Outputs (2773)

Building bridges: Manchester Salford enterprise initiative. Enterprise support and engagement in deprived communities pilots: final evaluation report and recommendations towards a model for developing enterprise culture in deprived communities (2008)
Report
Enterprise support and engagement in deprived communities pilots: final evaluation report and recommendations towards a model for developing enterprise culture in deprived communities

Enterprise is increasingly seen as a key factor in the successful regeneration of areas of deprivation and communities. Partners within the public sector, including regional development agencies, local authorities and educational institutions, are ta... Read More about Building bridges: Manchester Salford enterprise initiative. Enterprise support and engagement in deprived communities pilots: final evaluation report and recommendations towards a model for developing enterprise culture in deprived communities.

Community as commodity (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D., & Pearson, E. (2008, July). Community as commodity. Presented at IFIP WG 9.5 International Working Conference on Virtuality and Society: Massive Virtual Communities, Leuphana University, Luneburg, Germany

Despite utopian claims that the internet generally and Social Networking Sites (SNS) (including multi-user virtual environments, or MUVE) in particular herald a challenge to the dominance of capitalist ideologies in technological societies, there is... Read More about Community as commodity.

Critical success factors in the chartering phase : a case study of an ERP implementation (2008)
Journal Article
a case study of an ERP implementation. International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems, 4(3), 9-24. https://doi.org/10.4018/jeis.2008070102

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are pervasive information systems that have been fundamental in organizations for the past two decades. ERP systems may well count as the most important development in technology in the 1990s. There are many... Read More about Critical success factors in the chartering phase : a case study of an ERP implementation.

Investigation on FIPA agent communication mechanism based on web service (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Lu, G., Lu, J., Yao, S., & Yip, Y. (2008, July). Investigation on FIPA agent communication mechanism based on web service. Presented at 2008 International Conference on Internet Computing, ICOMP 2008, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

My Facebook profile: Copy, resemblance, or simulacrum? (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D. (2008, June). My Facebook profile: Copy, resemblance, or simulacrum?. Presented at 16th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

This paper offers a theoretical reading of the phenomenon and experience of the social networking site, Facebook, through an exploration of how loyally a Facebook profile can represent the essence of an individual, and whether such Platonic notions o... Read More about My Facebook profile: Copy, resemblance, or simulacrum?.

Antisocial behaviour orders: Unanticipated directions in social network site development (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, M., Light, B., & Mcgarrie, R. (2008, June). Antisocial behaviour orders: Unanticipated directions in social network site development. Presented at 16th European Conference in Information Systems,, University of Galway, Ireland,

Social network technologies, as we know them today have become a popular feature of everyday life
for many people. As their name suggests, their underlying premise is to enable people to connect with
each other for a variety of purposes. These purp... Read More about Antisocial behaviour orders: Unanticipated directions in social network site development.

Social networking and digital gaming media convergence : classification and its consequences for appropriation (2008)
Journal Article

Within the field of Information Systems, a good proportion of research is concerned with the work organisation and this has, to some extent, restricted the kind of application areas given consideration. Yet, it is clear that information and communica... Read More about Social networking and digital gaming media convergence : classification and its consequences for appropriation.

Forecasting and operational research : a review (2008)
Journal Article
Fildes, R., Nikolopoulos, K., Crone, S., & Syntetos, A. (2008). Forecasting and operational research : a review. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 59(9), 1150-1172. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602597

From its foundation, operational research (OR) has made many substantial contributions to practical forecasting in organizations. Equally, researchers in other disciplines have influenced forecasting practice. Since the last survey articles in JORS,... Read More about Forecasting and operational research : a review.

Technological frame incongruence, diffusion and noncompliance (2008)
Book Chapter

The Technological Frames of Reference strand of Social Shaping of Technology theory is used to overlay the issues arising from a case study looking at non-compliance with information systems. A recent review of the theory suggests that the process of... Read More about Technological frame incongruence, diffusion and noncompliance.

Investigating the influence of the elements of academic culture in ISO 9001 maintenance within Malaysian Public Higher Education (2008)
Thesis

The research aim of this study was to develop a framework in which the elements of
academic culture, which affect the ISO 9001 maintenance process within Malaysian
Public Higher Education Institutions (MPHEIs), were identified and demonstrated.
Th... Read More about Investigating the influence of the elements of academic culture in ISO 9001 maintenance within Malaysian Public Higher Education.