Recently, the government of India embarked on an ambitious project of designing and deploying the Integrated National Agricultural Resources Information System (INARIS) data warehouse for the agricultural sector. The system's purpose is to support macro-level planning. This paper presents some...

A growing number of software firms now rely on public beta testing to improve the quality of their products before commercial release. While the benefits resulting from improved software reliability are well recognized, some important market-related benefits have not been studied. Through...

Information privacy and protection in the United States is a source of great debate in both the academy and industry. Technological advancements in areas such as data warehousing allow aggregation of data across seemingly unrelated sources to create detailed profiles of individuals making...

Purpose: This research develops a supplier risk assessment methodology for measuring, tracking, and analyzing supplier and part specific risk over time for an automotive manufacturer.Design/Methodology: Supply chain risk literature is analyzed and used in conjunction with interviews from the...

Visualization systems for intrusion detection are becoming more prevalent with time, but the lack of an organizing framework for proper development of these systems is problematic. This paper introduces a component-based structure which can be used to adequately design and implement intrusion...

When a disruption occurs in a firm, its effects are often felt throughout the supply chain. As supply chains expand globally and companies pursue velocity and efficiency, the probability of disruptions propagating throughout a chain grows. In this paper, we employ a qualitative, grounded theory...