Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the social context of enterprise resource planning (ERP) adoption and use within an organization, emphasizing a knowledge transfer perspective. This framework is investigated in terms of the conflicts and struggles between the best practices...

Purpose – This research analyzes and tests the impact of some resource‐based determinants on sourcing decisions in an IS domain. Design/methodology/approach – By applying the insights provided by the resource‐based view of the firm, some hypotheses to explain sourcing decisions regarding...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to survey knowledge management (KM) practices and to examine the applications and technologies adopted when developing the knowledge management system (KMS) in build‐to‐order supply chains (BOSC). Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses a...

Purpose – Drawing on the operations and information systems literature as well as concepts tied to buyer‐seller relationships, the objective of this exploratory research is to measure the influence of joint collaboration planning actions on the strength of relationships, interorganizational...

Purpose – Large supply and computer networks contain heterogeneous information and correlation among their components, and are distributed across a large geographical region. This paper aims to investigate and develop a generic knowledge integration framework that can handle the challenges...

Purpose – The overall purpose of this paper is to analyze variables that influence how top financial executives view their return on information technology (IT) investment in their organizations. Specifically, relationships between a series of independent variables are measured against the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the mechanisms inducing a user organization to conform with enterprise resource planning (ERP)‐embedded organizational logics and accompanying implementation procedures. Design/methodology/approach – Based around the notion of technical...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an integrated model for manpower forecasting for the information security (IS) industry, one of the fastest growing IT‐related industries. The proposed model incorporates three critical factors (feedback structure, time lags, and a flexible...

Purpose – This paper aims to improve understanding of individuals' awareness and perceptions of computer usage policies (CUPs) and why individuals elect not to read these policies. Design/methodology/approach – MBA students were asked to complete an online survey evaluating their behavioral...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a data system to assess failure probability in small to medium‐sized enterprise (SME) reorganization. Design/methodology/approach – The data system is based on information from 83 reorganized Finnish SMEs. Information is divided into four...