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Exploring the temporal aspect of B-IT social alignment on operational level: A reflexive thematic analysis 在操作层面探索B-IT社会结盟的时间方面：一个反射性主题分析

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2022-10-04 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12244

Nikola Levkov, Tim Jacks, Richard Boateng

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Students' perspectives of digital transformation of higher education in Bosnia and Herzegovina 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那高等教育数字化转型的学生视角

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2022-09-30 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12243

Senad Bećirović, Mersad Dervić

{"title":"Students' perspectives of digital transformation of higher education in Bosnia and Herzegovina","authors":"Senad Bećirović, Mersad Dervić","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12243","url":null,"abstract":"Since the COVID-19 pandemic prompted numerous global changes, educational institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina were forced to adapt their educational approaches, with schools and universities implementing alternative teaching and learning practices. Thus, this study aimed to investigate students' perspectives on the digital transformation of higher education in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including their preferences for hybrid, online, or face-to-face teaching models, their internet habits and readiness for e-learning, their attitudes and satisfaction with online learning, and their computer anxiety. The research sample consisted of 330 students studying in a variety of fields and academic years at both public and private universities. The data was gathered via an online questionnaire. A multinomial logistic regression analysis revealed a significant effect of students' field of study, year of study, and university status on their preferences for hybrid, online, and face-to-face classes. However, the MANOVA test revealed that the aforementioned factors have an insignificant effect on students' internet habits and readiness for e-learning, attitudes and satisfaction with online learning, and computer anxiety, all of which have an insignificant impact on student's academic achievement as determined by standard multiple regression analyses. Additionally, multivariate analysis revealed that students' preferences for hybrid, online, and face-to-face classes have a significant influence on their internet habits and readiness for e-learning, attitudes, and satisfaction with online learning, and computer anxiety. The findings of this study may aid in a better understanding of tertiary education's digital transformation and the improvement of educational policy, curricula, and instructional and learning strategies.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"89 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50155964","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}

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Internet capabilities and innovation in the Balkan countries: The role of foreign technology licensing 巴尔干国家的互联网能力和创新：外国技术许可的作用

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2022-09-13 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12242

Fadi Hawach, Chao Zhang, Shushanta Acharjee, Ruben Nicolas-Sans

{"title":"Internet capabilities and innovation in the Balkan countries: The role of foreign technology licensing","authors":"Fadi Hawach, Chao Zhang, Shushanta Acharjee, Ruben Nicolas-Sans","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12242","url":null,"abstract":"Using the resource-based view and knowledge spillover, this study investigates the direct effects of Internet capabilities (communication, platform, and connection capabilities) on product and process innovation across 10 Balkan countries from 2007 to 2019. The study examines the role of foreign technology licensing in moderating these relationships. In line with findings from developed countries, the empirical results show that Internet capabilities positively influence product and process innovation. Surprisingly, foreign technology licensing was unable to enhance the positive effects of Internet capabilities on process and product innovation due to the overlapped benefits and the potential costs and risks involved in the Balkan countries. As a result, our study enhances the literature's understanding of Internet capabilities' effects on innovation and the role of foreign technology licensing, enriching current knowledge and providing practical implications for the developing context of the Balkan countries.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"89 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/isd2.12242","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50132063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The use of Design Science and Agile Methodologies for improved information systems in the Tanzanian Higher Education context 坦桑尼亚高等教育背景下利用设计科学和敏捷方法改进信息系统

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2022-08-31 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12241

Anna Kayanda, Lazaro Busagala, Solomon Oyelere, Matti Tedre

{"title":"The use of Design Science and Agile Methodologies for improved information systems in the Tanzanian Higher Education context","authors":"Anna Kayanda, Lazaro Busagala, Solomon Oyelere, Matti Tedre","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12241","url":null,"abstract":"There was no known effective approach to implementing information systems in Tanzanian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) because the requirements of users change frequently and HEIs vary in their requirements. Theoretically, the agile software development process and Design Science Research (DSR) could deliver software that suits such a context, yet no testing had been done priorly. Therefore, this study aimed on investigating the suitability of the combination of Agile Methodologies and the DSR in developing information systems for Tanzania's HEIs. The study used eXtreme Programming as one of the Agile Methodologies and the DSR to develop a timetabling software which easily integrates into the existing academic information system of the College of Business Education for better decision making. Likewise, the evaluation of the developed artifact confirmed that the resulting product raised the user satisfaction with the information system in HEIs. In this regard, the current study advances the frontier of knowledge on using the DSR framework and Agile Methodologies in designing and developing software in Tanzania's HEIs and beyond.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50155981","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}

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The effect of digital transformation on employment in Egypt: An applied study using ARDL model 数字化转型对埃及就业的影响——基于ARDL模型的应用研究

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2022-08-26 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12240

Esam Mohamed Elgohary, Reham Oncy Abdel-Aziz

{"title":"The effect of digital transformation on employment in Egypt: An applied study using ARDL model","authors":"Esam Mohamed Elgohary, Reham Oncy Abdel-Aziz","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12240","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12240","url":null,"abstract":"The current study aims to measure the effect of digital transformation on employment in Egypt, in addition to developing some proposed measures to sustain the digital vision in the New Republic to reduce unemployment. So, this study tries to contribute to this discussion, which attracted the attention of the two researchers to the problem of this research. EViews 12 Software was used as this study depended on the autoregressive distributed lag methodology, which gives the best results in the long run, and is considered one of the most suitable models with the sample size used in this research. The sample size consisted of 18 observations extended from 2003 to 2020. As well as, the Vector Auto-Regression model was used to test the relationship between variables in order to test hypotheses as it is characterized by dealing with the variables entering the system as correlated internal variables. The study results showed that the unemployment variable did not have a causal effect on the independent variables, while the education variable and the Gross domestic product variable had a causal and positive effect on the independent variables that express the transformation digital where the significance value was less than 5%.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50144620","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}

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Management information system maturity concerns in Nigeria public organizations 尼日利亚公共组织管理信息系统成熟度问题

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2022-08-18 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12239

Rose Oluwaseun Adetunji, Shawren Singh, Peter Mkhize

{"title":"Management information system maturity concerns in Nigeria public organizations","authors":"Rose Oluwaseun Adetunji, Shawren Singh, Peter Mkhize","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12239","url":null,"abstract":"Government departments are under increasing pressure to demonstrate technology effectiveness. One approach that government departments can use to be perceived as more technology effective is to understand the Management Information Systems (MIS) maturity issues that affect their departments. There are gaps in the academic literature about how African governments are dealing with the issues of MIS maturity; and this is also applicable to Nigeria. The purpose of this research is to gain a better understanding of some of the MIS maturity concerns of Nigerian Ministries, Department, and Agencies (MDAs). This is important because senior managers and policymakers can more effectively understand the challenges that affect their respective departments and develop context-appropriate policies. This study is quantitative in nature and primary data in the form of questionnaires were collected from 109 key stakeholders from selected Nigerian government departments. The data were analyzed using Factor analysis as a primary tool. The analysis provided a deeper understanding of some of the issues affecting the maturity within the selected Nigerian MDAs. The results of the analysis were used to develop a model that outlines some of the maturity concerns for the selected Nigerian MDAs. The issues that affect MIS maturity in Nigerian MDAs are related to: (1) integration of MIS initiatives, creating MIS vision, implementation of MIS management policies and the development of supportive MIS objectives which influence MIS maturity, (2) robust MIS objectives and robust MIS management that influences service delivery.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/isd2.12239","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50136707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A configurational analysis of IT governance: A study of the financial services sector in Ghana IT治理的结构分析——对加纳金融服务业的研究

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2022-08-13 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12237

Alexander Asmah, Michael Kyobe

{"title":"A configurational analysis of IT governance: A study of the financial services sector in Ghana","authors":"Alexander Asmah, Michael Kyobe","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12237","url":null,"abstract":"This study seeks to answer the question, what is the right configuration of IT Governance mechanisms that will improve performance? Although few studies have addressed how governance mechanisms improve performance, these studies have adopted a linear approach in assessing the relationships among governance mechanisms. The nature of the linear relationships has not answered the lingering question making this study crucial. The study follows the configurational theories that for IT governance to improve performance, all the governance mechanisms much be implemented coherently. We used Cluster analysis to assess the nature of the configuration in the Ghanaian Financial Services Sector using 7 companies. Our findings confirm our theory that to improve performance, IT Governance mechanisms must be implemented coherently. However, in a fast-changing environment, there is the need to increase focus on technological mechanisms to provide timely information for decision making, collaboration and reduce information asymmetry. As a contribution to practice, this study recommends that policy makers in the financial space should emphasize the need for adequate IT Governance implementations with the right configuration. Companies in the pension and savings and loan sectors should be encouraged to adopt more technological mechanisms.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50130959","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}

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Reforming research assessment 改革研究评估

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2022-08-06 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12238

Robert M. Davison, Roger W. Harris

{"title":"Reforming research assessment","authors":"Robert M. Davison, Roger W. Harris","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12238","url":null,"abstract":"Our publishers, Wiley, have informed the editors of EJISDC that they are endorsing the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). This is, they say, because “supporting a diverse community of authors and ensuring our publishing services enable responsible research assessment practices is key to our publishing mission.” As we fully endorse this objective, we need to explain the implications for our authors and readers. DORA intends to de-emphasize the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) as a means of evaluating research. In its place, there are a variety of other metrics, such as CRediT, Scite, and Altmetric, that can be employed to assess research. We expect that these other metrics will be listed on the journal's website in the near future. Notwithstanding Wiley's signing of DORA, EJISDC is currently listed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), an index produced by Clarivate that caters to emerging journals not yet deemed to be ready for the more established Science Citation Index (SCI) or Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). However, EJISDC may become eligible for SCI/SSCI indexing in the future: these indices are not controlled by Wiley, our publisher, and thus a journal can be indexed irrespective of the DORA-signatory status. Wiley has explained that everyone involved in research shares the task of responsible research assessment. The thrust of DORA's initiative is to shift emphasis away from journal level metrics and assessment toward article level metrics and the recognition of the contributions made by individual authors. DORA has laid out a set of 18 recommendations that apply to a variety of stakeholders. Five of these are of particular relevance for publishers, viz.:","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50132876","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}

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Architecting rural smartness: A collaborative platform design for rural digital business ecosystem 构建农村智慧：农村数字商业生态系统的协同平台设计

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2022-07-29 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12236

Iqbal Yulizar Mukti, Danniar Reza Firdausy, Adina Aldea, Maria E. Iacob

{"title":"Architecting rural smartness: A collaborative platform design for rural digital business ecosystem","authors":"Iqbal Yulizar Mukti, Danniar Reza Firdausy, Adina Aldea, Maria E. Iacob","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12236","url":null,"abstract":"The wide urban–rural economic gap, particularly in developing countries, has led to various problems. To lower the gap, the participation of rural communities in digital business ecosystems is being viewed as a promising approach. To this end, we use design science research methodology to present a reference architecture of a rural smartness platform that facilitates the emergence of a smarter business ecosystem. This ecosystem embodies the characteristics of rural smartness, which are empirically proven to have a strong positive impact on improving the rural economic climate. Evaluation by means of expert opinion, technical action research, and empirical research suggest that the proposed architecture effectively improves the rural economic climate and is feasible to be implemented in a real-world setting. This paper contributes to the body of knowledge regarding the establishment of a digital business ecosystem for rural communities, particularly by proposing a solution resulting from a design science perspective that is backed by empirical evidence.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"89 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/isd2.12236","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50147714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The challenges of cloud adoption among South African small to medium enterprises: A thematic analysis 南非中小型企业采用云计算的挑战:专题分析

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Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries Pub Date : 2022-07-26 DOI: 10.1002/isd2.12235

Ronald Mudzamba, Karl van der Schyff, Karen Renaud

{"title":"The challenges of cloud adoption among South African small to medium enterprises: A thematic analysis","authors":"Ronald Mudzamba, Karl van der Schyff, Karen Renaud","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12235","DOIUrl":"10.1002/isd2.12235","url":null,"abstract":"The successful use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) remains a persistent problem within developing economies where they face several technical and skills-related challenges. Although cloud services can mitigate some of these challenges, many SMEs fail to adopt cloud services. Therefore, the main objective of this paper was to develop key recommendations (based on a high-level cloud services adoption framework) which South African SMEs could use to guide them in their adoption of cloud services. To develop our recommendations, we conducted 13 semi-structured interviews with nine South African SMEs within the Eastern Cape province. These were thematically analyzed and the findings used to create a high-level cloud services adoption framework. Our findings indicate that technical expertise (i.e., knowledge) amongst SMEs plays a vital role in the cloud adoption process. Those SMEs who do realize the importance of such technical expertise often use intermediaries to achieve successful adoption of cloud services. We also found evidence to suggest that SMEs generally do not carry out comprehensive cloud adoption preparatory activities, consequently failing in their adoption of cloud services.","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":"88 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/isd2.12235","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115919403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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