostas Vassilakis, Anya Sotiropoulou, Dimitrios Theotokisand Dimitris Gouscos 309

Traps and Hints when Migrating from Java to .NETThomas B. Hodel and Kelin Simitovic 839

Software Agents and the Quest for a Generic Virtual MarketplaceArchitectureGeorge Kontolemakis, Marisa Masvoula, Panagiotis Kanellisand Drakoulis Martakos 1047

An Interactive Methodology for Gathering Quality RequirementsJihad Qaddour, Matthew Henry, Sam Kuofie, Dan Armich,Patrick Harriss, Amy Jones and Chris Lau 924

Managing the QoS-Aspect in Model-TransformationsAmor Solberg and Jan 0yvind Aagedal 707

An Evaluation of Information Modeling MethodsKeng Siau and Yuan Wang 1186

Strategic IT ManagementInformation Systems and Organisational Innovation: Modularisation,

Hierarchies, and the Evolution of Decentralised OrganisationsWerner Holzl, Andreas Reinstaller and Paul Windrum.... 1161

Assessment of E-StrategyAnne-Marie Croteau, Anne Beaudry and Justin Holm ..675

Exploring the Role of Inter-Organizational Information Systemswithin SMEs AggregationsAurelio Ravarini, Jennifer Moro and Federico Pigni .... 1298

Business Processes and Human Resources Competence ProfilesToma* Kern, Matja* Roblek, Janez Mayer and BenjaminUrh 1202

Chief Information Officers in Taiwan: An Exploratory InvestigationM. Gordon Hunter 1098

Imagination and Strategy: Are They Compatible?R. Keith Martin 65

Understanding Strategic IS Alignment: Toward a Process GuideFrameworkLeAnn A. Hilgers and Felix B. Tan 350

The Effects of IS Success on Competitive BehaviorScott C. Ellis, G. Lawrence Sanders and Edward J. Garrity 40

Information Fulfillment in Organizations: Reflections on Structuresand SolutionsM.E. Burke 967

Text Database and Document ManagementSpatial Indexing in the Process of Real Estates' Value Estimation

Witold Abramowicz, Andrzej Bassara, Agata Filipowska andMarek Wisniewski 1235

An Approach to Automatic Analysis and Classification of Unstruc-tured DataSven Abels, Liane Haak and Axel Hahn 1090

Unified Modeling Language and Unified ProcessFoundations of Component-Based Development and MDA

LilianaFavre 118A Framework for Language-Action Modeling in UML

Peter Rittgen 294Architectural Evaluation Support Tools

Phillip Schmidt, Greg Mulert and Zaven Petrosyan 457

Universities and Online EducationSo Are You Online Yet?! Distance and Online Education Today

Yu-Feng L. Lee and Hien Nguyen 1035E-Learning Framework for Traditional Education

Borworn Papasratorn and Thanakorn Wangpipatwong ...886The Blurring of On-Campus and Off-Campus Education: A Position

PaperPatricia A.H. Williams and Rachel Mahncke 190

Using Online Courseware for Information Literacy Skills Develop-ment in a Multinational ProgramPatricia A.H. Williams and Julie Johnson 62

Virtual Organizations and SocietyA Model of Controlling Occupational Fraud in Virtual Organizations

Paul J. Komiak and Sherrie Xiao Komiak 91How Does Each Member's Organizational Culture Affect the Devel-

opment of Trust in Virtual Teams?Mike Eom 1156

Online Political Activism: MoveOn.orgSamantha Kumar-Green and Marian Quigley 512

Virtual UniversitiesRequirements for Operating Models of Virtual Educational Net-

worksOliver Bohl and Udo Winand 144

Cybermath: A Hypermedia Course for Virtual UniversityNicolettaSala 973

Web Engineering TechnologiesWeb Mining for Business Intelligence: Discovering Novel Associa-

tion Rules from Competitors' WebsitesXin Chen and Yi-fang Brook Wu 679

Building a Semantic Web Framework with Reusable and ConfigurableCore TechnologiesThomas Biskup and Jorge Marx Gomez 859

Web-Based Learning and Teaching TechnologiesDeveloping Web-Based Computer Lab with InfoPath

LiChao 415Comparing Four Competing Models in E-Learning System Accep-

tanceWill Wai-kit Ma and Allan Hoi-kau Yuen 568

Towards an e-Learning Model of Self-TutoringRebecca Grasser and Santosh K. Misra 440

Constructing Knowledge as a System of RelationsLiliane Esnault, Marisa Ponti and Romain Zeiliger 531

The Four Dimensions of Blended LearningEmmanuel Fernandes, Khadija Roethlisberger and MaiaWentland Forte 1127

Does Optional Web-Based Seminar Support Better (Constructivist)Learning in the Basics of Informatics?Pekka Makkonen 488

A Web-Based VR System for Teaching and LearningXusheng Wang, Yonggao Yang and Xiao Han 715

Teaching Supply Chain Management Using Web Based DistanceLearning TechniquesGerhard Plenert 1330

Coalition Formation in Negotiations: Interacting Effects of CulturalDiversity and Negotiation Support SystemsXiaojia Guo and John Lim 228

Panels, Workshops and Tutorials 335

Doctoral Symposium Submissions 342