IT Value Research Articles

Higher Price: A Benefit of Online Value Co-Creation Activities in Sponsored Communities

This study examines how online value co-creation activities benefit brands in the form of willingness to pay a higher price (WPHP). We propose a framework of value co-creation in three management fields (product design, marketing, and after-sales service) and empirically examine the relationships among co-creation activities, customer-brand relationships, and customers’ WPHP. Interestingly, we find that the co-creation activities in two of the three management fields can enhance both customers’ brand passion and self-brand connection, which increases their WPHP only through the full mediation of brand satisfaction. Our findings contribute to theories on IT value and value co-creation.

Trophic status of Lake Ilmen (2003– 2020)

Lake Ilmen is one of the most productive lakes in the northwestern part of European Russia. The purpose of the study was to assess the trophic status of the Ilmen in the period 2003–2020 based on two different indicators. The trophic status index (ITS) is calculated from two hydrochemical indicators: the pH value and the percentage of water saturation with oxygen. The other indicator of the trophic status is the average annual concentration of total phosphorus. Interannual ITS values for the period from 2003 to 2020 were determined. The input for the calculations was data from lake monitoring regularly conducted by the North-Western Department of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring. It has been established that the trophic status of Lake Ilmen in the specified period was mainly characterized as eutrophic except for years 2006, 2008, 2017, and 2019, when it was mesotrophic. According to the concentration of total phosphorus in 2003, the trophic status of the lake was characterized as hypertrophic, in 2018 as mesotrophic, while in other years it was eutrophic. It is advisable to apply the results of the study in decision-making for reducing the anthropogenic phosphorus loading on the lake.

Understanding Cross-Level Interactions of Firm-Level Information Technology and Industry Environment

This article contends that although much research on the business value of IT focuses on firm-level impacts, studies have begun incorporating industry-level variables as explanatory factors of interest to offer better contextualized explanations for the differences in value firms obtained from their IT across different industries. The authors present a multi-level model of IT value where industry-level and firm-level factors jointly determine the value a firm obtains from its IT. By using a nested model to examine industry to firm interactions, they are able to control for problematic violations of statistical assumptions that are likely to bias estimates from conventional methods. Their analysis shows that all of the industry factors we examined had significant interaction effects. Specifically, industry concentration, industry growth, industry capital intensity, industry outsourcing, and presence in service sector significantly impact firm-level IT value. More interestingly, the authors find these impacts manifest not as mean differences between industries, but rather as interactions with firm-level effects.

IT Project Manager’s Influence Tactics To Form Critical Project Alignments

Influence has long been recognized as an essential element of leadership and a critical determinant of a manager’s effectiveness. This research investigates an unexplored topic: IT project manager’s influence in forming business and stakeholder alignment and shaping consequent project success. We ask the following: what are the primary influence tactics and the related mechanism used by IT project managers to form critical project level alignments (stakeholder/business)? To answer this question, we conduct a qualitative inquiry by interviewing 33 experienced IT project managers. The inquiry aims to uncover influence tactics they use while creating stakeholder and business alignment. We use grounded theory and thematic analysis in the analysis of the data. Analysis reveals, IT project managers use different tactics as means to achieve the desired results and/or actualize benefit while engaging with business and stakeholders. Nonetheless, this behavior is harnessed on the leadership style which is dependent on personal traits and positional power. The IT Value Realization Model is a complex set of processes that requires a dynamic shift and myriad leadership styles depending on the project phase, stakeholders and benefits to be actualized. The role of the IT project manager is to be insightful to get things done through people while assessing the environment. To this end, we develop a theoretical model of IT project manager influence choice during project execution. It offers an explanatory account of the potential impact of project manager influence tactics which expands beyond existing empirical research on the topic.

Penggunaan Material Galian Dari Desa Kandang Mbelang, Lawe Bulan Untuk Pembuatan Aspal Beton Campuran Panas

Aggregate is the main component of the road pavement structure, which is 90-95% of the weight of the pavement. Such a large proportion causes the quality of the aggregate used will greatly determine the overall pavement performance. The availability of quality aggregates is necessary to ensure the sustainability of development in the road construction sector. One area that has aggregate potential that has not been optimally utilized is Kandang Mbelang Village, Lawe Bulan. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of the Marshall, UCS, and ITS test values ​​and the permeability of the asphalt mixture using the excavated material of Kandang Mbelang, Lawe Bulan as an aggregate. This study used an experimental method carried out in the laboratory with variations in asphalt content of 4.5%, 5%, 5.5%, and 6% for Marshall testing and to obtain Optimum Asphalt Content (KAO). For testing ITS, UCS and permeability used Optimum Asphalt Content with three samples each. Hypothesis testing for data comparison using the T-test method. The use of Mbelang cage aggregate in the AC-WC spec IV mixture resulted in a stability value of 711.5 kg, a flow value of 3.48 mm, a porosity value of 16.077%, a density value of 2.016 gr/cm3 and Marshall Quotient value is 215.823 kg/mm ​​at Optimum Asphalt Content of 5.3%. The average ITS value is 319.024 KPa, the average UCS value is 6.982.237 KPa, and the average permeability coefficient is 7.14x10-4 cm/sec. Through the statistical method of T T-tests, it was found that the use of Mbelang cage aggregate for the AC-WC spec IV mixture did not change the stability, flow, I,TS, and UCS values.

Penilaian Investasi Teknologi Informasi STMIK Indonesia Padang Menggunakan Val IT Framework 2.0 Domain Investment Management (IM)

IT investment is an investment that can be made to increase resources from IT expenses by utilizing these expenditures to achieve the expected value. In measuring IT values in a business context, one methodology that can be used is Val IT. Val IT has three domains, one of which is Investment Management (IM). The results obtained at STMIK Indonesia Padang in developing and evaluating the concept of business case programs are still at level 2 where this means the campus has built a business case but is still unclear. But overall, STMIK Indonesia Padang is at level 3 where this is at the defined level so that STMIK Indonesia Padang is increasingly aware of the importance of managing changes and procedures carried out have been passed, documented and communicated. But at the implementation stage it is still individual.

Analisis Pengelompokan Diagnosis Utama Berdasarkan ICD- 10 Di Rumah Sakit Kota Padang

Medical record is a description of patient identification, patient examination, diagnosis, treatment, actions and other services, whether carried out by doctors and dentists or other health workers in accordance with their competence. In conducting statistical analysis of health care can be done by using quantitative analysis which explains information in the form of numbers so that the results will be easier to use in decision making. Data collection was carried out at the hospital by recording the data of inpatients who went home, so that data were obtained as many as 554 patients with a total of 179 beds. Data processing is done using a computer with Microsoft Excel application program. Furthermore, the data were analyzed and the results of statistical processing of health care were presented in the form of tables and graphs of Barber Johnson. Most diagnoses were Bronchopneumonia with code J18.0 as many as 24 patients. The main diagnosis grouping based on defecation in ICD-10 the most diagnosis was CHAPTER XI (Disease of Digestive system) of 15.88% as many as 88 patients. The most procedures were Lithotomy Kidney with procedure code 55.01 totaling 14 patients. The main diagnosis according to the most DTD with code DTD 215 (urolithiasis) as many as 30 patients. Based on the RL4a report, the most age group was the age group of 25-44 years with 165 patients, based on female sex as many as 102 patients and male as many as 63 patients, while based on the disposition of life 551 patients, and 3 patients died. After processing the data, BOR was obtained as much as 35.66% or 36%, this BOR value was not efficient. BTR as much as 3.09 times for the efficient number of BTR is per year, then BTR cannot be calculated. IT is
 6.44 days or 6 days, the obtained IT value is not efficient and ALOS is 3.57 days or 4 days, the ALOS value obtained is inefficient.

IT Governance Practices for The Success of IT Initiatives – A Conceptual Framework

In the recent day, it is important to understand the ways to govern Information Technology in an organization rather than just utilizing them. IT Governance is critical to most of the organization. It acts more of a strategic driver for business rather than just a supportive tool. The overall performance of an organization can be impacted by IT Governance. IT Governance helps to specify the responsibilities to encourage a desirable behavior from IT to generate value from IT investments. Unfortunately, in many organizations, this is more of an aspiration than reality. The objective of this study is to explore the current practices of IT Governance in a manufacturing firm. This paper analyses the 3 main mechanisms of IT Governance, i.e., structure, process, and relational mechanisms, with relation to the main 5 domains of the IT Governance; IT value delivery, IT resource management, IT performance measurement, IT strategic alignment and IT risk management. This study is aligned with existing literatures on the concept of IT Governance and addresses the gap from a practical approach.

Strength and permanent deformation properties of demolition wastes, glass, and plastics stabilized with foamed bitumen for pavement bases

Foamed bitumen (FB) stabilization is an in-place soil improvement technique that has become popular in recent times. Nevertheless, a lack of understanding exists about the strength and deformation responses of FB stabilized recycled demolition wastes in pavements. This paper aims to introduce the application of FB stabilized recycled demolition waste blends with glass and plastic in the pavement base layer. A suite of laboratory tests was undertaken to evaluate the indirect tensile strength, unconfined compressive strength, California bearing ratio, and permanent deformation behavior of FB stabilized blends. Recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) was blended with recycled glass (RG), recycled plastic (RP), and reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in various percentages and the performance of the FB stabilized blends were characterized through extensive experimental testing. A multi-stage repeated load triaxial (RLT) testing procedure was adopted to evaluate the permanent deformation behavior of the unbound and FB stabilized blends under various stress levels. The ITS, UCS, and CBR values exhibited decreasing trends with increasing the RAP, RG, and RP contents. The permanent deformation of the blends was found to be reduced as a result of FB stabilization, most notably for the blends with higher percentages of RAP, RG, and RP. The permanent deformation responses of the blends were ranked using the shakedown concept that indicated the FB stabilized demolition wastes exhibited relatively stable responses under cyclic loads. The deformation response of the blends with 50%RAP and 7%RP changed from incremental collapse to plastic creep as a result of FB stabilization. The results indicated that the FB stabilization of recycled aggregates is a suitable practice for developing more sustainable roads with enhanced ductility and resistance to rutting.

IT Business Value and Competitive Advantage: Integrating a Customer-Based View

ABSTRACT This research expands our understanding of IT value by adding a customer-based view (CBV) to the prevalent resource-based view (RBV). Founded on a template analysis, this article suggests an integrated definition for IT value consisting of two complementary facets: monetary customer value and non-monetary organizational value. Value from IT investments can have direct or indirect effects on firm performance. This research also discusses the relationship between IT value, firm performance, and competitive advantage. Abbreviation: CBV: Customer-based view; CI: Customer intimacy (customer-value category); ER: External relations (initial organizational-value category); ESC: Enhanced skills and capabilities (organizational-value category); FX/A: Flexibility, agility (organizational-value category); IS: Information systems; IT: Information technology; K/C: Knowledge and control (initial organizational-value category); OE: Operational excellence (customer-value category); PL: Product leadership (customer-value category); RBV: Resource-based view; SA/SR: Strategic alliances/supplier relationships (organizational-value category); SP/DM: Strategic planning/informed decision-making (organizational-value category)

Conceptualizing and Assessing the Value of Internet of Things Solutions

The Internet of Things (IoT) is associated with enormous economic potential. To date, however, actual revenues remain below expectations. This circumstance particularly affects IoT solution providers in industrial contexts where effective value assessment is critical for market success. Since a deeper understanding of how IoT solutions create value is required to address this challenge, we develop a framework and corresponding value levers for assessing the value of IoT solutions along an archetypical yet configurable business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) value chain. Taking the perspective of an IoT solution provider in the industrial context, we evaluate the framework with five such solution providers and apply the value levers for an initial value quantification. Our work extends previous research and furthers knowledge on the business value of IT and IoT. It also supports practitioners in assessing IoT value potential.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR VALUING IT WITHIN A BUSINESS SYSTEM

Due to the complexity of IT impacts and multiple interpretations of value, determining the IT value can be difficult. This paper introduces a conceptual framework for evaluating IT value within a single firm despite its complexity. Our research combines design science with an examination of five real-world scenarios. Using the conceptual framework, we may look at value from three different perspectives: 1) from the standpoint of diverse stakeholders, 2) from the perspective of valuing logics, and 3) from the perspective of assessment views. It’s important to consider all of these viewpoints because they help to build the foundation for understanding how specific value information might fulfill the demands of IT-related decision making and how to evaluate and communicate it. KEYWORDS: IT, conceptual framework, multifaceted, company

PENGEMBANGAN PEMBELAJARAN ONLINE BERBASIS MICROSOFT SWAY UNTUK MENINGKATKAN PRESTASI BELAJAR ( Studi Pengembangan Pada Mata Pelajaran Informatika Siswa Kelas X SMA Negeri 1 Pagar Alam)

The aim of this study was describe development about microsoft sway-based media and test its effectiveness on student achievement in informatics in class X SMA Negeri 1 Pagar Alam. This study used development research, with research subjects 10 students of class X IPS 2 for a limited scale, X IPS 4 for the Experiment Class and X IPS 1 for the control class. Data collection techniques using questionnaires, interviews, validation sheets and test questions. Data analysis using t-test and the average validation value of IT and media experts. After carrying out the development process, the product is validated with the results of material validation 3.46 and 3.81 categories of IT experts are very feasible to be tested and make revisions based on suggestions. After conducting a limited trial in class X IPS 2 with the results of t-count analysis 12.829 and t-table 1.734, there was a significant influence in the use of sway-based media and made revisions based on input from students. The results of the broad-scale Ciba test in the experimental and control class t-count 20.600 while the t-table is 1.669. This means that if the t-count is greater than the t-table, it means that the use of sway-based media in the experimental class has a significant effect on student achievement

Internal or external social media? The effects of work-related and social-related use of social media on improving employee performance

PurposeThis study investigates how employees' work- and social-related use of social media can individually and interactively render different impacts on employees' performance in the context of internal or external social media.Design/methodology/approachTo test the research model in these two different contexts, the authors collected data from 392 internal social media users and 302 external social media users in the workplace.FindingsThe data suggest that the respondents' job performance can be enhanced when using internal social media for work-related purposes and using external social media for social-related purposes. Meanwhile, the interaction of work- and social-related use is positive for external social media but negative for internal social media on job performance. These findings highlight the significant distinction of social media use in the workplace.Originality/valueFirst, this study contributes to the literature on the business value of IT by providing theoretical arguments on how companies can capitalize efforts to consider work-related use in combination with social-related use to create business value. Second, this research theorizes two distinct yet interacting views of social media use. The authors offer a more granular insight of the paths from work- and social-related use to employee performance instead of encapsulating social media use in a unitary concept and linking it simply and broadly to employee performance. Third, this research considers the interdependent effects of work- and social-related use on employee performance, and thus goes beyond the independent roles of these two types of social media use. Fourth, the authors find that the links from employees' work- and social-related use of social media to job performance vary in different contexts.

Impact of IT governance process capability on business performance: Theory and empirical evidence

In the digital economy, firms' IT resource investments represent a significant portion of their capital investments. IT governance processes are critical for companies to decide what and how to deploy IT resources and measure and achieve the expected business benefits. This study introduces and measures the concept of IT governance process capability, which is defined as the firm's ability to identify, design, implement and leverage the following IT governance processes: IT decision-making, IT planning, IT infrastructure modernization, IT services delivery, and IT monitoring. We propose that IT governance process capability can improve IT performance, which in turn can improve business performance. Using a unique dataset from 881 global companies, we found support for the proposed research model. This paper contributes to the Information Systems (IS) literature on business value of IT by conceptualizing, evaluating, and introducing the construct of IT governance process capability and theorizing and proving how this core IT capability positively affects IT performance to enhance business performance.

Understanding IT Value at the Managerial Level

Managerial ambidexterity is an important precursor to managerial seizing ability. However, ambidexterity can impose substantial costs. Yet information systems may help reduce these costs. We develop a model that includes an inverted U-shaped relationship between managerial ambidexterity and seizing ability. We propose that a manager's effective use of management support systems will mitigate the decline in seizing ability at higher levels of ambidexterity. We test our model with data collected over two time periods from 172 managers. Our results support our model, thereby generating implications for research and practice in IT value, managerial ambidexterity, and dynamic managerial capabilities.

MAIAC AOD and PM2.5 Mass Concentrations Characteristics and Correlation Analysis in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and Surrounding Areas

Based on the MAIAC AOD and PM2.5 mass concentration data for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and surrounding areas from 2014 to 2018, the temporal and spatial differences in Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) and PM2.5 mass concentrations were explored and their correlation was analyzed by linear regression. The results show that the daily average concentration of PM2.5 exceeds the standard for 33% and 57% of measurements based on the daily average standard values of the World Health Organization IT.1 and IT.2, respectively, indicating serious pollution levels. The annual average concentrations of PM2.5 and Terra and Aqua MAIAC AOD all show downward trends. The PM2.5 concentrations are high in winter and spring and low in summer and autumn; Terra and Aqua AOD values are high in spring and summer and low in autumn and winter. The seasonal and annual average concentrations of PM2.5 and AOD all show the regional pattern of "low in the north and high in the south". High-value areas are mainly located in southern Hebei, southwestern Shanxi, western Shandong, and northern Henan, while low-value areas are mainly located in northwestern Shanxi, northern Hebei, and eastern Shandong. The annual average concentration of PM2.5 is between 27 and 99μg·m-3, and the annual average AOD is between 0.20 and 0.69. The correlation between Aqua AOD and PM2.5 concentration is strong whereas and the correlations between Terra AOD, Aqua AOD, and PM2.5vary significantly in different seasons; overall, correlations are strongest in spring and winter and weakest in summer and autumn. After vertical-humidity correction, the correlation between satellite AOD and PM2.5 data is significantly improved.

Pengaruh Air Mengunakan Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Pada Campuran Beton Aspal Berdasarkan Uji Cantabro Dan Indirect Tensile Strength

The impact of RAP on water was identified to be analyzed for the material's resistance to water because there are still a lot of waterlogged pavements in Indonesia. This research uses RAP variation 0%, 25% and 35%. The test is the Marshall test to get the optimum asphalt content value, the Cantabro test to determine the weight loss for 300 rounds and the durability by varying the immersion 0.1, 2, 4 and 7 days which will be tested for ITS. The KAO value obtained for each variation is 5.4% for 0% Rap, 5.6 for 25% Rap and 6% for 35% RAP. The results of the Cantabro test show that the largest percentage of weight loss is a mixture of 35% RAP which is 12.54%, where for 0% RAP there is a weight loss of 10.85% and at 25% RAP there is a weight loss of 11.66%. ITS test results have the highest value with variations of RAP 0%, RAP 25% and RAP 35%. variations of 0%, 25% and 35% showed a decreasing trend until the 7th day of immersion, it can be said that in the three variations the ITS value was influenced by the duration of continuous immersion.
 Keywords: RAP, AC-WC, Marshall, Cantabro, Indirect Tensile Strength

Does EMR Adoption by Nursing Homes Decrease Hospitalization Costs?

Electronic Medical Records (EMR) have the potential to decrease medical expenditures by increasing communication between healthcare providers and reducing the incidence of unnecessary tests and medical errors. Using a three-year panel of out-of-home Medicaid spending for long-term care patients in nursing homes, we analyze the effect of nursing home EMR adoption on out-of-home healthcare expenditures for their residents. First, we find evidence that EMR adoption by nursing homes reduces out-of-home healthcare costs for residents by 3.5%-14%. Second, beyond this direct effect, we find a further reduction of hospitalization costs for residents when hospitals and nursing homes both adopt EMR, which is an average savings of 13% of Medicaid expenditure and as much as 35% for hospitals that are part of a system. Given the interdependent nature of healthcare delivery for long-term care patients or patients with chronic conditions, our findings underscore the importance of looking outside the adopting institution when accounting for health IT (HIT) value.

Probabilistic Inference Hybrid IT Value Model Using Bayesian Network

In this study, we propose probabilistic inference model on a hybrid IT value model using Bayesian Network (BN) that represents uncertain relationships between 13 variables of the model. Those variables are performance, market, innovation, IT support, core competence, capabilities, knowledge, human resources, IT development, IT resources, capital, labor, and IT spending. The relationships between variables in the model are determined using probabilistic approach, including the structure, nature, and direction of relationships. We derive a probabilistic graphical model and measure the relationships between variables. The results of this study shows that the probabilistic approach with Bayesian Network can show that capabilities and core competence are the most important variables to produce high performance output.