MIS Quarterly articles from June 1996

MIS Quarterly archives from June 1996

Productivity, business profitability, and consumer surplus: three different measures of information technology value.
June 1, 1996... Introduction Questions about the business value of Information Technology (IT) have perplexed managers and researchers for a number of years. Businesses continue to invest enormous sums of money in computers and related technologies,...

Relational development in computer-supported groups.
June 1, 1996... Introduction As corporate hierarchies give way to networked teams, managers are increasingly relying on information technology to empower these teams (Business Week, 1993). The use of such technologies as electronic mail, group support systems...

Information privacy: measuring individuals' concerns about organizational practices.
June 1, 1996... It is inevitable that personal privacy will be one of the most significant pressure points...for most of the 1990s. Advancing technology, depersonalization of the workplace and other social environments, a growing population...all can be expected...

Information technology for local administration support: the Governorates Project in Egypt.
June 1, 1996... Introduction The use of information technology (IT) for socioeconomic development in less developed countries (LDCs) has received much attention in recent years (e.g., Bhatnagar and Bjorn-Andersen, 1980; Goodman, 1991; Lewis and Samoff, 1992;...

Key issues in information systems management: 1994-95 SIM Delphi results.
June 1, 1996... Introduction Over the past 15 years, the Society for Information Management (SIM), in a joint effort with the MIS Research Center (MISRC) at the University of Minnesota and others, has periodically surveyed its members to determine the most...