Forwarded message from [spalvia@LIU.EDU (Dr. Shailendra Palvia)] sent originally on Fri, 2 Jun 2000 11:41:14 -0700: : Dear ISworld Members: : : I am pleased to announce the publication of the SIXTH issue of JITCA. : There was a TREMENDOUS interest shown by universities and researchers to : the last FIVE issues. To create an awareness about the usefulnees and : contribution of this important MIS journal, the publisher (Ivy league : Publishing) was GRACIOUS enough to allow me to send upto 50 complimentary : copies on a FIRST COME FIRST SERVE basis. : : I am doing this one LAST time. But only requests from members, who have : not yet received a complimentary copy of JITCA, will be entertained. : : Others, I strongly recommend, you subscribe individually and also urge your : institutional libraries to subscribe to this important journal. This : journal strives to capture the excitement and potential of ever changing : information technology for academicians and practitioners worldwide. : : Sincerely : : Shailendra Palvia : : ***************************************************************************** : Editorial Preface : Some Further Reflections on MIS Research : : Robert Galliers, Warwick Business School : ***************************************************************************** : Research Article One : Electronic Commerce: Implications for University Bookshops : : Claudia Loebbecke, University of Cologne & Copenhagen Business School : Kristoffer Nilaus, Copenhagen Business School : Philip Powell, University of Bath : : This paper investigates the plight of small university bookshops that are : increasingly experiencing the competitive impact of electronic commerce. : The paper provides an industry structure and a competitor analysis in order : to develop measures that university bookshops may take to withstand the : competitive pressures. Using the example of a medium-size Danish : university bookshop, the paper argues that university bookshops should no : longer consider themselves solely to be in book retailing. Instead, soon, : their competitive advantage will come from their ability to collect : information on academics' book recommendations and on the extent to which : they can keep this information from their competitors and customers until : sales have been made. Hence, the paper suggests that the major : opportunities for university bookshops will be to build up targeted on-line : communities with members stemming mainly from faculty and student bodies. : **************************************************************************** : *** : : Research Article Two : Identifying Potential Loan Defaulters in the Credit Union Environment: : A Comparative Analysis of Statistical and Neural Network Models : : Rashmi Malhotra, Saint Joseph University : D.K. Malhotra, Philadelphia University : : A number of credit-scoring models, that attempt to accurately classify : consumer loan applications as potentially "good" or "bad", have been : developed to aid traditional judgmental (intuitive) methods. This study : explores the performance of different neural network models: : backpropagation with adaptive learning, backpropagation with : Levenberg-Marquardt approach, and Learning Vector Quantization to identify : problem loans from among the applications the loan officer has initially : screened. Field data from 12 case organizations (credit unions) was : analyzed to evaluate the performance of these three neural network : techniques against the logistics regression model. The neural network : models' performance is found to be significantly better in identifying : potential "bad" loans. : **************************************************************************** : **** : : The Expert Opinion : An Interview with Emil Sarpa, External Research Manager at Sun Microsystems : Daniel Peak, University of Nebraska at Omaha : **************************************************************************** : **** : : Book Review : Tried and True Object Development: Industry Proven Approach with Unified : Modeling Language (UML) : Hemant Jain, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee : **************************************************************************** : **** : : *************************************************************** : Dr. Shailendra Palvia : Professor and Director of Manangement Information Systems : College of Management : Long Island University : C.W. 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