This paper describes the complex nature of organizational culture and its role in telecom organizations. To set the stage for culture change, the literature is reviewed for perspective on the role and function of culture in organizations. Organizational theorists as well as business consultants report that a strong organizational culture is essential for success because the shared assumptions, ...

Many organizational and environmental factors affect the information disclosure and the quality of its presentation; organizational culture is the most important factor among these factors. The organizational culture that is based on transparency will provide the information environment dynamism and it will also lead to the improvement of the quality of information disclosure by the business un...

This article aims, through the analysis of important productive sectors economy north Espírito Santo, a modern definition for pillars conceptualization what is Business culture. It was based on research carried out in local arrangements Pulp, Aracruz, furniture, Linhares and Clothing located Colatina. These are all state Santo. Research "Business Culture" these arrangements, also working concep...

The objective of this research is to contribute to the understanding of the impact of culture on the adoption and use of IT by Very Small Businesses (VSB). For this, we propose to develop a conceptual framework adapted to very small businesses. Very small businesses being more of an individual issue than organizational, the analytical framework opts for an individual approach of the phenomenon,...

‘Collaborative culture’, ‘mass creativity’ and ‘co-creation’ appear to be contagious buzzwords that are rapidly infecting economic and cultural discourse on Web 2.0. Allegedly, peer production models will replace opaque, top-down business models, yielding to transparent, democratic structures where power is in the shared hands of responsible companies and skilled, qualified users. Manifestos su...

In our paper, a new approach for critical success factors of Business to Business (B2B) electronic commerce is presented. Important aspects of this approach can be classified into three main groups; environmental, internal and inter-organizational factors. The first group pertains to the factors that change the conditions equally for all companies in the business space and are out of influence ...

As business-to-business marketing channels become more international in scope, communication in channels occurs among a more diverse set of channel participants from different national cultures. Do such cultural variations influence channel communications and if so, how? This study examines these questions in international business-to-business marketing channels comprised of channel members rep...

This paper proposes a specific model of business intelligence in relation with SMEs practices, culture and competitive environment. This model is based on the mobilization of corporate tacit knowledge and informal information, aiming at interpreting anticipatory environmental information and assist strategic decision making. An empirical survey assessing the existing business intelligence pract...

The broad aim of this paper is to examine the contribution which anthropology can make in the study of organizational culture and more specifically, in examining the relationship between culture and business transformation. In the 1970s, Mary Douglas, the world renowned British anthropologist, put forward the cultural theory of grid and group (G/G) which identified four distinct cultural typolo...