{"title":"Cloud Computing: How does it differ from IT outsourcing and what are the implications for practice and research?","authors":"Ogan Yigitbasioglu, Kim Mackenzie, R. Low","doi":"10.4192/1577-8517-V13_4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4192/1577-8517-V13_4","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to provide an evolutionary perspective of cloud computing (CC) by integrating two previously disparate literatures: CC and information technology outsourcing (ITO). We review the literature and develop a framework that highlights the demand for the CC service, benefits, risks, as well as risk mitigation strategies that are likely to influence the success of the service. CC success in organisations and as a technology overall is a function of (i) the outsourcing decision and supplier selection, (ii) contractual and relational governance, and (iii) industry standards and legal framework. Whereas CC clients have little control over standards and/or the legal framework, they are able to influence other factors to maximize the benefits while limiting the risks. This paper provides guidelines for (potential) cloud computing users with respect to the outsourcing decision, vendor selection, service-level-agreements, and other issues that need to be addressed when opting for CC services. We contribute to the literature by providing an evolutionary and holistic view of CC that draws on the extensive literature and theory of ITO. We conclude the paper with a number of research paths that future researchers can follow to advance the knowledge in this field.","PeriodicalId":404481,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Digital Accounting Research","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128952322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social media for investor relations: a literature review and future directions","authors":"P. Ramassa, C. D. Fabio","doi":"10.4192/1577-8517-V16_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4192/1577-8517-V16_5","url":null,"abstract":"The use of Internet has radically transformed financial reporting and investor relations (IR). More recently, the diffusion of social media (SM) as crucial information channels has opened new avenues for companies’ dialogue with capital markets, with considerable implications for accounting studies. This paper provides a critical review of the literature on SM in the accounting domain in order to shed light on the ongoing debates in the field with two main objectives. First, it aims to support future research by identifying possible directions to deepen our understanding of this emerging phenomenon. Second, it addresses some crucial issues that are particularly relevant also for companies considering how to participate in SM for IR purposes. Overall, empirical evidence highlights several benefits for companies especially if adopting a proactive approach to SM. Further research might offer even stronger contributions if accepting the challenge to encompass the complexity and distinctive features of these media.","PeriodicalId":404481,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Digital Accounting Research","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116417644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Conceptual Framework for Investigating the Impact of the Internet on Corporate Financial Reporting","authors":"J. Xiao, M. Jones, A. Lymer","doi":"10.4192/1577-8517-V5_4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4192/1577-8517-V5_4","url":null,"abstract":"This paper develops a conceptual framework of the impact of the Internet on corporate financial reporting on the basis of the issues and concerns elicited through an open-ended questionnaire survey of 17 UK-based experts in the Internet/accounting. These experts were drawn from academics, accounting firms, business companies, regulators, and users of accounting information. The diverse views expressed by our experts enable us to construct a four dimensional framework on the nature of change in financial reporting (content, form or both), the role of the Internet (as problem solver, problem creator or both), the determinant of change (technology, non-technology, or both) and the pace of change (little or no change, progressive change and radical change). These dimensions and sub-dimensions are combined to form a 'perspective surround' enclosing a conceptual matrix of 81 different possible scenarios. The framework provides a basis for mapping existing and future studies on Internet reporting and constructing scenarios of future Internet-based financial reporting.","PeriodicalId":404481,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Digital Accounting Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117146920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital economy and corruption perceptions: a cross-country analysis","authors":"Mohammad I. Merhi, P. Ahluwalia","doi":"10.4192/1577-8517-V18_2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4192/1577-8517-V18_2","url":null,"abstract":"The motivation of this study is the lack of empirical evidence on the ability of Information Technology related factors to reduce corruption. This paper proposes a conceptual model that depicts the relationships between macro-level technology related factors and corruption perceptions. Data are collected from reputable organizations such as EIU and Transparency International. The sample used is sixty-nine countries, making the results more generalizable than those of single case studies or smaller sample size. The hypotheses are confirmed using PLS analytical procedures and the findings are reported. We discuss the results and their implications for researchers and practitioners.","PeriodicalId":404481,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Digital Accounting Research","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115455981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring COBIT Processes for ITG in Saudi Organizations An empirical Study","authors":"Ahmad Musa","doi":"10.4192/1577-8517-V9_4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4192/1577-8517-V9_4","url":null,"abstract":"Control Objectives for Information and Related Tech nology (COBIT) has become one of the most important guidelines for information te chnology governance (ITG), which provides organizations with a useful tool to start evaluatin g their own ITG systems. COBIT introduces an ITG framework and supporting toolset that allows IT managers to bridge the gap between control requirements, technical issues and business risks. The objective of this study is to investigate the formality, auditing, responsibility and accountabil ity of implementing COBIT processes for ITG in Saudi organizations. An empirical survey, using a s elf-administered questionnaire, was conducted to achieve these objectives. Five hundred questionn a res were distributed to a sample of Saudi organizations in a selected number of Saudi cities. One hundred and twenty seven valid questionnaires – representing a 25.4 percent respon se rate –were collected and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) vers ion 16. While the results of the study reveal that the majority of respondents reported that implement ing ITG COBIT processes and domains is the responsibility of IT departments in Saudi organizat ions, most of the respondents reported that the COBIT processes and domains are neither audited nor formally conducted in their organizations. From a practical standpoint, managers and practitio ners alike stand to gain from the findings of this study. The study provides useful information f or senior management, IT managers, accountants, auditors, and academics to understand the implementation phase and the impact of COBIT on ITG in Saudi organizations.","PeriodicalId":404481,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Digital Accounting Research","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114656056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The sensitivity of machine learning techniques to variations in sample size : a comparative analysis","authors":"J. Andrés, P. L. Fernández, E. Combarro","doi":"10.4192/1577-8517-V2_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4192/1577-8517-V2_5","url":null,"abstract":"A comparative analysis of the performance of a number of Machine Learning Techniques (Quinlan's See5, ARNI, FAN and SVM) is conducted. The chosen classification task is the forecasting of the level of efficiency of Spanish commercial and industrial companies. Assignment of the firms is made upon the basis of a set of financial ratios, which make a high dimension feature space with low separability degree. In the present research the effects on the accuracy of variations of each technique in the estimation sample size are measured. The main results suggest that ARNI and See5 yield the best results, even with small sample sizes.","PeriodicalId":404481,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Digital Accounting Research","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125704099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information technology reliability influence on controlling excellence","authors":"A. Bieńkowska, K. Tworek, A. Zabłocka-Kluczka","doi":"10.4192/1577-8517-V19_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4192/1577-8517-V19_1","url":null,"abstract":"Controlling solutions implemented in the organization evolve in a continuous manner. They are becoming more \"mature\" - expanding the scope and depth of implemented solutions in striving for excellence. Nowadays, meeting controlling demands (in case of information requirements) is impossible without information technology (IT) support. Hence, IT reliability seems to play a special role in this maturation process. The notion of IT reliability is discussed in the paper as a prerequisite for the implementation of this management support method. Potential factor favoring the process of maturation of controlling solutions are also discussed. The aim of the paper is to identify what is the influence of IT reliability on controlling maturity (and excellence). The analysis will cover relations between the time of use of controlling (as an expression of maturity and excellence), the quality of its outputs, the results obtained due to its implementation in the organization and IT reliability, considered as a moderator of changes in controlling in the organization. The proposed theoretical framework is verified empirically on the sample of 557 organizations operating in Poland.","PeriodicalId":404481,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Digital Accounting Research","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132156374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anastasia Mariussen, Cathrine von Ibenfeldt, M. Vespestad
{"title":"The Typology and Role of Online Information Sources in Destination Image Formation: An Eye-Tracking Study","authors":"Anastasia Mariussen, Cathrine von Ibenfeldt, M. Vespestad","doi":"10.4192/1577-8517-V14_6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4192/1577-8517-V14_6","url":null,"abstract":"The construct of destination image and its formation are well researched. Numerous studies are conducted to investigate how destination images impact tourists? attitudes, behaviour and destination choice and what factors influence their destination image formation. However, much of this research focuses on post-visit images, and little is still known about the actual process of destination image formation as it unfolds, particularly prior to visiting a destination. Understanding this process of image development is meanwhile critical, as tourist numbers worldwide continue to grow. Destinations face fiercer competition, and their expanding image representations on the Internet are more frequently created outside Destination Management Organisations? (DMO) offices. This study attempts to shed light on a destination image formation process prior to visiting a destination. By triangulating click-stream, eye-tracking, questionnaire and interview data, the work explores the types of online information sources involved in this process and examines their significance for destination image formation.","PeriodicalId":404481,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Digital Accounting Research","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128639927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zuleyka Díaz Martínez, María Jesús Segovia Vargas, J. Hernández, Eva del Pozo
{"title":"Machine learning and statistical techniques. An application to the prediction of insolvency in spanish non-life insurance companies","authors":"Zuleyka Díaz Martínez, María Jesús Segovia Vargas, J. Hernández, Eva del Pozo","doi":"10.4192/1577-8517-V5_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4192/1577-8517-V5_1","url":null,"abstract":"Prediction of insurance companies insolvency has arisen as an important problem in the field of financial research. Most methods applied in the past to tackle this issue are traditional statistical techniques which use financial ratios as explicative variables. However, these variables often do not satisfy statistical assumptions, which complicates the application of the mentioned methods. In this paper, a comparative study of the performance of two non-parametric machine learning techniques (See5 and Rough Set) is carried out. We have applied the two methods to the problem of the prediction of insolvency of Spanish non-life insurance companies, upon the basis of a set of financial ratios. We also compare these methods with three classical and well-known techniques: one of them belonging to the field of Machine Learning (Multilayer Perceptron) and two statistical ones (Linear Discriminant Analysis and Logistic Regression). Results indicate a higher performance of the machine learning techniques. Furthermore, See5 and Rough Set provide easily understandable and interpretable decision models, which shows that these methods can be a useful tool to evaluate insolvency of insurance firms.","PeriodicalId":404481,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Digital Accounting Research","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133731288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Statistical techniques vs. SEES algorithm : an application to a small business environment","authors":"J. Andrés","doi":"10.4192/1577-8517-V1_8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4192/1577-8517-V1_8","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this research is to compare the accuracy of a rule induction classifier system - Quinlan's - with linear discriminant analysis and logit. The classification task chosen is the differentiation of the most efficient companies from the least efficient ones on the basis of a set of financial variables. The sample consists of a database containing the annual accounts of the companies located in the Principality of Asturias (Spain), which are mainly small businesses. The main results indicate that SEE5 outperforms logit, but it is not clearly better than discriminant analysis. However, SEE5 models suffer from bigger increases in error rates when tested with validation samples. Another interesting finding is that in SEE5 systems both the number of variables selected and the number of rules inferred grow when sample size increases.","PeriodicalId":404481,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Digital Accounting Research","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126087898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}