Browsing FREDS Research Publications by Issue Date
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Strategic management of human resources
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A hybrid heuristic for the uncapacitated hub location problem
(Elsevier, 1998-04-16)Given n interacting nodes in a network, the Uncapacitated Hub Location Problem (UHP) determines the number of hubs, the location for the hubs, and the assignment of the spokes to hubs that minimizes the overall transportation ... -
Pre-implementation attitudes and organizational readiness for implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning system
(Elsevier, 2003-04-16)Implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is expensive and time consuming. A substantial cost is associated with pre-implementation involvement and training designed to encourage acceptance and effective ... -
The role of social and intellectual capital in achieving competitive advantage through enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems
(Elsevier, 2004-12)Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software merges a firm's data, information flows and business processes into a single package. Vendors argue that ERP provides an extremely useful strategic resource to enhance competitiveness ... -
Strategy as a critical factor in applied ERP success
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Using the End-User Computing Satisfaction (EUCS) instrument to measure satisfaction with a Web site
(Wiley, 2005-05)The purpose of this study is to revise and revalidate the End-User Computing Satisfaction (EUCS) instrument to measure satisfaction with a Web site from a usability perspective. This study is especially important given the ... -
Examining the impact of interorganizational systems on process efficiency and sourcing leverage in buyer-supplier dyads
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 2005-10-02)Manufacturing firms are increasingly seeking cost and other competitive advantages by tightly coupling and managing their relationship with suppliers. Among other mechanisms, interorganizational systems (IOS) that facilitate ... -
Examining post adoption usage: conceptual development and empirical assessment
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Land leverage: Decomposing home price dynamics
(SSRN Electronic Library, 2006-06)This paper argues for the importance of separating the bundled good of housing into land and improvements, because locational amenities - which often constitute a significant portion of property value - are typically ... -
A balanced usability checklist approach to evaluate Palestinian hotel websites
(The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 2007-01)This paper introduces a Balanced Usability Checklist (BUC) approach to assess the usability of ten Palestinian hotel websites. The BUC is a modified version of the known checklist analysis technique of user interfaces and ... -
Examining the effects of information system characteristics and perceived usefulness on post adoption usage of information systems
(Elsevier, 2008-09)Understanding post adoption behavior has emerged as an important issue in IS research. Organizations have invested in a plethora of Information Systems (IS) and the benefits that can be gained from these systems depend on ... -
The effects of service and consumer product knowledge on online customer loyalty
(Association for Information Systems, 2011)Customer loyalty is a key driver of financial performance for online firms. The effect of service quality on customer loyalty has been well established. Yet, there is a paucity of research that has studied the cost of ... -
Hawker Beechcraft uses a new solution approach to balance assembly lines.
(Interfaces, 2011-03)In 2002, Hawker Beechcraft set out to improve the efficiency of its Hawker 800XP assembly line. The line was paced such that an aircraft was moved to the next workstation on the line on a schedule—even if work in a previous ... -
The value of investment banking relationships: Evidence from the collapse of Lehman brothers
(John Wiley and Sons, 2012-02)We examine the long-standing question of whether firms derive value from investment bank relationships by studying how the Lehman collapse affected industrial firms that received underwriting, advisory, analyst, and ... -
Evaluating the value of collaboration systems in collocated teams: A longitudinal analysis
(Elsevier, 2012-03)Distributed work structure has increased the importance of group work. Consequently, the usage of collaboration systems that support group work has increased exponentially. However, limited research exists on why collocated ... -
The influence of media cue multiplicity on deceivers and those who are deceived
(Springer, 2012-03)We extend prior research of deceitful behavior by studying the reactions of those who are targets of deception and how a specific attribute of communication media, cue multiplicity, influences such reactions. We report ... -
Are two heads better than one? Evidence from the thrift crisis
(Elsevier, 2012-04)We employ a natural experiment from the 1980s, predating the ubiquitous clamor for independence influenced corporate governance structures, to examine which governance mechanisms are associated with firm survival and ... -
Primary market characteristics and secondary market frictions of stocks
(Elsevier, 2012-05)We analyze the primary market characteristics and the secondary market trading frictions of new stocks. IPOs issued in hot markets, with low offer price, low-reputation underwriters or no VC backing face higher liquidity ... -
Understanding post-adoption IS usage stages: an empirical assessment of self-service information systems
(Blackwell, 2013-05)Organisations have invested in self-service information systems (IS) to provide a direct interface for service delivery. Enriching the usage of these systems can provide organisations with immense benefits. However, ... -
The foreclosure-house price nexus: a panel VAR model for US states, 1981-2009
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-07-19)Despite housing's economic importance, little has been written on how foreclosures and home prices interact in a framework that includes macroeconomic and housing variables such as employment, permits or sales. Panel VAR ...