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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)
Journal Article
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).

Online social lending: Borrower-generated content (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Briceño Ortega, A., & Bell, F. (2008, August). Online social lending: Borrower-generated content. Presented at 14th Americas Conference on Information Systems- AMCIS 2008, Toronto, Canada

This article explores online social lending, an innovative venture that represents a reintermediation in financial services. Borrowers and lenders now have access to online financial information services such as Motley Fool, http://www.fool.com/ , an... Read More about Online social lending: Borrower-generated content.

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.

A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Dangerfield, B., Quigley, M., & Kearney, J. (2008, July). A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation. Presented at International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Athens, Greece

Studies have been conducted to measure competitiveness in the construction industry. Such research has focused on all levels from the national picture to individual projects. While useful, the results are limited in that they present a snapshot pictu... Read More about A dynamic policy model to manage temporal performance amongst contracting firms in a competitive situation.

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.

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.

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.

Towards organisational excellence : exploring culture, information and organisational hierarchies (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Burke, M. (2008, April). Towards organisational excellence : exploring culture, information and organisational hierarchies. Presented at IADIS International Conference Information Systems, Algarve, Portugal

This paper presents the cultural results of a three-year study into the concept of information fulfilment, and considers the impact of culture on levels of information fulfillment and how this can help to achieve organizational excellence. Ethnograph... Read More about Towards organisational excellence : exploring culture, information and organisational hierarchies.

Gender matters in the global sourcing of service work (2008)
Journal Article
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.

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.