IT Adoption Research Articles

A MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IMPROVEMENT OF BATIK SMEs AT CENTRAL JAVA PROVINCE AND DIY (SPECIAL REGION OF YOGYAKARTA)

The availablity of Information technology in IR 4.0 demands the ability of SMEs to build a culture to foster competitiveness. This study aims to test a model to improve Sustainability Competitive Advantage based on Innovation Culture, Adaptation Capability and IT Adoption. This type of research uses explanatory research, to test the proposed hypothesis. Data was collected from 106 Batik SMEs owner of Central Java and Yogyakarta through a questionnaire and analysis using SmartPLS. The results shows that SMEs need to strive for the development of an Innovation Culture, in the form of creating new product and services and finding new market opportunities for running their business. Innovation Culture is useful for fostering adaptability in the form of creating change, focusing on services, and developing knowledge. The Innovation Culture that has been formed also has an impact on the ability to apply information technology, namely relative advantage, adaptability, and practicality. Adaptation Capability and Technology Information Adoption that has been formed in SMEs, can help to increase Competitive Advantage so that it continues, marked by increased cost reduction, differentiation and quality. Keywords: sustainable competitive advantage, innovation culture, adaptation capability, technology information adoption

E-Commerce Adoption in Egypt Insights from COVID-19 and Beyond

This Paper aims to review IT adoption literature to gain insights on E-Commerce adoption in Egypt, while focusing on various impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on E-Commerce and related e-services considering these impacts in Egypt. IT adoption literature was reviewed concerning E-Commerce adoption levels highlighting evidence from Egypt. Impact of COVID-19 on economy, e-commerce and related e-services was reviewed both on seller and consumer side. Impact of COVID-19 on e-commerce and related e-services in Egypt was then reviewed. Actions taken by Egyptian government in this essence in response to COVID-19 was addressed. Finally, recommendations to leverage e-commerce during COVID-19 crisis and beyond are addressed

Technology Adoption, Market Structure, and the Cost of Bank Intermediation

This paper studies the high and persistent U.S. cost of financial intermediation (CFI) documented by Philippon (2015) and its inverted U-shape behavior since the mid-1960s. We build a novel model of endogenous growth and bank intermediation and introduce imperfect bank competition, bank IT adoption and bank entry, and an occupational choice that determines the relative size of the labor force and the economy's average level of managerial ability. The interplay between verification costs, market structure, and occupational choice delivers implications for the CFI which are qualitatively consistent with the stylized facts of the U.S. economy. We find that the banking sector structure is the main determinant of the long-run level of the CFI. We also show that the U.S. productivity growth slowdown from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s is a major driver of the simultaneous increase in the CFI and the number of banks during this period and their subsequent decline.

Adoption of green IT in Pakistan: a comparison of three competing models through model selection criteria using PLS-SEM.

The growing adverse impact of IT products in developing countries like Pakistan is increasing, seeking academicians' and practitioners' attention to adopt green IT products in Pakistan. In this regard, several researchers provided different independent theoretical models for adopting green IT, but which model fits best in the scenario is still vague. Therefore, this study used three well-developed competing models: the technology acceptance model, the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, and the decomposed theory of planned behavior to investigate green IT adoption in Pakistan. For this purpose, data were collected through a survey method using a purposive sampling technique, and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyze three competing models. Using the PLS model selection criteria along with standard model selection criteria, the results suggested that the decomposed theory of planned behavior (DTPB) is the most parsimonious and has the best explanatory and predictive power than other available alternative theoretical models. Moreover, the study identified different significant factors affecting consumers' intention to adopt green IT products in Pakistan. The theoretical and practical implication of this study is discussed. In the final section, limitations and future directions are elaborated.

On the effect of full-fledged IT adoption on stock returns and their conditional volatility: Evidence from propensity score matching

Applied research on central banking has attempted to assess the effects of adopting full-fledged inflation targeting on several macroeconomic variables, while the impact of financial variables has been under-researched so far. This paper fills this gap by assessing and quantifying the effect of full-fledged inflation targeting on stock returns and their conditional volatility. For this purpose, it implements the Propensity Score Matching (PSM), which is immune against reverse-causality, self-selection and omitted-variable biases, on a sample of advanced countries over 1990:Q1–2015:Q1 period. The results suggest that full-fledged inflation targeting is effective in boosting stock market returns and reducing volatility.

Factors Influencing Cloud Computing Adoption in the Public Sector: An Empirical Analysis

Cloud computing is one of the latest Information Technology innovation phenomena that has risen from the idea of sharing, consolidating, and standardizing of resources in a centralized infrastructure and facility. This concept offers many advantages such as cost reduction in both hardware and software investment for organizations. Despite these advantages, cloud computing adoption among organizations is relatively slow with a low adoption rate. As such, this study attempts to bridge the gap by offering insight into possible factors that could influence such adoption decisions. By integrating the Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DOI) and IT personnel characteristics, a conceptual model is developed and tested as a preliminary study to determine the influencing factors of cloud computing adoption by the Malaysian public sector to enhance its service delivery. The results revealed that relative advantage, compatibility, and IT personnel knowledge are the innovation attributes and the human factor for cloud computing adoption in the Malaysian public sector. This study contributes to the knowledge domain of cloud computing adoption literature on theories of IT adoption particularly in the public sector.

Factors Influencing Cloud Computing Adoption in the Public Sector: An Empirical Analysis

Cloud computing is one of the latest Information Technology innovation phenomena that has risen from the idea of sharing, consolidating, and standardizing of resources in a centralized infrastructure and facility. This concept offers many advantages such as cost reduction in both hardware and software investment for organizations. Despite these advantages, cloud computing adoption among organizations is relatively slow with a low adoption rate. As such, this study attempts to bridge the gap by offering insight into possible factors that could influence such adoption decisions. By integrating the Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DOI) and IT personnel characteristics, a conceptual model is developed and tested as a preliminary study to determine the influencing factors of cloud computing adoption by the Malaysian public sector to enhance its service delivery. The results revealed that relative advantage, compatibility, and IT personnel knowledge are the innovation attributes and the human factor for cloud computing adoption in the Malaysian public sector. This study contributes to the knowledge domain of cloud computing adoption literature on theories of IT adoption particularly in the public sector.

Analysing Organizational Development Tenets for Improving Performance of Local Contracting Firms in Tanzania: A Conceptual Model

Construction industry in Tanzania is affected with poor project performance. The poor project performance of the industry is attributed to by three key players, clients, consultants and contractors who are been characterised by: inadequate planning, a<i>d hoc</i> process, weak adoption of IT in their processes, inadequate procurement and project delivery processes, weak capital and cash flow management skills, lack of innovation and entrepreneurship skills, lack of formal organizational structures and lack of work commitment culture. While these key project players record inadequate performance, facets of ‘organizational development’ are found to exist in literature for decades; but are not yet well evaluated with a view of marrying the local firms’ performance characteristics. This paper reviews and evaluates relevant literatures on the local contracting firms’ performance and on the organizational development models in general. Such reviewed works helped to formulate organizational development conceptual model for improving local firms’ performance. The model has eight dimensions: change initiatives, strategies of improvement, organizational wide elements, organizational-wide elements weaknesses, organizational wide efficiencies and effectiveness, interdisciplined deployment, emerged field issues and real change results. The model contributes in the body of knowledge through providing a comprehensive and yet rigorous list of organizational development elements with the procedural approach to help local firms to assess and improve own performance. Such a model benefits own local firms as well as others in the developing countries. The model opens avenues for further researches by creating a room to conduct model validation.

Examining the motivational factors of green IT intention in Malaysia

This study aims to examine the influence of eco-motivational factors measured by eco-efficiency, eco-effectiveness, eco-process and eco-brand on the intention to adopt green IT. To have a better outcome on the green IT, a quantitative analysis was performed. The results suggest that all relationships between eco-efficiency, eco-effectiveness, eco-process and eco-brand explored (e.g., predictors) were supported except for eco-process. In comparing the strength of the predictors, eco-brand plays the most vital role, followed by eco-effectiveness and eco-efficiency. Henceforth, all study predictors recognised as the champion in green IT matters. By using the study outcomes, a green IT adoption framework could be established for safeguarding the environment from unnecessary e-waste. The study contributes to the environmental literature in an area that has become a fundamental issue and yet lacking in the particular research outcome. The findings of this study will be useful for the policymaker to oversee the interaction between economic drive, green IT and sustainable environment.

State-of-the-art of scientific production about Green Information Technology

Abstract: With the purpose of identifying the state-of-the-art in the literature, on the theme of Green Information Technology, or simply Green IT, this study presents a bibliometric review about it. Following a research protocol, 171 papers published between the years 2007 to 2020 were selected, providing an overview or are focused on a particular aspect of Green IT. As the main results of this theoretical production, research highlighted that most of the literature on Green IT is based on analyzes at the organizational level. The surveys and theoretical frameworks that consider the environmental aspects of Green IT stand out. Among the empirical studies, investigations related to organizational motivations and the role of corporate social responsibility in the adoption of Green IT prevail. Behavioral factors linked to cognitive aspects that provide a preliminary view on the diffusion status and maturity of the Green IT also emerge among field studies. It should be noted that most studies were conducted in developed countries, that is, countries where technology is more widespread. Among the main managerial implications of the research, it was evident that the need for greater energy efficiency and, consequently, cost savings in IT operations, are the main factors for the adoption of Green IT.

The Impacts of Tourism Risk Management, IT Adoption, Agility and Resilience on the Sustainable Tourism Supply Chain Performance of Maldives’ Tourism Industry

Recently, the tourism industry has a significant role in economic growth worldwide and attain the attention of recent researchers. Therefore, the ongoing study aims to examine the role of tourism IT adoption, TR management orientation, and tourism agility on the sustainable tourism supply chain performance (STSCP) of Maldives’ tourism industry. The investigation of mediating role of tourism supply chain resilience among the nexus of tourism IT adoption, TR management orientation, tourism agility, and sustainable tourism supply chain performance of Maldives’ tourism industry are also included in the goal of the ongoing study. The data were obtained using questionnaires from the tourism industry employees related to the supply chain process, and AMOS has been utilized for analysis purposes. The results indicated that tourism IT adoption, TR management orientation, and tourism agility positively associate with the sustainable tourism supply chain performance of the Maldives’ tourism industry. The findings also exposed that tourism supply chain resilience has played a positive mediating role among the nexus of tourism IT adoption, TR management orientation, tourism agility, and STSCP of the Maldives’ tourism industry. These findings are guided to the policy developers and implementers that they should increase their focus on the tourism industry that could enhance the country's economic growth.

Individual and organizational factors affecting the implementation of Green IT: A case study of an Indian business school

AbstractGreen Information Technology (Green IT) emerged as a critical research agenda for reducing organizations' carbon footprints to achieve environmental sustainability. This paper aims to understand the factors that affect the adoption of Green Information Technology in the context of a developing country. Studies that have focused on both individual and organizational level factors (multi‐level approach) remain limited. The Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA), Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), and Technology‐Organization‐Environment (TOE) framework was used as a theoretical lens to address the gap in the literature. The theoretical background and participatory case study (qualitative) as the methodology was used to investigate the factors at multiple levels that could affect Green IT implementation in the developing country context (Indian business school). The findings reveal that three key dimensions affect the implementation of Green IT‐ Need, Scope, and the Inclination to adopt Green IT. Each dimension includes a mix of factors at the individual and organizational levels. This paper contributes to the theory by proposing a framework for multi‐level Green IT adoption. It also provides guidelines to the practitioners for considering the intervention factors at the individual and organizational levels.

Exploitation and exploration of IT in times of pandemic: from dealing with emergency to institutionalising crisis practices

ABSTRACT When looking at changes in IT adoption and use in organisations, our theories rely – for the most part – on slow adoption timespans or – to a lesser extent – abrupt crises of short duration. We lack a model of IT adoption during a crisis of extended duration. This paper tackles this gap by looking at the IT-explorative and -exploitative teaching-related practices of university lecturers in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Based on qualitative data from three European higher education institutions and their responses to the COVID-19 crisis, we propose a process model of IT exploration/exploitation under a condition of extended crisis. The model shows that IT use and practices in response to a prolonged crisis go through phases, presenting predictable challenges that management can alleviate with a well-timed approach.

Moderating Role of IT Adoption and Mechanism of Dynamic Capabilities on Indonesian Pharmaceutical Firms Performance

In 'today's contemporary world, multiple factors determine any organization's productivity in several contexts, but what are those factors and through which underlying mechanisms those factors affect the organizational productivity is a question of real concern. On the other hand, organizations are encouraged to adopt the technology to survive in the economies' ontogeny. It is a fact that businesses not embracing the philosophy and practice of application of information technology will be at a competitive disadvantage. The current study was established to examine the direct as well as indirect impact of entrepreneurial orientation, total quality management, and business innovation on organizational productivity in the presence of dynamic capabilities as a mediator. Further, the interactive effect of IT adoption with dynamic capabilities on organizational productivity was investigated. Data was collected from the managers and owners of the pharmaceutical companies of Indonesia. SmatPLS 3 was used to study the measurement and structural model. Results revealed that all direct and indirect associations are positive and significant. Finally, the current study offers some valuable insights for scholars and practitioners. How to Cite this Article Pubmed Style Dalle J, Siyoto S, Astika ND, Negara DJ, Chandra T, Anam K. Role of IT Adoption and Mechanism of Dynamic Capabilities on Indonesian Pharmaceutical Firms Performance. SRP. 2020; 11(9): 982-992. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.9.142 Web Style Dalle J, Siyoto S, Astika ND, Negara DJ, Chandra T, Anam K. Role of IT Adoption and Mechanism of Dynamic Capabilities on Indonesian Pharmaceutical Firms Performance. http://www.sysrevpharm.org/?mno=24070 [Access: March 29, 2021]. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.9.142 AMA (American Medical Association) Style Dalle J, Siyoto S, Astika ND, Negara DJ, Chandra T, Anam K. Role of IT Adoption and Mechanism of Dynamic Capabilities on Indonesian Pharmaceutical Firms Performance. SRP. 2020; 11(9): 982-992. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.9.142 Vancouver/ICMJE Style Dalle J, Siyoto S, Astika ND, Negara DJ, Chandra T, Anam K. Role of IT Adoption and Mechanism of Dynamic Capabilities on Indonesian Pharmaceutical Firms Performance. SRP. (2020), [cited March 29, 2021]; 11(9): 982-992. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.9.142 Harvard Style Dalle, J., Siyoto, . S., Astika, . N. D., Negara, . D. J., Chandra, . T. & Anam, . K. (2020) Role of IT Adoption and Mechanism of Dynamic Capabilities on Indonesian Pharmaceutical Firms Performance. SRP, 11 (9), 982-992. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.9.142 Turabian Style Dalle, Juhriyansyah, Sandu Siyoto, Nita Dwi Astika, Danes Jaya Negara, Teddy Chandra, and Khairul Anam. 2020. Role of IT Adoption and Mechanism of Dynamic Capabilities on Indonesian Pharmaceutical Firms Reviews in Pharmacy, 11 (9), 982-992. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.9.142 Chicago Style Dalle, Juhriyansyah, Sandu Siyoto, Nita Dwi Astika, Danes Jaya Negara, Teddy Chandra, and Khairul Anam. Moderating Role of IT Adoption and Mechanism of Dynamic Capabilities on Indonesian Pharmaceutical Firms Performance. Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy 11 (2020), 982-992. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.9.142 MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style Dalle, Juhriyansyah, Sandu Siyoto, Nita Dwi Astika, Danes Jaya Negara, Teddy Chandra, and Khairul Anam. Moderating Role of IT Adoption and Mechanism of Dynamic Capabilities on Indonesian Pharmaceutical Firms Performance. Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy 11.9 (2020), 982-992. Print. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.9.142 APA (American Psychological Association) Style Dalle, J., Siyoto, . S., Astika, . N. D., Negara, . D. J., Chandra, . T. & Anam, . K. (2020) Role of IT Adoption and Mechanism of Dynamic Capabilities on Indonesian Pharmaceutical Firms Reviews in Pharmacy, 11 (9), 982-992. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.9.142

Barriers in Adopting IT and Data Analytics for Internal Auditing: Findings from Vietnam's Banking Sector

Despite the intention to follow the technological wave, data show that there are still signs of difficulties for internal auditors to adopt IT and data analytics for their activity. Consequently, the purpose of this paper is to answer the research question: what are the barriers in adopting IT and data analytics for internal auditing? Semi-structured interviews with seven banks' head of internal audit department or equivalent in Vietnam have been conducted and analysed through a mixed thematic analysis approach (deductive and inductive). Among the six barriers identified, awareness, data extraction, and implementation have been assessed as the most critical across all banks. Internal auditors of middle-sized banks mostly perceive the obstacles, principally because of the fact that they have to decide to scale up or reduce investments to fit the IT and data analytics solution. This work enhances the understanding by academics and practitioners on how the adoption of IT in internal audits can be fostered, with great implications, and in terms of benefits if organisations can overcome these barriers.

The Effect of Communication and EMR Meaningful Use Technologies on Patient Outcomes

The adoption of health IT transforms communication between care providers and patients. Unfortunately, research on the transformation of communication has produced conflicting results, creating tension regarding its efficacy among healthcare professionals. Upon closer examination of prior research models, we find that nurse and physician communication performance mediate the relationship between health IT implementation and patient outcomes. We test the mediating role of communication with a hospital-level data set spanning 2011 through 2015. The specific health information technologies we investigate include EMR documentation, computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems, clinical decision support (CDS) systems, and health information exchanges (HIE). Our results provide that EMR documentation, CPOE, and HIE directly improve communication between care providers and patients as well as patient outcomes. Further, nurse-patient and physician-patient communication mediates the relationship between health IT implementation and patient outcomes. The mediating effect extends the positive benefits to patient outcomes following technology implementation. We also find that increasing nurses and physicians’ communication with patients directly improves mortality, satisfaction, and loyalty. Surprisingly, CDS negatively affects communication and patient outcomes. Our findings contribute to the information systems and healthcare literatures by demonstrating the need to account for the multidimensional nature of healthcare and by providing context for the positive and negative effects previously discovered. Furthermore, the results offer practical and theoretical implications for leveraging specific health IT adoption and for realigning federal incentive structures for hospitals.

Nurses\u2019 experiences and viewpoints about the benefits of adopting information technology in health care: a qualitative study in Iran

BackgroundInformation technology (IT) plays an important role in nursing practice. Hence, nurses’ experiences and viewpoints about IT integration into healthcare help improve nurses’ adoption of IT. This study aimed to explore the nurses’ experiences and viewpoints about the benefits of IT integration and adoption in healthcare.MethodsThis study was conducted with a qualitative research approach. Participants included 14 nurses from four hospitals affiliated to a large medical university in Iran, who were selected using a purposive sampling method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using the conventional content analysis of Lundman and Graneheim.ResultsSix categories in the study reflected the nurses’ experiences and viewpoints about the benefits of integrating IT into health care. These categories included improving the quality and efficiency of medical services and care, facilitating the communication management in the technological environment, improving information documentation, management, and monitoring, improving resource management, improving management performance and policymaking, and facilitating pathways of organizational and professional growth.ConclusionsLessons learned in this study can help overcoming the barriers of IT adoption, and developing appropriate strategies to familiarize nurses with the benefits of IT in healthcare settings. Healthcare managers are recommended to investigate the experiences of nurses with IT in their hospitals and organize courses to orient hesitant nurses toward adopting IT.

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) as reversed IT adoption: Insights into managers’ coping strategies

The adoption of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), initiated by employees, refers to the provision and use of personal mobile devices and applications for both private and business purposes. This bottom-up phenomenon, not initiated by managers, corresponds to a reversed IT adoption logic that simultaneously entails business opportunities and threats. Managers are thus confronted with this unchosen BYOD usage by employees and consequently adopt different coping strategies. This research aims to investigate the adaptation strategies embraced by managers to cope with the BYOD phenomenon. To this end, we operationalized the coping model of user adaptation (CMUA) in the organizational decision-making context to conduct a survey addressing 337 top managers. Our main results indicate that the impact of the CMUA constructs varies according to the period (pre- or post-implementation). The coping strategies differ between those who have already implemented measures to regulate BYOD usage and those who have not. We contribute to theory by integrating the perception of BYOD-related opportunities and threats and by shedding light on the decisional processes in the adoption of coping strategies. The managerial contributions of this research correspond to the improved protection of corporate information and the maximization of BYOD-related benefits.

How do mobile, internet and ICT diffusion affect the banking industry? An empirical analysis

Based on the World Development Indicators data provided by the World Bank, we investigate the effect of information and communication technology (ICT) on the profits and risk of financial distress of the EU 28 banking industry. Specifically, we address the question of whether and how ICT diffusion, adoption and infrastructure (e.g., ATM penetration) affect banking profitability and stability over the period 1995–2015. Our results show that ICT exerts a positive role in improving these performance measures. In addition, we find that overall financial stability in the banking industry is enhanced with the intensive adoption of both IT and financial technologies, which increase the distance to default.

How IT Support a Government Organization’s Agility to Respond Citizen’s Changing Needs?:Literature Review

Now the use of information technology has changed citizen’s styles and lifestyle. Public services that are practical, very fast and automated is the need for majority of Indonesian society. Coupled with various requests for public services needed by the community with a variety of specific case studies. This certainly has implications for the government in presenting services that suitable with the various needs of the citizen. On the other hand, in increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of public services, the government has shifted its business processes by increasing the adoption of e-government. However, the fact is the IT investments that can reach tens or hundreds millions rupiah every year can be said to be almost non-existent by governments where most of the operational processes are carried out electronically. To overcome this problem, the government should not simply shift the business process with IT adoption on a large scale. The government needs to adopt a model of organizational agility to support government IT agility. In anticipating this, several previous studies have contributed to developing an organizational agility model with IT support. However, the model developed is still not enough to achieve organizational agility. Therefore, in this study will synthesize some previous theories relating to organizational agility using IT support. The result of this study are an analysis of the synthesis of the agility process models of government organizations with IT support.