Journal of Global Information Management articles from July 2004

Journal of Global Information Management archives from July 2004

What really matters about IT?(Editorial)
July 1, 2004... The claim that "IT doesn't matter" (1) has stirred a robust and passionate debate among IT practitioners and researchers (2). The core of the argument, in Nicolas Carr's own words, is that: "As IT's core functions--data processing, storage, and...

A disconnect in stakeholders' perceptions from emerging realities of teledensity growth in Africa's Least Developed Countries.
July 1, 2004... ABSTRACT With the dynamic and meteoric rise in teledensity diffusion across Sub Saharan Africa, one would expect a departure in the perceptions of stakeholders as they relate to the Bernt and Weiss framework that identifies organizational,...

Understanding internet banking adoption and use behavior: a Hong Kong perspective.(Technology Acceptance Model)
July 1, 2004... ABSTRACT This study investigates adoption/use behavior within the context of Hong Kong Internet Banking services. A research framework based on the extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM2) and Social Cognitive Theory is developed to...

ICT and business in the new economy: globalization and attitudes towards eCommerce.(information and communications technology)
July 1, 2004... ABSTRACT Many authors argue that information and communications technology (ICT) in this New Economy is causing a globalized, unified society. Others take the opposite stand, viewing local factors such as national culture as very important...

Cultural differences, information and code systems.
July 1, 2004... ABSTRACT This paper explores an alternative way of framing information systems research on the role and impact of national culture. It argues that the widely accepted structural framework of Hofstede reduces interpretation to a simplistic...