Christopher Liao, Michael Slaven, Kevin Symcox, CYNTHIA SPIDELL, Frank Baldwin, Jonathan Beale,
... and budgets The Economist commodity price index Overview E-readiness Economy Financial markets World Press Group Oracle The ...
2004 - Gale Group | The Economist
Eric Lou, Jack Steven Goulding,
Abstract Purpose – Electronic readiness (e‐readiness) presents a measure to which an organisation or business may be ready, prepared or willing to obtain benefits which arise ... In this context, an advanced state of organisational e‐readiness is needed for businesses to expand domestically and ... imperative that organisations align their business strategies with e‐readiness strategies. This paper aims to focus on these ... paper investigates the initiation, development and practice of e‐readiness of nations, and presents a case for possible ...
Tópico(s): Innovation and Knowledge Management
2010 - Emerald Publishing Limited | Journal of Systems and Information Technology
Devendra Potnis, Theresa A. Pardo,
... evolution of the United Nation's (UN's) e‐Readiness assessments. The mapping highlights underlying assumptions and frames ... of recommendations for new secondary indicators to strengthen e‐Readiness indices. Design/methodology/approach This exploratory case study ... review for the analysis. Findings The UN's e‐Readiness assessments have evolved from a focus on Member ... case study highlights the evolutionary character of the e‐Readiness assessment efforts and provides new insight for governments ... decision making and planning. Practical implications The UN e‐Readiness assessments serve as a widely used point of ...
Tópico(s): Information Systems Theories and Implementation
2011 - Emerald Publishing Limited | Transforming Government People Process and Policy
Stephen M. Mutula, Pieter Van Brakel,
Purpose The paper aims to present the e‐readiness status of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector in Botswana and make comparisons with global ... countries, had not achieved a reasonable measure of e‐readiness status compared to the developed world. Research limitations/implications There is paucity of research on the e‐readiness of SMEs in developing countries, especially with respect to information access. Furthermore e‐readiness, being a new phenomenon, does not yet have ...
Tópico(s): Knowledge Management and Sharing
2006 - Emerald Publishing Limited | The Electronic Library
Mohammad Reza Hanafizadeh, Payam Hanafizadeh, Erik Bohlin,
... paper reviews the literature on digital divide and e-readiness in different fields with an eye to identifying ... textbooks, and working papers on digital divide and e-readiness are classified and elaborated and their results are ... literature review and analysis of digital divide and e-readiness, several important research areas surrounding digital divide and e-readiness are discussed and examined from a critical standpoint. ... the most complete study of digital divide and e-readiness, even in the field of IT, in terms ...
Tópico(s): E-Government and Public Services
2013 - IGI Global | International Journal of E-Adoption
Vincent Maugis, Nazli Choucri, Stuart Madnick, Michael Siegel, Sharon Gillett, Farnaz Haghseta, Hongwei Zhu, Michael L. Best,
... countries giving rise to a first generation of e-readiness studies. Moreover, e-readiness means different things to different people, in different ... purposes. Despite strong merits, this first generation of e-readiness studies assumed a fixed, one-size-fits-all ... decisions. But there is very little known about e-readiness for e-banking. In particular, based on lessons ... as practical dimensions to answer the question of "e-Readiness for What?," focusing specifically on e-banking, based ... develop a conceptual framework for the "next generation" e-readiness—focusing on different e-business applications in different ...
Tópico(s): Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
2005 - Taylor & Francis | Information Technology for Development
Peyman Akhavan, Mohammad Fathian, Maryam Hoorali,
... strength by grasping the opportunities offered by ICT.E-readiness assessment is an evaluation tool that can be ... diffusion rate of ICT. However, critical issues for e-readiness assessment of SMEs have not been systematically investigated ... this gap.This research paper first reviews the e-readiness assessment models proposed for countries at macro scale and then identifies the critical factors for SMEs e-readiness assessment. This is achieved through factor analysis at ... to provide a perspective of critical issues for e-readiness assessment in SMEs based on macro models in ...
Tópico(s): E-Government and Public Services
2012 - RELX Group (Netherlands) | SSRN Electronic Journal
... Saharan Africa, has taken significant action to improve e-readiness dimensions and as such ranks high in terms of e-readiness index with respect to other Sub-Saharan African ... rhetoric. This paper therefore assesses whether the high e-readiness index gives a true indication of the citizens' e-readiness using available secondary data sources. It further explores the factors facilitating and inhibiting citizens' e-readiness through the administration of a survey questionnaire. The main findings reveal that the barriers inhibiting citizens' e-readiness are resistance to change, absence of opportunities for ...
Tópico(s): Local Government Finance and Decentralization
2009 - Elsevier BV | Government Information Quarterly
Mohammad Fathian, Peyman Akhavan, Maryam Hoorali,
... strength by grasping the opportunities offered by ICT. E-readiness assessment is an evaluation tool that can be ... diffusion rate of ICT. However, critical issues for e-readiness assessment of SMEs have not been systematically investigated ... this gap. This research paper first reviews the e-readiness assessment models proposed for countries at macro scale and then identifies the critical factors for SMEs e-readiness assessment. This is achieved through factor analysis at ... to provide a perspective of critical issues for e-readiness assessment in SMEs based on macro models in ...
Tópico(s): E-Government and Public Services
2008 - Elsevier BV | Technovation
Pierre Berthon, Leyland Pitt, Dianne Cyr, Colin Campbell,
... B2C) levels. Design/methodology/approach Relevant literature on e‐readiness is discussed in light of research on corruption ... is formulated at the macro level in which e‐readiness is predicted to be related to national culture ... national values are identified as significant contributors to e‐readiness especially in the B2B realm. At a more ... usability characteristics of web site design contribute to e‐readiness at the B2C level. Taken together, macro and ... markets. Originality/value This paper identifies aspects of e‐readiness beyond purely technical infrastructure and provides a fresh ...
Tópico(s): Knowledge Management and Sharing
2008 - Emerald Publishing Limited | International Marketing Review
... the National Economic Consultative Forum (NECF) commissioned an e‐readiness survey in 2005, in a bid to assess ... In a quest to assess the country's e‐readiness the Harvard University Guide (HUG) was used. Development ... to provide a critical analysis of Zimbabwe's e‐readiness survey report and also focuses on the bedrock ... It seeks to perceive an imperative to the e‐readiness assessment as also hinged on the technological determinist ... change and development. The argument posited by the e‐readiness survey report is that in order to bridge ...
Tópico(s): E-Government and Public Services
2006 - Wiley | The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries
Vincent Maugis, Nazli Choucri, Stuart Madnick, Michael Siegel, Sharon Gillett, Farnaz Haghseta, Hongwei Zhu, Mike Best,
... countries giving rise to a 1st generation of e-Readiness studies. Moreover, e-Readiness means different things to different people, in different ... purposes. Despite strong merits, this first generation of e-Readiness studies assumed a fixed, one-size-fits-all ... decisions. But there is very little known about e-Readiness for e-Banking. In particular, based on lessons ... as practical dimensions to answer the question of e-Readiness for What, focusing specifically on e-Banking, based ... as well as a data model - to explore e-Readiness for e-Banking in ten countries.
Tópico(s): E-Government and Public Services
2004 - RELX Group (Netherlands) | SSRN Electronic Journal
Pauline Swee Choo Goh, Damian Blake,
... educational technological capabilities and adequate strategies to develop e-readiness. In this study, an empirically grounded higher education e-readiness questionnaire in the domain of higher education was ... Student experience") and assigned 24 items were important e-readiness dimensions from the learners' point of view. The ... with their indicators. As a practical tool, the e-readiness tool could assist institutions towards identifying issues that contribute towards e-readiness thereby formulating strategies accordingly. An example of how ...
Tópico(s): Gender and Technology in Education
2021 - Taylor & Francis | Cogent Education
Assegid Ayele Misganaw, Apar Singh,
... study aims to investigate the impact of organisational e-readiness on e-marketing diffusion in tourism businesses of ... validates the conceptual model extended from Perceived Organisational E-readiness, Innovation Diffusion Theory and Technology Adoption Model to ... marketing diffusion. The findings indicated that perceived organisational e-readiness significantly affects e-marketing diffusion. The result implied ... as Technology Adoption Model and perceived organ-isational e-readiness were valid in demonstrating e-marketing diffusion. Though ...
Tópico(s): Knowledge Management and Sharing
2020 - De Gruyter | European journal of tourism, hospitality and recreation
J. Marinda van Zyl, J. Christo, A. Seugnet Blignaut,
... contact, the implementation and use of ICTs, and e-readiness. The relationships between these factors are also discussed. ... data regarding aspects of their classes and the e-readiness of students. This data was qualitatively elaborated upon ... effectiveness of contact classes as well as the e-readiness of students towards the attainment of ODL development ... of educational delivery mode, and aspects of their e-readiness suggest that the e-readiness of teacher-students is implicit to their choice ...
Tópico(s): Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
2013 - Athabasca University Press | The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
Robert Eadie, Srinath Perera, George Heaney,
... processes in construction: capability maturity models (CMM) and e‐readiness models. The purpose of this paper is to ... approach This study investigates the literature behind eight e‐readiness models and 53 CMMs. Findings The findings indicate ... CMM publication is increasing (most in 2009), conversely, e‐readiness models are not (most published in 2004). Practical ... that the number of CMMs will increase; conversely, e‐readiness models may not. E‐readiness models have not been adopted by other industries ... indicates construction applicability, combined with a review of e‐readiness models for the first time.
Tópico(s): ERP Systems Implementation and Impact
2012 - Emerald Publishing Limited | Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction
Payam Hanafizadeh, Mohammad Reza Hanafizadeh, Mohsen Khodabakhshi,
... of the current situation, which is obtained by e-readiness assessment measures. There has been a proliferation of e-readiness assessment measures in recent years that each one ... measures are categorized and finally, a measure for e-readiness assessment is presented. Since this measure is a convergence of e-readiness assessment measures, the experienced modelers have consensus on it and it is more suitable to measure e-readiness of countries. Also, it can be exploited as ...
Tópico(s): Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
2009 - Elsevier BV | International Journal of Information Management
Khalid Alosaimi, A. Alheraish, Saad Haj Bakry,
... STOPE‐based approach is used here for practical e‐readiness assessment case studies. The approach integrates and evaluates the various e‐readiness assessment issues, over its well‐structured domains: strategy, ... a private sector company. The results obtained provide e‐readiness indicators that illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of each organization with regard to e‐readiness strategic development issues, information and communication technology (ICT) ... that direct the organizations concerned toward enhancing their e‐readiness in response to the current trend of globalizing ...
Tópico(s): Knowledge Management and Sharing
2007 - Wiley | International Journal of Network Management
Stephen M. Mutula, Pieter Van Brakel,
... University) in South Africa on the assessment of e-readiness tools with respect to information access. The paper ... that information is a key component in the e-readiness equation and yet it is not given much emphasis in the e-readiness extant tools, but is instead subsumed under Information ... paper notes that the various major segments of e-readiness as synthesised from existing tools are scattered in ... use painstakingly cumbersome. The paper proposes a new e-readiness integrated tool that emphasises information access and also ...
Tópico(s): Innovation and Knowledge Management
2006 - Elsevier BV | International Journal of Information Management
Kirti Ruikar, Chimay J. Anumba, Patricia Carrillo,
... implementation of these tools (i.e. measure their 'e-readiness' for adopting e-commerce tools). To address this need an e-readiness assessment model and a prototype application were developed. ... describes the development and implementation of VERDICT, an e-readiness assessment prototype application for construction companies. VERDICT assesses the e-readiness of construction companies in terms of their management, ... provides companies with the potential to compare their e-readiness against that of the 'best-of-breed'.
Tópico(s): Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
2005 - Elsevier BV | Automation in Construction
... all had a non-significant positive influence on e-readiness. On the other hand, self-efficacy (p < 0. ... 0.001) had a significant positive influence on e-readiness. Gender and business type, the moderating variables for respondents’ e-readiness, were found to be insignificant (p > 0.005) for e-readiness for web portal technology utilization. This study identifies ...
Tópico(s): Knowledge Management and Sharing
2023 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Sustainability
... study aims to determine the influential factors for e‐readiness among enterprises in developing countries based on their size. Given the well‐recognized value of e‐readiness in promoting e‐business in developing economies, and based on the Perceived e‐Readiness Model that was previously suggested in the literature, ... set of variables is effective in predicting the e‐readiness of enterprises in two size categories, that is, ... are more influenced by managers' commitment and the e‐readiness of supporting industries than their smaller counterparts. The ...
Tópico(s): Digital Platforms and Economics
2020 - Wiley | The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries
Willison Doma Ntemi, Ulingeta O.L. Mbamba,
... any correlation between the level of electronic readiness (e-readiness) and corruption in countries. The study was guided ... countries of the world for both measures of e-readiness (Global Information Technology) and corruption perception index (from ... correlation and regression analyses. Four sub measures for e-readiness included networked readiness index, environment readiness index, society ... study, it is concluded that the higher the e-readiness, the low the corruption. This implies that one way of combating corruption is to attain good e-readiness index.
Tópico(s): Knowledge Management and Sharing
2016 - Cogent OA | Cogent Business & Management
Matuka Chipembele, Kelvin Joseph Bwalya,
... The purpose of this paper is to assess e-readiness (preparedness) of the Copperbelt University (CBU) with a ... and “requisite ICTs skills” has significant impacts on e-readiness indicators and in integration of ICTs in CBU ... 43 per cent variance of the factors determining e-readiness of CBU. Originality/value Investigating CBU’s e-readiness will enable policy-makers to prioritise interventions needed ...
Tópico(s): Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
2016 - Emerald Publishing Limited | International Journal of Information and Learning Technology
Hans Tobias Sopu, Yoshifumi Chisaki, Tsuyoshi Usagawa,
... is important for accurately measuring the degree of e-readiness. In this study, we administered a survey to ... to measure Facebook usage as an index of e-readiness for e-learning. We found that a large ... having a Facebook account and other indicators of e-readiness. Our findings suggest that secondary students in the Kingdom of Tonga have developed e-readiness for e-learning through their use of Facebook.</ ...
Tópico(s): Child Development and Digital Technology
2016 - Athabasca University Press | The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
E-readiness, as the inclination to benefit from information technology, among other digital facilitations, was examined among 169 ... were collected by a structured, face-validated questionnaire. E-readiness of extension officers was operationalized as a composite ... regression was used to isolate the determinants of e-readiness for both male and female extension officers. Significant determinants of e-readiness include living in the job area (t = 2. ...
Tópico(s): Agricultural Innovations and Practices
2015 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
Zahra Daghighi Masouleh, Mohammad Sadegh Allahyari, Reza Ebrahimi Atani,
... the introduction of a new tool for assessing e-readiness in the Agricultural Organization of Guilan Province, Iran. ... status. Based on the relevant literature review, the e-readiness indicators which had theoretically been proposed and practically ... electronic readiness and the final model of assessing e-readiness. Furthermore, the results indicated that the most important factor in assessing e-readiness is the human factor and then stand other ...
Tópico(s): Information Technology Governance and Strategy
2014 - Elsevier BV | Information Processing in Agriculture
Redempta Kiilu, Elizabeth Muema,
... and effectiveness in education. This paper examines the E-readiness implication on the adoption of e-learning in ... overlooked in current educational practices. the question of e-readiness of Kenyan schools cannot be overlooked if Kenya ... in Vision 2030.Therefore, it is imperative that E-Readiness issues be effectively addressed lest new technology introduced ... Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis. Keywords: E-Learning, E-Readiness, Secondary school, Education, Infrastructure, Internet
Tópico(s): Online and Blended Learning
2012 - IISTE | Journal of Education and Practice
... stakeholders are customers and customer satisfaction becomes vital. E-readiness is a prerequisite for all e-services. Training has been identified as a major component for e-readiness. Unfortunately, training has been typically ignored. This paper ... job requirements, training levels and training modes to e-readiness. In addition, we discuss techniques to assess training ... should be useful for countries that are planning e-readiness for e-governance or are concerned about efficiency ...
Tópico(s): Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
2009 - Inderscience Publishers | Electronic Government an International Journal
Hermanus B. Moolman, Seugnet Blignaut,
... strategies such as e-learning. While exploring the e-readiness of warehouse workers, we compared Reeves' e-readiness indexes to the rise and fall of a barometer. During a three-phased qualitative study, twenty e-readiness conceptual codes emerged. We found that warehouse workers ... The culture organization holds the key to the e-readiness of the warehouse workers via access, finances and ...
Tópico(s): Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
2008 - IEEE Computer Society | Educational Technology & Society