Although planning is widely accepted as an important element of every human endeavour and as such the very often the starting point of any decision in the business world, the value of strategic planning systems (Spas) has been debated for over three decades. It is still not clear how planning...

Economic contribution and impact studies are common tasks for regional economists, but the semantics of the discipline suffer from a lack of standardization with respect to dif-ferences between economic contributions, impacts and benefits. These terms refer to 3 dis-tinct metrics which are...

Although organizations can derive competitive advantage from developing and implementing information systems, they are confronted with a rising number of unethical information practices. Because end-users and computer experts are the conduit to an ethical organizational environment, their...