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CONTENTS OF VOLUME 16, NUMBER 2, (April, 2013) OF THE JOURNAL OF
GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (JGITM)
Note that JGITM is among the elite group of MIS journals included
in the prestigious Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). It is
included in both SSCI and CC/S&BS, both produced by Thomson
Reuters.
http://jgitm.uncg.edu/
Publisher: Ivy League Publishing,
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CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS: The journal invites contributions from all
parts of the world from academic and industry scholars involved in
research, management, and the utilization of global information
resources. Besides quality work, at a minimum each submitted
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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE OF JGITM (VOL. 16, NO.2, April 2013)
THE WORLD IT PROJECT: A PROGRAM ON INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND CALL
FOR PARTICIPATION
Prashant Palvia, Editor in Chief, University of North Carolina at
Greensboro,
pcpalvia@uncg.edu
Much of the research in information systems and information
technology (IS/IT) has been dominated by a U.S-centric or a
Western-centric view. This editorial describes the “World IT
Project” which will investigate important world issues. A good
understanding of the critical IT issues facing firms and their
employees and their surrounding context will be important from the
firm, national, and international points of view. The overall
research framework is presented. Since this is a massive project
involving data collection from over 40 countries and will take a
number of years to complete, opportunities exist for international
researchers to collaborate. There are many rewards to country
investigators in joining the project.
STRATEGIC PURPOSE OF SOFTWARE PATENTS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF
GERMAN ORGANIZATIONS
Andrew Setterstrom, Northern Illinois University, USA,
asetterstrom@niu.edu
Peter Mykytyn, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA,
mykytyn@business.siuc.edu
Kathleen Mykytyn, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA,
kmykytyn@business.siuc.edu
Kai Reimers, RWTH Aachen University, Germany,
reimers@wi.rwth-aachen.de
Given the global environment, the question of why organizations
from one country seek patent protection from another country is of
concern to both organizations and researchers. To better
understand the strategic rationale motivating non-US firms to seek
software patents in the US, an exploratory multi-case study
involving three German firms was conducted. Results suggest that,
at a minimum, obtaining US software patents is a strategic
necessity. Firms were also found to use software patents for
protection against infringing activities and for strengthening
competitive advantage. Possible explanations are provided using
the Miles and Snow’s strategy topology. Recommendations for future
research and integration with existing theories are also
presented.
TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INCUBATORS IN CHINA AND INDIA: A COMPARATIVE
ANALYSIS
Mingfeng Tang, Southwestern of Finance and Economics University,
China,
tang@swufe.edu.cn
Angathevar Baskaran, Middlesex University Business School, UK,
a.t.baskaran@mdx.ac.uk;
Jatin Pancholi, Middlesex University Business School, UK,
j.pancholi@mdx.ac.uk
Yong Lu, The Pennsylvania State University,
yul14@psu.edu
Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) in China and India are
compared by employing an analytical framework that combines the
national system of innovation concept and a modified TBI
integrative framework. Two research questions are investigated:
What are the management polices & practices of, and incubation
services offered by the TBIs in China and India?, and How
successful are the TBI’s in China and India? Findings reveal that
there are a number of similarities (including objectives,
selection criteria for tenants, funding of new ventures, and basic
services provided) and differences (including ownership/ legal
status, structure and governance, funding, value-added and
specialists services, incubation period, number of TBIs, tenants,
employees, and revenues) between China and India. Both systems
evolved due to specific national context, which led to most of
these differences
THE IMPACT OF ICT INVESTMENTS ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A REGRESSION
SPLINES ANALYSIS
Felix Olu Bankole, University of the Western Cape, South Africa,
fbankole@uwc.ac.za
Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA,
kmosei@vcu.edu
Irwin Brown, University of Cape Town, South Africa,
irwin.brown@uct.ac.za
The purpose of this study is to explore the conditional impacts of
ICT investments (Hardware, Software, Internal Services Spending
and Telecommunication) on two dimensions of Human Development
(Standard of Living and Health) within three contexts (classified
as High, Medium and Low income countries. The study utilized a
novel approach called regression splines to analyse the data.
Results suggest, among other things, that: (1) the impact of
investments in the different ICT components varies with context;
(2) impacts are in many cases conditional and complex; and (3) the
direction of impacts of ICT investment on Standard of Living may
be different from the corresponding directions of impacts on
Health. It is therefore necessary for policy makers and IS
executives to do in-depth tradeoff analysis between the different
components of ICT investment to determine appropriate allocations.
THE EXPERT OPINION: AN INTERVIEW WITH GREG KNOTT, VICE PRESIDENT
AND DIVISION CIO OF GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS, RYDER SYSTEM,
INC.
Conducted by Paul S. Licker, Oakland University,
licker@oakland.edu
Greg Knott is VP & Division CIO of Global Supply Chain
Solutions at Ryder System, Inc., responsible for all Information
Technology solutions provided by Ryder to help companies optimize
their supply chain operations. This interview covers such topics
as the role of IT in the transportation industry, strategic IT
initiatives, internationalization, global IT architecture, the
role of IT in internationalization, managerial and technical
challenges, privacy and transborder issues, and cultural factors.
BOOK REVIEW: THE USE OF SMART MOBILE EQUIPMENT FOR THE INNOVATION
IN ORGANIZATIONAL COORDINATION, BY NAM JAE CHO
Reviewed by Roberto Vinaja, Texas A&M University—San Antonio,
USA,
bvinaja@tamusa.tamus.edu
The proliferation WANs, smartphones, tablets, and other portable
devices has catalyzed the benefits of mobile systems. Professor
Cho provides an Asian perspective on this burgeoning phenomenon.
The study described in the book provides empirical evidence and
triangulation by combining case study and survey methodologies.
The case is about SMRT (Seoul Metropolitan Railway Transit, one of
the largest transportation organizations). SMRT manages 30,000
facilities and serves 3.4 million passengers each day. The IT
environment is experiencing a convergence of technologies that
were previously independent, such as telecommunications,
computing, and broadcasting. This book examines the relationship
between the convergence of IT and coordination within an
organization.
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MISSION: The mission of the Journal of Global Information
Technology Management (JGITM) is to continue to be the premier
journal on Global Information Technology Management. It is a
refereed international journal supported by global IT scholars
from all over the world. JGITM publishes articles and reports
related to all aspects of the application of information
technology for international business. For example, it will
report on information resource management, managerial and
organizational concerns, educational issues, and innovative
applications related to global IT. Very important to the journal
is its emphasis on quality and relevance. The journal
disseminates this knowledge to researchers, practitioners,
academicians, and educators all over the world on a timely basis.
Finally, the journal is international in all respects: content,
article authorship, readership, and the editorial board.
SCOPE AND COVERAGE: The journal's scope is multidisciplinary. It
publishes research, applied, and educational articles from all
areas of MIS as well as functional IT applications that have
international focus. The journal also entertains a variety of
methodological approaches. It encourages manuscript submissions
from authors all over the world, both from academia and industry.
In addition, the journal will also include educational cases and
reviews of MIS books that have bearing on global aspects.
Practitioner input will be specifically solicited from
time-to-time in the form of industry columns and CIO interviews.
Articles in the journal include, but are not limited to the
following areas: Frameworks and models for global information
systems (GIS), Development, evaluation and management of GIS,
Electronic Commerce, Internet related issues, Societal impacts of
IT in developing countries, IT and Economic development, IT
Diffusion in developing countries, IT human resource issues,
DSS/EIS/ES in international settings, Organizational and
management structures for GIS, Transborder data flow issues,
Electronic data interchange, Telecommunications, Distributed
global databases and networks, Cultural and societal impacts,
Comparative studies of nations, and Applications and case studies
(both educational and research).
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