Proprietary software firms have recently begun to emulate the open source software community in opening up some of their software. We analyze this phenomenon in the context of resource allocation between fixing defects and the development of the next version of the software — an important...

We are now in a new age of stakeholder engagement. Thanks to the World Wide Web, social media, and advances in mobile and interactive communications and information technologies, networked individuals around the globe are no longer passive and docile recipients of dispensed instructions and...

This study examines the Impact of Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) on Economic Development of Nigeria. Secondary data was collected from the Budget Office of the Federation, Office of the Accountant- General of the Federation, National Bureau of Statistic...

This volume is a collection of papers on emerging concepts, approaches and ideas in information systems research. It examines theoretical and methodological issues related to both information systems development in general and the complexity of information systems as socio-technical systems. The...