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Neural nets versus conventional techniques in credit scoring in Egyptian banking (2008)
Journal Article
Abdou, H., Pointon, J., & El-Masry, A. (2008). Neural nets versus conventional techniques in credit scoring in Egyptian banking. Expert systems with applications, 35(3), 1275-1292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2007.08.030

Neural nets have become one of the most important tools using in credit scoring. Credit scoring is regarded as a core appraised tool of commercial banks during the last few decades. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the ability of neural ne... Read More about Neural nets versus conventional techniques in credit scoring in Egyptian banking.

Special issue: Learning and teaching in immersive virtual worlds (Editorial) (2008)
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Bell, F., Savin-Baden, M., & Ward, R. (2008). Special issue: Learning and teaching in immersive virtual worlds (Editorial). ALT-J : Association for Learning Technology journal, 16(3), 137-138. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687760802614214

Frances Bell and Rhona Sharpe became co-editors of ALT-J in September 2007, experiencing generous support from the previous team of editors, Grainne Conole, Martin Oliver and Jane Seale, during the handover period. With the support of the Editorial B... Read More about Special issue: Learning and teaching in immersive virtual worlds (Editorial).

Virtual public administration: improving public administration procedures through project management (2008)
Journal Article
Kapogiannis, G., Polychronakis, N., & Polychronakis, Y. (2008). Virtual public administration: improving public administration procedures through project management

The best way to contribute electronic and mobile Government is by creating a public administration network in virtual communities. This is essentially the definition of Virtual Public Administration (VPA). A virtual community (a good example of which... Read More about Virtual public administration: improving public administration procedures through project management.

Critical success factors in the chartering phase : a case study of an ERP implementation (2008)
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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.

Social networking and digital gaming media convergence : classification and its consequences for appropriation (2008)
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classification and its consequences for appropriation. Information Systems Frontiers, 10(4), 447-459. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-008-9105-4

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)
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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.

Gender matters in the global sourcing of service work (2008)
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Howcroft, D., & Richardson, H. (2008). Gender matters in the global sourcing of service work. New Technology, Work and Employment, 23(1-2), 44-60. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2008.00202.x

This paper provides a gendered analysis of the outsourcing of service work to developing economies taking, as illustration, call centres, shared service centres and the general ICT sector. The paper challenges the suggestion that changes in global ca... Read More about Gender matters in the global sourcing of service work.

Gendered futures? Women, the ICT workplace and stories of the future (2008)
Journal Article
Moore, K., Griffiths, M., Richardson, H., & Adam, A. (2008). Gendered futures? Women, the ICT workplace and stories of the future. Gender, Work and Organization, 15(5), 523. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0432.2008.00416.x

This article investigates stories of the future in relation to women in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector through the development of a theoretical and methodological stance towards the future. Given concerns about the future... Read More about Gendered futures? Women, the ICT workplace and stories of the future.

From smart and corporate to urban and edgy: revitalising organisations in turbulent environments (2008)
Journal Article
Burke, M. (2008). From smart and corporate to urban and edgy: revitalising organisations in turbulent environments. https://doi.org/10.1108/19348830810915497

Purpose: This paper aims to address issues surrounding the revitalising of organisations in turbulent environments. Design/methodology/approach: The paper contains a discussion of relevant issues and presentation of research which considers how lea... Read More about From smart and corporate to urban and edgy: revitalising organisations in turbulent environments.

Using plenary focus groups in information systems research: More than a collection of interviews (2008)
Journal Article
Sobreperez, P. (2008). Using plenary focus groups in information systems research: More than a collection of interviews. Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods, 6(2), 181-188

Standard data collection techniques in qualitative research have included surveys, interviews and observations. The Focus group technique is a more recent addition to the empirical researcher's repertoire and is highly appropriate to Information Syst... Read More about Using plenary focus groups in information systems research: More than a collection of interviews.

A case comparison of a proportional hazards model and a stochastic filter for condition-based maintenance applications using oil-based condition monitoring information (2008)
Journal Article
condition monitoring information. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 222, 47-55. https://doi.org/10.1243/1748006XJRR76

The ability to predict the expected time remaining before a component fails is crucial when scheduling maintenance activities and component replacements. The current paper presents a comparison of the proportional hazards model and a probabilistic... Read More about A case comparison of a proportional hazards model and a stochastic filter for condition-based maintenance applications using oil-based condition monitoring information.

An asset residual life prediction model based on expert judgments (2008)
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on expert judgments. European Journal of Operational Research, 188, 496-505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2007.03.044

An appropriate and accurate residual life prediction for an asset is essential for cost effective and timely maintenance planning and scheduling. The paper reports the use of expert judgments as the additional information to predict a regularly monit... Read More about An asset residual life prediction model based on expert judgments.

Blogging: self presentation and privacy (2008)
Journal Article
Mccullagh, K. (2008). Blogging: self presentation and privacy. Information and Communications Technology Law, 17(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600830801886984

Blogs are permeating most niches of social life, and addressing a wide range of topics from scholarly and political issues1 to family and children’s daily lives. By their very nature, blogs raise a number of privacy issues as they are easy to produce... Read More about Blogging: self presentation and privacy.

Smoothing and adjustments of demand forecasts for inventory control (2008)
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Syntetos, A., & Boylan, J. (2008). Smoothing and adjustments of demand forecasts for inventory control. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 19(2), 175-192. https://doi.org/10.3182/20060517-3-FR-2903.00104

Demand forecasting and stock control are traditionally examined as independent of each other. Even though this weakness has been highlighted in the academic literature, little empirical work has been conducted on forecasting adjustments addressing th... Read More about Smoothing and adjustments of demand forecasts for inventory control.

New research directions for data and knowledge engineering: A philosophy of language approach (2008)
Journal Article
Basden, A., & Klein, H. (2008). New research directions for data and knowledge engineering: A philosophy of language approach. Data and Knowledge Engineering, 67(2), 260-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.datak.2008.05.005

This article advances a strategic proposal that would enable future research in data/knowledge engineering and natural language processing to take a broader range of meanings into account than can be derived from analyzing text with current methods f... Read More about New research directions for data and knowledge engineering: A philosophy of language approach.

Engaging with and enriching humanist thought: the case of information systems (2008)
Journal Article
Basden, A. (2008). Engaging with and enriching humanist thought: the case of information systems

Those who believe that explicitly Christian thinking is possible in the scientific disciplines tend to assume that it must be antithetical to the world’s thinking. Based on some of the author’s experience, this article examines a different approach,... Read More about Engaging with and enriching humanist thought: the case of information systems.