A field study of 33 Canadian and Belgian travel agencies has allowed us to identify various factors determining the use and advantages obtained of global distribution systems (GDS) in the tourism industry. These systems include Galileo (13 agencies), Sabre (12), Worldspan (6) and Amadeus (2)....

The impacts of information technology on business performance has been a focus of research in recent years. In this regard, contingency models based on the notion of "fit" between the organization's management of IT, its environment, strategy, and structure seem to show promise. Six perspectives...

Purpose: With the increasing digitalization processes taking place in different industries, the success of family small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) appears to be more under threat than for any other types of organizations, especially when information technologies (ITs) are not...