Suvodeep Mazumdar, Sukaina Ehdeed, Andrea Jimenez, Faisal Ahmed, Sifat Momen, Mirza Rasheduzzaman
{"title":"Understanding the information landscape in agricultural communities in rural Bangladesh","authors":"Suvodeep Mazumdar, Sukaina Ehdeed, Andrea Jimenez, Faisal Ahmed, Sifat Momen, Mirza Rasheduzzaman","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12245","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Knowledge sharing in rural agricultural communities is vital to the success of farmers and sustaining high yields. A range of actors in the knowledge landscape participate in knowledge sharing, and with this, a variety of complexities are introduced. In this paper, we report on a set of field visits, interviews and focus groups in various settings to understand this complex nature of the knowledge landscape. Our study was set within multiple locations within 20 miles North-East of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. Our findings highlight the high level of interconnectedness of different actors in the agricultural communities and the complexities involved in establishing trust of information. We report on the importance of fostering successful relationships within the communities and the growing strains of climate change.</p>","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/isd2.12245","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50145045","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}
{"title":"Exploring the temporal aspect of B-IT social alignment on operational level: A reflexive thematic analysis","authors":"Nikola Levkov, Tim Jacks, Richard Boateng","doi":"10.1002/isd2.12244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12244","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The success of IS change implementation on the operational level is surrounded by challenges that mainly concern cross-departmental management and people issues involved in the implementation process. Different organizational departments are entrained to different temporal structures that shape the temporal context of business and IT (B-IT) communication. Through reflexive thematic analysis, and semi-structured interviews with 32 business and IT professionals from 7 banking and 2 telecom corporations in North Macedonia, we identify the key time dimensions and temporal events affecting B-IT communication. We propose a new construct, temporal B-IT social alignment, and we define it as B-IT-SU (shared understanding) of cross-departmental temporal structuring that enables and constrains the B-IT communication in the process of translating business demands into IT requirements on the operational level. Findings show that establishing strong structural linkage through interface actors mitigates only some of the challenges in IS implementation resulting from different temporal aspects. Furthermore, we found that the identified time dimensions as well as entrainment to different temporal structures and events have a significant impact on achieving B-IT-SU and B-IT-SA (shared agreement). We advance the view of B-IT social alignment, and we synthesize lessons that can be learned from this study that have practical implications.</p>","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50128852","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":"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":"<p>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":null,"pages":null},"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}
{"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":"<p>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":null,"pages":null},"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}
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":"<p>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":null,"pages":null},"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}
{"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":"<p>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%.</p>","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":null,"pages":null},"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}
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":"<p>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":null,"pages":null},"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}
{"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":"<p>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":null,"pages":null},"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}
{"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":null,"pages":null},"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}
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":"<p>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":46610,"journal":{"name":"Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries","volume":null,"pages":null},"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}